In this fast-paced episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker chat with Ben Greenfield, who was in one of Andrew’s first writing classes. The discussion covers an array of topics, from health and wellness to parenting to homeschooling and family life. As the author of the Boundless series, Ben exudes boundless energy and excitement for life.

Referenced Materials

• Ben Greenfield Life website
• Ben Greenfield's books
• Whole Stix
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• Ben’s sons’ card game
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 525

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Is the workplace trend of quiet quitting spilling over into education? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker for a discussion about motivation and how to help kids develop greater attention spans and a desire to learn. Andrew talks about the importance of helping students develop hobbies and learn to make and do real things away from screens.

Referenced Materials

• “Are Students 'Quiet Quitting'? What the Workplace Trend Can Teach Us About K-12”
• Education Week Facebook post
• “The Art and Science of Motivation” by Andrew Pudewa
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Writing Contests
• “What is IEW? Method not Madness” by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 524

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“If the children can’t go to the walls, the walls must come to the children.” Listen to this episode to learn the history of the popular Portable Walls™ products. Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share the inspiration behind these handy resources and the variations that have been developed through the years. 

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students
• Portable Walls™ for Academic Writing
• Portable Walls™ for the Public Speaker
• Portable Walls™ Grammar on the Go
• “Sound City, the Heart of Anna Ingham’s Language Arts Program”
• Rocklin School District Study

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“Don’t start a sentence with because!” is a common refrain among teachers. In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss why this word is important and how it fits into IEW’s list of stylistic techniques. Andrew considers how this word promotes thinking and why teaching students to use it provides exercise in overcoming awkwardness in writing. Why else should you listen to this episode? You should listen because you will discover how learning to write actually helps you learn to listen better.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• “But it’s so . . . so . . . awkward!”
• University-Ready Writing
• IEW Accreditation
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 522

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the prompts for the annual IEW Writing Contest. Listen to this episode to learn why does IEW have a writing contest, what the value of entering a writing contest is for students, and how a writing contest fits into the types of motivation. Andrew breaks down the prompts and talks about how a writer might approach this essay.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Writing Contest
• Other Writing Contests
• “The Benefits of Entering Writing Contests”
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 521

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How do you motivate your students to do more than the bare minimum? Are there ways to help your students write better topic-clincher sentences? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss these questions and more in another Ask Andrew Anything episode. You never know what question Julie may ask!

Referenced Materials

• Episode 478: What’s in Your Audible Account?
• Episode 231:The Dyslexic Advantage – A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide, Part 1
• Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia – A Conversation with Susan Barton
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Memoria Press Logic courses
• The Art of Argument
• The Argument Builder
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level A
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Link to Episode 520 video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 520

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Why is it important to teach grammar? How does grammar help with comprehension and skills beyond just knowing the parts of speech? Listen as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker dive into this valuable subject. Andrew shares a bit of the history behind the Fix It!® Grammar series and talks about why it is an effective method of teaching grammar.

Referenced Materials

• But . . . but . . . but . . . What about Grammar? audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Fix It! Grammar
• Fix It! Grammar free lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 519

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker highlight the IEW Checklist Generator™ that allows teachers and teaching parents to customize their students’ checklists and to provide clear and reasonable expectations for assignments. They also discuss the intangible benefits of using the checklist, such as helping students organize their work and learn responsibility to “do what you check and check what you do.”

Referenced Materials

• Episode 516: The Power of the Checklist
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students
• A Word Write Now
• IEW Writing Toolbox app
• The IEW Checklist Generator, Making EZ+1 Easy!
• Premium Membership
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 518

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This episode is a recording of Julie Walker presenting the EZ+1: IEW's Step-by-Step Teaching Method webinar. Learning to write is foundational to a child’s education, but for many students it is confusing and frustrating. Likewise, for some teachers, training students in composition can seem overly complex and burdensome. However, teaching students to write well is not only possible, but it can be enjoyable!

Referenced Materials

• Webinar presentation slides
• Free lessons from IEW courses
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Fix It!® Grammar
• University-Ready Writing
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• The Phonetic Zoo
• Primary Arts of Language
• IEW Schools Department
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 517

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the history of the IEW’s methodology and how the checklist makes it possible for students to enjoy writing. Julie also shares about the IEW Checklist Generator™, IEW® Gradebook, and instructor accreditation.

Referenced Materials

• Blended Structure and Style in Composition by Dr. James B. Webster
• Episode 416: A Tribute to Dr. James B. Webster
• “The Online IEW Checklist Generator™”
• IEW® Gradebook
• Episode 512: IEW Gradebook – Why Teachers Love It
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• IEW Accreditation
• Dr. Webster’s University Essay Checklists
• “The Power of the Checklist”  
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 516

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Picture a hall filled with row upon row of booths showcasing curriculum, activity kits, and books! Add many homeschool parents (and maybe some grandparents), helpful consultants, and plenty of engaging speakers. This is the ideal recipe for a refreshing and inspiring weekend at a homeschool convention. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss why you should attend a conference and how to prepare to get the most out of your weekend.

Referenced Materials

• Homeschool conventions where you can find IEW in 2026
• Episode 415: Get Thee to a Homeschool Convention
• “Encouragement for the Journey”
• Andrew Pudewa convention talk recordings
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 515

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Andrew Pudewa insists, “If you're ever feeling a little low on hope for the future, get yourself to a speech and debate tournament and just see young people flourishing in every way.” In this episode, learn why he believes this as he and Julie Walker interview three of the NCFCA 2025 Champions: Abbagail Fagot, Pierce Stanton, and Jonathan Paul. These students share how they started with speech and debate, how it prepares them academically, and how it benefitted them in some intangible ways as well.

Referenced Materials

• NCFCA
• Episode 487: Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism, Part 1
• Episode 459: Speech and Debate with Christy Shipe
• Episode 427: NCFCA with Kim Cromer✟
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Introduction to Public Speaking free lessons
• NCFCA 2025–26 Tournaments
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 514

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Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level C
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
• Podcast 481: Writing Across the Curriculum with Dr. O’Toole
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 513

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In this episode, Julie Walker interviews Heidi Thomas, the “wizard behind the curtain” who has helped develop IEW® Gradebook as well as many of the Writing Across the Curriculum courses. Heidi shares how IEW Gradebook helps teachers efficiently and effectively grade papers and get their weekends back.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Gradebook
• “It Keeps Getting Better!”
• “Simplify Grading with IEW Gradebook”
• “Teacher Spotlight: Laura McMahon, Ivywood Classical Academy”
• “Teacher Spotlight: Heidi Plocher, Michigan Lutheran High School”
• Heidi Thomas
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 512
  

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce IEW’s theme for 2026: Laying the Foundation. They answer the questions: What are the basics? How does IEW help students get back to the basics of learning? They talk about the simple, timeless, and elegant ways that IEW helps students cultivate attentiveness, memory, and ideas. Listen to the end to hear Julie make a special announcement.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• IEW Homeschool Magalog
• IEW Schools Magalog 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 511

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker address questions from our listeners as well as questions that have been sent to our customer service team. The questions include whether IEW helps with specific mnemonics for writing, whether IEW methods provide scaffolding, and what to do when you take the month of December off. Andrew also reads some of the mail that he has received from students. Julie ends with a question about what kinds of books to read, and Andrew’s answer may surprise you.

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• University-Ready Writing
• Introduction to Public Speaking
  
• Link to Episode 510 video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 510

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In this episode, Julie Walker is joined by Terra Tyler, customer accounts manager, to talk about Christmas traditions old and new. They talk about family recipes, Christmas activities, and, of course, IEW’s Twelve Days of Christmas Giving.

Referenced Materials

• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving 100 days countdown reel
• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving 50 days countdown reel
• History of Musubi
• Recipe for Musubi
• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 509

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In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce the listeners to Kimberly Klokus, the founder of River’s Run, which exists to “equip [and s]upply foster families and foster children going into care with resources and supplies they need to ease the trauma.” Kimberly’s joy and enthusiasm overflow as she shares her story and how others can help those who are in the foster system as either children or caregivers. Listen and be encouraged.

Referenced Materials

• River’s Run Cottage
• River’s Run Amazon Wish List
• NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 508

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We are wrapping up our year of focusing on how to think. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to share his experience with teaching Unit 5 and how this provides training for the later units. They talk about the history of Unit 5 and how it can help with higher level thinking needed for writing conclusions and critiques. They also discuss how this unit provides a place for students to be a little more creative than the other units and why it fits well as a bit of freedom in the middle of the year.

Referenced Materials

• “Asking Questions with Unit 5”
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Transcript to Podcast Episode 507
  
  

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As our listeners know, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are tireless advocates for reading aloud, but it can be hard for busy parents to fit in all that reading. In this podcast, Andrew and Julie interview the Winsteads, who are trying to solve this problem and provide quality recordings for 1000 good books. Learn more in this episode about the 1000 Good Books Project and how your family can enjoy classic books for all ages.

Referenced Materials

• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Read-Aloud Revival
• “Letter to a Bookshelf” by Andrew Pudewa
• 1000 Good Books Project
• John Senior
• John Senior’s The Thousand Good Books list
• Mark Van Doren
• The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
• The Death of Christian Culture by John Senior
• How to Listen (1000 Good Books Project)
• Gift membership (1000 Good Books Project)
• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 506

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In this podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker spend some time speaking with Amber O’Neal Johnston, known to many as the Heritage Mom. She is a homeschool mom and writer who is passionate about sharing about homeschooling, parenting, literature, history, travel, and family culture. In this encouraging episode, she shares how books can be mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors.

