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Lesson Plan

Diagramming Sentences with Prepositions

Diagramming sentences is a visual way to teach the function of every part of a sentence. In this preposition lesson plan, students will learn the basics of diagramming a sentence to identify the preposition.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to diagram simple sentences that include prepositional phrases.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Review the basic parts of a sentence: the subject (the person, place, or thing that is doing something) and the predicate (the part of the sentence containing a verb, which states something about the subject).
  • Remind students that all sentences will have these two parts. The most simple sentences have just a subject and a verb (i.e. Dogs bark.) Write the example sentence on the board to reference later.
  • Explain that today we are going to learn how to draw a diagram that shows us the basic parts of a sentence.