Education and the Brain
The 6 Principles of TWR
Sentence-Level Strategies
Pot Pourri
100

There are three types of this...long, short, and working.

What is memory?

100

Students need this type of writing instruction, meaning it is clear and visible.

What is "explicit"?

100

Teaching this 3-word phrase 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 is sentences and fragments?

100

While "because" tells why, this shows change in direction.

What is "but"?

200

This type of "load" is anything taking up working memory capacity.

What is "cognitive load"?

200

These are the building blocks of all writing.

What are sentences?

200

"shuts the lid" is this part of a sentence.

What is a predicate?

200

These type of conjunctions create complex sentences.

What are "subordinating" conjunctions?

300

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?

300

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?

300

In TWR, question words go with this type of sentence. Orville Redenbocher would approve.

What is a kernal sentence?

300

A noun, noun phrase, or noun cluase placed next to another noun to rename it is called this...

What is an appositive?

400

Writing instruction should be embedded in this...

The content you're teaching.

400

Question words help students do what to sentences?

What is expand them?

400

What 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?

500

The four sentence types are a statement, question, exclamation and ...

What is command?