Referenced Materials

• Amber O’Neal Johnston
• Heritage Mom blog
• Rudine Sims Bishop
• Sweet Tea and Cookies by Amber O’Neal Johnston
• Homegrown: Guidance and Inspiration for Navigating Your Homeschooling Journey edited by Amber O’Neal Johnston
• A Place to Belong: Raising Kids to Celebrate Their Heritage, Community, and the World by Amber O’Neal Johnston
• Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture by Amber O’Neal Johnston
• IEW Events: Conventions
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 505

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In this “While Andrew is Away” episode, Julie Walker is joined by IEW’s Schools Department Manager Jeff Nease. He explains the importance of connecting with an Educational Consultant and staying connected even after the order has been placed. Additionally, he explains how schools use IEW writing courses for student instruction, teacher modeling, and professional development. Jeff wraps up the episode with his personal motivation: “When teachers feel equipped, students flourish.”

Referenced Materials

• IEW Schools Department
• Jeff Nease
• Connect with an Educational Consultant
• Episode 474: Professional Development with Jeff Nease
• Structure and Style® for Students
• 60-Second School
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Select a Training Preference
• “Writing across the Curriculum and Why It Matters”
• Writing Across the Curriculum Courses (formerly theme-based writing lessons)
• IEW Accreditation
• IEW Gradebook
• Studies and Research
• Testimonials
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 504

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In this thought-provoking episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how to think and how that applies to challenging assumptions. They discuss the ways that IEW challenges some assumptions about teaching writing. Julie asks Andrew to describe argumentative and persuasive essays and how those teach students to consider others’ opinions.

Referenced Materials

• Episode 499: A Conversation about Critical Thinking with Jennifer Mauser
• “Why and How Should We Teach Critical Thinking?”
• Structure and Style® for Students
• “Writing Essays with Unit 8”
• Episode 307: Changing Someone’s Mind – The Power of Persuasive Writing
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 503

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker have a conversation with Dr. Colin Chesley, associate vice president of the College of Health and Public Services at Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, Florida. They discuss the challenges facing students today in higher education and the challenges presented by AI. Dr. Chesley discusses how IEW has helped his own children and how University-Ready Writing can prepare students for college writing assignments.

Referenced Materials

• Dr. Colin Chesley
• Daytona State College
• “The Writing Skills Gap”
• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• University-Ready Writing
• “Streamlining Research with Unit 6”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 502

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Hard Work U® is the motto at College of the Ozarks. Valerie Coleman, director of communications and public relations, and Micah, a public relations major and student working in that office, join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker to talk about the unique environment at College of the Ozarks. They discuss how students are able to pay for college by working in many unique venues on campus. Listen to their conversation and share it with any hardworking, college-bound students that you know.

Referenced Materials

• College of the Ozarks
• College of the Ozarks Ice Cream
• Classic Learning Test
• School of the Ozarks
• College of the Ozarks mission
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 501

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In Part 3 of the 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the deeper purpose of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). They emphasize the accessibility of IEW’s materials and share stories from parents and students illustrating the transformative effects of IEW programs for both homeschoolers and full-time schools. Wrapping up, they reinforce the central idea that IEW is ultimately about teaching students to read, write, speak, and think well—prompting the ongoing question: “What are we really doing here?”

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Referenced Materials

• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students
• IEW Premium Membership 
• Checklist Generator™
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Adventures in Writing
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS)
• IEW Online Instructors
• IEW Brand Ambassador Program
• Contact IEW Customer Support
• Chef JoJo Recipe App
• Arts of Language Podcast
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 500 Part 3

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In part two of their 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their lighthearted yet thoughtful conversation. They explain how IEW’s accreditation process works and helps applicants achieve mastery of each unit step by step. The conversation then shifts toward larger educational questions, specifically the role of artificial intelligence in teaching writing. Listen as Andrew and Julie explain the value of process over product and encourage families to invest in authentic learning experiences that will prepare students to thrive.

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Referenced Materials

• IEW® Gradebook
• IEW Instructor Accreditation
• Structure and Style for Students
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style®Students
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 500 Part 2

500th Episode Giveaway: Receive a free Portable Walls for Structure and Style Students with coupon code E500-PWSS (for the first 500 customers).

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In part one of the 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the history and growth of the Arts of Language podcast. They share lighthearted stories about podcast listening habits and discuss how far the podcast has come since its early days. The conversation turns to memorable episodes, such as interviews with Andrew’s son about the hidden strengths of dyslexia, guest appearances from Dr. Leonard Sax and Dr. Carol Swain, and discussions of books like How to Think like Shakespeare. 

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Referenced Materials

• Episode 54: What Are We Really Doing Here? Part 1
• Episode 197: While Andrew's Away – Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris Pudewa, Part 1
• Episode R07: Why Gender Matters – An Interview with Dr. Leonard Sax
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Episode 382: Announcing IEW’s Partnership with Hillsdale College!
• Episode 481: Writing across the Curriculum with Dr. O’Toole
• Amber O’Neal Johnston
• Heidi St. John
• MomStrong 365 A Daily Devotional to Encourage and Empower Everyday Moms
• The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
• Episode R05: Are You a Part of a "Read-Aloud Family"? A Conversation with Sarah Mackenzie
• Episode 435: Becoming Homeschoolers with Monica Swanson
• Episode 282: A Visit with Dr. Carol Swain†
• Episode 264: The Benefits of Mastery Education
• Episode 299: The Profound Power of Poetry
• Episode 283: A Bookish Discussion, Part 1
• Episode 272: The Different Stages of Learning
• Episode 273: Culture, Curriculum, and Care, Part 1
• Episode 281: Talking about the Intangibles
• Episode 296: Impacting English Language Learners with Structure and Style
• Episode 288: Reaching the Reluctant Writer, Part 1
• Episode 293: Process versus Product
• Episode 294: Writing across the Curriculum
• Episode 269: The Mighty Pen – Teaching Students to Change the World through Language
• Episode 311: Optimizing Instruction for Boys and Girls
• Episode 306: Speaking of Spelling
• Episode 305: Homeschool 101, An Interview with Sam Sorbo
• Episode 447: Alternative Learning with Jennifer Mauser
• Episode 478: What’s in Your Audible Account?
• Soul School by Amber O’Neal Johnston
• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Episode 261: When Technology in Education Makes Sense
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 500 Part 1

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Jennifer Mauser, an educational consultant with IEW Schools Department, about the importance of critical thinking and some ways to build critical thinking in your students. Jennifer brings her experience as a mom, Accomplished IEW Instructor, and Master Barton Tutor and shares how she has seen the critical thinking skills in her students expand as she has used IEW methods and materials.

Referenced Materials

• Jennifer Mauser
• IEW Book Recommendations 
• Read-Aloud Revival
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• “How IEW Teaches Thinking”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 499

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker address how to assist students who join midyear. They discuss whether it is necessary to teach all the previous units before new students join the rest of the class and how to handle customizing the checklist. Listen to this helpful conversation that focuses on the best practices that will truly benefit a student.

Referenced Materials

• Bible-Based Writing Lessons
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Structure and Style Overview
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• IEW Checklist Generator™
• “IEW's Checklist: Supporting Student Success”
• Premium Membership
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• “Perfecting Style with Time and Practice”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 498

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Donahue Academy’s Dr. Marc Snyder, principal, and Deacon Edward Watson, assistant principal for curriculum and instruction. They share how and why Donahue Academy has chosen to use IEW, why classical education is growing, and how the IEW Schools Department can assist schools with implementing the Structure and Style® methodology.

Referenced Materials

• Donahue Academy 
• Dr. Marc Snyder, Ed.D.
• Deacon Edward Watson, M.S.E
• Teacher Training Method Options: Live On-Site Professional Development
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Writing across the Curriculum and Why It Matters”
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Why Donahue Academy Chose IEW video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 497

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss a recent study that shows young parents are not reading aloud to their children. Andrew shares stories of reading aloud to his children and grandchildren. They share ways to make reading aloud more enjoyable for both parents and children and end with a call to action for parents. 

Referenced Materials

• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Read-Aloud Revival
• Episode 486: Unfairly Advantaging Your Students
• Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
• “New Research Reveals That Parents Are Losing the Love of Reading Aloud” 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 496

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In this Homeschool 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Darren Jones, senior counsel and director of group services at Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). They discuss the history of homeschooling laws, the benefits of joining HSLDA, and other information helpful for new and veteran homeschool families. Listen to the end for a special offer for IEW Premium Membership subscribers.

Referenced Materials

• Darren Jones, Esq.
• Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
• Premium Membership
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 495

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“You can’t think a thought if you don’t have the words to think it.” In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how building vocabulary enhances thinking skills. Throughout IEW’s history, thinking about words and their meanings has been incorporated into nearly all of our courses. Listen as Andrew and Julie discuss how we teach vocabulary and why it is important to teach it in the context of other courses.

Referenced Materials

• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• A Word Write Now
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• The Phonetic Zoo spelling program
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 494

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker add more books to your TBR (to be read) pile. Listen as they describe more favorite fiction and nonfiction selections, perfect for listening during cool autumn days, doing puzzles, or driving to and from activities as the school year starts again. 

Go to Part 1.

Referenced Materials

• The Testament by John Grisham
• The End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
• Dominion by Tom Holland
• Sooley by John Grisham
• Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
• The Mysterious Howling: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
• Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
• Read-Aloud Revival® (Sarah Mackenzie)
• The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 493

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In this fascinating episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Dr. Steven Hales about the challenges of teaching and learning in the age of AI. Dr. Hales is a professor of philosophy at the Commonwealth University of PA at Bloomsburg and has spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the challenges that students and professors are facing. 

Referenced Materials

• Hilarius Bookbinder Substack
• Scriptorium Philosophia
• The Myth of Luck by Steven D. Hales
• “Why AI Is Destroying Academic Integrity” by Steven D. Hales
• “Process versus Product” by Andrew Pudewa
• “The Average College Student Today” 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 492

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If you have ever considered becoming an accredited IEW instructor, this podcast is for you. Listen as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Sydney Hoff, founder and director of Rose Writing Center. Sydney shares how IEW has impacted her teaching and contributed to the growth of her business. After becoming an accredited IEW instructor herself and realizing the value of that process, Sydney recommends it to everyone she works with.

