Syllabus: Intermediate IEW Writing with Medieval Historical Themes (Part 1 of 2)
Course Overview: This 15-week course combines historical topics with IEW writing techniques. Each week, students will explore a historical theme, read related literature, and complete writing assignments. The course is designed to enhance writing skills through the introduction of dress-ups, sentence openers, decorations, and advanced additions. Previous IEW experience is not necessary but helpful.

Required Materials:
•	Literature Books:
o	Beowulf: A New Telling  by Robert Nye
o	Tales from Japan Retold by Hellen & William McAlpine
o	The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
•	Internet access for research
•	3-ring binder
•	File folders

Weekly Structure:
•	Historical Topic Discussion: Exploration of the historical theme for the week.
•	IEW Techniques: Introduction, explanation, and demonstration of writing techniques and assignments.
•	Assignments: 1-3 paragraph writing tasks posted each week, due the following week.
•	Literature Discussions and Quizzes: Weekly discussions and Kahoot quizzes on the assigned literature.
•	Writing Enhancements: Introduction of new dress-ups, sentence openers, decorations, and advanced additions.
•	Checklists: Provided to ensure students stay on task.
•	Resubmissions: Allowed for corrections.

Week-by-Week Breakdown:
Literature: Beowulf
Week 1:
•	Historical Topic: The Roman Empire – The Fall
•	IEW Unit 1: Making an Outline
Week 2:
•	Historical Topic: Early Days of Britain – Celts, Barbarians
•	IEW Unit 2: Writing from an Outline, -ly adverb
Week 3:
•	Historical Topic: Christianity Comes to Britain – Medieval Monasteries
•	IEW Unit 2: Writing from an Outline, title rule 
Week 4:
•	Historical Topic: The Ottoman Empire
•	IEW Unit 2: Writing from an Outline (2 paragraphs), who-which clause 
Unit 3: The Medieval Indian Empire/The Rise of Islam/Islam Becomes an Empire
Week 5:
•	Historical Topic: Mughals
•	Story: The Hunter, the Shaikh, and the Hungry Cat, Quotes and Conversation
Literature: Tales from Japan
Week 6:
•	Historical Topic: Islam
•	Story: Peach Boy, Strong Verb and Banned Words, Kahoot 
Week 7:
•	Historical Topic: Japan
•	Story: Urashima Taro, Quality Adjectives, Banned Words 
Week 8:
•	Historical Topic: Russia
•	Story: Lucky Tea Kettle, Alliteration
Week 9:
•	Historical Topic: The Great Dynasties of China
•	IEW Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference, Topic/Clincher Rule 
Week 10:
•	Historical Topic: The Bottom of the World – Australia/New Zealand
•	IEW Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference, Because Clause 
Literature: King Arthur
Week 11:
•	Historical Topic: The Kingdom of the Franks
•	IEW Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference (2 paragraphs), Kahoot, www.asia
Week 12:
•	Historical Topic: The Norsemen
•	IEW Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference (2 paragraphs), #2 prepositional  opener 
Unit 5: Writing From Pictures
Week 13:
•	Historical Topic: The First Kings of England
•	IEW Unit 5: Writing from Pictures, #3 ly Adverb Opener
Week 14:
•	Historical Topic: Knights and Samurai
•	IEW Unit 5: Writing from Pictures, #6 VSS, 3sss
Week 15:
•	Historical Topic: The Age of the Crusades
•	IEW Unit 5: Writing from Pictures, Kahoot 

Homework:
•	Assignments posted weekly, due the following week. Resubmissions allowed for corrections.
•	Literature reading and discussion are required for the success of the course.

Evaluation:
•	Assignments will be reviewed and feedback provided. Completion and understanding of assignments will ensure success. Active participation in discussions and quizzes is helpful.