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Writing the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
Pupil outcome: I can write the final paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’. Key learning points: - This paragraph recounts the final part of the boy’s journey and his reunion with his dad in the past tense. - The boy’s...
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Generating persuasive techniques for a letter to Sherlock Holmes
Pupil outcome: I can generate persuasive techniques to persuade Sherlock Holmes in a letter. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is planned. - We can plan to use a range of persuasive techniques in a persuasive...
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Writing a persuasive speech about a new word
Pupil outcome: I can write a persuasive speech about my new word. Key learning points: - Rhetorical questions, anecdotes and direct address are a great way to ‘hook’ your audience at the start of a speech. - The content of a speech needs...
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Writing the build-up of 'The BFG' (part one)
Pupil outcome: I can write the first part of a build-up of a narrative based on ‘The BFG’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to build tension and suspense. - Saying sentences aloud before they are written helps to...
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Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
Pupil outcome: I can write the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters’ emotions and build tension and suspense. - Notes from a plan can be used to...
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Exploring youth justice in the Victorian era
Pupil outcome: I can present a convincing argument about youth justice. Key learning points: - Victorians were tough on crime to deter people from offending. - Victorians valued discipline and responsibility. - It was a middle class myth...
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Planning an effective article
Pupil outcome: I can come up with a main argument as well as ideas for three main paragraphs as a plan for an effective article. Key learning points: - An opinion article is an article where writers present their perspective on a topic....
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Writing part 2 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
Pupil outcome: I can write a well-structured paragraph for part 2 of the build-up. Key learning points: - The purpose of a build-up is to move the main character’s journey forward and build tension. - Precise and ambitious vocabulary...
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How Michelle Obama addresses an audience
Pupil outcome: I can understand how rhetorical questions can be used to address an audience when delivering a speech. Key learning points: - Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and author who served as the First Lady of the United...
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Generating a headline and opening for a persuasive advert
Pupil outcome: I can develop a persuasive headline and opening that hooks the reader. Key learning points: - The headline and opening of a persuasive advert should be eye-catching and hook the reader. - Linguistic techniques like...
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Writing the second diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
Pupil outcome: I can write my second diary entry from the perspective of Lila. Key learning points: - We use notes from our plan to form a range of sentence types. - Diary entries shift between past and present tense to explain what has...
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Writing a section of a narrative based on 'The Borrowers' (part 2)
Pupil outcome: I can write a section of the build-up of ‘The Borrowers’. Key learning points: - In this section of the build-up, the suspense heightens when Arrietty encounters the eye of a human “bean”. - The use of precise and...
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The Power of Line in Poetry
The final essential element of poetry is line, which structures a poem’s verses and stanzas. Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise demonstrates the power of line through rhyme schemes, rhetorical questions, and similes, all of which enhance the...
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The Power of Imagery in Poetry
Imagery is a fundamental element of poetry that engages the five senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell—to create vivid mental pictures. Langston Hughes' Harlem and Robert Hayden’s Those Winter Sundays exemplify the power of...
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Hamlet 3.4 "A Rash and Bloody Deed"
This video delves into the intense and complex interaction between Hamlet and Gertrude in Act 3, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, exploring the psychological and moral implications of their conversation following a shocking act of...
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Rhetoric: The Golden Key to Verbal Persuasion
People have been persuading one another with their speech for as long as we have records. In many different cultures, aspiring lawyers, administrators, and politicians would have learned the science of rhetoric, of using language...
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Riddle Me This, Can You Learn Vocab From Superhero Movies? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1300
Riddle me this listeners, do you enjoy watching superhero movies? Well, even if you don't, you can learn some fantastically high-level vocabulary today that was indeed inspired by this genre. Make sure to take notes today!
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Learn to Sign with Expression | ASL | Non-Manual Signals
Signs are obviously important to Sign Language, but so is facial expression. In today's video I'm going to teach you non-manual signals, also known as facial expression. This is 1 of the 5 parameters of signs which are the fundamentals...
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Persuasive Language Part 1 | Persuasive Writing
In Part 1 of this series, four common persuasive language devices are explained: emotive language, modal verbs, involving the reader and asking rhetorical questions. Part 2 • Persuasive Langua... (using evidence, repetition, adjectives &...
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How to Write a Paragraph: Using Rhetorical Questions in Your Argument
Are you trying to figure out how to write a paragraph? Wondering how to use rhetorical questions in your essay? In this video, I break down how to build your argument in your paragraph using rhetorical questions. Rhetorical questions are...
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How to Explain and Elaborate on a Claim and Evidence in a Paragraph
This is the BIGGEST MISTAKE that students make when writing their paragraph or essay! So watch this video to find out how to avoid it! In this video, I cover the purpose of explanation and elaboration in your paragraph. When you use...
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4 Ways To Make Your Presentation More Interesting
"If you want to capture your audience's interest right from the start of your presentation, try one of the four techniques I share in this short presentation skills lesson. The four techniques: - Share a personal anecdote - Use...
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Perfecting Poetry: T.S. Eliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Lines 55-69
In this lesson, we celebrate reaching the half-way point in our analysis of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. We will recap key points from previous lessons before we move on to look at lines 55-59. We enlist the help...
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Perfecting Poetry: T.S. Eliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Lines 70-86
Join us as we continue our close analysis of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. In this lesson we’ll look at lines 70-86 which reveal Prufrock’s existential angst. This part of the poem contains some of the most famous...