
In a recent study, a majority of students selected redoing assignments as their top motivation to work harder in school. Intrigued and inspired by the study’s results, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker engage in a delightful and wide-ranging conversation in this week’s podcast about the ways that the Structure and Style checklist approach provides a concrete method for teachers to motivate students to redo assignments.
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“IEW’s Checklist Motivates for Success”
"What Would Motivate Teens to Work Harder in School? The Chance to Redo Assignments" by Arianna Prothero
Structure and Style for Students
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Dr. James B. Webster
Episode 281: Talking about the Intangibles
IEW Schools Division
Transcript of Podcast Episode 394

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Episode 394: IEW's Checklist Motivates for Success

The Arts of Language Podcast, with Institute for Excellence in Writing’s founder Andrew Pudewa, is a weekly podcast to support teachers of writing composition. Our goal is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers.

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This week’s episode is about preventing summer evaporation! Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss ideas for summer learning that won’t lead to long faces and complaints. From state history field trips to scavenger hunts, IEW’s customer service team gave Julie a host of ideas for a summer of fun and learning.
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1000 Hours Outside blog
Episode 367: 1000 Hours Outside – A Conversation with Ginny Yurich 
Episode 323: Preventing Evaporation – Strategies for Summer Writing
Episode 373: Summer Writing Ideas
Read Aloud Revival
Camp BOOK IT! Summer Program
Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa

 
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Episode 425: Learning throughout the Summer


An encomium is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly. In this week’s episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker brainstorm ways to show appreciation to teachers and mothers. They also reminisce about teachers who influenced them. Has your student ever written an encomium to show appreciation for you or a teacher? Listen to this episode to hear Andrew’s and Julie’s topic ideas for an encomium in praise of a teacher or mother.
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IEW Appreciates Teachers!  
IEW Appreciates Teachers! blog post
R23: Lessons in Cinema, Part 1
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® Seminar Workbook
Unit 5 Student Sample

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Episode 424: An Encomium for Mothers and Teachers


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. 
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Satisfaction Guarantee
Return Policy

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Episode 423: The IEW 100%  Satisfaction Guarantee


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 Workbook
Magnum Opus Magazine Unit 9 Samples
Formal Critiques: Going beyond the Boring Book Report webinar 
Episode 417: Using IEW through the Years 

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Episode 422: Preparing for Unit 9


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 Gradebook
Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
“Simplify Grading with IEW Gradebook” 
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® 
Theme-Based Writing Lessons
Structure and Style® for Students
Heidi Thomas
Joseph Tabenkin

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Episode 394: IEW's Checklist Motivates for Success

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