Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Writing: Planning Creative Writing Part 3 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Englishing
Sentence Variation - A Writing Guide for Sentence Structure
Sentence variety reduces repetition in a piece of writing and emphasizes important points in the text. Sentence variety can be introduced to the beginning of sentences by starting a sentence with an adverb, starting a sentence with a...
Atomi
GCSE English Language: How to Include Motifs in Your Creative Writing
In this video, we'll check out what motifs are and show you how to use them effectively in your creative writing. Watch more of our video lessons at http://www.getatomi.com
TED Talks
Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity
Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair, writer Richard Ford, sculptor Richard...
Curated Video
How to Write a Hook: 10 Ideas for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
A hook is a sentence or group of sentences that will capture or “hook” your reader’s interest and lure him or her to keep reading. The hook, also called the lead, will set the tone and mood for your essay and establish A hook can be a...
Englishing
ESL - Writing a newspaper article (step-by-step guide)
A good newspaper article include 6 elements (Headline, byline, placeline, lead, body and quotation). In this lesson, Mr. P. will list the elements of a newspaper writing and will explain how to write it. This lesson is designed for...
The Touring Teacher
Recount Writing Lesson
Using the Greek Vase Lesson Video as a base, let's learn how to write a recap. Students will get the chance to use their own Greek Vase to tell a story about an important time in their lives. Resources:...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Mottola - History Lesson
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Curated Video
Writing Lively and Engaging Stories: Adding Similes
In this video lesson, students will learn how to write lively and engaging stories by incorporating similes. The teacher reviews the definition of a simile and explains how it can enhance storytelling. Students are guided through the...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Theme of Truth and Integrity in Writing
What is textual integrity? Virginia Woolf has the answer: it’s the Holy Grail for writers, especially those who write fiction! In her essay A Room of One’s Own, Woolf explains why truth and integrity are crucial, and how writers can...
TeleTime Video
The Bible of Business - Lessons in Perseverance, Creativity, and Leadership from a Female Entrepreneur
Part 2/3 of Entrepreneur chapter: The video is a personal and inspiring talk by Talia Frenkel, an entrepreneur and CEO. She shares her experiences of overcoming dyslexia and how it sparked her creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Talia...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nancy Barile - Reading, Writing and Punk Rock
Nancy Barile is a National Board Certified Teacher, who has been teaching English Language Arts at a low-income, urban high school near Boston, MA for 22 years. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Context
Join us for a detailed lesson on the Context of Virginia Woolf’s iconic essay, ‘A Room of One’s Own’. Learn how history, culture, and Woolf’s personal circumstances had a direct impact on her exploration of key themes in the essay: Male...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Overall Plot Summary
Calling all aspiring writers! Join us for an overall summary of Virginia Woolf’s iconic extended essay A Room of One’s Own. Find out how she came to her famous conclusion about the importance of money and having your own space to write...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Chapters 5-6 Summary
This is the grand finale of Virginia Woolf’s famous essay A Room of One’s Own. Join us to find out how she brings all the strands of her argument together, and ends it with a poetic bang. What does Woolf see for the future of literature?...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Chapters 3-4 Summary
Join us for a tour through literary history. In this lesson, Woolf explores the reasons why women have a less robust literary tradition. As the narrator peruses her bookshelves, we meet the heroes of women’s literature… and a few ghosts...
The Touring Teacher
Explanation Writing - Fiction & Non-Fiction
Use the myth of Theseus & The Minotaur as the background for a piece of Fiction and Non-Fiction writing. Your Learner's get to create their own Cryptid, a mythological creature, by using their explanation writing skills. - Click below to...
The Touring Teacher
Writing The BEST Sentences!
Another Mini Lesson to help start the year off and remind your students how to use Super Sentences in their writing. Piccadilly Circus Image: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6-j7CUFRFqqX19SekhWYU5BY3M Social:...
The Touring Teacher
Letter Writing Skills
Remember letters? Letters that you receive in the post? Well, using the myth of Pandora's Box as a background, your Learners have the chance to write a correctly formatted letter to one of the characters in the story. Learn how to...
Big Think
How Digital Formats Are Changing Fiction Writing
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Busted! I Got Caught Plagiarizing My Homework
By Naomi | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2storybooth | Record your story @ https://storybooth.com or our iPhone app for a chance to get animated. Comment, like, share this story. Naomi was always a good student, and took her classwork...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Blanco - Teachers Make a Difference - Ms. Husted
Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Forty-five days later, the family immigrated once more to New York City, and eventually settled in Miami....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Blanco - "El Americano in the Mirror"
Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Forty-five days later, the family immigrated once more to New York City, and eventually settled in Miami....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jane Chikapa - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Malawi
Jane Chikapa is a top fifty Global Teacher Prize finalist. Jane teaches English in a secondary school located on the edge of Lake Malawi – an area where many people value working in the fishing business over the pursuit of education....