Does the TWSS teacher training material use a particular method; or a presentation of a developed curriculum; or both?
The word “curriculum” usually implies a set of materials for student use, i.e. workbooks at different grade levels with a teacher guide/answer key, etc. A “syllabus” indicates a course of study or outline of things to be learned. Our seminar is designed to help you become a better teacher and coach of writing. In it we elaborate upon our TWSS syllabus, which contains specific goals and teaching procedures, example checklists, recommended materials, and student samples. Providing nine structural models (composition formats of 1-5 paragraphs–both fiction and non fiction) and four groups of six stylistic techniques (specific grammatical usages to be taught and required), this approach can be used with children of all ages and levels. When applied to different grades, what varies is the sophistication of content and speed of progression. All students learn the skills. Older students can rapidly acquire greater composition organization and sentence fluency; at a younger age, skills develop
