The Arts of Language Podcast

Do you allow kids to look back at the source for spelling while they write? What are the pros and cons of Structure and Style® for Students versus a Writing Across the Curriculum course? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss these and other questions and share a couple new jokes in another Ask Andrew Anything episode. You never know what you might learn!
 
Referenced Materials
IEW Practical Printables
Misplaced Modifiers Booklet
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
Structure and Style for Students, Year 3 Level B
Structure and Style for Students, Year 2 Level B
Structure and Style for Students, Year 2 Level A
Writing Across the Curriculum
IEW in Writing Series 
EZ+1: IEW's Step-by-Step Teaching Method
Episode 417: Using IEW through the Years
Magnum Opus Magazine
Transcript of Podcast Episode 540
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker open the mailbag (or the email inbox) and read letters Andrew has received from students. Listen to this episode to find out from students themselves why they enjoy IEW’s award winning Structure and Style® for Students and Fix It!® Grammar. This episode also features a book authored by a reluctant young writer who changed her mind about writing after learning from Andrew.
 
Referenced Materials
Structure and Style for Students
Fix It! Grammar
Furhaven: Slavery or Freedom, Quest 1by Abbie Cole
Transcript of Podcast Episode 539
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
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Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors! In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Amy Wormald, whose family met the challenge of spending 1000 hours outside in a single year. Listen to find out how they gradually worked up to this, how they figure out how much time they need to spend each day or month, and what activities they have found to be the most beneficial and memorable.
 
 
Referenced Materials
Nature Deficit Disorder: Causes, Consequences, & Cures audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Episode 367: 1000 Hours Outside – A Conversation with Ginny Yurich
Episode 428: Enjoy the Great Outdoors
1000 Hours Outside by Ginny Yurich
1000 Hours Outside App
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Bud and Me by Alta Abernathy
Transcript of Podcast Episode 538
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

In this Laying the Foundation episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how the Structure and Style® methodology removes the most frequent complaint from students: I don’t know what to write! Listen to this conversation to hear the history of the philosophy behind the key word outline and source texts.
 
Referenced Materials
Blended Structure and Style in Composition by Dr. James B. Webster
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
Adventures in Writing
IEW in Writing Information Page
Transcript of Podcast Episode 537
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the rich heritage of thought and compelling writing of the Founding Fathers. This episode also includes a look back at a source text about Thomas Jefferson and music from the old Student Writing Intensive course. 
 
Referenced Materials
A Great Awakening 
Thomas Jefferson: In His Own Words
Transcript of Podcast Episode 536
 

 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
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