This is not a useful process in arriving at the ideas that the sentence communicates. Similarly, that process is not useful in problem solving. In reading sentences, verbs form the hub. In problem solving it is necessary to identify the action verb. These form the hub to which the other elements of the problem are attached as spokes in a wheel.
Spokes are replaceable, giving rise to a large array of problems.
Advising the student to list the spokes is counter productive. The hub will ask for spokes as needed. The expert indeed draws a picture. Much of this drawing is in the expert's mind. The expert may sketch reminders but a fully drawn diagram evolves in the expert's mind.