Structure & Style Year 2 Level B (SSS2B), 7th-9th, 2024-2025 academic year, Instructor Pierce, Fridays, 11:30am CST

SSS2B (grades 7-9 or equivalent, previous IEW experience required, OR remedial learners grades 10-12)

Fridays @ 11:30am-12:25pm CST

First semester: September 6th-December 13th; no class on October 11th or November 29th

Second semester: January 3rd-April 11th; no class on February 14th or March 21st

After purchasing this class, you will receive downloadable instructions via email.

All students must own a copy of the student packet for this course. You may purchase it from IEW by clicking here.

Structure and Style is a highly acclaimed writing method that is beneficial to both reluctant and eager writers, and everyone in between! Susan Barton recommends it for dyslexic students as well.

The organization of materials is highly logical and uses the mastery approach: EZ+1. Each lesson introduces no more than one new concept, and students develop facility with that concept before learning a new one. Students refer to checklists throughout so that each student has the tools to achieve 100% on every assignment.

Over the course of both semesters, level B students will learn all nine units of structure, all six style dress-ups, all six sentence openers, and six decorations.

Parents are responsible for editing rough drafts for basic spelling and punctuation; final grades are based solely on the student's completion of the checklist.

Amy Bell is a registered IEW instructor, and she or another highly-trained IEW team member will review each assignment submitted, make suggestions, and leave comments to help students understand anything they are struggling with. In addition, team members are usually available for private instruction if comments and linked videos fail to shed light on the student's understanding.

You can see Amy's instructor page on IEW's website by clicking here.

To make sure our teaching philosophy aligns with yours, please review the following articles before signing up for classes: Letter to Parents, Our Teaching Philosophy, The 4 Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing.

Online classes meet via Zoom.

If a student is unable to complete the class for some reason, they will still have access to the weekly videos. :)