Lesson 7 - Homophones

Learn the basics about the problems with plastics and biodegradable plastics as part of the recycling topic within environmental chemistry.

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...

This video provides a clear explanation and practice exercises on how to use commas to set off tag questions in writing. It emphasizes the importance of proper punctuation to make writing clearer and easier for readers to understand....

This Video Explains Professionalism - Please, Thank You, and Interjections in a Conversation

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...

In this video, the teacher explains the steps to draft a strong conclusion for an argumentative essay. The steps include summarizing the argument, identifying a solution, and presenting the consequence of inaction. The teacher provides...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using interesting adjectives and adverbs in writing to make ideas more precise and vivid. They provide examples and guide students through practice exercises, encouraging them to...

This video explores the emotional and intellectual structure of the English language through an analysis of Shakespeare's "To be or not to be" soliloquy. The teacher guides the viewer through a whispering exercise, highlighting the...

In this video, the teacher explains the concept of perfect tense and how it is used to show time relationships in writing. The teacher provides examples and a timeline to help students understand the different forms of perfect tense. The...

This video is a lesson on how to use correlative conjunctions correctly in sentences. It explains what correlative conjunctions are, provides examples, and guides students through exercises to practice using them. The video also...

This video is a lesson on using signal words to show the order of events in writing. The teacher explains the importance of using signal words and provides examples of common signal words. The teacher then guides students through...

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...

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...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers use participial phrases to add detail and vary their sentence structure. The students are guided through examples and practice exercises to identify and create participial phrases that...

This video is a lesson on using commas after opening interjections. The teacher explains what an interjection is and how it is used in a sentence. The students are given practice exercises to identify and correct sentences with missing...

This video is a lesson for students on using flashbacks in writing. It explains what a flashback is, how it can be used to develop characters and plot, and provides examples and practice exercises. The teacher guides students in adding...

Writers revise their opinion to give it a strong purpose. Let's practice making sure our writing reflects that purpose when we revise an opinion statement.

In this video, the teacher explains how writers support their opinions with reasons and information. They emphasize the importance of using facts as examples to make reasons clearer and more valid. The teacher provides examples and...

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...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of introducing a topic clearly in writing. They use examples of a clothing drive poster and an opinion piece to demonstrate how background information can make the topic more...

In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of using verbs correctly in their writing, specifically focusing on forming common irregular verbs in the past tense. The students are provided with practice sheets and given...

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...

In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of writing opinion statements that are not too narrow for the topic. The teacher explains the concept of narrowness and provides examples to help students understand. They...