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Instructional Video5:07
Curated Video

Supporting Your Argument: Turning Topic Sentences into Questions

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video4:57
Curated Video

Writing a Compelling Letter: Revising Paragraph Order

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a compelling letter by revising the paragraph order. The teacher emphasizes the importance of considering the way evidence and paragraphs are ordered to build a strong argument. They...
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Instructional Video5:50
Imagine Learning Classroom

Connecting Ideas in Writing: Using Transitions for Coherence and Persuasion

K - 5th
This video teaches students how to effectively connect their ideas in persuasive writing using example, addition, contrast, and concession transitions. By learning to use these transitions, students can make their arguments easier to...
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Instructional Video9:43
Curated Video

Strengthening Your Argument with a Formal Writing Style

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the importance of maintaining a formal writing style in arguments to enhance credibility. They provide examples and explanations of how to revise informal language, eliminate contractions, and choose...
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Instructional Video5:45
Curated Video

Reconsidering Paragraph Order in Persuasive Writing

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video10:46
Curated Video

The Secret to Business Writing: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills

12th - Higher Ed
In business, you need to know how to write. And that involves learning a bunch of things like knowing who you're writing to and what kind of thing you're writing. In this episode of Crash Course Business Soft Skills, Evelyn talks to us...
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Instructional Video5:12
Curated Video

Revising Your Persuasive Speech: Connecting Evidence to Your Thesis Statement

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to ensure that the evidence in a persuasive speech aligns with the thesis statement. The lesson covers the importance of strong thesis statements, the three stages of the writing process, and three...
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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 Video7:21
Communication Coach Alex Lyon

How to Write a Thesis Statement for a Speech

Higher Ed
How to write a thesis statement for a speech for either an informative or persuasive presentation.
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Instructional Video2:34
Curated Video

Revising Writing

3rd - Higher Ed
This video discusses the purpose of, and techniques for, revising writing.
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Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Elaborating on Supporting Details with Hypothetical Examples

K - 5th
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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Instructional Video3:57
Language Tree

Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 3

K - 5th
This lesson for beginner English learners teaches how different text types are organized to express ideas (e.g., how narratives are organized sequentially); comprehending texts and writing brief arguments, informative/ explanatory texts...
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Instructional Video5:13
Curated Video

Elaborating on Supporting Details with Anecdotes

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of elaborating on supporting details in persuasive writing. They discuss how elaboration helps the reader understand the argument and connect it back to the thesis statement. The teacher...
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Instructional Video3:49
Curated Video

Organizing Your Ideas with Boxes and Bullets: Planning Your Opinion Letter

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize ideas for writing a strong opinion letter using a boxes and bullets format. The three steps are outlined: writing the reason in a box, identifying examples that support the reason, and...
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Instructional Video6:19
Curated Video

The Core of Influence & Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - Character, Reason, and Emotion

10th - Higher Ed
The earliest thinker in the Western tradition whose ideas about influence and persuasion come down to us was Aristotle. He asserted that we need three things to build a persuasive argument: ethos, logos, and pathos. In English, these...
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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 Video2:50
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Top 10 Shakespearian Insults | BOOK | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Top 10 Shakespearian Insults | BOOK | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen What’s So Special About Shakespeare?’, published by Walker Books. You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: http://bit.ly/MichaelRosenBooks...
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Instructional Video2:40
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Top 5 Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare | BOOK | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Top 5 Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare | BOOK | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael RosenWhat’s So Special About Shakespeare?’, published by Walker Books. You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: http://bit.ly/MichaelRosenBooks...
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Instructional Video0:05
Curated OER

IELTS Writing Essays 6

9th - 12th
Be more persuasive with these strategies! Specific to the IELTS essay, Robert Lewis talks about persuasive techniques, such as using reason and appeal to authority, and how to apply them to your writing.
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Instructional Video3:50
Curated OER

IELTS Writing Essays 7

9th - 12th
Lewis continues his look at persuasive strategies in writing, especially as they pertain to the IELTS essay. The focus narrows in even more on conjunctions and logic. Typical errors are shown.
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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 Video4:44
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Townsend Press

Argument

4th - 6th Standards
Form well-crafted arguments with the help of an educational video. Fourth graders study various examples of persuasive arguments, including thesis statements and cartoons, and observe the ways that supporting details can enhance the...
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Instructional Video6:10
TV411

Whip up a Storm of Writing Ideas

7th - 12th Standards
Need a key to unlock writer's block? Introduce your writers to four easy steps that will release them from their mental prison. The brainstorming worksheet, designed to set free their imaginations, even has an answer key.
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Instructional Video
Texas A&M University

Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

9th - 12th
Begin the study of persuasive writing with a short video that introduces and briefly defines ethos, pathos, and logos; Aristotle's three tools of rhetoric.