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Margie Wakeman Wells

🔴✏️ LIVE this Saturday: Sentence Diagramming

Published about 2 years ago • 1 min read

May 2024

With my birthday coming up the end of the month, I am reflecting on my 60 years as a teacher -- yes, I started in 1964 as a very naïve 22-year-old, teaching high school Spanish—and am feeling so grateful to have spent these years doing what fills my soul. I want to thank all of you and the other thousands of students who have passed through my classes. Retirement, you say? But I am still having fun!

AND speaking of fun: Back by popular demand, a two-hour class on SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING—I know: You either love it or hate it—where you get to practice your drawing skills along with learning more about your very favorite topic: English. Have your pencil and paper ready. When we finish, you can display your work on the refrigerator for your family to enjoy.

Seriously, there is nothing that solidifies the structure of the language more than diagramming. Just like a jigsaw puzzle: Everything fits; every word has a place to be. There is nothing left over.

Happy punctuating!

Margie

LIVE This Weekend

The Basics of Sentence Diagramming

This is a two-hour basic sentence diagramming class. We will look at and practice the standard diagramming techniques.

Using the conventional diagramming baseline, we will cover subjects and verbs, direct objects, predicate nominatives, basic modifiers, verbals, and compound construction.

LIVE with Margie​
Saturday, May 18
9:00 - 11:00 AM PDT

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The Basics of Sentence Diagramming

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May 18 9:00 - 11:00 PT

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Margie Wakeman Wells

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Margie began teaching in 1964 and joined the court reporting world twelve years later. She taught the machine and all aspects of English for traditional programs before establishing her own online school in 2015. She is the author of English-related books that present practical solutions for applying standard English rules to the spoken word. Through Margie Holds Court, she teaches classes, presents for state and national organizations, authors a blog on all things English, and runs a subscription service to answer daily questions.

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