Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: A+ Writing Prompts
Thousands of prompts? Great! Rich and Jennifer tell you how to use this prompt-generating app, which can enhance your curriculum and provide a fabulous variety of topics for your class to write about. Listen for application ideas and...
PBS
Julia Alvarez
An interview sheds light on author Julia Alvarez's immigration journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States of America. Alvarez describes in detail how she felt creating a new home, what it was like to return to the Dominican...
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. [4:26]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Add Text Features to Informational Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to support readers' understanding by adding textual features. [5:02]