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Teaching Writing:
Structure & Style
by: Andrew Pudewa
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the best school and homeschool writing curriculum for teaching writing on the market today! I
have personally used this writing program for the past 9 years and
have seen improvement in my own children's writing. It is one of MY
FAVORITES!
Students do not like to write...WHY? They do not know WHAT to write
about.
When you use Institute for Excellence in Writing, you will spend time
teaching your students HOW TO WRITE, instead of so much time on what
to write about. Read the review below.
Teaching Writing: Structure & Style includes a workbook that
provides notes, charts, checklists and other material to teach all 9
writing units. On the DVDs, you will watch Andrew Pudewa teaching moms
and teachers how to teach each of the nine units and all of the
stylistic techniques. The DVD titles are listed below. These DVDs are
to help parents as they teach writing.
- Overview,
- Units 1-2 Notemaking, Summarizing, Stylistic
Technique-Dress Up
- Unit 3-Narratives, Stylistic Technique-Sentence
Opener
- Unit 4-Reports from single source, Stylistic
Technique-Advanced Dress-Ups, Decorations, Triples
- Unit 5-Writing from Pictures
- Unit 6-Reports from Multiple Sources
- Unit 7-Creative Writing with Structure
- Unit 8-Essays: Basic, Extended, Super
- Unit 9-Critiques, Conclusions
- 3 Student Workshop DVDs- Grades 2-4, 5-7, 8-10
PERFECT ADDITION for homeschools
or classical teachers.
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Add versatility for those who have chosen the Teaching Writing
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Student Writing Intensive DVD.
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Below are some rambling thoughts & comments about Teaching
Writing from Institute for Excellence in Writing.
Included in the new book: TOP 100 HOMESCHOOL PRODUCTS, by:
Cathy Duffy
WRITING with a PURPOSE
Do you have children that complain about writing assignments?
This summer, I discovered (again) that giving my children a purpose
for writing increases their motivation and willingness to fulfill
their assignments. This past spring, all 3 of my children wrote books
which are now available for purchase. My son worked for an entire year
studying about the jungle and choosing just the right animal or plant
to include in his ABC Jungle Book. After making these choices, he
wrote a paragraph about each one, using a writing stylistic checklist.
Now, you have to be realistic and know that he did not write or
research every day for the past year. He took breaks from this project
which was completed at the beginning of June. He was highly motivated
for a couple of reasons. First, he chose the topic of jungles himself
so he was quite interested in the topic from the beginning. Secondly,
the idea of making money from his writing project was exciting. This
project gave him a purpose for writing. Not every writing project will
end in a money-making project, but they should have a purpose. Other
purposes for writing assignments may include sending a letter to a
friend or relative, entering a writing contest, writing a letter to
the newspaper editor, writing a summary of your science fair project,
sharing a story about an event in your life, writing a ministry
letter, or a myriad of other purposes. Do your children have a purpose
for their writing?
Once your child has a purpose for writing, he needs to put his ideas
down on paper in a thoughtful, cohesive manner. The best source I have
found to teach your child "how" to write is Excellence in Writing.
This course deals with the "hows" of writing instead of "what" to
write about. The basic program from Excellence in Writing is their
teacher training workshop, TEACHING WRITING: STRUCTURE & STYLE. One of
my favorite aspects of this program is that it is used with whatever
subjects we are studying. Writing is not a separate subject in and of
itself. That's the way life is...writing is part of all aspects of our
lives and our students should be able to write in many areas. Another
reason I like this program is the abundance of resources it provides.
When a student is expected to add a stylistic technique, such as using
an adverb in your paragraph, there is a full page list of adverbs from
which he can choose. If he is asked to start a sentence in his
paragraph with a preposition, he is given a list of prepositions. (Or,
he may already know them if he has used Easy Grammar ;-)
QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
IN WRITING
Teaching your child how to write well can sometimes be intimidating.
