This is the second class of a 2-part course on writing using the Wonders of Science thematic writing 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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Continue your focus on writing while learning about science.  Expand on what you learned in the Part 1 class by learning how to summarize multiple resources, create research reports, write essays, and begin papers on analysis.  Because this curriculum is sequential and builds upon a structure, we will cover the last 4 IEW units (6-9) in this class.

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.

Lessons & Structures covered will include:
Week 1: Nikola Tesla (introduction to writing from multiple sources; fused outlines) 
Week 2: Albert Einstein Part 1 (fused outlines; very short sentence openers)
Week 3: Albert Einstein Part 2 (fused outlines; works consulted page)
Week 4: Favorite Inventions Part 1 ("writing from the brain" body paragraphs; clausal sentence openers; clauses)
Week 5: Favorite Inventions Part 2 (introduction and conclusion paragraphs)
Week 6: Albert Einstein Part 3 (assembling a 5 paragraph essay; subject and -ing sentence openers)
Week 7: A Prominent Scientist Part 1 (research report)
Week 8: A Prominent Scientist Part 2 (research report)
Week 9: George Washington Carver (writing an analysis)
Week 10: George Washington Carver (writing an analysis)
Vocabulary and literature suggestions will be given so students can use these to connect to their writing.    

No prior experience with IEW is required.