Townsend Press
Relationships I
Transition words can be a very important addition to any writer's toolbox. Learn more about addition words and time words, and how they can enhance the organization of any writing passage, with an informative video about reading...
Townsend Press
Relationships II
Cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, illustration and example -- your class has undoubtedly seen these essay structures before. But how are they related? Watch a reading video about the ways relationships between...
British Council
Learn English Kids: The Lucky Envelope
After reading along and listening to this story, you can print off activities that check your comprehension. Practice story sequencing and other comprehension skills and write a message.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Planning a Response to a Writing Prompt
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan your writing by using boxes and bullets to organize each part of your narrative. [4:29]
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Learn Zillion: Change Transitions to Include Many Different Transitions
In this lesson, students learn how to use a variety of transitions to keep their reader's interest, and practice varying transitions to include different types. [8:44]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Phrases in a Persuasive Speech
In this lesson, you will learn how to extend your reasons for your opinion by using transitional phrases. [5:07]
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Learn Zillion: Group Research Into Categories to Plan Informational Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to outline an informational text by grouping facts into chapters. [3:46]
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Learn Zillion: Organize the Story So That the Plot Begins Naturally
In this lesson, students learn how to organize their stories to begin by grabbing their reader's attention, and practice revising introductions by deleting unneeded information. [8:40]
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Learn Zillion: Revise the Order of Paragraphs in Arugmentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to reconsider the order of your paragraphs by determining a logical and connected journey of thought. [5:45]
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Learn Zillion: Join Sentences or Clauses Using Relative Adverbs
A lesson explaining relative adverbs and how they can be used to join sentences. [8:08]
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Learn Zillion: Use Words and Phrases to Link Opinions and Reasons
In this lesson, you will learn how to link opinions and reasons by rereading and adding words and phrases. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [7:22]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transitional Words and Phrases to Craft a Sequence of Events
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a narrative reading response that has events that make sense by writing the events of the story in the correct order. [8:02]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Phrases to Link Ideas and Information
In this lesson, you will learn how to link ideas and information together by using transition words and phrases. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [6:34]
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Learn Zillion: Use Signal Words to Clearly Show a Sequence of Events in Writing
Writers show the order of events using signal words. Let's practice using signal words to guide our readers through our writing. [8:16]
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Learn Zillion: Recognize and Correct Run on Sentences
Writers use complete sentences to make their writing clear and professional. Let's practice finding and correcting the type of run-on sentence known as the "comma splice." [7:58]
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Learn Zillion: Read Fluently by Noticing Words That Stand Out
In this lesson, you will learn that good readers read for emphasis and meaning by noticing words that stand out. [3:56]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words in Narrative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to guide your audience through your story by using transition words. [5:26]
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Learn Zillion: Use Specific Words to Describe Events and Setting
In this lesson, students use precise words and phrases to create mental images for their readers, and practice adding specific words to make the writing come alive. [9:29]
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Learn Zillion: Recognize Sentence Fragments and Produce Complete Sentences
Writers produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting sentence fragments. Let's practice making sure each of our sentences has a subject and a predicate. [9:49]
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Golden Kids Learning: Site Words 4th Grade
Being able to quickly identify sight words is very important for young readers. This practice video will help 4th-grade students to recognize, and correctly pronounce, sight words. You can print the full list at the end of the video.