Writing appears to be more abstract than concrete. Over the past
several years our family has used the Institute for Excellence in
Writing program because it is gives our children confidence in their
writing abilities. It deals with "how" to write, instead of "what" to
write about. Does your child ever respond to your writing assignment
with "I just don't know what to write about." In my very humble
opinion, I believe IEW is the best writing program available to
homeschoolers. In fact, our oldest daughter (Ashley), has won 2
writing contests this past year. She used IEW's stylistic techniques
to improve her writing style.
Many of you might be asking yourself, what is IEW. Below are commonly
asked questions about this writing program. These questions appeared
in Andrew Pudewa's summer/fall 2002 newsletter.
What should I purchase?
Many of the parents and teachers who hear about our program or
visit our web site come away overwhelmed because of the different
materials and package options. Rightly they call and ask for advice as
to what to buy. We consistently give the same answer: If you have not
attended our seminar Teaching Writing: Structure & Style or seen it on
videotape, that's the place to start. Everything else we sell is
supplementary and peripheral to that. Learn the Structure & Style
system and you can apply it with students of all ages and aptitudes
without really needing anything else. The tools for teaching may be
helpful timesavers, but are not truly essential. In terms of how much
to buy, the easiest answer is that our video courses are a bit like
ice cream; the more you have, the happier you'll be, but you don't
have to have it all to have ice cream. Start with one serving and be
sure to make it for yourself, the teacher.
As a homeschool mom, I wholeheartedly
agree with Andrew that Structure & Style is the place to begin. It
gives you stylistic techniques to teach your child. Once your child
masters some of these techniques and outlines, he can use them in any
writing assignment he has. That's the beauty of IEW, it goes with any
subject area you are studying.
Is the TWSS seminar on video the same as the live seminar?
Yes. The classes on video are very similar if not exactly the
same in many places as the live courses. If you own the seminar
workbook because of a previous purchase or seminar attendance, you may
deduct $20 from the cost of the video/DVD set.
I have children of several different grade levels. Which level
should I buy?
We generally recommend that you "shoot for the middle." All
our student classes (whether they be 1 day or 4 days) presume no
previous experience without program, so you won't miss anything by
starting with the Group B or C level. The classes are not, however,
juvenile in a way that they would bore or offend older students. We
often have very mixed classes.
A very good but not frequently asked
question:
Would it be better to read John Taylor
Gatto's book or die a thousand dollars less in debt?
Read the book! Of course! You must read
that book.
Would it be better to listen to Andrew's
music lecture or to die a thousand dollars less in debt?
That should be obvious by no. :)
Our most disliked frequently asked question:
If I buy the
Bible-Based Writing Lessons book or
History Based Writing Lessons, do I still have to do your teaching
seminar?
Yes! You do! These materials are meant
to be supplemental-an aid to the teacher. There will never be a
workbook which can teach writing to a child. Learn our system; then
this book will be helpful.
Once again, I agree
with Andrew's take on this question. I realized a few years ago that
there are some subject areas that workbooks can teach my children
(such as math) and other subjects that need a real-live teacher. I
have chosen to interact with my children in the area of writing
because a workbook can not find ways to improve their writing. Sure,
the workbook can be a reference or guide for writing.
Still too pricey?
Our video seminar materials, because of their nature, are not
inexpensive. Especially for the homeschool budget, $159 can be a lot.
We do hope that you will consider this: Get a few friends, order an
extra workbook for each, purchase the tapes and split the cost. Watch
the seminar together, and you'll learn even more. You may have to
negotiate who gets to keep the tapes, but you'll get the information
and training you need for a cost you can afford. Hundreds have done it
this way--it works!!
One other thought about
price...Although $160 can be a lot, this program is a one-time
purchase. It can be used from 2nd to 10th grade, by all students in
your family. If you have only one child, that is $15 a year on
writing. If you have more than one child, it reduces your yearly
expense on writing dramatically!
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Blessings,
Kerry
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