Patent Document ID: 4613309
Application ID: 06777730

Base Claim:
1. An educational model for teaching language grammar, parts of speech, syntax, and sentence structure comprising a plurality of sets of independent elements, wherein: a. each set of independent elements is identified and distinguished from other sets by a designated color scheme common to each element of a set; b. each independent element within a set represents a word or group of words; c. each independent element within a set is adapted to be interengaged proximately with at least one other element in order to construct at least one of a phrase, clause, and sentence; d. each independent element within a set is distinguishable by the presence of a symbol thereon which indicates said element's function as a part of speech; e. each independent element within a set has a designated shape which indicates said element's relationship to other parts of speech; and f. each independent element within a set can be proximately interengaged with other elements to show the case and part of sentence of each element within a sentence.

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Claim 3:
3. An educational system according to claim 1, wherein each element bears at least one symbol thereon selected from one of eight distinct symbols, wherein: a. a first designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as a noun; b. a second designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as a pronoun; c. a third designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as a verb; d. a fourth designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia funcitons as an adjective; e. a fifth designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as an adverb; f. a sixth designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as a conjunction; g. a seventh designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as an interjection; and h. an eighth designated symbol indicates that each element bearing its indicia functions as a preposition.