Referenced Materials

• Rose Writing Center
• Sydney Hoff
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• IEW® Gradebook
• Episode 414: Furnishing the Mind with Reading – Read With Me
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Poetry recitation videos from Rose Writing Center
• IEW Accreditation Program
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 491

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In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker answer questions submitted by listeners. They discuss how to encourage a child to continue practicing a musical instrument, how to help students who are struggling with the questioning skills for Unit 5 and Unit 7, what to do after completing the six books in the Fix It!® Grammar series, what to use for writing a novel, and more. Andrew ends with some letters that he has received from students.

Referenced Materials

• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 2 Level A
• Fix It!® Grammar: Level 6 Little Mermaid
• One Year Adventure Novel
• “Where are they now? Taylor Bennett: Porch Swing Girl” 
• Episode 115: National Novel Writing Month – Special Interview with Taylor Bennett
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level B
• Link to Episode 490 video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 490

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Lizabeth Brasells, the managing editor of Magnum Opus Magazine—IEW’s premier showcase of work from students around the world. Listen as they share the history behind the Magnum Opus, the process of selecting pieces for publication, and the ways the magazine can be used by teachers and teaching parents to model the Structure and Style® method and motivate students.

Referenced Materials

• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Lizabeth Brasells
• IEW Writing Contest
• “Magnum Opus Magazine: A Resource and Opportunity for Teachers and Students” 
• Andrew Pudewa introduces Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 489

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their live session at the NCFCA National Championships. This part of the conversation focused on how using the IEW methodology helps students avoid plagiarism. Andrew also discussed whether there is a place for AI in academics. Listen to hear what students asked Andrew at the end of the session.

Go to Part 1

Referenced Materials

• NCFCA Christian Speech and Debate
• Episode 354: Paper and Pen – What the Research Says
• University-Ready Writing
• University-Ready Writing free lessons
• Episode 492: Academic Integrity with Dr. Stephen Hale
• IEW Gradebook
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 488

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker recorded this two-part podcast at the NCFCA National Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2025. They discuss what plagiarism is, why it is easier for students to plagiarize today, and why it is important to avoid plagiarism. Be sure to listen to Part 2 (posts on 9/3) as they discuss some solutions to this problem. 

Go to Part 2

Referenced Materials

• NCFCA Christian Speech and Debate
• Episode 459: Speech and Debate with Christy Shipe
• Hacking High School: Rethinking the Teen Years audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” article by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 492: Academic Integrity with Dr. Stephen Hale
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 487
  
  

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how children thrive when parents read aloud to them. Reading aloud builds family bonds and shared memories as well as increases vocabulary and comprehension. Listen to this episode to learn more.

Referenced Materials

• Summer Help from IEW
• “Is having a loving family an unfair advantage?”
• Episode 354: Paper and Pen — What the Research Says
• Read-Aloud Revival
• Structure and Style® for Students free lessons
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Grammar for a Full Life by Lawrence Weinstein
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 486

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share their top tips for new homeschool families. They focus on overall lifestyle choices and priorities instead of specific curriculum recommendations. If you are considering homeschooling or know someone who is, this is the perfect episode. Grab a glass of iced tea or lemonade and glean some wisdom from Andrew and Julie.

Referenced Materials

• However Imperfectly audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 326: Fatherhood and Family – A Dad Talk, Part 1
• Hacking High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• The Etiquette Factory
• IEW Annual Educators’ Conference
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 485

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue diving into this year's theme: How to Think. In this episode, they talk about famous questions and quotations that have to do with thinking and learning, as well as some that spark thinking. Listen to glean some questions and quotations that will spark thoughtful conversations in your home or classroom.

Referenced Materials

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• What Are We Really Doing Here? by Andrew Pudewa
  • Article
  • Audio talk
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 484

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how the use of AI for writing impacts the process of training students to be critical thinkers. While it may be tempting for students and parents alike to use AI for writing because it is faster and easier, Andrew encourages parents to realize the dangers, including inaccurate facts, imprecise thinking, and unfounded opinions.

Referenced Materials

• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” article by Andrew Pudewa
• Arts of Language homeschool magalog
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 483

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by IEW’s Customer Support Manager, Catherine Hafer, to discuss the many roles that the customer service team members fill as they serve you and IEW.

Referenced Materials

• Catherine Hafer
• Our Team
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 482

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In this engaging episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the idea of writing across the curriculum with Dr. Kathleen O’Toole, Associate Vice President for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College. They discuss the exciting partnership IEW has formed with the Hillsdale K-12 program that provides guidance and partnership for classical schools as well as teacher training events. They also share the benefits for students and teachers when writing can be integrated with the overall curriculum. 

Referenced Materials

• Dr. James B. Webster
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Hillsdale College
• Hillsdale K-12 Education
• Adventures in Writing
• Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence
• K-12 at Home
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 481

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In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker answer questions submitted by listeners. Listen as they discuss how to find the literature suggestions in IEW’s courses, how to decide what courses to use first with younger students, why the levels of some of the theme-based books have changed, what books Andrew is reading now, and more! 

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level B
• The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
• Investigations in Writing
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level A
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons
• The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
• The Plague by Albert Camus
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Silence by Shūsaku Endō
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• The End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
• We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan B. Peterson
• IEW Online Classes
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level B
• Writing Contests
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level C
• Paper and Pen – What the Research Says audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Link to Episode 480 video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 480

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IEW’s instructor accreditation program is back and better than ever! In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down with Denise Kelley, Director of Product Development at IEW. They talk about the history and purpose of the accreditation program before explaining the new tiers of accreditation and the improved process for becoming accredited. If you want to know more about the new accreditation program, listen to this podcast and visit the IEW Accreditation Program web page.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Accreditation Program
• Apply for IEW Accreditation
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® Seminar
• Structure and Style for Students
• IEW® Gradebook
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 479

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May is often the month when IEW instructors are reaching Unit 9 in which students write formal critiques and Response to Literature compositions. Many of IEW’s courses include literature suggestions because we recognize the importance of connecting literature and writing. In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the impact literature has on thinking and the connections between memory, imagination, and words. Finally, they share some of their favorite books that are in their Audible accounts.

Go to Part 2.

Referenced Materials

• Episode 283: A Bookish Discussion, Part 1 
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1 
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
• The Chronicles of Narnia collection by C.S. Lewis
• Zorro: The Legend Begins by Johnston McCulley
• Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
• Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset
• Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
• Wanting by Luke Burgis
• The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
• Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
• The Complete Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen
• Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
• Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 478

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Sarah Mackenzie about furnishing the mind with words and beauty by reading aloud. Listen as they discuss the importance of not just the words but also the artwork in children’s picture books. Sarah shares her passion for rightly ordered beauty in the words and art in the books they are publishing at Waxwing Books, and she gives a short summary of each of the picture books available.

Referenced Materials

• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Read-Aloud Revival®
• Waxwing Books
• A Little More Beautiful by Sarah Mackenzie
• While Everyone Is Sleeping by Sarah Mackenzie
• Because Barbara by Sarah Mackenzie
• Dear Duck, Please Come! by Sarah Mackenzie
• Painting Wonder by Katie Wray Schon
• Read-Aloud Revival Podcast
• Read-Aloud Revival Booklists
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 477

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May 5–9 is Teacher Appreciation Week. What gifts do teachers appreciate most? Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share some ideas for showing appreciation to all the teachers in your life.

Referenced Materials

• “Gifts for Teachers: What They REALLY Want”
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 476

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down with Stacia Lowe, a homeschool teacher who is passionate about providing hope and stressless homeschooling through budgeting. She shares inspiring stories and tips for making budgeting less painful. If you are concerned about the cost of homeschooling, this is an encouraging episode.

Referenced Materials

• Books by Stacia Rae Lowe & Adam Alva Lowe
• Knot Your Average Knitting classes and other homeschool resources
• Lowe Budget Digital Products
• Stacia’s Newsletter
• Stacia’s Blog
• A capella sample of The Sonshiners
• Knits 'n Novels - Instagram
• Stacia Rae Lowe, Author - Facebook
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 475

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Jeff Nease, who provides support to schools using IEW materials in his role as IEW’s Implementation Coach. Jeff shares his passion for training teachers to use IEW in their classrooms. Andrew, Julie, and Jeff also discuss the 4-Step Implementation Plan and the various options for training that IEW provides.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Schools Department
• Jeff Nease
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• “An Exciting Addition to Premium Membership: TTAP”
• Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style workshop
• Premium Membership
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 474

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April is National Poetry Month. In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the history of Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization, one of Andrew’s favorite projects. Listen as they talk about how this course works and share some stories we have received from students and adults who have found joy in memorizing poetry. As Andrew says at the end, “Memorizing poetry enriches not just the intellect but also the soul.” 

Referenced Materials

• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization free lessons
• Memory Mentor™
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 473

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker open the mailbag (or the email inbox) and read letters IEW has received from students, parents, and teachers. Listen to this episode to find out how IEW has assisted refugee students, how teachers are incorporating IEW into their classrooms, and how IEW assists students long after they have completed high school. Often students send Andrew samples of their work, and he shares some excerpts in this podcast. 

Referenced Materials

• Bible Heroes
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level A
• Fix It!® Grammar
• IEW Schools Department
• IEW Schools Educational Consultants
• Structure and Style for Students
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• IEW® Gradebook
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Poetic Power Poetry Contest
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization free lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 472

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How does furnishing the mind by reading and appreciating poetry help students learn to think? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss the importance of poetry in providing vocabulary, linguistic patterns, and distillation of thoughts. Poetry lends itself to the contemplation of imagination and the beauty of the words. Students learn to think more deeply as they read, enjoy, and think about the words, ideas, and images in poems.

Referenced Materials

• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Memory Mentor™
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 3 Level B
• “Furnishing the Mind: The Power of the Written Word”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 471

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In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa answers questions submitted by listeners. Andrew, along with Julie Walker, discusses how to implement IEW if the parent has learning differences, whether a formal spelling curriculum is needed, how to differentiate the roles of editor and grader, and other questions. Andrew shares anecdotes from the class he is teaching with his grandchildren and their friends and provides encouragement for new-to-IEW moms!

