What is media literacy? In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Nate Noorlander, who teaches English, history, and philosophy online. They discuss media literacy and its importance in avoiding cynicism and uncertainty in confidently navigating information in the increasingly complex world we live in.

Click the link below for a free session of Media Literacy, including a reflection assignment and an invitation to submit your work.

Referenced Materials

• “Media Literacy Is an Essential Skill. Schools Should Teach It That Way”
• The Nomadic Professor
• Nate Noorlander
• The Nomadic Professor on YouTube
• The Nomadic Professor on Instagram
• Media Literacy course 
• Free session from Media Literacy course
• Ground News
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 456

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa is interviewed by Gena Mayo, the founder of Music in Our Homeschool. Several years ago, Andrew asked Gena to take over the music course that his mother had written, Singing Made Easy. Listen as Andrew shares the history of that course as well as his own background in and love for music education. 

Referenced Materials

• Music in Our Homeschool
• Gena Mayo 
• Singing Made Easy
• Suzuki Method
• Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School
• Music in Our Homeschool Instagram
• Music in Our Homeschool on YouTube
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 455

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue to discuss and provide tips for teaching through the final five units from Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® if you are not using one of the theme-based lessons or the Structure and Style for Students video courses. 

GO TO PART 1

Referenced Materials

• “Understanding Topic-Clincher Sentences with Unit 4”
• “Asking Questions with Unit 5”
• “Streamlining Research with Unit 6”
• “Filling the Blank Page with Unit 7”
• “Writing Essays with Unit 8”
• “Critiquing Literature with Unit 9”
• “Lesson Planning” article by Andrew Pudewa
• How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 454

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In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to give tips on teaching the first four units if someone is not using one of the theme-based writing lessons or the Structure and Style® for Students video courses. She asks him, “What do you need to know if you want to teach your students on your own, using topics that your children find interesting or that you are studying in your other classes?”

Go To Part 2

Referenced Materials

• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Writing Source Packet
• Premium Membership
  
  

• Tips Handout
• Episode 269: The Mighty Pen – Teaching Students to Change the World through Language
• “Flying Solo with Teaching Writing: Structure and Style”
• “Taking Notes with Unit 1”
• “Writing the Paper with Unit 2”
• “Using the Story Sequence Chart with Unit 3”
• “Understanding Topic-Clincher Sentences with Unit 4”
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 453

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Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the power of gratitude. Andrew reads a letter from a student expressing his gratitude for the writing courses. In sharing things they are grateful for, Andrew and Julie encourage listeners to see how simply expressing thanks can change your perspective.

Referenced Materials

• Structure and Style® for Students
• “You Don’t Have to Like It”  article by Andrew Pudewa
• Principles of Motivation  audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 452

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Thirty years ago, Andrew Pudewa began offering writing seminars to homeschool parents. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew to reflect on those thirty years, share some of the highlights of those years, and discuss how students and adults are using the Structure and Style® method in the classroom as well as in the real world. He ends with why it is so important for people to learn how to write and speak and communicate in a world that so desperately needs leaders with those skills.

Referenced Materials

• What Are We Really Doing Here? by Andrew Pudewa
  • Article
  • Audio talk
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Seminar Workbook
• Structure and Style for Students
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level B
• University-Ready Writing
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 451

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Happy 30th birthday, IEW! In this special Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined in the studio by IEW staff members from Oklahoma and around the United States. Listen as Andrew answers questions from listeners presented by the live audience, including how to apply Structure and Style to other languages, how to teach multiple ages, how to translate IEW skills to other assignments, and many others. 

Referenced Materials

• IEW Team
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• EZ+1
• Theme-Based Writing Lessons
• Checklist Generator™
• “Reading: Ideas to Encourage Your Students”
• Bark of the Bog Owl
• Bible-Based Writing Lessons
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• Dual Enrollment with Christian Halls International
• NCFCA
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• “The Value of the KWO”
• Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 333: Letter to the Editor
• IEW Online Classes
• Link to Episode 450 Video
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 450

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Homeschooling preschool does not have to be complicated! In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss simple ways to incorporate the listening and speaking skills that will best prepare younger students for reading and writing.

Referenced Materials

• Cultivating Language Arts  – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Read-Aloud Revival Podcast
• Read-Aloud Revival Booklists
• Waxwing Books
• Classical Kids — Susan Hammond
• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory
• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 449

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Hannah Maruyama to learn about her experience with higher education and job training, understand why she calls college “buying a degree,” and discover how parents can assist their students with planning well for their future. If you have a high school or college student, this episode is for you!

Referenced Materials

• Degree Free
• Hannah Maruyama
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level B
• University-Ready Writing
• Mike Rowe
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu study
• The Degree Free Way by Ryan and Hannah Maruyama
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 448

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In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Jennifer Mauser, IEW Schools Division Educational Consultant and our in-house expert on learning differences. Andrew and Julie ask Jennifer about teaching and helping students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD. The Structure and Style® method can be especially helpful for these students because it breaks down the writing process into manageable steps. They discuss how IEW’s methods and materials also assist gifted and talented students.

Referenced Materials

• Jennifer Mauser
• Barton Reading & Spelling System
• Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia – A Conversation with Susan Barton
• Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide
• Episode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage – A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide
• NeuroLearning app
• The Dyslexic Advantage
• Emily Hanford
• Science of Reading
• Orton-Gillingham
• Episode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer Mauser
• Episode 197: Living with Dyslexia – An Interview with Chris Pudewa 
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 447

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker dive into inquiry-based learning, which leads to critical thinking skills and problem solving skills. They walk listeners through the nine units of Structure and Style® and how they encourage creativity, thinking skills, and problem solving.

Referenced Materials

• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Episode 439: Active Learning Strategies
• Structure and Style® for Students
• "What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning?"
• "What Is ‘Inquiry-Based Learning’?: Types, Benefits, Examples"
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Frontiers in Writing
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 446

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