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Brainstorming Opinion Topics: Finding Your Voice in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to come up with a topic for opinion writing. They emphasize the importance of brainstorming ideas and choosing a topic that the writer feels strongly about. The teacher provides examples and a...
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Organizing Your Ideas: Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Prompt
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize ideas when writing to a prompt. The lesson covers the five steps of the writing process: understanding the question, brainstorming ideas, making a plan, writing sentences, and revising....
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Bryan Ripley Crandall - The Connecticut Writing Project
Dr. Bryan Ripley Crandall is Director of the Connecticut Writing Project and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions at Fairfield University. His scholarly work includes the teaching of writing,...
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KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Vocabulary: Process - 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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An Interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1927)
A 1927 Fox newsreel interview with the author and spiritualist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He speaks about his greatest literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, and his work in spiritualism.
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Generating Ideas for Opinion Writing
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of brainstorming topics for opinion writing. They emphasize the importance of choosing a topic that they have strong feelings about and provide a checklist to help students...
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Academic Writing - Formating and Structuring your Assignment
Become a better writer in no time! Formatting a paper is notoriously tricky. This video removes some of the complexity and will help students plan the layout of their piece more clearly. This is part 3 in the series 'English Composition:...
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Linking Ideas in Your Persuasive Opinion Essay: Using Transition Words
In this video, the teacher explains how to improve the flow and coherence of a persuasive opinion essay by using transition words. The teacher reviews the writing process and the importance of revising to enhance the quality of writing....
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Understanding Writing Prompts and Identifying Key Ideas
In this video lesson, students will learn how to approach and understand a writing prompt. The teacher explains the importance of identifying key ideas in the prompt and determining the type of writing required. By circling key ideas and...
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Organizing Ideas for Writing: Step-by-Step Storytelling
This video lesson teaches students how to organize their ideas when writing to a prompt. It guides them through the process of imagining their story, saying it step-by-step in their mind, and jotting down the beginning, middle, and end....
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Organizing Ideas and Evidence in a Persuasive Essay: Using Paragraph Form
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a persuasive essay easy to read and well-organized. The lesson covers the importance of stating a claim and providing evidence, as well as the three steps of the...
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Generating Ideas for Opinion Writing: Choosing Strong Topics
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of brainstorming topics for opinion writing. They emphasize the importance of choosing a topic that they feel strongly about and can support with facts and experiences. The...
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Brainstorming Ideas for a Writing Prompt: Focusing on a Topic
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of brainstorming ideas before writing and provides a step-by-step process for students to follow. The lesson focuses on a writing prompt about a person who is special to them and how to...
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Choosing the Best Story Idea
In this video lesson, the teacher guides students on how to choose the best story idea when writing to a prompt. They review a list of possible story ideas and discuss the importance of imagining the story before writing. The teacher...
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Organizing Ideas for a Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize ideas for a persuasive essay using a short plan. The teacher emphasizes the importance of crafting a strong thesis statement that sounds like a fact rather than an opinion. They also...
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Writing Stories That Make Sense: Using Transition Words
In this video lesson, the teacher explains how to write stories that make sense to readers by using transition words. The lesson covers the steps of the writing process, including understanding the prompt, brainstorming ideas, making a...
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Academic Writing - Planning your Essay
Become a better writer in no time! This video teaches you to how to plan the content of your essay. This is part 1 in the series 'English Composition: Writing Basics.'
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Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to generate ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. The teacher demonstrates the process by listing topics they have strong feelings about, circling the ones they can write more about, and finally...
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Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to generate ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. The teacher emphasizes the importance of brainstorming a list of topics and choosing one that the writer feels strongly about and has knowledge on....
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Organizing Ideas and Evidence in a Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to make a persuasive opinion essay easy to read by organizing ideas and evidence using paragraph form. The teacher emphasizes the importance of having clear topic sentences and provides examples of...
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How to Show Personal Growth in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of revealing something about oneself in a personal narrative. They explain the writing process and guide students on how to revise their drafts to show personal growth and change.
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Improving Your Personal Narrative with Detailed Language
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to improve their personal narratives by using detailed language to describe events. They go through the writing process and emphasize the importance of adding sensory descriptions to make...
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Sophia: The Big 3: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
This tutorial begins with a YouTube video of a brief description of the process of writing an essay using geometric shapes to explain each section. The rest is informational text using an amusing school protest as the topic example to...
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Sophia: Types of Conflict: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range of ways conflict can occur in the world. It is 2 of 7 in the series titled "Types of Conflict."