March 2020
In this newsletter we are featuring student submissions from Unit 5: Writing from Pictures and Unit 6: Summarizing Multiple References.
Unit 5 combines taking notes from a source (the series of three pictures) with taking notes from the student’s imagination because most of the ideas are not in the pictures. As a teacher I love seeing the variety of stories that can come from a single series of three pictures. No two are the same!a
Unit 6 teaches students how to combine multiple sources using a fused key word outline. This is the beginning of helping them learn research and note-taking skills that they will use for the rest of their lives! We had so many excellent submissions that it was difficult to choose the ones to feature here. This unit provides students with the skills to become excellent research writers!
If you need some encouragement as you work through the units, be sure to listen to any of these archived webinars as Andrew Pudewa provides some helpful hints.
Finally, in case you have friends who have suddenly become “accidental homeschoolers,” IEW has compiled three weeks of free language arts instruction to help learning continue from home. Please share this link with them. IEW.com/lessons2020
Enjoy!
Danielle Olander
Editor, Magnum Opus Magazine
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