Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prewriting: Asking Questions
This video lesson focuses on asking questions as a prewriting activity. It explains why questioning is a good prewriting technique, discusses the types of questions to ask, focuses the questions to fit the topic, and provides a specific...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prewriting: Free Writing
This video lesson focuses on using stream of consciousness free writing as a prewriting activity. It discusses the purpose for prewriting and the rules for stream of consciousness writing. It then offers practice in the form of a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising a Thesis Statement
This video lesson focuses on revising and editing your paper, especially your thesis statement. It outlines a 3-step process in which the writer reads and answers specific questions about the body of the paper, then answers questions...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Observation Questions: Lesson 8
In this lesson, students see how to go about writing a question which can be answered through observation. It is 8 of 8 in the series titled "Writing Observation Questions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Picking a Research Topic
This tutorial focuses on picking a research topic by brainstorming and freewriting about what interests you or what you want to learn more about and doing background reading to see what information is available for your possible topics....
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draft a Concluding Paragraph for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to draft a concluding paragraph for your essay by summarizing your argument, identifying a solution, and stating the consequence of inaction. [4:48]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Select a Topic for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to choose a topic for an argumentative essay by exploring issues that affect today's world. [4:30]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Organize Information for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your information for an argumentative essay by using boxes and bullets to prioritize evidence. [4:53]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draft Body Paragraphs for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to draft body paragraphs by introducing and explaining your evidence while using transitions between sentences and paragraphs. [4:53]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Thinking and Communicating Like a Biologist
The goal of this seven-day unit is to look at the big ideas in science literacy. This video on how to think and communicate like a biologist is the first lesson in the unit. [7:23]
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]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Topic Sentences: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces how to write a topic sentence. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Topic Sentences."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising Topic Sentences
This lesson explains how to edit a topic sentence to make it more effective. [7:08]
Curated Video
Youtube: Three Tiers of Classroom Conversation
This video helps analyze your current classroom discussions, and it proposes one way to advance to the level of the Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards. [3:49]