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The IEW High School Year 1 Level C small group course is a yearlong 24 week writing class for high school students. This class may be a great fit for students who want to enhance their writing skills. Students will write various 1-5 paragraph compositions which will include incorporating IEW stylistic techniques (dress-ups, sentence openers, and decorations).

This yearlong class will be divided into two semesters (Fall and Spring). Students will enroll in this class Fall (Sept. – December) and Spring (January – April) of the current school year.

The teacher will discuss IEW units 1-9 and students will apply concepts to their compositions.

Fall semester
Unit 1 – 2 Note Making and Outline, Writing from Notes 
•	Students will learn how to create a keyword outline (KWO)
•	Students will learn how to retell the story from the KWO
•	Students will learn IEW stylistic techniques

Unit 3 Retelling Narrative Stories 
•	Student will identify the important components of a fictional story
•	Students will rewrite a story from the story sequence chart
•	Students will apply stylistic techniques learned to assignments

Unit 4 Summarizing A Reference
•	Students will learn Unit 4 Summarizing a Reference structural model

Unit 5 Writing from Pictures 
•	Students will learn to ask questions about pictures in order to obtain ideas for writing
•	Students will learn to write a KWO from pictures
•	Students will learn to write a 3-paragraph story from the KWO
•	Students will apply stylistic techniques learned to assignments

Unit 6 Summarizing Multiple References 
•	Students will learn Unit 6 Summarizing Multiple References structural model
•	 Students will learn to identify various topics related to one subject
•	Students will learn to write source outlines about a single topic from multiple references 
•	Students will learn to write a fuse outline from multiple outlines 
•	Students will create a report from the fuse outline 
•	Students will apply stylistic techniques learned to assignments

Spring Semester
Unit 7 Inventive Writing
•	Students will learn the importance of asking questions
•	Students will learn the parts of the introduction and concluding paragraphs
•	Students will learn to write a KWO for three body paragraphs, an introduction, and a conclusion
•	Students will learn to write a 5-paragraph composition from the KWO

Unit 8 Formal Essay Model 
•	Students will review the Unit 8 Formal Essay structural model
•	Students will write a 6 - 12 paragraph essay

Unit 9 Formal Critique 
•	Students will learn the format of a Formal Critique structural model
•	Students will learn vocabulary which works well in a formal critique
•	Students will learn to use the Unit 3 Story Sequence Chart to write the body paragraph(s)
•	Students will learn the components of an introduction and conclusion paragraph used in formal critiques
•	Students will write a formal critique

Response to Literature
• 	Write a 5-paragraph Response to Literature

Note: All final assignments must be typed doubled spaced, Times New Roman #12 font. Assignments must be emailed to the teacher 2 days before class. Assignments will have due dates. Late assignments will NOT be evaluated.

Note 2: The Spring semester is for students who have completed the Fall semester units. Exception may be made if the student has had prior experience with IEW curriculum. The student writing sample will have to be reviewed by the teacher.

Note 3: Each semester is a separate enrollment and cost.

Scope and Sequence
Fall Semester
Week 1-2: Unit 1-2 Note Making & Outline, Writing from Notes
Week 3-5: U 3 Retelling Narrative Stories
Week 6-7: Unit 4 Summarizing A Reference
Week 8-9: U 5 Writing from Pictures 
Week 10-12:  U 6 Summarizing Multiple References

Spring Semester
Week 13-15: U7 Inventive Writing
Week 16-19: U 8 Formal Essay Models
Week 20-21: U 9 Formal Critique
Week 22-24 Response to Literature