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students
• Structure and Style for Students free lessons
• Accredited Instructors
• IEW® Gradebook
• Primary Arts of Language (PAL)
• The Phonetic Zoo
• “Why Hire an Editor?”
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Premium Membership
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Fix It! Grammar free lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 470

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker announce the prompts for the 2025 IEW Writing Contest. Andrew talks about why students should participate in writing contests, and Julie shares a story from her past about the importance of following instructions. Be sure to listen for the special prizes for the tenth annual IEW Writing Contest!

Referenced Materials

• Writing Contests
• 2025 IEW Writing Contest
• “The Benefits of Entering Writing Contests”
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Episode 469

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Continuing the conversation, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker ask Pamela White additional questions about the amount of grammar students should study and the benefits to learning grammar in developing thinking skills and reading comprehension. They finish with a discussion of AI tools and why most do not benefit students.

Go to Part 1

Referenced Materials

• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man”
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Fix It! Grammar free lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 468

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In celebration of National Grammar Day (March 4), Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Pamela White about why grammar is important, how it relates to thinking and reading comprehension, and how she came to write the Fix It!® Grammar series. They also address sentence diagramming and why it does not necessarily translate into better grammar skills.

 Go to Part 2.

Referenced Materials

•  Fix It! Grammar
• Fix It! Grammar free lessons
• Pamela White
• But . . . but . . . but . . . What about Grammar? audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 467

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Listen as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the wonderful journey from IEW’s humble beginnings to where they are today. They look back at the first newsletter and share anecdotes about people and events that have advanced the company through the years.

Referenced Materials

• The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man”
• Our Story
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 466

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down with Kerry Beck, a veteran homeschool mom who has a passion to share with other parents the lessons she learned in her years of homeschooling. They discuss how to intentionally train your children to be leaders, using everyday school subjects and strategies to build critical thinking skills. 

Referenced Materials

• Kerry Beck
• Raising Leaders, Not Followers by Kerry Beck
• John Taylor Gatto
• The Underground History of American Education
• A Thomas Jefferson Education
• “Just You and Me and Socrates”
• “Process versus Product”
• Timeline of Classics
• Life Skills Leadership Summit
• How to Homeschool My Child
• Hostess Homeschool Super Heroes Week
• FamilyEbiz.com
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 465

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In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how IEW teaches thinking using some aspects of the classical model and the Canons of Rhetoric. They specifically address the first canon, invention, and how students learn division of subjects, one of the key skills in inventive writing. Listen to this episode to learn how to help your students come up with content and present it in a winsome and well-ordered way.

Referenced Materials

• University-Ready Writing
• “Is IEW ‘Classical’?”
• “Filling the Blank Page with Unit 7”
• University-Ready Writing free lessons
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Episode 236: The Five Canons of Rhetoric, Part 1
• Video Interview with Dr. Chesley reviewing University-Ready Writing 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 464

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss classical education and preparing your students to become rhetoricians. Tim Knotts, who studies and writes about classical education, shares resources and suggestions to help you and your students become stronger thinkers and communicators.

Referenced Materials

• New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE)
• The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about AI
• The Liberal Arts Tradition by Kevin Clark and Ravi Jain
• Norms & Nobility by David V. Hicks
• New England Consortium of Classical Educators Summer Conference 2025
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 463

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share the value of IEW’s Premium Membership. Since 2014, Premium Members have been able to view the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar videos and access articles and talks by Andrew. Through the years the IEW Checklist Generator, Teaching Tips with Andrew Pudewa, and many other resources have been added. Don’t wait to join!

Referenced Materials

• Premium Membership
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• “An Exciting Addition to Premium Membership: TTAP”
• “Convert to Pens”
• Spanish Resources
• However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching 
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• IEW Checklist Generator™
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 462

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Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they dive deeper into the theme for this year: How to Think. Before we can talk about how to think, we need to know what thinking is. Andrew talks about the importance of language in building brain pathways along with how the structure of language aids in thinking. Finally, he discusses critical thinking skills and how language is the foundation for those skills.

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• “How to Think”
• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man”
• Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 461

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In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa questions submitted by listeners, including how to follow the topic-clincher rule, what to do when a student uses a dress-up incorrectly, how to help visual learners with communication skills, and how to encourage perseverance and excellence. The episode ends with Andrew reading an assignment from one of his current students who claims to hate writing. Be sure to listen all the way to the end!

Referenced Materials

• “Understanding Topic-Clincher Sentences with Unit 4”
• Strengthening Structure Models for IEW Structural Units
• Review of SSS-1A
• “Why Hire an Editor?”
• IEW’s Winter Retreat 2025: A Virtual Writing Workshop for Teachers
• University-Ready Writing
• From Copywork to Composition: Teaching Writing through Imitation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• “Process versus Product”
• Adventures in Writing
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons free lessons
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level A
• Structure and Style for Students free lessons
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Link to Episode 460 video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 460

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Christy Shipe about why teens should participate in speech and debate. Christy is the board chair of NCFCA Christian Speech and Debate and has been involved in many roles since NCFCA was founded. Learn the history of the organization and the many benefits of speech and debate for your students in all communication skills, not just speaking.

Referenced Materials

• NCFCA Christian Speech and Debate
• Christy Shipe
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Free Speech Lessons
• NCFCA Tournaments
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 459

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share IEW’s theme for 2025: How to Think. Listen as they discuss the feeling of accomplishment in learning to think through research and writing as well as the negative impact of AI on thinking and writing.

Referenced Materials

• Magalog
• “Writing Maketh an Exact Man”
• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Episode 207: Thinking – The Quintessence of the Four Language Arts
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 458

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about the purpose and history of IEW’s Twelve Days of Christmas Giving. Listen and learn how to win a gift certificate by sharing with your friends. They also give a hint about the gifts IEW is sharing. Join us!

Referenced Materials

• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 457

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What is media literacy? In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Nate Noorlander, who teaches English, history, and philosophy online. They discuss media literacy and its importance in avoiding cynicism and uncertainty in confidently navigating information in the increasingly complex world we live in.

Click the link below for a free session of Media Literacy, including a reflection assignment and an invitation to submit your work.

Referenced Materials

• “Media Literacy Is an Essential Skill. Schools Should Teach It That Way”
• The Nomadic Professor
• Nate Noorlander
• The Nomadic Professor on YouTube
• The Nomadic Professor on Instagram
• Media Literacy course 
• Free session from Media Literacy course
• Ground News
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 456

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa is interviewed by Gena Mayo, the founder of Music in Our Homeschool. Several years ago, Andrew asked Gena to take over the music course that his mother had written, Singing Made Easy. Listen as Andrew shares the history of that course as well as his own background in and love for music education. 

Referenced Materials

• Music in Our Homeschool
• Gena Mayo 
• Singing Made Easy
• Suzuki Method
• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School
• Music in Our Homeschool Instagram
• Music in Our Homeschool on YouTube
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 455

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue to discuss and provide tips for teaching through the final five units from Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® if you are not using one of the theme-based lessons or the Structure and Style for Students video courses. 

GO TO PART 1

Referenced Materials

• “Understanding Topic-Clincher Sentences with Unit 4”
• “Asking Questions with Unit 5”
• “Streamlining Research with Unit 6”
• “Filling the Blank Page with Unit 7”
• “Writing Essays with Unit 8”
• “Critiquing Literature with Unit 9”
• “Lesson Planning” article by Andrew Pudewa
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 454

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In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to give tips on teaching the first four units if someone is not using one of the theme-based writing lessons or the Structure and Style® for Students video courses. She asks him, “What do you need to know if you want to teach your students on your own, using topics that your children find interesting or that you are studying in your other classes?”

Go To Part 2

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Writing Source Packet
• Premium Membership
  
  

• Tips Handout
• Episode 269: The Mighty Pen – Teaching Students to Change the World through Language
• “Flying Solo with Teaching Writing: Structure and Style”
• “Taking Notes with Unit 1”
• “Writing the Paper with Unit 2”
• “Using the Story Sequence Chart with Unit 3”
• “Understanding Topic-Clincher Sentences with Unit 4”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 453

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Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the power of gratitude. Andrew reads a letter from a student expressing his gratitude for the writing courses. In sharing things they are grateful for, Andrew and Julie encourage listeners to see how simply expressing thanks can change your perspective.

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students
• “You Don’t Have to Like It”  article by Andrew Pudewa
• Principles of Motivation  audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 452

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Thirty years ago, Andrew Pudewa began offering writing seminars to homeschool parents. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew to reflect on those thirty years, share some of the highlights of those years, and discuss how students and adults are using the Structure and Style® method in the classroom as well as in the real world. He ends with why it is so important for people to learn how to write and speak and communicate in a world that so desperately needs leaders with those skills.

Referenced Materials

• What Are We Really Doing Here? by Andrew Pudewa
  • Article
  • Audio talk
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Seminar Workbook
• Structure and Style for Students
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level B
• University-Ready Writing
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 451

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Happy 30th birthday, IEW! In this special Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined in the studio by IEW staff members from Oklahoma and around the United States. Listen as Andrew answers questions from listeners presented by the live audience, including how to apply Structure and Style to other languages, how to teach multiple ages, how to translate IEW skills to other assignments, and many others. 

Referenced Materials

• IEW Team
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• EZ+1
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Checklist Generator™
• “Reading: Ideas to Encourage Your Students”
• Bark of the Bog Owl
• Bible-Based Writing Lessons
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Dual Enrollment with Christian Halls International
• NCFCA
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• “The Value of the KWO”
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 333: Letter to the Editor
• IEW Online Classes
• Link to Episode 450 Video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 450

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Homeschooling preschool does not have to be complicated! In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss simple ways to incorporate the listening and speaking skills that will best prepare younger students for reading and writing.

