Education and the Brain
There are three types of this...long, short, and working.
What is memory?
These are the building blocks of all writing.
What are sentences?
Teaching sentences and these from TWR helps students understand the concept of a complete sentence; provides practice with punctuation and capitalization; and can serve as a comprehension check.
What are fragments?
While "because" tells why, this shows change in direction.
What is "but"?
This type of "load" is anything taking up working memory capacity.
What is "cognitive load"?
Writing instruction should be embedded in this...
The content you're teaching.
"shuts the lid" is this part of a sentence.
What is a predicate?
These type of conjunctions create complex sentences.
What are "subordinating" conjunctions?
For anyone who says kids don't need to learn to write because AI will do it for them in the future, the correct reply is "Writing is ________" because it helps us process our ideas, consider alternate perspectives, and make sense of the world around us.
What is thinking?
Students need this type of writing instruction, meaning it is clear and visible.
What is "explicit"?
In TWR, question words go with this type of sentence. Orville Redenbocher would approve.
What is a kernal sentence?
A noun, noun phrase, or noun clause placed next to another noun to rename it is called this... It "sounds like" a very good thing :-)
What is an appositive?
Sister Mary Catherine might not agree that this is best taught in the context of student writing rather than in little orange workbooks.
What is grammar?
Question words, such as 'when?' and 'who?,' help students do this to sentences.
What is expand them?
What 2-word TWR technique would the following sentences benefit from?
Annie is 6 years old.
Annie is sensitive.
Annie is curious about the people around her.
What is sentence combining?
The four sentence types are a statement, question, exclamation and ...
What is command?