Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Central Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the central idea of a text by determining the topic and asking what the author says about it. [6:57]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Select a Topic for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to choose a topic for an argumentative essay by exploring issues that affect today's world. [4:30]
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Visual Rhetoric: Contrast
Click through this video tutorial to learn how to make multimedia presentations more effective by using visual contrast in color, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Annotating Across Disciplines
Students use microscopes to look at single-celled organisms. [3:48]
Other
Just Add Students: Using Videos to Teach Students About Narrative Writing
This resource provides several mini-lessons for teachers to use with students who are writing narratives. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Communication Skills
This Skillswise site focuses on communication skills. Included are a video about how to develop communication skills, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are...
ABCkidTV
You Tube: How to Write for Your Audience Writing Video for Kids
This video [4:04] will help you learn how to write for your audience in narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. You'll learn about writing style, formal and informal word choice, and tone.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise Argumentative Writing to Target a Specific Audience
In this lesson, you will learn how to revise your essay to target your audience by using the words, evidence, and ideas most likely to convince them. [4:54]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Persuasive Technologies
How can devices, environments, or computer programs be designed to change how people behave? We'll talk about the field of 'persuasive technology.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Anticipating a Reader's Questions for Academic Writing
This lesson discusses how to anticipate and address a reader's questions.