IEW Literature & Poetry Resources
Grades K - 12
High School
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Lesha MyersInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2008 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$49.003.5 out of 5 stars for Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis--Teacher/Student Combo. View reviews of this product. 2 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW411039
Great literature can change and shape a person. Windows to the World teaches high school students how to analyze the primary elements of literature: setting, plot, characterization, imagery, allusions, parallelism, and much more. Written from a Christian perspective, students will also learn to view literature and the author's intentions. Students will read a lesson (many with literary excerpts) before completing a variety of associated assignments.
The included teacher's supplement features a course overview, assessment overview, sample schedules, and chapter-by-chapter lesson plans with chapter objectives, a chapter outline plan and approach, and detailed teaching helps and supplements.
Student Book is 194 pages, softcover, spiralbound. Pages are reproducible for use by multiple children within the same immediate family. Purchasers of this book also receive instructions to download the optional Syllabus for Introduction to Literary Analysis.
The teacher's manual is 129 pages, spiralbound.
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Lesha MyersInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2008 / Spiral BoundOur Price$29.005.0 out of 5 stars for Windows to the World: An Introduction to Literary Analysis Student Book. View reviews of this product. 1 ReviewsAvailability: Due in Shortly. Expected to ship on or about 07/15/25.Stock No: WW126059
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Lesha MyersInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2008 / OtherOur Price$24.00Availability: In StockStock No: WW411046
Grades K - 12
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Andrew PudewaInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2016 / OtherOur Price$65.004.0 out of 5 stars for Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization Teacher's Manual and CDs (2nd Edition). View reviews of this product. 1 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW412586
Strengthen linguistic skills with Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization from the Institute of Excellence in Writing. Designed to introduce students to the power of memorized language, this multi-year, mastery-based program focuses on memorizing and reciting poems to build mental discipline and develop sophisticated linguistic patterns. Suitable for grades K-12, the program progresses through four levels of increasingly complex poetry, with a fifth level featuring famous speeches like The Gettysburg Address and We Shall Fight on the Beaches. Students and teachers engage in daily recitations, mastering each poem through repetition and reinforcing retention.
The Teacher's Manual offers detailed instructions, memory charts, certificates, and poet biographies to guide the learning process. The Student Book provides the full text of the poems, annotated speeches, and helpful memorization charts. The set of Audio CDs contains all the poems and speeches, allowing students to listen and recite along with the recordings.
This kit includes:
- Teacher's Guide, 206 pages, spiral-bound soft cover
- Student Book
- Audio CDs
- A code to access online student pages
Grades 6 -12
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Laura BettisInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2016 / Spiral BoundOur Price$55.005.0 out of 5 stars for Following Narnia Volume 1: The Lion's Song Teacher/Student Combo (3rd Edition). View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
Designed to accompany Institute for Excellence in Writing's Structure & Style curriculum, this supplementary curriculum will help students learn to integrate IEW techniques with topics from the Narnia stories. Using the first three novels of The Chronicles of Narnia (The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Horse and His Boy), these 31 lessons encourage students to experience the enchanted land of Narnia through structure and style. This course is designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar and is familiar with IEW writing techniques.
The Student Book gives reading assignments from the novels, source texts on related topics, key word outlines to fill in, checklists, assignments, wordlists, and more!
The Teacher's Manual is a necessary component of the course. Inset, reduced-size student pages are included with the correct answers overlaid. Notes and information for the teacher is provided in the margins surrounding the student pages; the notes guide teachers/parents through each lesson with in-depth explanations, tips for teaching, checklists, and other helpful notes.
Middle school students (grades 6-8). 31 lessons; suggested schedule covers 1 lesson per week including editing & writing time.
This 3rd Edition has updated the Teacher's Manual so that it now includes inset student pages, In the student workbook, lessons have been revamped; some include new source texts, and checklists have been updated.
This kit includes:
- Following Narnia Volume 1: The Lion's Song Student Book; 248 pages, softcover spiralbound. Third Edition. Reproducible for in-family use only.
- Following Narnia Volume 1: The Lion's Song Teacher's Manual; 248 pages, softcover spiralbound. Third Edition
- Access to the following downloads: the Student Resource Notebook and Following Narnia Volume 1: The Lion's Song Reproducible Checklists ebook.
Take a trip to Narnia and learn advanced IEW writing skills along the way with Following Narnia Volume 2: Aslan's Country . Using Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle, students will develop more advanced writing skills and techniques. This course is designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar and is familiar with IEW writing techniques, and students who have at least one year of experience with IEW.
The Student Book gives reading assignments from the novels, source texts on related topics, checklists, assignments, word lists, student samples, and more.
The Teacher's Manual is a necessary component of the course. Inset, reduced-size student pages are included with the correct answers overlaid. Notes for the teacher are provided in the margins surrounding the student pages; these include sample key word outlines, brainstorming ideas, answers to questions, review activities, and ideas for motivating students.
Upper middle school and high school students (grades 8-12).
This kit includes:
- Following Narnia Volume 2: Aslan's Country Student Book; 220 pages, softcover spiralbound. Reproducible for in-family use only.
- Following Narnia Volume 2: Aslan's Country Teacher's Manual; 220 pages, softcover spiralbound.
- Access to download the Student Resource Notebook
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Laura BettisInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2016 / Spiral BoundOur Price$35.00Availability: In StockStock No: WW412517
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Laura BettisInstitute for Excellence in Writing / 2016 / Spiral BoundOur Price$29.005.0 out of 5 stars for Following Narnia Volume 2: Aslan's Country Teacher Manual. View reviews of this product. 1 ReviewsAvailability: Due in Shortly. Expected to ship on or about 07/15/25.Stock No: WW412524