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Curated Video
Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to generate ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. The teacher emphasizes the importance of brainstorming a list of topics and choosing one that the writer feels strongly about and has knowledge on....
Curated Video
Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to generate ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. The teacher demonstrates the process by listing topics they have strong feelings about, circling the ones they can write more about, and finally...
Curated Video
Organizing Ideas and Evidence in a Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to make a persuasive opinion essay easy to read by organizing ideas and evidence using paragraph form. The teacher emphasizes the importance of having clear topic sentences and provides examples of...
Curated Video
How to Show Personal Growth in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of revealing something about oneself in a personal narrative. They explain the writing process and guide students on how to revise their drafts to show personal growth and change.
Curated Video
Improving Your Personal Narrative with Detailed Language
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to improve their personal narratives by using detailed language to describe events. They go through the writing process and emphasize the importance of adding sensory descriptions to make...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Big 3: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
This tutorial begins with a YouTube video of a brief description of the process of writing an essay using geometric shapes to explain each section. The rest is informational text using an amusing school protest as the topic example to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Types of Conflict: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range of ways conflict can occur in the world. It is 2 of 7 in the series titled "Types of Conflict."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Goals of Revision
This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. [6:46] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.5 Develop and strengthen writing
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prewriting
A video lesson defining the prewriting step in the writing process and explaining why it is an important step. [6:08]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise a Narrative Story by Rereading the Draft
In this lesson, you will learn how to revise a narrative reading response by rereading and asking yourself, 'What details can I add to make my story stronger and are there any details I can remove?' Login gives access to a slideshow as...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Write a First Draft of an Informational Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to write the first draft of your essay by using the boxes and bullets outline as your guide. [4:56]
PBS
Pbs: Workplace Essential Skills: Organizing Your Writing
A customer service representative at a logistics company explains the steps he takes to prepares to write an email to a customer.
PBS
Pbs: Workplace Essential Skills: The Writing Process in It
People in the information technology industry write for work for many reasons therefore, it helps to have a strong writing process.
PBS
Pbs: Workplace Essential Skills: Planning Written Communication
When you write something for work, planning is an important first step and should include what do you want to say, who is your audience, and what is your format.
PBS
Pbs: Language Arts: Resources for Adult Educators: What Is a Topic Sentence?
An adult educator discusses how to identify and write a topic sentence.
PBS
Pbs: Language Arts: Resources for Adult Educators: Thesis Statement
An adult educator talks about the thesis statement and how to cluster ideas around it.
PBS
Pbs: Language Arts: Resources for Adult Educators: Chronological Order
An adult educator explains and gives examples of chronological order in writing.
PBS
Pbs: Selecting a Topic for Writing
This video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, explores how a classroom teacher chose a topic for a writing assignment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Taking Your College Essay to the Next Level
Hear an admissions expert discuss the appropriate level of depth necessary in your college essay.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Proofreading: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces the concept of proofreading. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Proofreading." [3:22]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Substantive Editing
A slideshow intriducing the concept of substantive editing through a series of questions the writer can ask him/herself during the editing process.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Emphasis: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces the concept of emphasis in writing. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Emphasis."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Levels of Editing
This slide show tutorial introduces the four levels of editing: global, substantive, local, and proofreading.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prewriting: Idea Maps: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses the prewriting technique of creating an idea map. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Prewriting: Idea Maps."