Hi all
I used to be very reliant on schematizing, but also very efficient when I use it to help me reading. One of my Latin teachers last year convinced me not to schematize/diagram when reading prose. That wasn't a problem since we were doing poetry except for a term where I read Petronius with tons of glossing/annotation. I'm in a new school now, and I'm trying to avoid schematizing prose. I was doing great when we read Caesar last term and when I read Seneca excerpts with commentary. Problem is, I'm in a Cicero class this term and though I thought I improved, I felt so helpless reading some of his periods without marking up. Should I go back to schematizing? Is it a mortal sin to diagram prose?
I used to be very reliant on schematizing, but also very efficient when I use it to help me reading. One of my Latin teachers last year convinced me not to schematize/diagram when reading prose. That wasn't a problem since we were doing poetry except for a term where I read Petronius with tons of glossing/annotation. I'm in a new school now, and I'm trying to avoid schematizing prose. I was doing great when we read Caesar last term and when I read Seneca excerpts with commentary. Problem is, I'm in a Cicero class this term and though I thought I improved, I felt so helpless reading some of his periods without marking up. Should I go back to schematizing? Is it a mortal sin to diagram prose?