"I don't know what to write about."
"I don't know how to get the words in my head down onto the paper."
"I can't seem to get my thoughts organized."
"I don't know where to start."
Unless your child is a natural, gifted writer, the chances are very good that he or she has uttered those complaints (or something similar) about writing before. My answer to the question, "Why should I spend my money on IEW instruction?" is that the methods and theories behind "Teaching Writing With Structure and Style" (TWSS) will provide your child with the know-how and the skills to become a capable, effective writer.
IEW simplifies learning how to write. Your child will learn to write with TWSS the same way he or she learns to walk, talk and do nearly everything else in life: modeling. TWSS protocol involves showing students what good writing is, breaking good writing skills down into small, manageable, teachable parts, and using examples of good writing as a scaffolding of sorts for the writing efforts of new or struggling writers until they have attained a level of skill and competency to write on their own. The IEW method gives writers a solid foundation in both fiction and non-fiction (or essay) writing.
In addition to a solid foundation in both fiction and non-fiction writing, simply by doing the work in each of the units, students will improve their comprehension, analytical and organizational skills as well.
The TWSS program contains 9 units, which build upon themselves.
In Unit 1, students learn how to take good key word notes, and turn those into a basic outline.
In Unit 2, they learn to summarize from those notes.
In Unit 3, students take their new note-taking and summarizing skills, and apply them to works of fiction.
In Unit 4, students begin learning how to write solid reports from one reference source.
In Unit 5, students take what they learned in Unit 3 and begin writing their own fiction, using story pictures as an inspiration.
In Unit 6, students expand on their report writing skills from Unit 4 and learn how to take notes and summarize material from more than one reference source, and then build both an outline and a report from those notes.
In Unit 7, students expand on their creative beginnings in Unit 5, but rather than using a story picture as inspiration, they are tasked to come up with their own material.
In Unit 8, students learn to write essays of seven or more paragraphs.
In Unit 9, students learn how to write critiques.
Throughout all 9 Units, stylistic techniques and "dress-ups" are introduced to the children, at their own pace, to improve the quality and flow of their writing.
TWSS can be used year after year, simply by adjusting the reading level and sophistication of the source materials, and by adding stylistic techniques and "dress-ups" as the students demonstrate the ability to learn them and apply them to their own writing.
"I don't know how to get the words in my head down onto the paper."
"I can't seem to get my thoughts organized."
"I don't know where to start."
Unless your child is a natural, gifted writer, the chances are very good that he or she has uttered those complaints (or something similar) about writing before. My answer to the question, "Why should I spend my money on IEW instruction?" is that the methods and theories behind "Teaching Writing With Structure and Style" (TWSS) will provide your child with the know-how and the skills to become a capable, effective writer.
IEW simplifies learning how to write. Your child will learn to write with TWSS the same way he or she learns to walk, talk and do nearly everything else in life: modeling. TWSS protocol involves showing students what good writing is, breaking good writing skills down into small, manageable, teachable parts, and using examples of good writing as a scaffolding of sorts for the writing efforts of new or struggling writers until they have attained a level of skill and competency to write on their own. The IEW method gives writers a solid foundation in both fiction and non-fiction (or essay) writing.
In addition to a solid foundation in both fiction and non-fiction writing, simply by doing the work in each of the units, students will improve their comprehension, analytical and organizational skills as well.
The TWSS program contains 9 units, which build upon themselves.
In Unit 1, students learn how to take good key word notes, and turn those into a basic outline.
In Unit 2, they learn to summarize from those notes.
In Unit 3, students take their new note-taking and summarizing skills, and apply them to works of fiction.
In Unit 4, students begin learning how to write solid reports from one reference source.
In Unit 5, students take what they learned in Unit 3 and begin writing their own fiction, using story pictures as an inspiration.
In Unit 6, students expand on their report writing skills from Unit 4 and learn how to take notes and summarize material from more than one reference source, and then build both an outline and a report from those notes.
In Unit 7, students expand on their creative beginnings in Unit 5, but rather than using a story picture as inspiration, they are tasked to come up with their own material.
In Unit 8, students learn to write essays of seven or more paragraphs.
In Unit 9, students learn how to write critiques.
Throughout all 9 Units, stylistic techniques and "dress-ups" are introduced to the children, at their own pace, to improve the quality and flow of their writing.
TWSS can be used year after year, simply by adjusting the reading level and sophistication of the source materials, and by adding stylistic techniques and "dress-ups" as the students demonstrate the ability to learn them and apply them to their own writing.