This week, Andrew and Julie move on to the second language art: speaking. Tune in as the duo discusses the loss of speaking skills in our culture, explores the cultivation of the art, and emphasizes the value of memorization and recitation. 
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REFERENCED MATERIALS:
"The Four Language Arts"
Article
Audio talk

Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization by Andrew Pudewa
Classical Conversations
The Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laddie by Gene Stratton Porter
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Highlands Latin School
The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
Speech Boot Camp (Discontinued)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
The Columbian Orator by David W. Blight
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Episode 204: The Four Language Arts Part 2 - Speaking

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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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

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps 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
 

Episode 421: Announcing IEW Gradebook


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 Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
Penrod by Booth Tarkington
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
Dual Enrollment with Christian Halls International
University-Ready Writing
Introduction to Public Speaking

If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps 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

Episode 420: Live Ask Andrew Anything


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 Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Mastery Learning, Ability Development, and Individualized Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Ten Thousand Times and then Begins Understanding audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
"The Fly" by Ogden Nash
"Relativity" by Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
Memory Mentor
"The Children’s Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps 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

Episode 419: Announcing Memory Mentor


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” article by Andrew Pudewa
Unit 8: Easy Essays and Beyond webinar
University-Ready Writing
University-Ready Writing free lessons
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Seminar Workbook
Magnum Opus Magazine Unit 8 samples

 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps 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
 

Episode 418: Preparing for Unit 8


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 IEW
IEW Homeschool Magalog
IEW Pathway
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Structure and Style for Students
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
“Celebrate the Checklist”
Introduction to Public Speaking
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
University-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
 

Episode 204: The Four Language Arts Part 2 - Speaking

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