Hot Off the Press! Printing with Letter Stories Card Game
Learning to read English requires a significant amount of rote memory. There are over seventy phonograms to memorize and dozens of rules governing their combinations. How can children best learn all these things?... read more
Another Free Resource for You from IEW: Kangaroo Rats Mini Books
If you are attending the Unit 6 webinar, or are listening to the archive, these source texts will come in handy. Download PDF read more
Saving My GPA
Wearily and unenthusiastically I took up my paper from the classroom table where I was sitting and handed it over to my professor. Fearful anticipation plagued my mind. My first semester in college... read more
Solving the Editing Problem
While teaching IEW writing a year or so ago, I found it wasn’t always easy to believe that my students were getting consistent editing attention at home. Several students would turn their final... read more
The IEW Difference
I recently received an email announcing that I was the happy recipient of a particular marketing company’s latest feat, A Marketer’s Guide to Writing (actual title changed so I don’t appear to be... read more
Popular Questions at Our First Facebook Party
Last night we launched our first “Facebook Party,” an event that included over five hundred parents and educators. Andrew Pudewa and other IEW commentators were among the participants as they answered some challenging... read more
The Rationale Behind “-ly” Adverbs
Question: I'd like to know your rationale for teaching the "-ly" adverb concept. In the professional writing community, adding “-ly” words is a sign of weak writing, not strong. Answer: It was Mark Twain who famously... read more
Beating Blank Brain Syndrome
Writer’s block. Blank page syndrome. Blank brain syndrome. Sound familiar? You remember the feeling – you have a big paper due in a few days that you haven’t even started yet, you sit... read more
Hot Off the Press! Printing with Letter Stories Card Game
Learning to read English requires a significant amount of rote memory. There are over seventy phonograms to memorize and dozens of... read more
Another Free Resource for You from IEW: Kangaroo Rats Mini Books
If you are attending the Unit 6 webinar, or are listening to the archive, these source texts will come in handy. Download... read more
Saving My GPA
Wearily and unenthusiastically I took up my paper from the classroom table where I was sitting and handed it over to... read more
Solving the Editing Problem
While teaching IEW writing a year or so ago, I found it wasn’t always easy to believe that my students were... read more
The IEW Difference
I recently received an email announcing that I was the happy recipient of a particular marketing company’s latest feat, A Marketer’s... read more
Popular Questions at Our First Facebook Party
Last night we launched our first “Facebook Party,” an event that included over five hundred parents and educators. Andrew Pudewa and... read more
The Rationale Behind “-ly” Adverbs
Question: I'd like to know your rationale for teaching the "-ly" adverb concept. In the professional writing community, adding “-ly” words is... read more
Beating Blank Brain Syndrome
Writer’s block. Blank page syndrome. Blank brain syndrome. Sound familiar? You remember the feeling – you have a big paper due... read more