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts  – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Read-Aloud Revival Podcast
• Read-Aloud Revival Booklists
• Waxwing Books
• Classical Kids — Susan Hammond
• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 449

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Hannah Maruyama to learn about her experience with higher education and job training, understand why she calls college “buying a degree,” and discover how parents can assist their students with planning well for their future. If you have a high school or college student, this episode is for you!

Referenced Materials

• Degree Free
• Hannah Maruyama
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level B
• University-Ready Writing
• Mike Rowe
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu study
• The Degree Free Way by Ryan and Hannah Maruyama
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 448

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Jennifer Mauser, IEW Schools Division Educational Consultant and our in-house expert on learning differences. Andrew and Julie ask Jennifer about teaching and helping students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD. The Structure and Style® method can be especially helpful for these students because it breaks down the writing process into manageable steps. They discuss how IEW’s methods and materials also assist gifted and talented students.

Referenced Materials

• Jennifer Mauser
• Barton Reading & Spelling System
• Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia – A Conversation with Susan Barton
• Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide
• Episode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage – A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide
• NeuroLearning app
• The Dyslexic Advantage
• Emily Hanford
• Science of Reading
• Orton-Gillingham
• Episode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer Mauser
• Episode 197: Living with Dyslexia – An Interview with Chris Pudewa 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 447

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker dive into inquiry-based learning, which leads to critical thinking skills and problem solving skills. They walk listeners through the nine units of Structure and Style® and how they encourage creativity, thinking skills, and problem solving.

Referenced Materials

• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 439: Active Learning Strategies
• Structure and Style® for Students
• "What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning?"
• "What Is ‘Inquiry-Based Learning’?: Types, Benefits, Examples"
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Frontiers in Writing
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 446

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In this week’s episode, Julie Walker switches places with Andrew Pudewa and is our special guest! Andrew invites Julie to share some of the wisdom gained from more than twenty years of homeschooling her three boys. She talks about the habits that made homeschooling successful and also reflects on some of the things that she would have done differently. Enjoy the gentle mentoring that Julie provides in this encouraging episode.

Referenced Materials

• Disciplining Your Teens and Other Dangerous Endeavors audio talk by Julie Walker
• “Zapata” by Joel Walker 
• The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• The Boy Crisis by Warren Farrell and John Gray
• The Bible Story
• “Teaching Teens the Power of Discipline”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 445

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about one of Andrew’s favorite subjects—healthy living. He shares the changes he has made recently and the resources he has used. Finally, they offer easy ways homeschoolers in particular can incorporate a healthier lifestyle.

Referenced Materials

• "Richard Branson: Finding the Right Balance in Business"
• Eat to Beat Disease by William W. Li
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• The Complete Guide to Fasting by Jason Fung
• Episode 348: Nature Deficit Disorder
• Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
• 1000 Hours Outside™
• Until the Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 444

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the benefits of eating meals as a family, from healthier eating habits to more confident communicators. Julie also shares a resource on cooking once a month. Listen and be encouraged to put down your phone and start a conversation over a meal.

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Once-a-Month Cooking
• Once-a-Month Cooking by Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg
• “How Kids Can Help in the Kitchen”
• “Science-Based Benefits of Family Mealtime”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 443

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In the second part of this series, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue to discuss how to apply the concepts of the Structure and Style® method to read and write better in a language that is not your primary language. Can IEW’s materials be adapted to other languages? Andrew talks about the value of copywork specifically to help with learning the patterns and vocabulary of other languages.

GO TO PART 1

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® (TWSS)
• Episode 354: Paper and Pen — What the Research Says
• Duolingo
• Episode 333: Letter to the Editor
• From Copywork to Composition: Teaching Writing through Imitation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 442

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss cultivating the first two language arts but with a twist. Julie asks Andrew for advice on listening and speaking when English is not someone’s native language. Andrew shares his experience of living in Japan and learning Japanese, using audio books, memorization, fables, fairy tales, and more.

GO TO PART 2

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 385: Hacking High School, Part 1
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Episode 238: IEW and the English Language Learner, Part 1
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 441

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Renee Cook from the Everyday Homeschool Podcast joins Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker to talk about adding other creative writing assignments that build on Structure and Style® methods and ideas. Andrew and Julie also address diagramming sentences, motivating a reluctant student, and using Structure and Style for Students in a dual enrollment course. Be sure to listen for encouragement and ideas as you start a new school year.

Referenced Materials

• Everyday Homeschool Podcast
• Renee Cook
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level B
• How to Write a Story by Lee Roddy
• Where are they now? Taylor Bennett: Porch Swing Girl
• But . . . but . . . but . . . What about Grammar? audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Mastery Learning, Ability Development, and Individualized Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• "You Don’t Have to Like It" article by Andrew Pudewa
• Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Kumon Learning
• Facebook: Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Curriculum (official)
• Hacking High School: Rethinking the Teen Years audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 385: Hacking High School, Part 1
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Dual Enrollment with Christian Halls International
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Link to Episode 440 Video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 440

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In this week’s episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker give practical suggestions for keeping your students actively involved in learning. Encouraging discussions, allowing time for students to ask questions, and using props in the classroom are some of the ideas they share that can be applied to any teaching situation—from a homeschool to a classroom to music lessons. Be encouraged as the school year begins.

Referenced Materials

• Association for Talent Development
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• “In Retrospect: Heroes of Providence” article by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 439

Andrew Pudewa at age 23, working with Dr. Suzuki

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue to discuss how to prepare students for college and life beyond college. Julie describes ways to improve productivity and retain more of what students are learning. Listen to find out about work islands and Julie’s Dr Pepper email checker.

GO TO PART 1 

Referenced Materials

• The One-Life Solution by Dr. Henry Cloud
• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Memory Mentor™ app
• University-Ready Writing
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 438

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In the first episode of a two-part series, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share strategies for the skills needed to succeed in college and in life after college. Julie outlines a plan and provides resources for students to prepare for their future. 

GO TO PART 2

Referenced Materials

• “Most Colleges Enroll Many Students Who Aren’t Prepared for Higher Education”
• University-Ready Writing
• “Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?”
• “Do High School Courses Prepare Kids for College?”
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
• Hero on a Mission by Donald Miller
• Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 437

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss seven tools IEW provides to help teachers and teaching parents prepare for an excellent school year. Learn about the new support webinars and the history behind the Magnum Opus Magazine. Be equipped and encouraged to start the new school year!

Referenced Materials

• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Webinar Archive
• Adventures in Writing
• Adventures in Writing Support Webinar
• Discoveries in Writing
• Discoveries in Writing Support Webinar
• IEW Blog
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Newsletter
• Schools Division Newsletter
• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• Instructor Accreditation
• Customer Service
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 436

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).

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk to Monica Swanson about her new book, Becoming Homeschoolers. Monica shares her heart for homeschooling and the blessings of homeschooling for parents as well as the benefits for students. This episode will encourage new and veteran homeschoolers alike.

Referenced Materials

• Monica Swanson
• Becoming Homeschoolers
• Episode 361: Raising Amazing Kids with Monica Swanson†  
• Episode R04: The Joys of Boys
• Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 435

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker open the mailbag (or the email inbox) and read letters IEW has received from students, parents, and teachers. Listen to this episode to find out how one student saved a library after writing an IEW assignment! Some students sent Andrew samples of their work, and he shares some excerpts on this podcast. We love hearing from our customers!

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Seminar Workbook
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 2 Level B
• Episode 417: Using IEW through the Years
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 434

Julie’s Flat Stanley in Astoria, Oregon

Eli and Caleb, former Introduction to Public Speaking students

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker answer the question: What should I buy? They simplify the steps for implementing IEW’s Structure and Style materials in your homeschool or classroom.

Referenced Materials

• Freedomshipping
• How to Get Started with IEW
• Request a Magalog
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Free Writing Lessons
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Structure and Style for Students Overview
• Get Started with IEW video
• IEW.com/Schools
• Episode 382: Announcing IEW’s Partnership with Hillsdale College
• Adventures in Writing
• Discoveries in Writing
• Frontiers in Writing
• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Bible-Based Writing Lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 433

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In this podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss another of IEW’s core values. When Andrew first started the Institute for Excellence at Writing, he decided not to offer discounts on products. Why has this remained important to him over the years? Discover the answer and learn a little bit of IEW history in this episode.

Referenced Materials

• Episode 423: The IEW 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
• EZ+1: The IEW Method of Teaching webinar
• Freedomshipping 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 432

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“Hard work is immensely satisfying.” In this week’s podcast Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the mentally hard work of reading books like Moby-Dick. Andrew suggests that entertainment is not the primary purpose to read a challenging classic. If you aren’t already reading classics, listen for some of Andrew’s and Julie’s suggestions for how to start.

Referenced Materials

• Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
• Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkein
• The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
• IEW Book Recommendations
• Moby-Dick audio book
• Anna Karenina audio book
• Billy Budd by Herman Melville
• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 431

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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 Nicki Truesdell, who asked “How much grammar and writing do you think is necessary throughout the years of K-12?” Andrew and Julie also answer questions about Structure and Style® for Students, The Phonetic Zoo, instructor accreditation, and many others. This episode covers all things IEW!

Referenced Materials

• Nicki Truesdell
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Fix It!™ Grammar
• U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• Anyone Can Homeschool by Nicki Truesdell
• University-Ready Writing
• Free Fix It! Grammar lessons
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level B
• Find an Instructor
• Primary Arts of Language
• The Phonetic Zoo
• Spelling and the Brain audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• All About Spelling
• From Composition to Copywork audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Apply for Accreditation
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• IEW Speech Contest
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 430

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how both dads and grads can benefit from University-Ready Writing. Dads who are in the business world will benefit from grads who complete the course and become better writers. Listen to find out the top three things that make this course worth the investment for graduates and those working in the business world. 

Referenced Materials

• University-Ready Writing
• Free University-Ready Writing lessons
• IEW Accredited Instructors
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• Portable Walls™ for Academic Writing
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 429

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With the end of the school year comes new opportunities to spend time outside. Listen to this week’s episode as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss furnishing the mind with time spent outdoors. We all know that spending time outside is good for children. How might spending time outside also improve students’ writing skills? 

