Writing About Ancient History Using IEW® Curriculum (Part 2)
What's included
10 live meetings
8 hrs 20 mins in-class hoursHomework
4+ hours per week. Homework is required and is assigned after each class to incorporate both the writing method and style (dress-ups). I encourage students to go through a process given in class as they complete their homework, and then they will submit their final papers to me. I will return papers with both positive and constructive feedback, not a letter grade. Students will be writing from a checklist, so students and parents will know exactly what is required for each assignment. Vocabulary and literature suggestions will be given so students can use these to connect to their writing.Grading
Students will have access to a checklist each week which will be used for feedback and evaluation.Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Beginner - Intermediate Level
As we continue our journey through Ancient times in this Part 2 class, our writing is going to gain even more description as we focus on summarizing multiple references (as we do with research), Inventive Writing, Critiques, and Formal Essays. Our focus will be on the lessons introducing new stylistic techniques and/or methods. Each of these writing structures will be developed using material from the student book, relating to topics in ancient history. Because this curriculum is sequential and builds upon structure, you will already need experience with the first 5 units of IEW methods because we will not be spending time going back to those initial units. In this class, we will cover final 4 units for the IEW methods. As we write, students will be experimenting with even more "dress-ups", sentence openers, and figurative language, to add style and interest to their topics. These will all be outlined in the weekly assignments. During class, we will use discussion, modeling, games, and other learning techniques to reinforce vocabulary and style, while expanding our writing skills. Students MUST have prior experience with Units 1-5 of IEW and/or have completed my first class on Writing About Ancient Times (Part 1). There is a lot of writing as we delve into writing 5 paragraph essays.
Learning Goals
Focus on parts of an essay and essay writing.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Curriculum10 Lessons
over 10 WeeksLesson 1:
Pentre Ifan
This lesson will focus on summarizing from multiple resources and creating fused outlines to use for paragraphs.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Pompeii Part 1
This lesson will focus on summarizing multiple topics from multiple resources while also learning about using short sentence openers.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Pompeii Part 2
This lesson focuses on summarizing multiple topics from multiple sources and developing a works consulted/bibliography page.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Water
This lesson will focus on inventive writing as we learn about creating body paragraphs while learning about adding clauses as a decorative technique.
50 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
All topics will be taught from a secular context. You can view a scope and sequence of the curriculum here under "Sample" to see some topics: https://iew.com/shop/products/coming-soon-ancient-history-based-writing-lessons-student-book-only
Supply List
Due to copyright, students will need to purchase their own copy of the book "Ancient History Based Writing Lessons". This book is approximately $29 and is the resource they will be using for class and homework assignments. The book can be found many places online, in addition to the IEW website linked below. Please be sure to also take a look at the sample provided on the link and let me know if you have any questions. ***This is the 5th edition - no other editions will be compatible with class lessons. https://iew.com/shop/products/ancient-history-based-writing-lessons-student-book-only
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Teaching Certificates
California Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Idaho Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
I am an IEW Registered Instructor and have taught several IEW-related courses over the past 7 years in person and online through Outschool since 2018. I enjoy sharing in the enthusiasm of writing using the IEW method.
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Live Group Course
$160
for 10 classes1x per week, 10 weeks
50 min
Completed by 32 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
3-10 learners per class