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Prewriting
Prewriting explores the important elements of the prewriting step of the writing process.
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Expository Writing 1
Expository Writing explains the purpose of expository writing and lists examples of focused, specific topics for expository writing.
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Identifying Conclusions 1
"Identifying Conclusions" demonstrates how to examine concluding statements by reading passages and identifying the conclusions.
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Alice Walker
As the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker helped to bring the Black experience to readers across the globe. A true trailblazer, her work continues to entertain and enlighten.
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Expository Writing
Expository Writing explains the concept of informational writing by citing the characteristics and describing the purpose of expository text.
Oxford Comma
Why Literature Students Read Freud While Psychology Students Don't
While many of his theories have been debunked and disproven, Freud continues to have a massive influence on literary criticism. How did a man who was never fully focused on literature forever alter the way we discuss it? And what are we...
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Bibliography
Bibliography teaches how to create a bibliography page that includes citations for sources used to research an assigned topic using correct format, capitalization, and punctuation.
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Formal and Informal Style
Formal and Informal Styles compares and contrasts formal and informal styles by analyzing examples of each style.
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Identifying Conclusions
Identifying Conclusions examines concluding statements by reading passages and identifying the conclusions.
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Tom Kemp - Teachers Make a Difference - Professor Maris Vinovskis
Tom Kemp is a Silicon Valley–based author, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor. Tom was the founder and CEO of Centrify (renamed Delinea in 2022), a leading cybersecurity cloud provider that amassed over two thousand enterprise...
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Drafting
Drafting explores the important elements of the drafting step of the writing process.
Learn French With Alexa
Essayer (to try) in 5 Main French Tenses
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb ESSAYER (to try) in 5 main French tenses.
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Stephanie Costello - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Miller
Stephanie Costello is the Academic Dean of Technology and Innovation at String Theory Schools, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2019, history nerd, Apple Teacher and Google Certified Educator. String Theory Schools is a...
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Direct and Indirect Quotes
A video that reviews the act of quoting information from outside sources of authority. Citations can be placed within an essay through direct quotations or through paraphrases.Knowing how to cite information correctly helps writers to...
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Establishing Purpose and Organizing Ideas
Students will learn how to choose a purpose for their own writing by organizing their own essay ideas.
Señor Jordan
02 Spanish Lesson - Demonstrative pronouns
In this video lesson, we're continuing with the demonstratives. It turns out that when you have a demonstrative adjective in front of a noun, you can leave the noun out and add an accent mark to the demonstrative. You'll see in the...
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02 Spanish Lesson - Demonstrative adjectives (part 2)
¡Hola! En este video, we'll continue with the demonstrative adjectives and will learn the plural forms as well!
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02 Spanish lesson - Demonstrative adjectives (part 1): this & that
¡Hola estudiantes! En este video, we'll be learning about the singular form of demonstrative adjectives (this, that). Because of the gender in Spanish, when we use these as adjectives, there are two ways to say each. this (este / esta)...
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Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Writing explains the concept of persuasive by citing the characteristics and describing the purpose of persuasive text.
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Outlining MLA Style
A video entitled "Outlining MLA Style" which explains how to create a detailed outline of your research according to MLA style guidelines.
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Satire
“Satire” describes the characteristics and purpose of satirical writing, using examples from British Literature.
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Persuasive Essay
This video illustrates the step-by-step process of writing a persuasive essay, including how to write a thesis statement, an introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.