The Mighty Pen IEW Writing

09/24/2026

Has your student expressed interest in being a writer one day? The most recent IEW podcast #548 with author Joshua Lisec, a former IEW student, is a practical interview that sheds light on the industry and how IEW tools gave him the foundation he needed for his career. Have your middle and high school students listen in!!

The Arts of Language podcast with Andrew Pudewa, founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, and Julie Walker, chief marketing officer, is a weekly podcast to support teachers of writing. Our goal is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in tra...

09/17/2026

At first glance, teaching speling doesnt seem all that importent.

After all, you can probibly understend what I'm writing, even if I mispell a few words.

Today, we have spel check and autocorrect. And AI can act as are edittor as well.

So whats the point of teaching speling too todays students?

Well, heres the problem teachers are faceing: many students no longer pay close atenttion to the details of languege.

More and more, were seing students overlook capitalizatin, punctuation, grammer, and speling because tecnology has conditioned them too beleive those details can always be fixed later.

When student’s stop payeing attention too the details of languege, they dont just become weaker spelers, they become less carefule readers, less presise writers, and, ultimately, less attenttive thinkers.

So should we devote more time too direct speling instruction?

Id argue yes, but not because speling is the most importent skill students need too master. Id argue for it as part of a braoder effort too reteach the fundimentals of writen languege: capitalizatin, punctuashon, grammer, and spelling.

These linguistec fundamentals are fondational to clear, diciplined thinking. credit: Brian Tolentino, teacher

09/10/2026

The beginning of the year kicks off with Unit 1, Key Word Outlining, for all levels. My youngest students are outlining for a single paragraph while the high schoolers are outlining multiple sources at once. Here's a peek at some handwritten KWOs that were turned in this week.

09/08/2026

There’s still time!!

🖊️ Walk a Mile in Someone Else's Shoes Through Writing! 🌟

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📖 Theme: A Day in Their Shoes

Share a story, poem, essay, or creative piece that explores what it's like to spend a day in someone else's life.

📚 Open to ages 5-18
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📅 Submission Deadline: September 30, 2026

🔗 Register & learn more here: https://www.junior-writers.com/competitions/a-day-in-their-shoes-national-kids-writing-competition/

✨ Let your imagination step into someone else's world and bring their story to life through your words! 🌟🖊️

ADayInTheirShoes ✨🖊️📖

09/06/2026

Passing Along A Resource: If you and your kids enjoy words like I do, try out this Storyteller's Word A Day book. Another IEW instructor just shared this title and I love the page layouts. Go see for yourself!

is packed with discerning data and insight on how to get the most out of every word. Set it on the breakfast table, talk about it together, tell stories, and create a daily word-learning habit that will take kids' storytelling to another planet. Hardcover with spiral binding for easy view...

08/25/2026

Let's goooooo!!

08/17/2026

08/12/2026

Invites to Google Classroom were sent!! LMK if you don't see yours in your student's Gmail.

Send a message to learn more

07/24/2026

A Mighty Pen family has a new Frontiers student book to sell $28 shipped. Lmk if
you need one!!

07/23/2026

Amazing opportunity for our older students!!! The Young Writers Online Summit. ⭐️FREE ⭐️