Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We are wrapping up our year of focusing on how to think. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to share his experience with teaching Unit 5 and how this provides training for the later units. They talk about the history of Unit 5 and how it can help with higher level thinking needed for writing conclusions and critiques. They also discuss how this unit provides a place for students to be a little more creative than the other units and why it fits well as a bit of freedom in the middle of the year.
Referenced Materials
• “Asking Questions with Unit 5” (iew.com/support/blog/asking-questions-unit-5)
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® (iew.com/TWSS2)
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1 (iew.com/support/podcast/episode-398-think-shakespeare-part-1)
• Transcript to Podcast Episode 507 (storage.googleapis.com/iew-public-production/files/podcast/fileattachment/E507_Transcript121025.docx.pdf)
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com (https://iew.commailto:podcast@IEW.com)
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com (https://iew.commailto:info@IEW.com)
We are wrapping up our year of focusing on how to think. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to share his experience with teaching Unit 5 and how this provides training for the later units. They talk about the history of Unit 5 and how it can help with higher level thinking needed for writing conclusions and critiques. They also discuss how this unit provides a place for students to be a little more creative than the other units and why it fits well as a bit of freedom in the middle of the year.
Referenced Materials
• “Asking Questions with Unit 5” (iew.com/support/blog/asking-questions-unit-5)
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® (iew.com/TWSS2)
• Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1 (iew.com/support/podcast/episode-398-think-shakespeare-part-1)
• Transcript to Podcast Episode 507 (storage.googleapis.com/iew-public-production/files/podcast/fileattachment/E507_Transcript121025.docx.pdf)
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com (https://iew.commailto:podcast@IEW.com)
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com (https://iew.commailto:info@IEW.com)
