Student Workshops

Units 1 & 2: Introduction to IEW - Level A, (Grades 3-5)
8:30–10:30AM

Students will be taught to create a Key Word Outline—the foundation for all IEW writing—and retell, represent, and dress up that work using various stylistic techniques.

Grade levels are approximate; no previous IEW experience is presumed.

Cost: Introductory Student workshops: $25.00/participant
(Save with the Early Registration price of $25 through January 12, 2018. After this date the regular registration price is $30.)
Teachers and parents may observe at no cost.

Participants: 15 minimum, 25 maximum

Units 1 & 2: Introduction to IEW - Level B, (Grades 6–8+)
11:00AM–1:00PM

Students will be taught to create a Key Word Outline—the foundation for all IEW writing—and retell, represent, and dress up that work using various stylistic techniques.

Grade levels are approximate; no previous IEW experience is presumed.

Cost: Introductory Student workshops: $25.00/participant
(Save with the Early Registration price of $25 through January 12, 2018. After this date the regular registration price is $30.)
Teachers and parents may observe at no cost.

Participants: 15 minimum, 25 maximum

Advanced Workshop
Student should have some IEW experience or have completed one of the Introduction to IEW classes offered earlier in the day.

Introduction to Rhetoric (Grades 5–10)
1:30–4:00PM

Students will engage two of the ancient arts of rhetoric: encomium and invective. Learning the art of encomium, students find something to praise and praise it. Learning the art of invective, students find something to condemn and condemn it. As they work, students will also discuss other methods of persuasion and have the opportunity to use ethos, pathos, and logos in their writing.

Cost: Introductory Student workshops: $30.00/participant
(Save with the Early Registration price of $30 through January 12, 2018. After this date the regular registration price is $35.)
Teachers and parents may observe at no cost.

Participants: 15 minimum, 30 maximum