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5 Easy Ways Quotes Can Help You Write Better Papers Faster
Many academic assignments require quotes. But, if you're not careful, quotes can actually make your writing look rushed, sloppy, or uniformed. Thankfully, it's not hard to properly implement quotes into a paper, and doing so will help...
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KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Vocabulary: Evaulate - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Responding to a Question on Language Part 2 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
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Engaging Your Reader: Writing an Opening Story
In this video, the teacher explains to students how to engage their readers from the very beginning of their letter. They discuss the importance of a strong opening, and the three strategies they can use: making a brave statement, using...
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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Vocabulary: Techniques - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
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C1 Level English Test
Take this C1 level English test and let me know in the comments what you scored. This is not a memory test so be sure to make notes and listen to the sample reading a few times before you attempt to answer the questions. The transcript...
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Benjamin Banneker: Time Lord
Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, a writer, an inventor and the man who may have completed the design for Washington DC Capitol City of the United States of America from memory. Banneker...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michelle D. Gladieux - Teachers Make a Difference - Rosemary Gladieux
Meet Michelle Gladieux (Glad-ee-oh) - an engaging, caring, inclusive, and forthright coach and teacher. Today, Michelle and her team at Gladieux Consulting present communication seminars and lead strategic planning and executive coaching...
One Minute History
Ernest Hemingway - Epic Writers - One Minute History
Writer. Soldier. Hunter. Survivor. Ernest Hemingway embodies the spirit of American grit living a nomadic life of adventure. His story opens in the suburbs of Chicago as a journalist for his high school paper, The Trapeze. During World...
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Behind the Words: Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche speaks about her families influence on her work
Go, Behind the Words of some of Africa’s literary icons and hear what inspired their writings. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of bestselling novel, Americanah the soon to be produced HBO Max series starring Lupito Nyong’o, and Half of...
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The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe
Famous American author Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting death may have been a result of cooping, a violent form of voter fraud practiced in the 19th century.
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Hoppe Hoppe Reiter - Lied - Deutsch lernen
In this video I sing the song "Hoppe Hoppe Reiter". It is a song about a dude falling down a lot. I think you will like it.
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Christopher W. Albrecht - The Rediscovery of Hope and Purpose
Christopher Albrecht has been a teacher for over a quarter century. He spent the first three years of his career in New Martinsville, West Virginia. In his first year, Albrecht was named a Sallie Mae First Class National Teacher of the...
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Shakespeare Unmasked: Face & History Revealed
We’ve always been thrown off by the lack of portraiture for this great man. We don’t have a single verified description or portrait of William Shakespeare from life - we pretty much only know what we know about him thanks to his friends...
My Genderation
Trans AND: Kuchenga
A 6-part series about diverse transgender people in the UK. This film is about Kuchenga, a black trans woman, who is an educator and writer.
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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Features of Structure at Paragraph and Sentence Level Part 1 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
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Fiona Giles Teachers Make a Difference - Julia Kristeva
Fiona Giles retired from the University of Sydney in 2020, where she taught and researched literary journalism, creative nonfiction and feminist theory relating to breastfeeding and maternal sexuality. After graduating from Oxford with a...
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Museum of Artifacts That Made America: Helen Keller's Watch
Deafblind pioneer Helen Keller campaigned for a better America – with the help of a remarkable watch that she didn’t have to see to read.
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Introducing a Text Clearly
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to introduce a text clearly before sharing their opinions about it. They discuss the importance of providing background information such as the title, author, and a brief summary to help...
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Developing Strong Supporting Evidence through Cause and Effect
In this video, the teacher explains how to develop strong evidence that supports a thesis statement by using cause and effect. The three steps to develop strong evidence are outlined: writing the reason in a box, listing personal...
Amor Sciendi
Matisse and Hemingway
There are similarities between the French Artist Henri Matisse and the American author living in Paris Ernest Hemingway. What made their style so popular in the early part of the 20th century? Full Hemingway passage: "Chapter IX"...
The March of Time
George Bernard Shaw talking on porch
MOT 1948: ON WRITING: Dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) sitting down at small desk on front porch 'The one thing I never wanted to be was a writer.' Saying he was a boring writer as natural as water in mouth always there being a...
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KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Reading: Reading Between the LInes - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - English Basics – Basic Writer Tools (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Every author has a toolkit of techniques – they use these tools to build meaning and share important ideas.
In this video, we’ll teach you how to break down a range of texts. You’ll learn how to identify techniques in poems and...