• Students start by practicing notetaking, narratives, and summarizing
• Students end the 30 lessons with inventive writing
• Develop vocabulary and apply writing style in context
• Grading checklists adapt to individual student needs

The Adventures in Writing program allows students to venture into varied topics pulled from narratives, history, and science as they hone their writing skills. Explore source texts on themes from the Nile to the Colosseum, magnets to dolphins, Leif Eriksson to Roanoke, and more. Students will learn and practice how to write from notes, retell narratives, summarize references, write from pictures, summarize multiple references, and produce inventive writing. A list of suggested literature helps tie in themes (See Teacher book description for a detailed list). This IEW writing curriculum assumes teachers have learned the methodology of and have access to the IEW program, Teaching Writing: Structure and Style, which will be referenced in each unit. The thirty lessons also introduce vocabulary which is practiced regularly, quizzed periodically, ideally incorporated in students’ writing. Students learn words like melodious, colossal, commotion, nutritious, and spacious (with 5 possible quizzes for review). To teach the course, purchase the combo, or individual pieces.