The Arts of Language Podcast

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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Think like Shakespeare, Part 2” 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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Think like Shakespeare, Part 1”  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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Cultivating Gratitude”  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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Laying Foundations with Unit 4” Structure and Style for Students Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Dr. James B. Webster Magnum Opus Magazine Transcript of Podcast Episode 396 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “The Two Most Important Things”  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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “IEW’s Checklist Motivates for Success” "What Would Motivate Teens to Work Harder in School? The Chance to Redo Assignments" by Arianna Prothero Structure and Style for Students Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Dr. James B. Webster Episode 281: Talking about the Intangibles IEW Schools Division Transcript of Podcast Episode 394 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “The Continuing Impact of SSS-1C” 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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Getting Creative with Unit 3” 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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to Podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Copywork to Composition”  “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 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

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 “Ask Andrew Anything” 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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “How Much Grammar Is Enough?”  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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to Podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

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 “Speech Exemplars — Models to Imitate”  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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to Podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com  † 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 “Spotlight on IEW’s Schools Division” 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 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to Podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com