Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment

9th - 10th Standards
This video lesson focuses on how to read and understand a writing assignment. It begins by defining keywords used in assignments: analyze, compare and contrast, evaluate, describe, and propose. Then using a sample assignment, it...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 1: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment

9th - 10th Standards
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Instructional Video
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Pre Reading: Asking and Answering Questions

3rd - 8th Standards
A teacher uses whole-class instruction and a graphic organizer to guide students as they formulate and answer questions related to their text.
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Annotating Across Disciplines

5th - 9th Standards
Students use microscopes to look at single-celled organisms. [3:48]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 4: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment

9th - 10th Standards
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 3: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment

9th - 10th Standards
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 2: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment

9th - 10th Standards
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Analyze a Writing Prompt to Determine the Subject and Audience

7th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the subject and audience of your essay by using the action verbs and repetition in the prompt. [4:09]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Note Taking Techniques

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to take efficient notes while conducting research. [9:50]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Stream of Consciousness

9th - 10th Standards
A video writing prompt that asks the following: what is the mountain biker thinking about while he completes his ride from start to finish line? [0:38] W.9-11.12 Write Routinely
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Fussy

9th - 10th Standards
In this video writing prompt, students are asked what helps them to calm down when they feel fussy. [0:38]