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Maintaining Narrative Point of View in Writing
This video is a lesson for students on maintaining a consistent narrative point of view in their writing. The teacher explains the different types of point of view, provides examples, and guides the students through practice exercises.
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Strengthening Your Argument: Using Clarifying Strategies in Essay Writing
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of clarifying strategies in essay writing to strengthen arguments. They explain the use of clarifying questions such as who, what, when, where, how, and why. The teacher also emphasizes...
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Learning LESS (Video 20)
CSS is great; it's a staple of the web and it helps us to produce beautiful websites, but some parts of it are archaic, and it's often time-consuming to get right. LESS changes that. LESS includes built-in features that allow you to...
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Revising Writing: Omitting Irrelevant Information
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of including only relevant information in writing. They guide students through a practice exercise of identifying and omitting irrelevant sentences in a text about sound. The teacher...
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Organizing Your Essay: What Does Your Reader Need to Know First?
This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to order the points of an essay in a logical and coherent manner. It emphasizes the importance of considering what the reader needs to know first and how to reorganize the essay outline to...
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"Quote Me!"
A music video starring Court Reporter Quotation Marks. She's eminently quotable and she's not afraid to let you know.
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Organizing Text with Headings
The teacher explains how writers organize informational text by grouping related paragraphs under appropriate headings. The students are given practice sheets and guided through exercises to identify headings for paragraphs and divide a...
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Identifying and Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
This video is a helpful guide for writers to understand and fix misplaced and dangling modifiers in their sentences. The teacher explains the concept of modifiers and provides examples of how they can be misplaced or dangling. Viewers...
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Get That Job - Cover Letters and Experience
Land your dream job with this helpful video! Your past experience matters, and this video will show you how to represent it properly! This is part 5 from the series 'Get That Job'.
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Developing a Story: Eliminating Unnecessary Details
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of using the right amount of detail in storytelling. They guide the viewers through a practice sheet and provide examples of unnecessary details that can be eliminated or summarized to...
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Using Relevant Evidence in Argumentative Writing
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of ensuring that their evidence is relevant to their reasons in argumentative writing. They review the difference between a claim, a reason, and evidence, and practice...
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Using Subordinating Conjunctions to Improve Writing Flow and Rhythm
In this video, the teacher explains the use of subordinating conjunctions to connect ideas and create rhythm in writing. The teacher provides examples and practice exercises for students to improve their sentence structure and flow. By...
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Writing the First Draft of Your Essay
In this video, the teacher explains the process of writing the first draft of an essay using a boxes and bullets outline as a guide. The steps include writing each set of boxes and bullets as a new paragraph in full sentences, analyzing...
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Making Cause and Effect Relationships Clear with Transition Words
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of clearly explaining cause and effect relationships in writing. They provide examples of transition words and phrases that can be used to highlight these relationships. The teacher also...
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Writing Effective Body Paragraphs: Stating Reasons and Providing Evidence
In this video, the teacher explains how to write effective body paragraphs when responding to a writing prompt. The teacher emphasizes the importance of avoiding laundry list paragraphs and instead provides a step-by-step guide on how to...
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Writing Effective Body Paragraphs: Stating Reasons and Supporting with Evidence
In this video, the teacher explains how to write effective body paragraphs when responding to a writing prompt. The teacher emphasizes the importance of organizing supporting information and avoiding laundry list paragraphs. The students...
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Crafting Clear Topic Sentences
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of introducing a topic clearly in writing. They provide examples and guide students through the process of revising their own writing to make the topic and purpose more explicit. The...
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Properly Formatting Titles in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to properly format titles of books, movies, stories, poems, and other works in writing. The teacher provides examples and guidelines for using italics, underlining, and quotation marks based on the...
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Connecting Evidence and Reasons to Prove Your Claim
This video explains how to effectively support their claims in argumentative writing. The teacher explains the importance of clear evidence and reasons, and provides examples and strategies for connecting the evidence to the reasons and...
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Writing a Strong Introductory Paragraph for an Argumentative Essay
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a strong introductory paragraph for an argumentative essay. They emphasize the importance of engaging the reader in the topic by using a hook, such as an...
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Writing an Introduction with a Preview of Ideas
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of writing an introduction that previews the main ideas of their text. They provide practice exercises and examples to help students understand how to identify the main idea...
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Writing Effective Opening Paragraphs: Hooking the Reader and Stating Your Thesis
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively begin a response to a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader and clearly stating the thesis statement. The teacher provides an example of a hook sentence...
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Supporting an Opinion with Strong Reasons and Evidence
This video is a lesson on how to support an opinion with strong reasons by adding evidence, such as facts and details. It provides examples and guidance on how to make your reasons clear and based on facts, ultimately making your opinion...