Overview
We find that writing is a challenging subject to teach at home. We typically use the Institute for Excellence in Writing. Many of our students have told us that they have a strong foundation for speech competition, college course work and creative work including short stories and novels. Our students begin writing in the 3rd grade using the classical approach of narration and imitation, outlining and retelling stories.
I.E.W.
IEW’s unique approach provides the structure that students need to develop confidence in the writing process, while gradually guiding them toward greater independence and creativity. They will learn nine structural models (note taking, writing paragraphs, stories, simple reports, writing from pictures, research reports, creative writing, essays, and critiques) to help them organize any type of composition. Additionally, stylistic techniques (strong verbs, quality adjectives, sentence openers, and more) are taught incrementally to gently move students from the basics into more sophisticated writing.