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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...
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Using Gerund Phrases to Add Precision in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how writers can use gerund phrases to make their writing more precise. The teacher provides examples and guides students through practice exercises to underline gerund phrases in sentences and revise...
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Fixing Comma Splices: Improving Sentence Structure in Writing
This video is a lesson on identifying and correcting comma splices, a type of run-on sentence. The teacher explains what comma splices are and provides three ways to fix them: changing the comma to a period, adding a coordinating or...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Connecting Reasons to Claims in Argumentative Writing
This video is a lesson on using linking words and phrases to connect reasons to a claim in argumentative writing. The teacher provides examples and guides students through revising a draft to make the connections between their reasons...
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Adding Quotations from Expert Sources to Strengthen Your Argument
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using quotations and paraphrases from expert sources to strengthen argumentative writing. The teacher provides step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate quotations into body...
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Combining Similar Paragraphs and Adding Reasons
In this video, the teacher provides guidance on how to strengthen argumentative writing by ensuring that each reason is unique and supported by evidence. The teacher models the process of identifying repetitive paragraphs, combining...
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Using Ellipses to Omit Words in Quotations
This video is a lesson on how to effectively use ellipses (...) to omit words from quotations. The teacher explains the rules for using ellipses and provides examples and practice exercises for students to follow. By using ellipses...
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Organizing Ideas in a Paragraph
This video is a teacher's lesson on how to organize ideas within a paragraph based on the introduction. It emphasizes the importance of aligning the body of the paragraph with the ideas presented in the introduction to ensure clarity and...
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Using Verbs in Different Moods to Engage Readers
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of verb moods and how they can be used to make writing more engaging. The video provides examples and practice exercises for identifying and using verbs in different moods, such as...
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Connecting Ideas: Using Transition Words in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to connect related ideas in writing by using transition words. The teacher provides an example of a paragraph and identifies areas where the flow between sentences is not smooth. They then...
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Strengthening Your Writing: Using Linking Words and Wow Words
In this video, the teacher discusses how to strengthen writing by using linking words and wow words. The teacher explains that linking words are like a metal chain that connect words, phrases, and sentences to make writing cohesive. Wow...
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Using Passive Voice to Emphasize Action in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of passive voice and its purpose in writing. The teacher provides examples and prompts for the students to practice identifying and using passive voice. The video also emphasizes when and...
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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice: Strengthen Your Writing
This video is a teacher-led lesson on active voice in writing. The teacher explains the difference between active and passive voice, provides examples, and guides students through identifying and correcting passive voice sentences. The...