What is an American fable? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they talk to Dr. Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C., campus. Dr. Mehan shares the excitement behind his new book, The American Book of Fables, that brings together American history, geography, government, and literature.

Referenced Materials

• The American Book of Fables by Matthew Mehan
• Dr. Matthew Mehan
• Hillsdale K-12 Education
• Episode 481: Writing Across the Curriculum with Dr. O’Toole
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 555

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the brilliance of Dr. Webster’s checklist system and the indicators in particular. By requiring students to mark the stylistic techniques and structural elements, teachers are not only teaching writing skills but also encouraging students to be intentional and to develop responsibility for following instructions. With stylistic techniques identified by the indicators, teachers can evaluate student papers more efficiently and effectively.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Seminar Workbook
• “Indicators: A Teacher’s Best Friend”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 554

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In the third episode of the series on IEW Writing Tools, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss IEW® Gradebook. A tool to simplify grading had been on Andrew’s wish list for years. Learn how IEW Gradebook fulfills that wish and acts as a grading assistant, offering guidance and support at every step of the grading process while it allows for differentiated instruction. Julie wraps up the episode with testimonials from teachers who have used IEW Gradebook and won’t go back!

Referenced Materials

• IEW Gradebook
• Try IEW
• IEW in Writing series
• Podcast 551: Enhance Vocabulary with IEW Writing Toolbox
• Podcast 552: Build Confidence with IEW Checklist Generator

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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, develop confidence in writing, and learn responsibility to do what they check and check what they do.

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Episode 516: The Power of the Checklist
• Premium Membership
• “The IEW Checklist Generator: Making EZ+1 Easy!”
• “The Power of the Checklist”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 552

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“We want kids to have access to wordlists because. . . when . . . they see a word, ‘Oh, I think I know what that means!’ So it pops off the list, into their eyes, through their brain, out their fingers, and into their paper. It becomes a part of them. This moves the word from a passive vocabulary into an active vocabulary.” This philosophy has influenced many IEW resources. In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about the printed student reference tools we have created and how those have led to the IEW Writing Toolbox app.

Referenced Materials

• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style® Students
• Tools for Young Writers
• Portable Walls™ Grammar on the Go
• Portable Walls™ for the Public Speaker
• Portable Walls™ for Academic Writing
• A Word Write Now
• IEW Writing Toolbox app

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In this special Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa answers questions posed by students live in the studio and virtually through videos recorded at conventions. The students tell jokes, ask Andrew about the history of IEW and the Structure and Style method, and share how IEW has helped them.

Referenced Materials

• “Low-Tech Teaching with High-End Results” at IEW.com
• “(PDF) Low-Tech Teaching with High-End Results” from Academia.edu
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 550

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The Story Sequence Chart introduced in Unit 3 of the Structure and Style® methodology is a powerful tool for learning the structure of a story. Students use this tool for summarizing stories, writing variations and elaborations, and even composing original stories of their own. Listen as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker dig into the many ways to use Story Sequence Chart and learn how you might use it in your classroom or your own writing. Tell us a story!

Referenced Materials

• “Using the Story Sequence Chart with Unit 3”
• Teaching the Classics
• Seminar Workbook

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In this fascinating episode, Andrew Pudewa interviews Joshua Lisec, a ghostwriter who credits much of his success to his training from the Structure and Style® method. Learn about his process of assisting clients find their voice and how he uses what he learned from IEW’s courses to write more than 120 books!

Referenced Materials

• Lisec Ghostwriting
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level A Premier Package
• Joshua Lisec’s Courses on Gumroad
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 548

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