Description

In this episode of "Ask Andrew Anything," IEW's ingenious leader answers questions from our latest Facebook Party, such as "Do you recommend the use of a thesaurus?" and "Is there any creative writing course with IEW?". What would your question be if you could ask Andrew anything?

REFERENCED MATERIALS:

• IEW Facebook Page
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons by Lori Verstegen 
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• A Word Write Now by Loranna Schwacofer
• U.S History-Based Writing Lessons by Lori Verstegen 
• Pen and Paper
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
  • Article
• The Four Deadly Errors
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
  • Article
  • Audio Talk by Andrew Pudewa
• The Five Canons of Rhetoric
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2​​
• Free Aesop Fables Online
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization by Andrew Pudewa
• Fix it! Grammar by Pamela White
• 24:01-"If you gathered methane gas from cows for two years, would all the gas be able to launch a rocket to space?"  
  • Answer at AAA Episode 30 
• Please Rate and Review our Podcast on iTunes
• Questions asked: 
  • 2:27 - Carrie Sue asks "I have four children. My eldest is 12 and writing has been a struggle so I have never taught it. Now he has improved and is about the same grade-level and is reading and writing as my 10 year old. Where would I begin to teach writing and could my 8 year old, who is an advance reader, join them too?"
  • 7:04 - Ashley asks "Do you recommend the use of a thesaurus and at what age?"
  • 9:57 - Leslie asks "I love all your products. My son is needing a vocabulary program. What do you suggest?"
  • 13:22 - Clare asks "I have a 12 year old son who insists that he type his writing assignments. I am big fan of handwriting, as it seems to be a lost art. What do you think?"

  • 16:36 - Courtney asks "How long is it okay to scribe for them? I've been following Jill's advice on scribing for them for as long as needed but sometimes it seems as though they will never learn to do it themselves. I am doing U.S History-Based Writing Lessons with my 13 year old dyslexic daughter, along with my 12 year old. Both of them need quite a bit of handholding."

  • 18:19 - Lisa asks "On average how long would you expect it to take a 5th grader to do a key word outline and write there own rough draft from their key word outline? This is out first year with TWSS and it's taking a very long time. Do you ever have students try and write their rough draft from scratch because they can't remember what the key word outline means? What's the best thing to do in this case?"

  • 22:04 - Brandy asks "Is there any creative writing course with IEW? "

  • 29:06- Kristen asked "Our freshman son has some vision issues which delayed his reading and impacted his spelling and writing. We have some of your products. Am I right in thinking slow and steady wins the race or is there something specific I should be doing to help his written communication become easier? "

Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

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