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Instructional Video5:08
Curated Video

Understanding Writing Prompts: Identifying Key Words and Writing Types

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to identify and understand a writing prompt. The example used is a prompt about writing a persuasive letter to convince the teacher to choose a specific location for a class field trip. The teacher...
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Instructional Video5:15
Curated Video

Creating a Memorable Conclusion for Your Persuasive Essay

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video5:31
Curated Video

Creating an Engaging Opening and Thesis for Your Opinion or Persuasive Essay

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to make the reader interested in reading an opinion or persuasive essay by writing a strong opening and thesis. They discuss the importance of combining a hook with a thesis statement to make the...
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Instructional Video4:34
Curated Video

Organizing Pre Writing Notes to Answer a Writing Prompt

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize pre-writing notes to answer a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of using a plan and identifying the most important supporting details. The teacher provides an example of...
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Instructional Video5:53
Curated Video

Analyzing Evidence to Take a Position on a Writing Prompt

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video3:53
ProTeachersVideo

Primary Writing Starters - Charlotte's Web

Higher Ed
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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Instructional Video5:38
Curated Video

Staying Focused on the Prompt: Reviewing Anecdotes in Your Writing

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video3:21
Packt

How to Use ChatGPT and Generative AI for Passive Income - Use ChatGPT to Write Emails for Sales

Higher Ed
Discover how to use ChatGPT to draft effective sales emails that drive conversions. This video will show you how to use AI to generate personalized and persuasive messages that engage with your target audience and encourage them to take...
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Instructional Video5:28
Curated Video

Supporting Your Claim with Reasons and Evidence

K - 5th
This video explains how to write sentences that explain evidence in argumentative writing. It emphasizes the importance of supporting claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. The video provides examples and prompts for students...
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Instructional Video10:50
Curated OER

IELTS Writing Essays 1

9th - 12th
As Robert Lewis explains, this video is directed toward ESL or ELL students who have to write something like the IELTS essay. He covers the basic questions: What is an essay? and How can we write a simple persuasive essay? Definitions...
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Instructional Video12:49
Crash Course

Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228

9th - 12th Standards
Is violence inevitable, or can peace overcome war? A Crash Course World History discusses how Leo Tolstoy influenced Mohandas Gandhi to use nonviolent resistance against British Imperialism, and how Gandhi's example became a model for...