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Another Free Resource for You from IEW: Kangaroo Rats Mini Books

  If you are attending the Unit 6 webinar, or are listening to the archive, these source texts will come in handy. Download PDF     read more

Feb 01, 2016

Saving My GPA

  Wearily and unenthusiastically I took up my paper from the classroom table where I was sitting and handed it over to my professor. Fearful anticipation plagued my mind. My first semester in college... read more

Jan 11, 2016

Solving the Editing Problem

  While teaching IEW writing a year or so ago, I found it wasn’t always easy to believe that my students were getting consistent editing attention at home. Several students would turn their final... read more

Nov 18, 2015

The IEW Difference

  I recently received an email announcing that I was the happy recipient of a particular marketing company’s latest feat, A Marketer’s Guide to Writing (actual title changed so I don’t appear to be... read more

Sep 16, 2015

Popular Questions at Our First Facebook Party

Last night we launched our first “Facebook Party,” an event that included over five hundred parents and educators. Andrew Pudewa and other IEW commentators were among the participants as they answered some challenging... read more

Apr 14, 2015

The Rationale Behind “-ly” Adverbs

Question: I'd like to know your rationale for teaching the "-ly" adverb concept. In the professional writing community, adding “-ly” words is a sign of weak writing, not strong. Answer: It was Mark Twain who famously... read more

Feb 17, 2015

Beating Blank Brain Syndrome

Writer’s block. Blank page syndrome. Blank brain syndrome. Sound familiar? You remember the feeling – you have a big paper due in a few days that you haven’t even started yet, you sit... read more

Mar 21, 2014

Another Free Resource for You from IEW: Kangaroo Rats Mini Books

  If you are attending the Unit 6 webinar, or are listening to the archive, these source texts will come in handy. Download... read more

Saving My GPA

  Wearily and unenthusiastically I took up my paper from the classroom table where I was sitting and handed it over to... read more

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Solving the Editing Problem

  While teaching IEW writing a year or so ago, I found it wasn’t always easy to believe that my students were... read more

The IEW Difference

  I recently received an email announcing that I was the happy recipient of a particular marketing company’s latest feat, A Marketer’s... read more

Popular Questions at Our First Facebook Party

Last night we launched our first “Facebook Party,” an event that included over five hundred parents and educators. Andrew Pudewa and... read more

The Rationale Behind “-ly” Adverbs

Question: I'd like to know your rationale for teaching the "-ly" adverb concept. In the professional writing community, adding “-ly” words is... read more

Beating Blank Brain Syndrome

Writer’s block. Blank page syndrome. Blank brain syndrome. Sound familiar? You remember the feeling – you have a big paper due... read more

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