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Review for You: Writing from Opinion
Mr. Griot will review opinions and how they are important in writing. He will discuss how to best write an opinion paragraph.
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A Compare and Contrast Essay
Mr. Griot reviews the essay "Amazing National Parks: Volcanoes and Mountains" and provides examples of how the author compared and contrasted the national parks. He explains the importance of a Venn diagram when comparing and contrasting...
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Endangered Animals: An Outline
Mr. Griot discusses the importance of using an outline to organize thoughts and information.He models how to write an outline using letters and numbers.
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Mackinac Island: Revised
Mr. Griot models using rubrics and checklists to self-evaluate and edit the rough draft of his informative essay.
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Mackinac Island: An Informative Essay
Mr. Griot gives a brief explanation of the characteristics of an informative essay. He then models the steps in choosing a topic, researching, and planning an informative essay.
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Triumph Despite Adversity: Helen Keller and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Griot writes a comparison and contrast essay detailing the similarities and differences between Helen Keller and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Review for You:Compare and Contrast Essay
Mr. Griot reviews the definitions of the words compare and contrast and discusses the steps to take when planning, organizing, and writing a comparison and contrast essay.
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Serving Justice
Mr. Griot demonstrates writing an essay comparing and contrasting two biographies using a Venn diagram and a paragraph organization chart.
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Compare and Contrast Essays
Mr. Griot explains how to write a compare and contrast essay.
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How to Use ChatGPT and Generative AI for Passive Income - Use ChatGPT to Proofread Essays
Learn how to use ChatGPT to proofread essays and improve the quality of your writing. This video will show you how to use AI to catch grammar and spelling errors and provide suggestions for sentence structure and wording. This clip is...
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How to Know Your Level for First Time Test Takers - IELTS Energy Podcast 1334
Do you know what score you would get if you took IELTS today? If your answer is no, you're not alone! Today we share resources and tips for figuring out your English level and what you would score on IELTS if you took the test today.
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Yascha Mounk - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard Serjeantson
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
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Best Books of 2023 | AmorSciendi
These are my top book recommendations for 2023. I'll be back in 2024 with more art, art theory, and occasionally poetry.
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Who, That, or Which? Necessary IELTS Grammar - IELTS Energy Podcast 1299
How can you know which relative pronoun to use on IELTS Speaking and Writing? Who, Which, or That? Today you'll find out and we'll share band 9 example sentences for the highest vocabulary scores.
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Don’t Make These Overall Trend Mistakes on IELTS - IELTS Energy Podcast 1298
Today you'll learn about the two biggest mistakes students make when they write overall trends in their task 1 essays. Find out the highest-scoring, and fastest, way to create this necessary sentence.
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Hidden Examiner Rules for IELTS Task 2 - IELTS Energy Podcast 1233
Don't get thrown off by IELTS Task 2's trickier essays. Today we break down how you should organize a mixed essay and share hidden examiner rules to help you better understand the Writing scoring system.
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The Neverending Challenge of IELTS - IELTS Energy Podcast 1220
Today you'll learn very advanced vocabulary about time to use for both Speaking and Writing, so you will unceasingly be tireless about improving your IELTS scores!
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Band 9 Phrases to Introduce Examples - IELTS Energy Podcast 1252
Which linking phrase is better for IELTS - for example, or for instance? Today you'll find out and learn 4 higher-level options for sharing examples that knock the examiner's socks off in IELTS speaking and writing.
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Examiner Answers Your Burning Writing Questions - IELTS Energy Podcast 1320
Do you need to skip lines in your essays? Is it OK to use simple but clear vocabulary? Find out how these things directly impact your IELTS Writing score so you don't mess up on test day.
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3 Steps to Answer Impossible Task 2 Questions - IELTS Energy Podcast 1277
Today we explain three steps you should follow for IELTS Writing Task 2, and give you an example of one of the toughest Task 2 questions we've every seen!
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How to Save Your Brain on IELTS Writing Task 2 - IELTS Energy Podcast 1317
Is it OK to come up with ideas while you write your task 2 essay? Or, should you only use the ideas you thought of in your brainstorm? Find out the answer today, and get insider tips from IELTS experts for the highest writing task 2 scores.
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Do You Need a Topic Sentence in Writing Task 1? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1255
You've definitely heard us talk about topic sentences for Task 2. They are MUST for a 7 or higher. BUT, you also need to think about this for Task 1! Listen up today for a very important IELTS lesson.
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Persuasive Writing 1
Persuasive Writing explains the purpose of persuasive writing and lists examples of focused, specific topics for persuasive writing.
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Citing Sources: Internet Website
Citing Sources: Internet Website shows how to cite an Internet source by writing the correct citation for a provided website using correct capitalization and punctuation.