Pamela, I would be very interested in your syllabus as well! I am in a co-op situation and there are several high school college prep students. We would...
Dress-ups are stylistic techniques that the writer incorporates into his writing to make it more interesting and more precise. Examples: who/which clause,...
I have a question! Is it true you should teach ALL the dressups BEFORE you move on to the Sentence Openers? The reason I ask is that my 3rd grade son noticed...
I just wanted to give a testimonial! This writing program is as wonderful as I thought it was going to be -- and we are only 6 weeks into the school year!...
The dress-ups are presented first, probably because they are easier. But if your son can recognize sentence patterns and wants variation, I'd say go for it! I...
Hi, Lori! I read your last two posts with much interest. I homeschool my 3rd grade twin boys and I teach a little writing class once a week to the two of them...
Lori, I don't know what Andrew or the program recommends but I did not wait. I would teach one or two dress-ups and then I'd teach a sentence opener. I ...
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I'm not Lori (i.e., you didn't ask my opinion!), but here's my .02: I WOULD start him on KWO with really easy material. What I've seen is that children who ...
... I'm not sure if the above sentence means we should post them to the list or put them in the files section. My impression is that we post them here ... ...
I am a stay-at-home mother of four; I homeschool a 10 yog (5th) and an 8 yob (2nd-3rd). We live in rural middle TN on a small farm. I learned about IEW from...
... The Student Writing Intensive is a great way to get a head start. If you went thru that and added lots of practice, that would get you headed in the right...
... The Bible Based lessons, like the History lessons, go thru all the units. There may be some information on them in the FILES. The History Based lessons...
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--I've hesitated to use IEW for my younger kids because...well, I don't exactly know why! I think it's because their friend struggles with his writing and I...
Hello, I'm looking in the loop's files for a scene listing like the ones for SWI-A and SWI-B. Anyone know if it's there and what it's called? Thanks, Bonita...
I'm going to order the TWSS tapes this weekend. I'm just wondering if I have to view all the tapes before getting the kids started or if I can view one at a...
I just couldn't resist forwarding this to everyone. This guy is not only a homeschool dad, he's a vetera public school teacher! I may actually take time to...
For the next school year I am planning to use the sonlight core 3/4 for my ds (6th grade) and and core 7 for my dd (9th grade year). Has anyone tried using the...
Caemen, I think I am not the only one who thinks that Sonlight and IEW are ideally suited to each other. It would work for both your kids, too, especially if...
I am teaching a co-op with seven kids ranging in age from 10 to 13, using Andrew Pudewa's teaching techniques in SWI-B as my model. After SWI-B, I plan to use...
What is KWO? I am new to the list here and the lingo. MTLBWY Cathy II Corinthians 5:17 ________________________________________________________________ Get...
If you want to learn more about the Thomas Jeff Ed book, go to the FILES on the Yahoo site. Not only is there a book description there, but also a link to an...
... You can start teaching after viewing the first disc. I would not try to view them all before starting (unless you are a super-mom with scads of time on ...
Just uploaded the wonderful material that Pamela put together in the FILES section. It is under "Teacher Syllabi" Blessings! Jill Pike Moderator and IEW Rep ...
... From: Robin To: IEWfamilies@yahoogroups.com Sent: 10/1/2004 12:51:54 PM Subject: Re: [IEWfamilies] Reminder - 1st Monday post your conpositions ... The Sad...
I, too, struggle allowing time for all the compositions to be read during class time, and I have them longer (every other week) - 1 hr 15 minutes (4th & 5th ...
