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Curated Video
Improving Clarity in Informational Writing with Transition Words and Phrases
In this video, the teacher explains how to make writing clear in an informational text by adding transition words and phrases. The teacher guides the students through the process of identifying chapters, reviewing beginning and ending...
Professor Dave Explains
Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
Why don't protons and electrons just slam into each other and explode? Why do different elements emit light of different colors? Niels Bohr knew why. And now you will too!
Curated Video
Connecting Ideas in Persuasive Writing: Using Transitions
In this video, the teacher explains how to connect ideas in a text using example, addition, and contrast transitions. The goal of persuasive writing is to make it easy for the reader to understand and agree with the argument. Transitions...
Curated Video
Writing Effective Body Paragraphs for an Argumentative Essay
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to write effective body paragraphs for an argumentative essay. The lesson focuses on converting planned points into meaningful sentences, using transitions to improve flow,...
Curated Video
Connecting Ideas in Writing with Transition Words and Phrases
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of using transition words and phrases to connect their ideas in their writing. The teacher provides examples and explanations, and encourages students to practice identifying...
Curated Video
Using Transition Words to Connect Ideas in a Paragraph
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using transition words to connect ideas within a paragraph. They provide examples and guide students through a practice exercise to revise their own writing. The video emphasizes the...
Curated Video
Adding Time Transitions to Improve Your Writing
Writers include transitions about the sequence of events to help their readers follow along. Let's practice adding transitions that reveal time.
Curated Video
Mastering Transitions in Writing: Keeping Your Reader Engaged
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using varied transitions in writing to keep readers engaged. The teacher provides examples of time and place transitions and discusses the use of punctuation. Through interactive...
Oxford Comma
How to Write Amazing Transitions: A Case Study of Sarah Vowell's "Shooting Dad"
A piece originally delivered on radio, "Shooting Dad" gives a personal account of the political divide in the United States. This video specifically looks at the musicality of the piece; what moves it from a good essay to a great one.
JFR Science
Potential Energy (PE) Diagrams
Can your class explain the changes in energy during a chemical reaction? Map them out with a video from JFR Science's playlist. The narrator discusses in detail how to create, manipulate, and use a potential energy diagram.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Key Elements
This video lesson focuses on the key elements of cause and effect writing. It explains the purposes of cause and effect writing, discusses the basics elements: causes, effects, the chain of events, and the take-home message. It also...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cause and Effect Transition
This lesson focuses on cause and effect transition words. It explains why transitions are needed, provides a list of cause and effect transition words, and offers examples showing their locations and how to use them in sentences. Real...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Transition Words
This screencast focuses on comparison transition words (showing similarities) and contrast transition words (showing differences). It provides lists of each and examples showing how to use them in sentences. Links to other resources for...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Flow
This video lesson focuses on the flow of a paper; it defines flow and explains how to use the natural order of ideas and details and smooth transitions to create a cohesive paper.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organizing Your Paper
This tutorial focuses on organizing a paper. It provides three videos: the first video covers graphic organizers and how each is best used; the second one discusses the purpose, audience, and context of the writing and offers 5 methods...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition Words
This tutorial focuses on the use of transition words in writing. It provides 3 videos: the first offers a list of contrasting transition words signaling a change in reasoning with examples; the second provides a list of transitions...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This tutorial focuses on the purposes of topic sentences and how to write effective ones. It provides 2 videos: the first reviews the two purposes of a topic sentence, and the second shows how to write an effective topic sentence. Real...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Goodbye Pacifier
Growing up means learning to say goodbye to things like pacifiers. This video teaches the benefits of giving up pacifier use and offers a strategy to help children transition. [1:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Routines and Transitions
Choose from a variety of videos that focus on classroom rules and routines.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transitioning Topics Effectively: Lesson 2
A screencast about transitioning from one topic to the next. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Transitioning Topics Effectively." [5:52]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chronological Transition Words
This screencast focuses on chronological, or time-ordered, transition words. It explains the need and uses for these transitions, provides a short list of transition words, and examples of how to use them in different types of writing....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sequencing Transition Words
A screencast lesson introducing the appropriate use of transitional words and phrases that signal sequence. [2:29]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Topic Transitions in Writing
This video lesson [5 min.] focuses on effective topic transitions in writing. It discusses the importance of transitions, two ways to transition, why transitions need to be selected carefully to be effective, and provides lists of...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words to Signal Shifts in Setting
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a narrative response by using descriptive words to signal a setting time change. [8:11]