British Council
Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
British Council
Twelfth Night
Scholars experience Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night, with an engaging interactive. After watching the story, six activities extend the learning experience. Topics include characters, vocabulary, a sequence of events, comprehension, and...
Bierbaum Elementary School
Practicing Patience
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
Andrews McMeel Publishing
POW! A Peanuts Collection
Make a study of Charles M. Scultz's famous comic strip Peanuts in your language arts class. Class members read and discuss the baseball-themed book POW! A Peanuts Collection. After talking about themes and vocabulary, they complete...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Planning a Response to a Writing Prompt
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan your writing by using boxes and bullets to organize each part of your narrative. [4:29]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Organize Ideas in Informational Writing Using Headings
In this lesson, you will learn how to use paragraphs to organize ideas by introducing headings. [5:09]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Develop and Organize Supporting Ideas in Opinion Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize and develop supporting ideas by using boxes and bullets. [4:51]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Take a Position on a Topic by Analyzing Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to take a position on a prompt by analyzing the evidence for each side. [5:53]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Reading and Understanding a Writing Prompt
In this lesson, you will learn how to read and understand what a prompt requires by circling key words and deciding if you need to write narrative or essay. [2:46]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Plan and Organize a Persuasive Letter's Structure
In this lesson, you will learn how to envision the structure of your opinion letter by using boxes and bullets to organize your evidence. [3:05]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Generate a Topic in Response to a Writing Prompt
In this lesson, you will generate a topic by listing things that fit the prompt and using the strength test. [3:42]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Organize the Story So That the Plot Begins Naturally
In this lesson, students learn how to organize their stories to begin by grabbing their reader's attention, and practice revising introductions by deleting unneeded information. [8:40]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise the Order of Paragraphs in Arugmentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to reconsider the order of your paragraphs by determining a logical and connected journey of thought. [5:45]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise for Correct Use of Facts and Opinions
This lesson takes students through a revision process focused on correct use of facts and opinions. [8:08]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Group Related Information Together
Writers organize information to make their writing clear. Let's practice revising our writing to make sure our ideas are grouped properly into paragraphs. [10:47]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Signal Words to Clearly Show a Sequence of Events in Writing
Writers show the order of events using signal words. Let's practice using signal words to guide our readers through our writing. [8:16]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Recognize and Correct Run on Sentences
Writers use complete sentences to make their writing clear and professional. Let's practice finding and correcting the type of run-on sentence known as the "comma splice." [7:58]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draft an Opening Paragraph for a Persuasive Letter
In this lesson, you will learn how to draft a strong opening paragraph by using a provocative question. [4:47]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise an Informational Paragraph
In this lesson, you will learn how to strengthen your writing by revising your draft. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [8:12]
Other
You Tube: Identify Purpose and Audience
This video [1:25] focuses on identifying an audience to write based on the purpose for writing.
ABCkidTV
You Tube: How to Write for Your Audience Writing Video for Kids
This video [4:04] will help you learn how to write for your audience in narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. You'll learn about writing style, formal and informal word choice, and tone.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draft a Concluding Paragraph for a Persuasive Letter
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a memorable closing paragraph by using a plea for action. [4:48]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Fussy
In this video writing prompt, students are asked what helps them to calm down when they feel fussy. [0:38]
Other
Teaching Without Frills: Informational Writing for Kids: Writing a Draft
Start organizing and writing facts for an informational piece. Use headings to organize all of the facts that go together, and draw and label pictures that go with each section. [2:20]