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Understanding Adjectives
In this video, students will learn about adjectives and how they are used to describe nouns in sentences. The video explains the function of adjectives in providing more clarity and visualization to readers. Students will also practice...
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Streamlining Your Research Notes: Deleting Repeated Information
In this video, the teacher explains how to simplify your notes before writing a research paper by deleting repeated information. The steps include reviewing your notes, identifying repeated information, deleting it, and combining similar...
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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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Choosing a Topic for an Argumentative Essay: Exploring Issues that Affect Your Life
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to choose a topic for an argumentative essay. They emphasize the importance of selecting a topic that they have a lot to say about and that affects their lives. The teacher provides...
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Creating Strong Endings: How to Leave the Audience with Strong Feelings
In this video lesson, the teacher guides students on how to create strong endings for their narratives by effectively conveying their emotions. The teacher explains the five steps of the writing process and provides a specific example of...
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Revising Your Essay to Target Your Audience
This video provides a concise lesson on how to revise an argumentative essay to effectively target and convince the intended audience. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the audience and tailoring the essay accordingly, using...
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Revise Your Opinion Statements for a Stronger Purpose
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.
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Developing Lifelike Characters through Description
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using description to develop lifelike characters in writing. The teacher guides students through a practice activity where they circle words that describe a character in a picture....
Bloomberg
Hollywood Studios, Writers Inch Closer to Ending Strike
The Writers Guild of America and the group representing major Hollywood studios said they would meet for a second day, an encouraging sign that talks are progressing in a labor standoff that has lasted for months. Plus, Rupert Murdoch...
Bloomberg
Hollywood Actors Strike Stretches On
Hollywood actors and writers continue their strike demanding pay increases and residuals in streaming plus assurances their work will not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on...
Bridgeman Arts
Man Reading Homer Book
Man in 1730s costume takes book off the shelf and reads. Chalkboard shooting slate.
Bridgeman Arts
PRESS GATHER OUTSIDE COURT HOUSE, 1970s
1970s: UNITED STATES: press gather outside court house in street
Bridgeman Arts
Man Walks Past Antiques Shop in London Street
Man Walks Past Antiques Shop in London Street
Bridgeman Arts
Boston Gold, Television Critic Percy Shane on Typewriter
Boston Gold, Television Critic Percy Shane on Typewriter
Bloomberg
'Beauty and the Beast' Writer Evan Spiliotopoulos Tapped to Pen 'Bright' Sequel | THR News
Evan Spiliotopoulos, who worked on Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' as well as the Snow White-centric fantasy 'The Huntsman: Winter's War,' has been tapped to pen the script for the followup, which will once again be directed...
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Authors Maya Angelou and E. L. Doctorow received lifetime achievement awards Wednesday night at the 2013 National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner. (Nov. 20)
Authors Maya Angelou rand E. L. Doctorow received lifetime achievement awards Wednesday night at the 2013 National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.
Angelou, 85, is the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "On the...
Bloomberg
Lena Waithe's 'Twenties' Gets Pilot Order From TBS | THR News
Emmy winner Lena Waithe just landed a TBS deal, as the Turner-owned cable network has handed out a pilot order to 'Twenties.'
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Palin's Acceptance Speech Part 3
1. Palin SOT:
" To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message for you: For years, you've sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. And I pledge to you that, if we're...
Bloomberg
Paramount Pictures Gives 'G.I. Joe' Character Snake Eyes a Spinoff Movie | THR News
Evan Spiliotopoulos, who worked on Disney's live action 'Beauty and the Beast,' is in talks to pen the script.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Successful series Scandal mirrors the real political world
Successful television series Scandal mirrors the real political world in its sixth season
Bloomberg
Showtime Ready to Visit 'The L Word' | THR News
Showtime is ready to revisit 'The L Word.' Eight years after wrapping the show's six-season run, the premium cable network is developing a sequel to the groundbreaking lesbian drama.
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Swedish Academy discuss Kazuo Ishiguro winning Nobel Prize for Literature
SWEDISH ACADEMY DISCUSS KAZUO ISHIGURO WINNING NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist best known for "The Remains of the Day," won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday (5 OCT. 2017)....