Referenced Materials

• Episode 248: Nature Deficit Disorder, Part 1
• Nature Deficit Disorder audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
• Until the Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich
• 1000 Hours Outside
• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Read Aloud Revival Nature Study booklist and activity guide
• Podcast studio pictures
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 428

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Kim Cromer to talk about the importance and lifelong impact of learning speech and debate skills. Kim is the Executive Director of NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate (National Christian Forensics and Communications Association) and serves as a member on the Qualification Committee, providing vision and operational oversight for the organization. 

Referenced Materials

• Kim Cromer
• NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• NCFCA National Championship
• Free Speech Lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 427

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In this week’s episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker encourage parents and teachers to take time over the summer to hone their craft of teaching, focusing on The Great TWSS Adventure. Evan Smith, IEW Accreditation Specialist, shares more about this opportunity to work through Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® during the same time frame when others all over the globe are doing the same thing. 

Referenced Materials

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw®
• “Sharpen Your Saw with IEW Events and Resources”
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• The Great TWSS Adventure
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students 
• Seminar Workbook
• Premium Membership
• Instructor Accreditation
• IEW YouTube channel
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 426

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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.

Referenced Materials

• 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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 425

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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.

Referenced Materials

• 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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 424

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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 Guarantee
• Return Policy
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 423

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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 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 422

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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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 421

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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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 420

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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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 419

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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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 418

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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
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 417

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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. Webster
• Anna Ingham
• IEW’s story
• Dr. Webster’s obituary
• Blended Structure and Style in Composition by Dr. James B. Webster
• Blended Sound-Sight Program of Learning by Anna Ingham
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 416

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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-Missouri
• GHC-Ohio
• UTCH Convention 2024
• IDEA Anchorage
• IDEA Soldotna 
• IDEA Fairbanks
• IDEA Juneau 
• FPEA Florida Homeschool Convention
• NCFCA National Championship
• 41st Annual Virginia Homeschool Convention (HEAV)
• CHEA's Annual Homeschool Convention
• 2024 Northern California Homeschool Convention 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 415

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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 VanDamme
• VanDamme Academy
• Read With Me
• Joseph Tabenkin
• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
• Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo
• IEW Book Recommendations
• VanDamme Academy favorite books
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 414

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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 Classics
• CenterForLit
• Ready Readers
• Pelican Society
• “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• BiblioFiles
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 413

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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 Shakespeare
• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• 2023 Essay Contest Winners 
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS)

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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 Run by Sara Osborne
• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — Dyslexia
• Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan Barton
• Episode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris Pudewa
• Episode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide
• Episode 363: IEW Helps Students with Dyslexia
• Episode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer Mauser
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 411

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After the fun we had with our 400th episode live question and answer, we invited some of our affiliates to join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker for this live Q & A episode. This week Mandi Malz asked for Andrew’s advice for preparing a student for college. Alicia Brown asked which of Andrew’s articles in However Imperfectly is the most vital lesson in the book and what aspects make it particularly significant. Listen for these and other questions sent in by listeners.

Referenced Materials

• Handmade Homeschooler
• Episode 385: Hacking High School
• Unbound
• Christian Halls International
• Write with Mrs. Brown
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Premium Membership
• IEW Schools Division
• Portable Walls for Structure and Style Students
• Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• The Great TWSS Adventure
• Structure and Style for Students
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level B Premier Package
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• IEW Online Classes
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 410

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January is National Mentoring Month. In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss what makes a good mentor and some mentors that they have had. Listen in as they talk about memorable experiences with mentors. Dr. Webster, Andrew’s mentor, encouraged students to mentor one another. How does that work? Does a mentor have to be older than you? This month is a perfect time to consider these questions and perhaps begin a mentoring relationship yourself.

Referenced Materials

• Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
• Glenn Doman
• Dr. James B. Webster
• The Odyssey by Homer
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 409

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Listen to Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss the Unit 6: Summarizing Multiple References teaching process. Remembering that this is a process, not a product, teachers need to model the research and writing steps with their students. The skills taught in Unit 6 may seem simple, but they form the foundation for research reports and essays.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• Adventures in Writing
• Discoveries in Writing
• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Episode 293: Process versus Product
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 408

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What skills do students need to succeed in collegiate writing? Listen to Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss this brand new video course that will prepare your high school and college students for college writing. Hear why Andrew would have called this “How to spy on your professor and figure out his or her writing style and imitate it so you can get a better grade on every paper you turn in”!

Referenced Materials

• University-Ready Writing
• Episode 354: Paper and Pen — What the Research Says
• TRIAC
• Episode 236: The Five Canons of Rhetoric
• APA Style
• MLA Style
• Episode 347: A Citation Pathway
• “Teaching Documentation with Confidence”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 407

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To kick off a new year, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss IEW’s theme for 2024: Furnishing the Mind. Listen as Andrew describes how the idea of furnishing the mind with beautiful and good things relates specifically to cultivating the skills of language arts.

Referenced Materials

• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 54: What Are We Really Doing Here?
• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Recommendations for Cultivating the Language Arts
• Profound Effects of Music on Life audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 128: Are You a Read-Aloud Family?
• The Story about Ping by Majorie Flack
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” speech by Patrick Henry
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 406

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At this time of year, many people take time to reflect. It is through reflection that learning and growing occurs. In this Homeschool 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker have an inspiring discussion that applies to novice and seasoned homeschoolers alike about the benefits of applying the practice of reflection to homeschooling. They offer several things for parents to consider when they reflect on the last few months of homeschooling.

Referenced Materials

• Mastery Learning, Ability Learning, and Individualized Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Structure and Style for Students

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about the purpose and history of IEW’s Twelve Days of Christmas Giving. They also give a hint about the gifts IEW is sharing. Join us!

Referenced Materials

• Twelve Days of Christmas Giving
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 404

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Motivated by a desire to set teachers up for success, Denise Kelley, IEW Manager of Product Development, works tirelessly to ensure all IEW products and services are aligned with the company’s cornerstone product, Teaching Writing: Structure and Style. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss with Denise how her over two decades of experience at IEW have shaped her philosophy of product development.

Referenced Materials

• Denise Kelley
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students (SSS)
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Fix It! Grammar
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• University-Ready Writing
• IEW Online Classes
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• Episode 398: Think Like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 403

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While many of us have reluctant writers, a few of us have passionate writers! These students find excitement in IEW’s creative Units 3, 5, and 7 and may have written a novel on the side with dreams of one day becoming published. This week Brett Harris, co-author of Do Hard Things, joins Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker. Listen to their discussion about how to make it possible for high school and college students to make those dreams of publication a reality.

Referenced Materials

• Reaching the Reluctant Writer audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 246: A Novel Idea: Unit 3 on Steroids
• National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
• Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
• The Young Writer’s Workshop
• The Author Conservatory
• S.D. Smith’s The Green Writer
• Free download from The Young Writer’s Workshop
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 402

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In this week’s podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker take a closer look at IEW’s Unit 5: Writing from Pictures. This unit teaches students to pull information from the brain by asking questions about a picture as a source for inspiration. Andrew points out that this same skill is applicable to looking at situations in the world and thinking about them. Join Andrew and Julie as they explain how Dr. Webster developed this unit and expound on the value of asking good questions in order to refine thinking.

Referenced Materials

• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Dr. James B. Webster
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing”
  • Audio talk
  • Article
• “I Keep Six Honest Serving Men” by Rudyard Kipling
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 401

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On November 13, 2023, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker celebrated the 400th episode of the Arts of Language podcast by hosting a live event with nearly 400 guests listening. Andrew answered questions from the live audience on topics such as AI, college preparation, and the long-lasting legacy of IEW. He even told a joke. Listen to this extended podcast and hear about new products that IEW will release soon.

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style for Students
• Portable Walls Grammar on the Go
• Portable Walls for Structure and Style Students
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• University-Ready Writing
• However Imperfectly
• Premium Membership
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• Cultivating Language Arts — Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 382: Announcing IEW's Partnership with Hillsdale College
• Adventures in Writing
• Discoveries in Writing
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstock
• Episode 398: Think Like Shakespeare, Part 1

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their conversation with Dr. Scott Newstok, author of How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education. In this episode they discuss additional chapters. These fundamental habits of mind embody IEW’s mission “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.”

GO TO PART 1

Referenced Materials

• Scott Newstok
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• “Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare” by James Baldwin
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 399

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Dr. Scott Newstok, a professor of English and founding director of the Pearce Shakespeare Endowment at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. In this podcast they discuss his book How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education. The discussion centers around how the habits of the mind that shaped the writers, inventors, and thinkers of Shakespeare’s era can apply to education today.

GO TO PART 2

Referenced Materials

• Scott Newstok
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• The War Against Grammar by David Mulroy
• A Bookish Discussion
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Episode 314: Imitation as the Foundation for Innovation, Creativity, and Development
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 398

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To kick off National Gratitude Month, this podcast episode highlights Ron Clark’s book The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator’s Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss how teaching students the concepts outlined in the book can help students express gratitude in a myriad of situations.

Referenced Materials

• The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child by Ron Clark
• The Ron Clark Story
• Humor in Teaching and Speaking audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 312: Learning about Laughter
• "Give 'Em the Pickle by Bob Farrell – Customer Service Training"
• Dr. James B. Webster
• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 397

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In this week’s episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss Unit 4, the linchpin of the structural units. As students summarize longer references, they learn important skills that they will use in subsequent units: dividing subjects into topics, limiting facts, and following the topic-clincher rule. Andrew and Julie explore how these important skills help students choose interesting, important, or relevant facts and write cohesive, thoughtful paragraphs.

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Dr. James B. Webster
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 396

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While our Homeschool 101 episodes are generally curated for people who are new to or are considering homeschooling, this episode offers wisdom for anyone who is impacting young lives, including teachers, grandparents, siblings, as well as parents. During this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker explore what this wisdom entails. Andrew outlines two powerful measures to take to help students furnish their minds and cultivate their writing skills.

