Writing with
Structure and Style
(IEW -- Level A for
Beginning Writers)
for
ages 9-14
(Class
begins Thursday, Sept. 10)
(Online
class via Zoom)
IEW (Institute
for Excellence in Writing) offers a comprehensive system for teaching
structure and style in writing. Students
who lack confidence and skill will blossom and
increasingly grow in both of these areas as they learn to implement
IEW’s easy-to-learn system of writing in a very positive and
patient classroom environment. Growth in foundational writing skills,
as well as in the use of style, should be noticed in a relatively
short period of time.
There are nine
units of study in all. This semester, students will learn to make
key word outlines (Units I and 2) and focus on the creative side of
writing as we study Units 3 (summarizing a story) and 5 (writing from
pictures). In the Spring, students will turn to the factual side of
writing as they summarize references (Unit 4), write library research
reports (Unit 6), and formal five-paragraph essays (Unit 8). Unit
7(inventive writing) will also be covered. Unit 9 is covered in the
2nd year,
level B.
This class is
appropriate for both those who are new to IEW as well as those who
have had some IEW in the past. Each week, students will receive
guided instruction in creating a key word outline from source texts
and will work together to produce a bank of words that are to be used
in that week’s writing assignment. Stylistic dress-ups and sentence
openers are introduced throughout the year as the student
demonstrates proficiency with what has been learned up to that point.
These dress-ups, which include ‘ly adverbs, strong verbs, quality
adjectives, and more, will be added one at a time as a student
masters those previously given. Homework will be assigned weekly and
will entail completing paragraph(s) begun in class, as well as a
grammar page involving labeling parts of speech on sentences.
For the child
who would benefit from structure or who lacks confidence in his
writing, this is definitely a class worth taking!
Required
curriculum: IEW Student Resource Notebook
Fix-It
Grammar Book 1, The Nose Tree, Teacher’s Manual
Student
will need these resources by the second day of class.
Instructor:
Marsha Bradbury
California Teaching Credential in Multiple Subjects
IEW Registered Instructor
(Vendor
with Golden Valley, iLEAD, Sage Oak, Sky Mountain, Inspire, Gorman
and other charters)
Homework:
Required (1-2 hours/week)
Day/Time:
Thursdays,3:00-4:30 p.m.
Dates:
Sept. 10, 2020 - January 7, 2021 (not meeting on Thanksgiving
or during winter break)
Location:
In the comfort of your own home via Zoom.
Tuition:
$370 per 15-week semester
Please
contact Marsha if you have any questions or would like to register.
Contact
info: (818) 517-0938 OR email at teacheratheart123@yahoo.com
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