Theme-Based Writing Products
Theme-Based Writing Lessons
Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons
Provides everything you need to teach progressively through all nine units of the IEW syllabus, plus some poetry, grammar and vocabulary. Themes focus on six major ancient civilizations: Sumer, Egypt, Israel, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. The Student Book contains lesson instructions, engaging source texts, detailed checklists, student samples, and vocabulary cards.
The Teacher's Manual is extremely helpful. It includes tips for creatively teaching each lesson, sample whiteboards for successful outlining and brainstorming, vocabulary quizzes, tips for grammar instruction, and more.

Student Manual: $32.00 CAD
Student/Teacher Combo Kit: $65.00 CAD
Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons
These lesson plans allow teachers to improve student writing strength and depth with Medieval History content. Twenty-seven weekly lessons incrementally teach all the IEW models of structure and elements of style. Easy-to-follow instructions, source texts, and checklists are included for two levels of students: elementary and junior high. Includes all teacher and student materials. 144 pages plus 64 vocabulary cards.

$43.75 CAD

Bible-Based Writing Lessons
Using Bible text, stories, and themes, these 27 lessons move through all nine IEW units and provide style checklists at three different levels of complexity. These assignments are perfect for teaching a wide range of students, grades 4 through 12.
$36.25 CAD

Character-Based Writing Lessons
These lessons guide you through the nine units of Excellence in Writing as you explore the virtues and leadership of three characters of great substance—Mother Teresa, Saint Francis and Abraham Lincoln.

$36.25 CAD
Life Science-Based Writing Lessons
Thirty lessons covering all nine Teaching Writing: Structure and Style units, focusing on life science and biology topics including cells, classification, botany, zoology, and ecology. Includes weekly editing exercises to review grammar concepts. Provides content-area literacy skills and complete lessons with source texts, teacher's notes, and checklists. These lessons are written for high school students (Level C).

$36.25 CAD
Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales Writing Lessons
Covering units 1-7, this resource infuses the acclaimed Teaching Writing: Structure and Style method with classic children's literature. Characters and adventures will capture your students' imaginations and provide rich writing content. Students learn how to take notes, summarize narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures and compose their own fables, myths and fairy tales. Appropriate for 3rd-5th grade.

$36.25 CAD
Windows to the World:
An Introduction to Literary Analysis
There is no question that literature has the power to move us, but how does it get that power? With step-by-step instructions, Windows to the World teaches students how to analyze elements of literature. This reference also contains numerous examples and suggestions to teach students how to build and exercise discernment. The accompanying Teacher's Manual is suitable for both new and experienced teachers.

Student Manual: $32.00 CAD
Student/Teacher's Manual Combo: $62.00 CAD
Classical Rhetoric through Structure and Style
Classical Rhetoric through Structure and Style teaches the student to compose essays and arguments based on the Progymnasmata, the most successful and enduring collection of rhetorical exercises in the Western tradition. This approach to composition emphasizes the classical method of building up the student’s reasoning and articulation skills through a series of interrelated, rhetorical exercises.
$36.25 CAD
These interdisciplinary lesson plans allow teachers to improve student writing strength and depth with supplemental history, science, literature or faith content. The Theme-Based Lessons are not intended for use as a curriculum replacement but rather, are an excellent tool for broadening subject knowledge while teaching writing. With these lessons, it is assumed that you have watched the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style DVD's. Without this resource, you will be lacking the insight to teach any of our programs well.
All Things Fun and Fascinating
Humorous characters, cunning creatures, and meritorious men of history. 3rd–5th graders will enjoy writing with this new Student/Teacher Book. Moving through Units 1–7, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a mini-research report, and compose creative essays.
$36.25 CAD