Students learn to write while investigating many interesting facts about amazing animals and their homes. Prominent people who made a difference in our word are also studied. Halfway through the course, students learn how to write different kinds of poems.
Classes include grammar, poetry and root word study.
- Teacher: Alta Wehmeyer
Classes start with an interesting discussion that leads to the texts designated for the day. Students start their assignments in class and complete it on their own.
This class includes an introduction to grammar and poetry memorization.
Students need to spend approximately 60 to 80 minutes in total per week outside the class.
Writers who are beginners and can already write sentences thrive here. This is an easy introduction into paragraph writing.
IEW All Things Fun and Fascinating
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IEW Structure and Style for Students Level A Year 2 is the continuation level of the core writing curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing. This is suitable for elementary students who are destined for middle school in the next academic year.
- Teacher: Alta Wehmeyer
Classes generally follow the same format every week. It starts with a short journal entry followed by poetry memorization or appreciation. The next activity is a root word vocabulary exploration, followed by grammar studies.
During the writing portion of the lesson, a source text/s serve as the starting point. The text is read aloud, and all unfamiliar vocabularies are explained. A keywords outline is constructed from where they retell their story before writing a rough draft. What is not completed during the lesson becomes the homework assignment.
The learning goals in this methodology are introduced and practiced at the rate of approximately one new concept at a time. When mastery of the goal is achieved, the next concept is introduced, and the practice steps are repeated.
Writing assignments are started in class time. Students can budget around 1.5 - 2 hours outside class time to complete all the assigned activities.
Earlier in the year assignments are shorter and the focus is to build stamina to easily cope with the second semester assignments.
Students work through one vocabulary textbook per year for this class level. Every lesson and its activities are spread over two weeks.
FixIt Grammar is completed at the pace of four days per week. Each day vary in sentence length and complexity.
In some instances, larger writing assignments are spread over more weeks. The focus in this class is on mastery of skillsets while producing quality assignments.
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book 5
FixIt! Grammar: Town Mouse and Country Mouse
IEW Structure and Style for Students Level A Year 2
⚠️ Do not buy the cheaper product that looks the same because it does not include the contents packet.
IEW Structure and Style for Students Level A Year 2 is the continuation level of the core writing curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing. This is suitable for elementary students who are destined for middle school in the next academic year.
- Teacher: Alta Wehmeyer
Classes generally follow the same format every week. It starts with a short journal entry followed by poetry memorization or appreciation. The next activity is a root word vocabulary exploration, followed by grammar studies.
During the writing portion of the lesson, a source text/s serve as the starting point. The text is read aloud, and all unfamiliar vocabularies are explained. A keywords outline is constructed from where they retell their story before writing a rough draft. What is not completed during the lesson becomes the homework assignment.
The learning goals in this methodology are introduced and practiced at the rate of approximately one new concept at a time. When mastery of the goal is achieved, the next concept is introduced, and the practice steps are repeated.
Writing assignments are started in class time. Students can budget around 1.5 - 2 hours outside class time to complete all the assigned activities.
Earlier in the year assignments are shorter and the focus is to build stamina to easily cope with the second semester assignments.
Students work through one vocabulary textbook per year for this class level. Every lesson and its activities are spread over two weeks.
FixIt Grammar is completed at the pace of four days per week. Each day vary in sentence length and complexity.
In some instances, larger writing assignments are spread over more weeks. The focus in this class is on mastery of skillsets while producing quality assignments.
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book 5
FixIt! Grammar: Town Mouse and Country Mouse
IEW Structure and Style for Students Level A Year 2
⚠️ Do not buy the cheaper product that looks the same because it does not include the contents packet.
From service dogs to carrier pigeons and African Pouch Rats that pinpoint explosives, this course enables students to learn to write well. This class includes Latin and Greek root word study, grammar, and poetry appreciation.
- Teacher: Alta Wehmeyer
Students learn how animals benefit us in multiple ways. Care for these helpers and what regulations exist to safeguard them are important and discussed.
Time to complete the assignments vary from one to two hours towards the end of the course. Some assignments are collated into larger projects.
Grade four to five students will thrive here.
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