Back in mid-December a huge envelope came in the mail from Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), the wonderful writing program we had used while homeschooling.
Since I was quite ill with little energy in December, I allowed the mail to pile up sans the bills.
Assuming this envelope contained a catalog, I saved it for when I would feel better to enjoy all of their wonderful offerings.
Regaining a semblance of health in mid-January, I dug through the mail pile where I discovered a few surprises, one of which was this envelope from IEW.
Inside the envelope IEW enclosed a paper my son had written that they wanted to include in their upcoming Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS) 2015 Second Edition.
FLASHBACK ESSAY FOR IEW
Suddenly, I had a flashback…
Digging through my e-mail for a communications I had received from the IEW yahoo group moderator.
Back in October, she had attached flashback papers each of my kids had written, asking if they were indeed papers that my kids had written.
Perplexed, I opened the papers which I recalled submitting to the IEW yahoo group a few years ago!
At that time, the moderator posted an interesting new writing technique using flashbacks, that I thought would be perfect for our Bill of Rights study.
After explaining the process to my kids, they wrote their papers which I shared to the yahoo group.
Now I know why she asked if they were my kids’ original papers…which I confirmed.
IEW REQUESTED PERMISSION TO PUBLISH HIS ESSAY
In a classy, professional way, IEW included a letter of request to publish his flashback essay, an official form of acceptance for publication, as well as a self-addressed stamped envelope!
Although my son had returned to college, we were planning a visit that weekend.
After he happily signed off on the paperwork, I mailed it back to IEW.
CERTIFICATE OF THANKS FROM ANDREW
In February I was surprised to find another IEW envelope in the mailbox which included a certificate from for my son.
The certificate was signed by Andrew Pudewa, who teaches on the IEW videos and has successfully created happy writers of kids who previously abhorred the task.
GIFT OF THE NEW TWSS
While my son was home for spring break the first week of March before the blizzard hit, we found a box from IEW on our doorstep.
Perplexed, I couldn’t recall ordering anything recently.
Then, I remembered!
Calling my son down from his room, I had a feeling…was it a copy of the Second Edition TWSS, which included my son’s paper?
Inside the box, we found a gorgeously addressed envelope which announced that my son’s paper had indeed been published in the new Second Edition TWSS!
MY SON’S FLASHBACK IS ON PAGE 119
My son’s writing sample is on p119 so that your child too can learn how to write in flashback style!
Also included on that page are many tips on how to include flashbacks with various styles of papers with various ages of kids!
One of my favorite additions to the newly printed Second Edition Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS) is that it now has tabs to divide each of the units!
In my old version, I used purple stickies to divide the units.
The new binder is thicker than the older one I have which means…more input!
The nine units of IEW are still covered, one tab per each, but now there are three new sections after that!
There is an entire section devoted to writing about literature, another on stylistic techniques, and a third that contains many wonderful miscellaneous items, including many of Andrew’s wonderful inspiring articles.
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COMMENTS FROM MY OLD BLOG
MrsSM – April 10, 2015 at 9:04 PM – What an honor for your son! Good for him (and for you, too!)! I’m so glad it all worked out for him even though there was a slight delay in communications.
Andrew Pudewa is going to be at our state homeschooling convention this year (for the first time that I can recall) so I am looking forward to meeting him and browsing through their materials. We aren’t in the market for them any more, but I have a few other questions I would like to ask IEW. 🙂 If that book is there, I’ll see if I can find your son’s essay!
Krista
