This year 3 curriculum is designed to provide an added year
of work in Level B for students who desire to practice applying the IEW methodology,
want some unique writing topics, or need some composition practice before
moving into Level C. With this course, most students should plan to spend 30-60
minutes a day, four days per week. This course is a great option for late
middle school or freshmen students who need additional writing practice or who wish
to include a focus on poetry in their studies.
Beginning at unit 3, each unit takes 2 weeks to complete,
with assignments including retelling narratives, summarizing single and
multiple references, writing from pictures, and inventive writing. Then,
students spend 4 weeks working on a formal essay, and then create a formal
critique. The course’s last 6 weeks turn students’ focus to analyzing and
writing poetry, and then the year ends with a timed essay. The course construction
follows the Structure and Style assignments and writing patterns that students should
be familiar with, including lectures from Andrew Pudewa, applying the method’s writing
rules and unique style modifications, notetaking, creating outlines, composing checklists,
MLA format, and more. Each lesson in the Teacher’s Manual will ask the teacher
to watch a correlating Teaching Writing with Structure and Style 2 video in
preparation. Videos are available via Forever Streaming or DVD.
Assignments will build upon skills taught in previous years
of Level B, while intensifying the challenge. For example, the summarizing
references assignment will have students write about unsolved mysteries, summarizing
multiple references that highlight inmates and failed (and potentially
successful) escapes from Alcatraz prison. Subject matter spans a variety of
content: from bigfoot to dinosaurs, Alcatraz to chimeras, Edward Lear to Homer.
Literature suggestions include Princess Mary’s Gift Book:
A Spell for a Fairy; The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book 1:
The Mysterious Howling; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The
Indian in the Cupboard; Children’s Homer;
Journey to the Center
of the Earth; The
Merchant of Venice (or movie); and A Book of Nonsense. Purchase
the Basic Package with Forever Streaming or DVD. Each student will need their
own Binder and Student
Packet. Additional Student Binders, Student Packets, and Teacher’s Manuals
are sold separately. ~ Ruth