Writing About Fun and Fascinating Things Using Thematic IEW Curriculum (Part 1)

This is the first class of a 2-part course on writing using the All Things Fun and Fascinating curriculum from IEW.   By taking both the Part 1 and Part 2 classes, students will cover most of the lessons in the book. 
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Literature is diverse! Whether enjoying a fable or short story or reading facts about animals, there is always something interesting to learn. As you are introduced to diverse pieces of writing, learn how to take notes, re-tell stories, summarize references and learn to write poetry in this Part 1 class.  Because this curriculum is sequential and builds upon a structure, we will cover the first 4 units of the IEW methods before moving into part 2 of the course, offered after this course is completed.

Each week during class, students will interact with the teacher and other students to practice building on writing skills through modeling in the required book, discussion, and/or short games.  The games may use the chatbox, on-screen annotation, and verbal exercises.  All activities will reinforce the concepts of both writing style and writing structure.

Throughout these lessons, we will be playing with words to "dress-up" our writing, using descriptive adjectives, strong verbs, adverbs, sentence openers, figurative language, vocabulary, and more to add interest.

Vocabulary and literature suggestions will be given so students can use these to connect to their writing.    

No prior experience with IEW is required.