The Arts of Language Podcast

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the IEW® 100% satisfaction guarantee and how the return policy works. Learn why Andrew established this policy and why IEW does not ever discount materials. Referenced Materials Satisfaction GuaranteeReturn Policy 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

If you have been following along all year, we have made it to the final episode in this year’s series on the unit models. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss Unit 9: Formal Critique. In some ways, it is the culmination of all the units. Explore the value of learning the skills of analysis and writing about literature even if students are not planning to pursue a literary career. Referenced Materials Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®Seminar WorkbookMagnum Opus Magazine Unit 9 SamplesFormal Critiques: Going beyond the Boring Book Report webinar Episode 417: Using IEW through the Years 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 week’s episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Heidi Thomas and Joseph Tabenkin. Heidi is part of IEW's Product Development team. This past year she and her team have worked alongside Joseph, a product and software developer, to create IEW Gradebook, an online tool designed to help teachers grade more efficiently and effectively. Listen in for exciting details! Referenced Materials IEW GradebookFour Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing“Simplify Grading with IEW Gradebook”Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® Theme-Based Writing LessonsStructure and Style® for StudentsHeidi ThomasJoseph Tabenkin 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

It’s time for another Live Ask Andrew Anything episode! Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they answer questions from listeners. They were joined by Ashley from Joyful Noise Learning, who asked how to answer a child who asks, “Why do I have to learn writing when I am not going to be a writer when I grow up?” Andrew also shares what he is reading to his grandchildren as well as a few other book recommendations. Referenced Materials Joyful Noise Learning However ImperfectlyPenrodPinocchioSwallows and AmazonsHow to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance EducationStructure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level CDual Enrollment with Christian Halls InternationalUniversity-Ready WritingIntroduction to Public Speaking 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 discuss the goodness of memory. Andrew shares his experiences with memorization and some of the reasons behind his passion for it. They introduce a new tool that will help you furnish the mind with poetry, songs, math facts, and more. Referenced Materials Nurturing Competent CommunicatorsMastery Learning, Ability Development, and Individualized EducationTen Thousand Times and then Begins UnderstandingBy Heart: The Goodness of MemoryLinguistic Development through Poetry MemorizationTeaching Writing: Structure and Style®"The Fly" "Relativity" How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance EducationEpisode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1Memory Mentor"The Children’s Hour" 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 discuss the importance of learning the basic essay model even when many say it is outdated or formulaic. Learn how to take the basic essay model and expand it to a super-essay. Andrew even discusses the name of the longest essay model that uses one of his favorite words. Referenced Materials “De-Confusing Essays” Unit 8: Easy Essays and Beyond webinarUniversity-Ready WritingUniversity-Ready Writing free lessonsTeaching Writing: Structure and StyleSeminar WorkbookMagnum Opus MagazineUnit 8 samples 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

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker give a quick overview of how to start with IEW before diving into the question of how long students should use IEW courses. Students sometimes complain that they are doing the same thing over and over again. Learn why Andrew recommends the repetition of the Structure and Style syllabus over multiple years and whether students will ever graduate from the checklist. Referenced Materials How to Get Started with IEWIEW Homeschool MagalogIEW PathwayTeaching Writing: Structure and StyleStructure and Style for StudentsBleak House“Celebrate the Checklist”Introduction to Public SpeakingLinguistic Development through Poetry MemorizationUniversity-Ready Writing 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

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker spend this episode sharing the legacy of Dr. James B. Webster. Hear the stories behind the unit models and a few personal anecdotes from Andrew’s long friendship with him. As Andrew said, “If you have benefitted from IEW in any way, you can be grateful for his brilliance, his vision that all children could learn to write well, and his decades-long friendship with me—without which IEW would not exist.” Referenced Materials Dr. James B. WebsterAnna InghamIEW’s storyDr. Webster’s obituaryBlended Structure and Style in Composition Blended Sound-Sight Program of Learning Transcript of Podcast Episode 416 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 Homeschool 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the importance of attending homeschooling conventions. They reminisce about the conventions they have attended and their favorite things to do when attending a convention. Andrew shares his heart on why home educators and grandparents should make the time and put forth the effort to attend a homeschool convention. Referenced Materials Great Homeschool Convention-South Carolina (GHC-SC) GHC-MissouriGHC-OhioUTCH Convention 2024IDEA AnchorageIDEA SoldotnaIDEA FairbanksIDEA JuneauFPEA Florida Homeschool ConventionNCFCA National Championship41st Annual Virginia Homeschool Convention (HEAV)CHEA's Annual Homeschool Convention2024 Northern California Homeschool Convention Transcript of Podcast Episode 415 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

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk to Lisa VanDamme, founder of the VanDamme Academy in Southern California. Lisa is passionate about making meaningful works of literature part of everyone’s life. They are joined by Joseph Tabenkin, who began following her reading program and developed an app for it: Read With Me. Listen to this episode as Andrew and Lisa compare favorite novels and share the joy of reading. Referenced Materials Lisa VanDammeVanDamme AcademyRead With MeJoseph TabenkinCyrano de BergeracNinety-Three IEW Book RecommendationsVanDamme Academy favorite booksTranscript of Podcast Episode 414 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

More than a podcast episode, this interview is a chance to listen to two friends share the story of how they met and the impact each has had on the other. Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Adam Andrews about the history of the Teaching the Classics course and CenterForLit as well as the importance of using Socratic questioning to listen to and learn from authors as they speak through their writing. Referenced Materials Teaching the ClassicsCenterForLitReady ReadersPelican Society“Rikki Tikki Tavi”Great ExpectationsAnna KareninaBiblioFilesTeaching Writing: Structure and StyleTranscript of Podcast Episode 413 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

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss preparing to teach Unit 7: Inventive Writing. While most writing programs start with writing from a prompt, the Structure and Style method does not teach this until later in the course. Learn why this is and discover tips for helping even the youngest writers overcome the blank page. Referenced Materials Episode 398: Think like ShakespeareCultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School 2023 Essay Contest Winners Teaching Writing: Structure and Style 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411If 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411If 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 talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard. Referenced Materials Reading for the Long RunLearning Differences? IEW can help!R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — DyslexiaEpisode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan BartonEpisode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris PudewaEpisode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette EideEpisode 363: IEW Helps Students with DyslexiaEpisode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer MauserTranscript of Podcast Episode 411If 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