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Eliminating Wordiness and Redundancy in Writing
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of eliminating wordiness and redundancy in writing. They provide examples and guide students through the process of revising sentences and paragraphs to make them more concise and precise.
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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...
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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...
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Supporting Opinions with Clear and Focused Reasons in Writing
This video transcript is a lesson on how to support opinions with clear and focused reasons in writing. The teacher explains the difference between opinions and reasons, provides examples, and guides students in identifying and...
The Africa Channel
Behind the Words: Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche talks about her characters in 'Half of a Yellow Sun'
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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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Writing: Writing for Purpose and Audience - 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...
Weird History
How The TV Show COPS Bent The Truth
Many of us can probably remember hearing "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" playing in the background at some point while Cops was on TV for more than 30 seasons. The reality show was the...
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Using Interjections to Show Emotion in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how writers can use interjections to properly convey emotions in their sentences. The students are guided through various examples and exercises to practice using interjections effectively. The teacher...
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Writing a Strong Thesis Statement: Opinion and Reasons
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a strong thesis statement by ensuring it is an opinion supported by reasons. The teacher guides the students through the process of generating ideas, selecting a topic, listing supporting...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices (Tone, Allusion, Analogy and Juxtaposition)
Literary devices are divided by literary elements and literary techniques. In this lesson, Mr. P. will focus on the literary devices of tone, allusion, analogy and juxtaposition. He will make reference to Shakespeare's classics Romeo and...
Curated Video
Brainstorming Opinion Writing Topics
In this lesson you will learn how to brainstorm opinion topics by thinking about problems in your community that you would like to fix.
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Using Verbs in the Subjunctive Mood
This video is a lesson on using verbs in the subjunctive mood. The teacher explains how the subjunctive mood is used to express imaginary or hoped for conditions, and provides examples and practice exercises. The video also covers common...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Roaring Twenties - Flaming Youth
Just the Facts: The Emergence of America Uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades thats shaped Modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century,...
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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 aligns with the thesis statement. The lesson covers the importance of strong thesis statements, the three stages of the writing process, and three...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Nailing Nonfiction – Analysing 'Politics and the English Language' (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
In today’s lesson, we’ll put all our non-fiction know-how into practice! We’ll apply what we’ve learnt about techniques in previous Nailing Non-Fiction lessons to George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’. Using our unique...
PBS
The Case for Fan Fiction (feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
For years writers of fan fiction were shamed, the butt of jokes, and even subject to copyright litigation. However, in the past few years, with the fan fiction writers of today becoming the published mainstream authors of today the past...
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Using Transitional Phrases to Expand Your Topic
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively extend the reasons for one's opinion by using transitional phrases. The lesson focuses on the importance of transitions in writing to guide the reader through the ideas and prevent...
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Adding Prepositional Phrases to Enhance Meaning in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how writers use prepositional phrases to convey specific meaning in their writing. The teacher provides examples and guides students in practicing adding prepositional phrases to sentences. The video...
Jabzy
Gothic Nationalism - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Gothic Nationalism
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Brainstorming Opinion Essay Topics: Finding Your Strong Feelings
In this video, the teacher explains how to brainstorm topics for opinion writing. They guide the students through three steps: thinking about their daily life, identifying things that give them strong feelings, and determining what...
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Using Outlines to Organize Argumentative Writing
This video provides guidance to students on how to use outlines to organize their ideas in argumentative writing. It explains the difference between claims, reasons, and evidence, and demonstrates how to identify and match them in a...
Mr. Beat
The Lost Generation Writers (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time there was city, named Paris, France. During the 1920s, lots of Americans moved there to escape institutionalized racism and the associated race riots, xenophobia, censorship, materialism, and Prohibition. Perhaps most...
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Developing Strong Reasons to Support Your Opinion
In this video, the teacher explains how writers support their opinions by drawing conclusions from facts and details. They provide examples and explanations to show the reader why they hold a certain opinion. The teacher also emphasizes...
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Bangladesh: a country where blogging can get you killed
Secular writers and bloggers are being hacked to death in the streets of Bangladesh for sharing their views online. But the government seems to tolerate the violence. WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT