What is Writing Foundations?
Writing Foundations is a tutor-led writing program designed to build a solid foundation of powerful writing skills for students ages ten and up. Using the principles of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, students experience and practice the structure and style of quality written work through stylistic exercises, outlines, drafts, revisions, grammar lessons, games, and much more. Writing Foundations offers classes locally in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area and world wide via Webinar and Email Courses.
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The Webinars are a hit!
The Webinar classes are off to a great start! We had a blast during our Level 1 Week 1 lesson. Here’s a clip of the Shepherd Boy lesson:
Co-op Classes, Webinars, and Email Courses, Oh My!
Writing Foundations offers a variety of venues to meet your student’s writing needs. Choosing the best opportunity for your student may take some thought and consideration.
Click on the chart below to view the advantages and considerations for each venue.
To view the co-op class syllabi, see here:
To view the co-op class schedule, see here:
To view the units covered by the Email Courses, see here:
To register for a class, click on the Registration link to the left.
How Writing Foundations Follows the IEW Syllabus
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Please note that the Email Courses and Co-op Classes are not transferable. They are like apples and oranges – two different venues. Each venue offers different advantages to different family situations. What’s the difference between Email Courses or Co-op Class? Read here.
For more information about the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), go here.
Free Download Handwriting Practice Pages
I just used The Institute for Excellence in Writing Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization program to make handwriting practice pages for my daughter’s handwriting workbox this year. I am so excited to finally have handwriting content that will hold her interest and have purpose. She’s my “funny bunny” of the three and enjoys everything laced with humor. Thus, I used poems like “Ooey Gooey” and “Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably” by Hillaire Belloc. I also added “Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face” by Jack Prelutsky to round out the 23 weeks of lessons. I printed 4 of each lesson, so she will practice the same poem for 4 days in a row, and we will practice them out loud along the way as well. I am so thrilled with these pages, I just had to share. We’re using Pre-Cursive slanted font at this time. You can download them for your own family use below.
Alright, I did it again, only this time in Modern Cursive. Have fun!
Bonus: “After the Party” by William Wise