REFERENCED MATERIALS

• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School
• Structure and Style for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Fix It! Grammar
• "One Myth and Two Truths" by Andrew Pudewa
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• "Scintillate, Scintillate"
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 395

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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.

Referenced Materials

• "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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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Kathleen Ray and Drew Stafford to this special podcast edition of Where Are They Now? Kathleen and Drew were classmates in the filming of Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C (SSS-1C), one of IEW’s high school video courses. They join Andrew and Julie in the studio to discuss their experiences with the production and what they have been doing since.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Blog
• Structure and Style for Students
• Drew Stafford
• Classical Conversations
• Episode 281: Talking about the Intangibles
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Episode 383: Dual Enrollment with Dr. Nicholas Ellis
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 393

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Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they bring to light the creative and imaginative aspects of Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories. They provide some history of how Unit 3 came about and how it became what it is today. Explore how students of all ages can retell, elaborate, and write variations of fables and short stories while expressing extraordinary creativity.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate League
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 392

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In this week’s podcast Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa how imitation applies to teaching writing along with other questions about his talk From Copywork to Composition. Imitation is the cornerstone of excellent writing. Just as no music teacher hands a new student a blank sheet of manuscript paper and expects an original composition, writing instructors should not expect students to write without a model to imitate when they are first learning.

Referenced Materials

• “Imitation: A Common-Sense Approach” by Andrew Pudewa
• "One Myth and Two Truths” by Andrew Pudewa
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Cooking with Structure and Style”
  • Podcast series: Part 1 | Part 2
• From Copywork to Composition audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 391

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Every tenth episode features questions submitted to Andrew Pudewa by our podcast listeners. Julie Walker begins this podcast by asking Andrew to tackle a question regarding the emerging AI chat technology and its effects on writing. Listen in as Andrew and Julie continue with a question about using IEW while learning English and living in a non-English-speaking country. Finally, they wrap up this week’s discussion with questions pertaining to grading and editing as well as realistic expectations for a student’s final draft.

Referenced Materials

• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate League
• Structure and Style for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Paper and Pen audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• 400th Episode Arts of Language Podcast Live Event
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 390

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You can’t teach writing for long without people asking, “But what about grammar?” Most people have an extreme opinion about grammar: either start at a very early age and hammer it in year after year or believe that grammar just isn’t that important in our modern world. IEW believes that wisdom is found in the balance between the two. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker in this week’s podcast as they discuss the importance of grammar and how much is enough.

Referenced Materials

• But, but, but ... What about Grammar? audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate League
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 389

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In this week’s podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with four guests who gave exemplar speeches in IEW’s Introduction to Public Speaking video course, released earlier this year. These exemplars are model speeches for students to aspire to as they write and deliver their own speeches. Andrew and Julie go behind the scenes, discussing concepts behind the course’s development and unearthing nuggets of wisdom for teachers of public speaking.

Referenced Materials

• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Nathan King
• William Schlueter
• Episode 361: Raising Amazing Kids with Monica Swanson †
• Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
• National Speech & Debate Association
• Stoa
• “Three Reasons Your Teen Should Do Public Speaking” by Michelle Buscemi
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 388

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 † Contains distinctly Christian content

The leading area of growth in IEW is the Schools Division. New Educational Consultants have been added to keep up with the growing number of schools that are excited to implement Structure and Style in their classrooms. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker in this week’s podcast as they converse with Sharyn Staggers, IEW Schools Division Director. Sharyn shares how she became involved with IEW and explains how schools can connect with an Educational Consultant.

Referenced Materials

• Sharyn Staggers
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• IEW Research
• Episode 384: Back to the Beginning with Units 1 and 2
• IEW's Professional Development Options
• View and Request School Samples
• Schools Magalog
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 387

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In this week’s podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Karen Cuellar, one of the stellar moms behind IEW’s Structure and Style for Students program. Karen had the unique experience of having one of her children in each of the three levels during the filming of Years 1 and 2 of the program. Karen reminisces about the project, shares some of the Cuellar family’s struggles and successes, and ultimately illustrates the power of IEW’s Structure and Style method.

Referenced Materials

• IEW Magalog
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing”
  • Audio talk
  • Article
• Dr. James B. Webster
• Episode 333: Letter to the Editor
• Aspire Academy
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 386

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Part 1: Homeschooling through high school can be daunting to some parents. In this two-part podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss a few tricks and tips on hacking high school. Andrew offers a smorgasbord of ideas but cautions listeners that “you can’t do it all.” Join Andrew and Julie as they explore these ideas as well as college credits and dual enrollment.

GO TO PART 2

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
• National Speech & Debate Association
• Stoa
• Traditional Logic 1
• Traditional Logic 2
• Material Logic
• Aristotle's Rhetoric
• The Fallacy Detective
• “Love is a Fallacy” by Max Shulman
• Structure and Style for Students
• Christian Halls International and the Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Episode 366: College Alternatives with Jonathan Brush†
• Unbound
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 385, Part 1

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† Contains distinctly Christian content

Part 2: Homeschooling through high school can be daunting to some parents. In this two-part podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss a few tricks and tips on hacking high school. Andrew offers a smorgasbord of ideas but cautions listeners that “you can’t do it all.” Join Andrew and Julie as they explore these ideas as well as college credits and dual enrollment.

GO TO PART 1

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
• National Speech & Debate Association
• Stoa
• Traditional Logic 1
• Traditional Logic 2
• Material Logic
• Aristotle's Rhetoric
• Teaching the Classics by Adam Andrews and Missy Andrews
• Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
• The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto
• The HomeScholar
• Freedomship and Entrepreneurial Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 385, Part 2

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It’s August, and a new school year will soon begin. For IEW teachers and parents, this means returning to the beginning. The Structure and Style method starts over each year with Units 1 and 2. What benefits do students receive by revisiting these foundational skills? In this week’s podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the importance of beginning the school year with review.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing”
  • Audio talk
  • Article
• “Convert . . . to Pens!” by Andrew Pudewa
• Paper and Pen audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 379: Opening the GATE for Exceptional Children
• Episode 333: Letter to the Editor
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 384

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Dr. Nicholas Ellis to this episode. Dr. Ellis is the founder and CEO of Christian Halls International (CHI), an organization that organizes and nurtures local communities for students in higher education programs. In this week’s episode, he discusses the dual enrollment opportunities offered through the partnership between Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) and CHI.

Referenced Materials

• Dr. Nicholas Ellis
• Christian Halls International
• Christian Halls International and the Institute for Excellence in Writing
• ”Learning from Dirty Jobs” by Mike Rowe
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Fix It! Grammar: Level 5 Frog Prince
• IEW Online classes
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 383

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Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office has partnered with IEW to provide the recommended writing curriculum for their member and curriculum schools. IEW will produce a brand new curriculum aligned with Hillsdale’s K-12 Program Guides for third to eighth grades. Join Andrew Pudewa, Julie Walker, and their special guest Dr. Kathleen O’Toole, Assistant Provost for K-12 Education, as they discuss the partnership and the new writing curriculum!

Referenced Materials

• Dr. Kathleen O’Toole
• Hillsdale College K-12 Education
• Hillsdale Schools Locations
• Barney Family Foundation
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Adventures in Writing
• IEW Schools Division
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 382

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Jim Weiss on this episode! For the past thirty-five years, Jim Weiss has been telling stories professionally around the world. This master storyteller grew up hearing his father retell great stories. In “Summer Writing” (Podcast 373), one of the suggested activities is story writing. In this podcast Jim Weiss explains the unbreakable rules of storytelling and offers helpful story writing tips.

Referenced Materials

• Jim Weiss
• Episode 373: Summer Writing Ideas
• Storytelling Recordings by Jim Weiss
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
• The Black Count by Tom Reiss
• The Three Musketeers and Robin Hood as told by Jim Weiss
• Animal Tales as told by Jim Weiss
• Heroes in Mythology as told by Jim Weiss
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz read unabridged by Jim Weiss
• Marathon as told by Jim Weiss [free download]
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 381

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It is time for another Ask Andrew Anything episode! Join us this week as Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa questions submitted by our listeners. Along with helpful tips and insightful suggestions on helping students with spelling and poetry writing, Andrew addresses artificial intelligence (AI) writing technology and what parents and teachers need to be aware of.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• The Phonetic Zoo
• Spelling and the Brain audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Structure and Style for Students
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 380

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A wide array of learning differences exists. While we often focus on those differences, such as dyslexia or ADHD, which cause our students to work below their grade levels, students who fall into the GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) category may also struggle in the classroom. In this week’s podcast Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker look at definitions, myths, challenges, and strategies for teachers with gifted students.

Referenced Materials

• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• Council for Exceptional Children
• "Myths about Gifted Students" 
• National Association for Gifted Children
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
• Structure and Style for Students
• Anna Ingham
• Dr. James B. Webster
• The Blended Sound-Sight Program of Learning by Anna Ingham
• Mastery Learning, Ability Development, and Individualized Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• "Types of Problems Gifted Children Face"
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Premium Membership
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 379

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Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss dysgraphia with Jennifer Mauser, one of IEW’s Educational Consultants and a Master Barton tutor. Learn what dysgraphia is and discover ways that you can help students with this learning difference grow their skills and gain confidence in their writing.

Referenced Materials

• Jennifer Mauser
• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• International Dyslexia Association
• Barton Reading & Spelling System
• Podcast Episode with Susan Barton
• Podcast Episodes with Brock and Fernette Eide
  • Part 1 | Part 2
• Instructor Accreditation Program
• Episode 362: ADHD — Strategies for Success
• “So What, Exactly, Is Dysgraphia?” by Jennifer Mauser
• Cursive Knowledge
• Primary Arts of Language
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• ADDitude
• IEW's Blog
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 378

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Wonders of Science Writing Lessons joined the theme-based writing series in March 2023. In this podcast Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker bring clarity to the IEW theme-based product line and give recommendations on where to start and where to continue. They also explore the reason why these are the most frequently asked questions from our customers. Listen in as they praise the benefits and wonders of the IEW theme-based writing lessons.

