Course Description

This class will require daily parent supervision/teaching. We will be teaching with Structure and Style for Students: Year 1, Level B from IEW. Research has shown that if our students can write well by the end of middle school, then they will be more successful in all areas of high school work. Since mastery of structure and style is the purpose of this course, parents will use this program across their own curriculum to fit student’s individual needs.

Additionally, we will work on editing and grammar skills using the IEW Fix-It program, Fix It! Mowgli and Shere Khan, Student Book. Teachers will introduce new grammatical concepts each week, and parents will complete the grammar and editing assignments with their students at home each week. Students will spend an average of 15 minutes per day, three or four days a week, at home on Fix It! assignments. Parents may need guidance working through the Fix It! curriculum at home, and if so will need to purchase the teacher’s manual. To learn more about this unique grammar and editing program please watch “How IEW’s Fix It! Grammar Program Works.”

To be successful in this class:

Students need to be working on IEW material each (non co-op) weekday (45 -60 min daily) in order to obtain mastery (as per Mr. Pudewa). Assignments will be given on the material presented in class and due the following week. As part of the student materials, parents will have different checklists during this course to use to evaluate their child’s work. (The students should read the checklist and actually check off all items for the assignment.) The parent should make sure the final copy is complete then initial the checklist.  All compositions will be turned in as hard copies; printer capabilities are a requirement for this course.

Turning in assignments offers the students some outside accountability. If you know your child will miss a class, go ahead and work through the material together. This IEW course will be presented interactively in class; however, you are the primary teacher! It is imperative that parents know and understand the material presented in the seminar workbook mentioned above in order to support their child at home.

Homework:  Students will be assigned IEW homework on non co-op days weekdays.

• Students should expect IEW homework assignments 3 days per week, including writing assignments and 3 days of Fix It! Grammar homework supported by extra in class grammar instruction as well as “Writer’s Workshop”.

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Fees: Tuition: $360 per year, plus $3 Curriculum/Material Fee

Prerequisites:

Parent must purchase The Institute for Excellence in Writing: Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Seminar and Practicum Workbook, 2nd Edition (the teacher notebook is sufficient–parents do not need to buy the video instruction) and must attend the summer UHC Parent/Teacher Training for IEW.  IEW parent training is a mandatory requirement if you have a student enrolled in an IEW class.