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Acknowledging Opposing Viewpoints in Persuasive Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to acknowledge opposing viewpoints in writing by conceding a weakness in one's argument. The lesson focuses on persuasive writing and the goal of getting the reader to agree with the author's...
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Organizing Ideas and Evidence in a Persuasive Essay: Using Paragraph Form
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a persuasive essay easy to read and well-organized. The lesson covers the importance of stating a claim and providing evidence, as well as the three steps of the...
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Creating a Memorable Conclusion for Your Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to make a persuasive essay memorable by focusing on the conclusion. The teacher guides the students through the revision and editing process, emphasizing the importance of a clear ending that...
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Revising Your Persuasive Essay: Making Your Point with Evidence
In this video, the teacher explains the process of revising a persuasive essay to ensure that the evidence effectively supports the writer's point. The teacher emphasizes the importance of clarity and providing clear explanations for the...
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Organizing Ideas for a Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize ideas for a persuasive essay using a short plan. They emphasize the importance of staying focused on the thesis statement and avoiding storytelling. The teacher demonstrates the process...
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Writing a Strong Thesis Statement for a Persuasive Essay
This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a strong thesis statement for a persuasive essay. It emphasizes the importance of narrowing down the topic, avoiding personal opinions, and stating a clear conclusion that can be...
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Reconsidering Paragraph Order in Persuasive Writing
This video is a lesson on how to decide the order of paragraphs in a persuasive speech. The teacher guides students through the process of generating ideas, writing drafts, and revising and editing their reasons. They emphasize the...
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Creating a Memorable Conclusion for Your Persuasive Essay
In this video, the teacher provides guidance on how to make a persuasive essay memorable by concluding it effectively. The teacher explains the importance of having a focused ending and shares steps to achieve it, such as asking oneself...
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Using Anecdotes in Persuasive Writing
This video is a lesson on how to elaborate on supporting details in persuasive writing by using anecdotes. The video provides a step-by-step guide on how to incorporate anecdotes into an essay, emphasizing the need for true stories and...
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Analyzing Evidence to Take a Position on a Writing Prompt
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to effectively respond to a writing prompt by analyzing the evidence for each side. The students learn to list the evidence for both agreeing and disagreeing with the prompt, judge the...
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Concluding Your Persuasive Essay: Summarizing Key Points and Encouraging Action
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to make their persuasive essays memorable by focusing on the concluding paragraph. The teacher emphasizes the importance of including a clear ending and avoiding repetition. They provide...
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Writing the Argument for Your Thesis Statement: Turning Purpose into a Claim
In this video, the teacher explains how to use analysis to write an essay. The focus is on persuasive writing, where the author states their opinion and supports it with evidence. The teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to turn...
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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...
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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....
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Revising Your Essay to Target Your Audience
This video provides a concise lesson on how to revise an argumentative essay to effectively target and convince the intended audience. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the audience and tailoring the essay accordingly, using...
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Elaborating on Supporting Details with Hypothetical Examples
In this video, the teacher explains how to clarify and elaborate on supporting details in persuasive writing. They emphasize the importance of making it easy for the reader to understand the argument and provide hypothetical examples to...
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Supporting Your Argument: Turning Topic Sentences into Questions
In this video, the teacher explains how to support your argument in an essay by turning the topic sentence into a question. The lesson focuses on persuasive writing and the goal of getting the reader to agree with the author's argument....
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Code Cube Lesson 4: Rock, Paper, Scissors
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your Code Cube display different images based on how it’s tilted.
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Primary Writing Starters - Charlotte's Web
This KS2 English lesson starter uses E. B White's book "Charlotte's Web" to help pupils learn how to write persuasively. This is a 'Jackanory-style' reading of the chapter 'Bad News' from the classic American children's book Charlotte's...
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Developing a Strong Thesis Statement for a Persuasive Speech
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to develop a strong thesis statement for their persuasive speech. The lesson emphasizes the importance of caring deeply about the opinion expressed in the thesis statement and provides a...
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Connecting the Parts of Your Persuasive Speech with Transition Words
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively connect the different parts of a persuasive speech using transition words. The lesson covers the importance of organization and coherence in speech writing, as well as the common...
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Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of generating ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. They emphasize the importance of stating a claim and providing evidence to support it. The teacher demonstrates how to...
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Staying Focused on the Prompt: Reviewing Anecdotes in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher provides guidance on how to ensure that anecdotes in writing stay focused on the given prompt. They emphasize the importance of reviewing and revising your work to make sure it answers the prompt effectively....
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English Essentials - Nailing Non-fiction - 'Big Picture' Questions in Non-fiction Texts (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
Welcome back to Nailing Non-Fiction! Join us for a fun but rigorous lesson on the different text types that comprise the genre of Non-Fiction. We’ll discuss informative and persuasive texts and how composers use language to achieve their...