In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the purpose of an essay by using the action verbs and the subject in a prompt. Login gives access to a slideshow and a second video. [5:08]

Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy. [7:44]

Use the frequently confused words their, they're, and there correctly. [9:21]

Writers add prepositional phrases to add details to their sentences. Let's expand our sentences by adding prepositional phrases. [7:52]

Writers establish context to introduce a character and engage the reader. Let's practice building context by adding details to help the reader understand the character. [8:11]

Writers make their writing clear by using modal auxiliaries correctly to show different times, moods or conditions. Let's practice using the modal auxiliaries can, may, and must to describe situations. [10:49]

Writers capitalize certain words in titles. Let's practice capitalizing titles correctly so our reader gets an idea of what they are about to read. [8:07]

Writers produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting sentence fragments. Let's practice making sure each of our sentences has a subject and a predicate. [9:49]

Writers use an introduction to organize the ideas that follow. Let's practice organizing the ideas within a paragraph according to the paragraph's introduction. [7:46]

Learn how to capitalize the first word on a sentence, the pronoun "I", and proper nouns. [7:20]

In this lesson, you will learn how to improve your personal narrative by using detailed descriptions as you write. [6:55]

In this lesson, you will learn how to support your argument by turning the topic sentence into a question. [5:07]

In this lesson, you will learn how to elaborate on a supporting detail by writing hypothetical details. [4:52]

In this lesson, you will learn how to write the sub-points for your thesis statement by turning the argument into a why question. [3:26]

In this lesson, you will learn how to strengthen your argument by better organizing the evidence being presented. [4:15]

Writers adjust the style of their writing to make it appropriate for a particular audience. Here students practice writing in a formal style by using language that is appropriate for an academic audience. [6:53]

In this lesson, you will learn how to interpret the text by considering how the theme applies in the real world. [3:45]

In this video, you will write multiplication expressions to represent illustrations by counting the equal groups and objects in each group. [2:58]

In this lesson, you will learn to identify the variables and their relationship given a real-world scenario. [2:27]

In this lesson, you will learn to convert real-world situations into equations by using models. [2:33]

In this video, you will learn how to learn how to identify the theme in a story by asking "What did the main character learn?" [3:13]

This video explains how to add fractions with the unlike denominators of 10 and 100. [3:13]

In this lesson, you will learn to challenge your theory about a secondary character by identifying why a character acts in an unexpected way. [3:15]

In this lesson, you will learn how to find the total number of same-size squares in a rectangle by dividing it into rows and columns. [3:06]