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Staying Focused on the Prompt: Reviewing Anecdotes in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher provides guidance on how to ensure that anecdotes in writing stay focused on the given prompt. They emphasize the importance of reviewing and revising your work to make sure it answers the prompt effectively....
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Writing Stories That Make Sense: Using Transition Words
In this video lesson, the teacher explains how to write stories that make sense to readers by using transition words. The lesson covers the steps of the writing process, including understanding the prompt, brainstorming ideas, making a...
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Writing a Strong Closing Paragraph: Referring to the Prompt and Big Ideas
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a closing paragraph that stays on topic for a prompt. The teacher emphasizes the importance of referring back to the prompt and the main ideas of the response. They provide step-by-step...
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Interpreting and Understanding Prompts
In this video, the teacher explains how to interpret a long prompt by summarizing, restating, and inferring. They provide a step-by-step approach to understanding the prompt for an article about different professionals and what they have...
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Organizing Ideas and Telling Your Story
In this video lesson, students learn how to organize their ideas when writing to a prompt. They are guided through the process of imagining their story as a movie in their mind's eye, saying it out step by step, and jotting down the...
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How to Write an Interesting Essay: Crafting Supporting Points and a Conclusion
In this video, the teacher explains how to write an interesting essay that fully addresses the prompt. They emphasize the importance of including a conclusion that reminds the reader of the main points discussed. The teacher provides...
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Brainstorming Ideas for a Writing Prompt
In this video lesson, students will learn how to brainstorm ideas for a writing prompt. The teacher guides them through the process of rereading the prompt, thinking of possible story ideas, and making a list of at least five ideas. This...
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Writing Lively and Engaging Stories: Adding Similes
In this video lesson, students will learn how to write lively and engaging stories by incorporating similes. The teacher reviews the definition of a simile and explains how it can enhance storytelling. Students are guided through the...
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Locating Evidence in a Text by Skimming
In this video, the teacher explains how to find evidence in a text by skimming and marking related sentences. They emphasize the importance of selecting the right amount of evidence, neither too much nor too little, to support the...
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Bringing Your Writing to Life: Adding Dialogue
In this video lesson, the teacher explains the importance of adding dialogue to bring writing drafts to life. They review the five steps of the writing process and focus on the fifth step of revising. The teacher provides examples and...
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Florida flooding prompts emergency as torrential rains swamp state
Florida has declared a state of emergency as torrential rainfall and flash floods in the southern part of the state have prompted rescue efforts, snarled traffic, and grounded more than 250 flights. (Scripps News)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : France demands answers over US spying
CLEAN : France demands answers over US spying
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : At Mercosur summit a tense family photo
CLEAN : At Mercosur summit a tense family photo
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Keyboard NOW!
Close up dolly clip of a woman's hand typing on a computer keyboard with the word NOW! on one of the keys. This key gets depressed during typing; with natural sound.
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Garden Spider (Araneus) moving on wasp wrapped in silk, England
Garden Spider (Araneus) moving on wasp wrapped in silk, England
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Net-casting Spider (Dinopis) & Ant - WA spider hanging down and catching ant, Australia
Net-casting Spider (Dinopis) & Ant - WA spider hanging down and catching ant, Australia
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Garden Spider (Araneus) CU spider quickly wraps up wasp prey in silk, England
Garden Spider (Araneus) CU spider quickly wraps up wasp prey in silk, England
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Paulson presser on US financial rescue plan
Washington DC - 19 September, 2008
1. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson walking in
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary:
"To restore confidence in our markets and our financial institutions so they can fuel...
Bloomberg
Trump Talks Economics, Taxes, and Obama's Birth
Sept. 16 -- Donald Trump spoke at length on Thursday to the Economic Club of New York about his economic and tax plans. Bloomberg's Megan Murphy recaps the event and looks at Trumps comments on President Barack Obama being born in the...
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A year after a New York couple donated their 15-year-old son's organs, they learned the teen actually had a rare form of cancer and two of the four transplant recipients have died.
Teen organ donor's gift turns tragic
A year after a New York couple donated their 15-year-old son's organs, they learned the teen actually had a rare form of cancer and two of the four transplant recipients have died. (April...
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Ukrainian woman thanks volunteers at Polish Centre for support
Ukrainian Kateryna Larsson, who is volunteering at Lewisham Polish Centre and helping sort donations for Ukraine, emotionally discuses her family who are in Kyiv. She thanks the community for the support they have offered her country.
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USA: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN GREENSPAN (2)
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U-S Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a sober assessment of the U-S economy to Congress on Wednesday, saying that the sharp slowdown that began in the second half of last year "has yet to run its full...
Bloomberg
Why U.S. Is Increasing Tariffs on China
May.06 -- President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator said the U.S. plans to raise tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday, accusing Beijing of backpedaling on commitments it made during negotiations. Shawn Donnan reports on "Bloomberg...