Referenced Materials

• Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Structure and Style for Students
• Magalog
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 377

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Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they talk with Drew Formsma about artificial intelligence (AI), ChatGPT, and the effects new technology has on culture. Teachers are scrambling to determine whether using AI is cheating and how students can use artificial intelligence with academic integrity. Parents are simply trying to understand what artificial intelligence is. Listen to this episode as Drew presents suggestions for conversations parents and teachers need to have with their students.

Referenced Materials

• Drew Formsma
• Everyday Generosity by Drew Formsma and Brad Formsma
• I Like Giving
• TEDx talk by Drew Formsma
• Nurturing Competent Communicators
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 376

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In this Homeschooling 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker engage in a conversation about how to homeschool. Where do you start? You can customize your child’s education to suit the needs of your family. This is true if you have preschoolers or are leaving the school system to homeschool. Be inspired as Andrew and Julie share their words of wisdom from many years of homeschooling.

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts
• Primary Arts of Language (PAL)
• Homeschool Legal Defense Association
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
• Stoa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 375

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It’s here! After many months we are proud to introduce our newest video product, Introduction to Public Speaking! In this program middle and high school students learn memory and delivery techniques for five different types of speeches, tips on where to stand and where to look, and other valuable skills for becoming confident verbal communicators. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they elaborate on the new Introduction to Public Speaking.

Referenced Materials

• “IEW's New Introduction to Public Speaking”
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• National Christian Forensics and Communications Association
• National Speech and Debate Association
• Stoa
• "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
• Structure and Style for Students
• Portable Walls for Structure and Style Students
• Portable Walls for the Public Speaker
• Portable Walls Grammar on the Go
• Tools for Young Writers
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 374

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As the school year winds down and summer approaches, parents may be pondering strategies to enrich their students’ writing. Summer is a great time to take a break from regularly scheduled academics and embrace new activities to retain or expand writing skills. In this week’s podcast Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker suggest some creative ways to do just that.

Referenced Materials

• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Structure and Style for Students
• Fix It! Grammar
• Episode 368: National Poetry Month
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Storyworth
• IEW Facebook Page
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 373

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It’s graduation season! Commencement speeches, students walking across the stage to receive their diplomas, and parents cheering their graduates are all part of this ceremonial rite of passage. Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how commencement is a time of celebrating accomplishments and yet preparing to launch into a new life journey. Listen in as Andrew shares his thoughts on graduation and imparts his words of wisdom for both high school and college graduates.

Referenced Materials

• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
• Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
• The Bible in a Year
• The One-Life Solution by Henry Cloud
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 372

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Andrew Pudewa, “the funny man with the wonderful words,” is known for telling jokes to his audiences whether it is to students in a classroom or parents and educators at a conference. Incorporating humor and selecting jokes appropriately is a skill that can be developed. In today’s podcast he and Julie Walker explore the art of telling jokes. Listen in to enjoy a few laughs with Andrew as he defines gelotology, explains how to tell a joke, and of course shares a few jokes too.

Referenced Materials

• Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 312: Learning about Laughter
• Humor in Teaching and Speaking audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Jim Weiss
• The Babylon Bee
• "Keep your worms warm"
• "Andrew's Joke of the Month" YouTube Playlist
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 371

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Many of IEW’s podcast episodes in 2023 follow this year’s theme of exploring how IEW can help students with learning differences. Every tenth episode features questions submitted by our podcast listeners. Join us as Julie Walker presents Andrew Pudewa with questions from parents regarding their struggling students. Offering practical tips, he helps equip parents to assist their students in improving their writing and spelling skills.

Referenced Materials

• Learning Differences? IEW can help!
• Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan Barton 
• The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2
• Episode 356: Why IEW Works for Students with Learning Differences
• Episode 363: IEW Helps Students with Dyslexia
• Episode 362: ADHD — Strategies for Success
• The Phonetic Zoo
• Structure and Style for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Fix It! Grammar
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 370

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Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker in this episode to find out if it is really necessary for students to write on paper in 2023. Learn why Andrew advocates for the writing process to include what he calls the “sloppy copy.” Discover how rubrics and checklists take the guesswork out of grading papers. Andrew and Julie offer tips and tricks for correcting and grading papers in a way that is truly helpful to students.

Referenced Materials

• “Marking and Grading” by Andrew Pudewa
• However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa 
• Fix It! Grammar
• “Convert...to Pens!” by Andrew Pudewa
• Paper and Pen audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Dr. James B. Webster
• Structure and Style for Students
• “Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing”
  • Audio talk 
  • Article
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Premium Membership
• Episode 281: Talking about the Intangibles

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In 1996 April was designated as National Poetry Month. In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker offer an assortment of ways to celebrate the occasion. As they explore the value of reading poetry, they also share tips and tricks for writing and memorizing poetry to cultivate your students’ enjoyment of poetry.

Referenced Materials

• National Poetry Month
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Favorite Poems Old and New 
• The Goodness of Memory
  • Podcast series: Part 1 | Part 2
• "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Horatius at the Bridge" by Thomas Babington Macaulay
• Poetry Out Loud
• Dr. James B. Webster
• "What to Do with Foxes- A Sonnet" by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 314: Imitation as the Foundation for Innovation, Creativity, and Development
• "30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Classroom"
• Writing Contests
• HSLDA Contents
• Magnum Opus Magazine
  • Poetry
  • Subscribe
• "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
• "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer 
• FREE gifts from IEW!
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 368

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Eleven years ago, Ginny Yurich, an overwhelmed and exhausted mom of three under three, accepted a challenge from a friend to spend time with her little ones outdoors. In this Arts of Language episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker welcome Ginny Yurich, author, speaker, homeschooling mom of five, and founder of the global movement 1000 Hours Outside. Listen in as she passionately shares her family’s journey to get outside that led to “a movement for those who want a slower childhood and a fuller life.”

Referenced Materials

• 1000 Hours Outside™
• 1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time by Ginny Yurich
• 1000 Hours Outside Activity Book by Ginny Yurich
• 2022 Kick-Off Pack
• Nature Deficit Disorder audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
• Mothers of Preschoolers
• Smart Moves by Dr. Carla Hannaford
• Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy
• Let Grow
• Free to Learn by Peter Gray
• Bud & Me by Alta Abernathy
• Cosmo Together
• Playborhood by Mike Lanza
• Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• Episode 364: Health and Wellness with Katie Wells
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 367

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).

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are excited to welcome Jonathan Brush with Unbound, an organization that offers unique options for high school and college students. Unbound is a project-based higher education program that equips young adults to take ownership of their education and prepares them for life.

Referenced Materials

• Unbound
• Accelerated Distance Learning by Brad Voeller
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Be Unbound YouTube Channel
  • The Masquerade Ball | Abigail's Story | Unbound Stories
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 366

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Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

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† Contains distinctly Christian content

In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the impact of 2020 and the explosion of homeschooling. Join their conversation as they address some of parents’ most compelling questions when considering homeschooling.

• What does it mean to homeschool?
• Is it legal?
• What about socialization?
• Are there resources readily available?

Referenced Materials

• “Culture, Curriculum, and Care”
• “You CAN Homeschool!”
• “'We're toast'” YouTube Video
• Homeschool Help from IEW
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Homeschool Legal Defense Association 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 365

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).

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Katie Wells, founder of WellnessMama.com, joins Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker on today’s Arts of Language podcast! After facing health issues of her own during her first pregnancy, Katie was determined to find answers and share her health research with others. Katie has created a thriving community through her blog and podcast, sharing practical tips, recipes, and other information to make life better! In this episode Katie shares her best wellness advice that anyone can implement now for a healthier lifestyle.

Referenced Materials

• Katie Wells
• Wellness Mama 
• Culture, Curriculum, and Care
  • Part 1 | Part 2
• Wellness Mama RealPlans
• 1000 Hours Outside™
• Chef Junior
• The Wellness Mama Cookbook by Katie Wells
• The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox by Katie Wells
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Wellness Mama Podcast
  • Episode 309
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 364

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).

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In today’s Arts of Language podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker review the challenges of dyslexia and how IEW can help! Students with dyslexia can be more easily overwhelmed with complex tasks than other children are. To solve this problem, we must separate the complexity of the writing process.

Referenced Materials

• Learning Differences? IEW can Help! 
• Barton Reading & Spelling System
• Podcast Episode with Susan Barton
• Podcast Episodes with Brock and Fernette Eide
  • Part 1 | Part 2
• Paper and Pen audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Living with Dyslexia – An Interview with Chris Pudewa
  • Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2
• The Princess and the Kiss by Jennie Bishop
• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear Audrey Wood
• Structure and Style for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 363

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

What do Michael Phelps, Terry Bradshaw, and Michael Jordan have in common? In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Although students with ADHD face some challenges, there are also advantages! As a mother to two sons diagnosed with ADHD, Julie shares helpful research, advice, and personal experiences.

Referenced Materials

• DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD
• How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Dr. James B. Webster
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 362

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 are pleased to welcome author Monica Swanson to discuss her newest book, Raising Amazing. In this Arts of Language podcast episode, she shares the insight and wisdom gained parenting four boys. How do you raise children who love God, like their family, and do the dishes without being asked? Her practical advice will enlighten parents with children of all ages.

Referenced Materials

• Monica Swanson
• Episode R04: The Joys of Boys
• Raising Amazing by Monica Swanson
• Interview with Monica Swanson's Sons
• Boy Mom by Monica Swanson
• The Secret of Your Naturally Skinny Friends by Monica Swanson 
• Monica's Character Training Course
• Growing Slowly Wise by David Roper
• Gladys Aylward by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• Red Sails to Capri by Ann Well
• Structure and Style for Students
• Fix It! Grammar
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 361