Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing Effective Introductions

9th - 10th Standards
This video tutorial lesson instructs how to write an effective introduction for an expository essay. The instructor explains her thinking as she provides four basic steps to immediately get the audience's attention in a piece of writing.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Process Papers: Organization: Lesson 1

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a process paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Process Papers: Organization."
Instructional Video
Other

Teaching Without Frills: Informational Writing for Kids: Writing a Draft

2nd - 7th Standards
Start organizing and writing facts for an informational piece. Use headings to organize all of the facts that go together, and draw and label pictures that go with each section. [2:20]