Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS) – Overview for Parents
TWSS Overview for Parents
TWSS Introduction
TWSS Unit 1: Note Making and Outlines
TWSS Unit 2: Writing from Notes
TWSS Syllabus in Style: Dress-Ups
- Stylistic Techniques
- Teaching Method
- Examples of Dress-ups
- Dress-ups: Who and Which
- Dress-ups: -ly words
- Dress-ups: Because
- Dress-ups: Strong Verbs and Quality Adjectives
- Dress-ups: Dual Adverbs, Verbs, and Adjectives
- Dress-ups: When, While, Where, Since, As If, and Although
- Structural Models and Stylistic Techniques
- Dress-ups: Group Practice
- Practicum: Note Making and Summarizing
- Observations from Practicum
TWSS Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories
- Unit III: Summarizing Narrative Stories
- The 3-Paragraph Model
- Getting Keywords and Asking Questions
- The Real Secret of Good Teaching
- The Fox and the Crow: Setting
- The Fox and the Crow: Conflict
- The Fox and the Crow: Climax
- The Fox and the Crow: Building Word Lists
- The Robin Hood Style of Teaching
- Change the Setting, Keep the Problem
- Student Samples
- Essay vs. Creative Writing
- Teaching Ideas: More Samples
- The Bat and the Nightingale: Practice