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Adding Specific Words and Phrases to Make Your Writing Come Alive
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using precise words and phrases in writing to create vivid mental images for readers. The teacher guides students through examples and practice exercises to help them understand the...
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Preschool Prep: Alphabet and Cool Jobs from A to Z
Join host Kristin as she explores some of the coolest jobs from letter A to Z! Through light-hearted, kid-friendly illustrations, you will learn upper-case letters and understand the wide variety of jobs grown-ups have in the world. Each...
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Using Domain-Specific Vocabulary to Clarify Your Writing
Writers explain ideas precisely by using specific words related to their topics. Let's practice clarifying our writing by replacing vague or confusing terms with domain-specific vocabulary.
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Engaging Your Reader: The Power of Anecdotes
In this video lesson, students learn how to capture their reader's interest by using a strong opening hook. The teacher explains the importance of connecting the anecdote to the thesis statement, being concise with powerful language, and...
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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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From Pasture to Plate: The Ethical Journey of Butchering a Pig
The video outlines the detailed and respectful process of butchering a pig named Roger, emphasizing the ethical and humane methods used from the moment of the kill to the final preparation. It captures a first-hand experience of...
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Revising Your Persuasive Speech: Connecting Evidence to Your Thesis Statement
In this video, the teacher explains how to ensure that the evidence in a persuasive speech connects to the thesis statement. The teacher outlines three steps: rereading with a purpose, checking if the speech is going off track, and...
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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....
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U of W project aims to collect, catalogue immigrant stories before they're lost
New ReviewResearchers have interviewed nearly 80 children of the Russlander Mennonites that migrated to Canada from the Soviet Union in the 1920s for what is expected to be the largest oral history project on Mennonites in Canada.
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Rosemary Barton speaks with Esi Edugyan
Esi Edugyan tells The National’s Rosemary Barton how winning the Giller Prize will allow her to keep writing.
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'Things we're very much talking about now:' Keira Knightley on why Colette isn't simply another period drama
Colette stars Knightley, Dominic West and writer-director Wash Westmoreland talk about their ynamic biopic about the famed French novelist at TIFF 2018.
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NY Times Writer: Policing Fake Accounts on Facebook Is Still "Guesswork"
Facebook announced Tuesday it purged 32 pages and accounts suspected of midterm election tampering. New York Times reporter Kevin Roose tells Cheddar the company's latest crackdowns and its new threat intelligence team don't necessarily...
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Still Lots of 'Guesswork' After Facebook's Account Purge
Facebook announced this week it removed 32 pages and accounts suspected of midterm election tampering. Buy New York Times reporter Kevin Roose tells Cheddar there's still not a lot of information about who's behind the meddling.
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'Searching' Director on Being Trained As a Filmmaker at Google
Aneesh Chaganty is the writer-director of "Searching," an experimental film shot entirely from the POV of smartphones and computer screens. A former video maker at Google, Chaganty explains to Cheddar that his experience at the company...
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'Searching' Director on What He Learned as a Google Filmmaker
Aneesh Chaganty is the writer-director of "Searching," an experimental film shot entirely from the point of view of smartphones and computer screens. A former video maker at Google, Chaganty explains to Cheddar that his experience at the...
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How 'Searching' Director Learned to Make Movies at Google
Aneesh Chaganty is the writer-director of "Searching," an experimental film shot entirely from the point of view of smartphones and computer screens. A former video maker at Google, Chaganty explains to Cheddar that his experience at the...
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How the Rachel/Joey Storyline in "Friends" Led to "Episodes"
"Episodes" co-creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik talk about how the on-air romance that divided fans spawned their new show after "Friends" ended.