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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Action Verbs
In this 3rd through 5th grade video, students connect exercise and literacy. The teacher reads a sentence aloud and students must identify the action verb that was read and then act it out accordingly. This is a great lesson to combine...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise a Constructed Response Using Transition and "Wow" Words
In this lesson, you will learn to strengthen your writing by using linking words and "wow" words. [5:22]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Writing a Hook Sentence and Introducing a Thesis Statement
In this lesson, you will learn how to begin your response by first hooking the reader and then telling them what you will be arguing. [4:46]
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 underlining key words and deciding if you need to write a narrative or an essay. [2:45]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Write a Strong Opening
In this lesson, you will learn how to pull in the reader by writing a strong opening and thesis. [5:31]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Connect Ideas in Informational Writing
In this lesson, students practice revising a draft about invasive species with a focus on using transitions to connect ideas across and within paragraphs. A video models the thought process writers use to apply the targeted skill and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Commas and Introductory Elements
In English, you use commas to separate introductory elements from the rest of a sentence. Find out how with David and Paige!
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise Argumentative Writing to Target a Specific Audience
In this lesson, you will learn how to revise your essay to target your audience by using the words, evidence, and ideas most likely to convince them. [4:54]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Show, Don't Tell
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your story more realistic and exciting by showing, not telling. [8:27]
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Subordinating Conjunctions
This is a video lesson about subordinating conjunctions including a definition, examples, a list of common subordinating conjunctions, and how to use them to combine sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Wordiness: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over how to reduce wordiness in writing. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Wordiness." Includes short quiz. [3:00]