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Writing the Argument for a Thesis Statement: Turning Purpose into Claim
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a persuasive essay by turning the purpose statement into a claim. The teacher provides an example and breaks down the process of finding the specific subject, stating an opinion, and...
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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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Writing a Compelling Letter: Revising Paragraph Order
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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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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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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Generating Ideas for a Persuasive Opinion Essay
In this video, the teacher explains how to generate ideas for a persuasive opinion essay. The teacher demonstrates the process by listing topics they have strong feelings about, circling the ones they can write more about, and finally...
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Connecting Ideas in Writing: Using Transition Words
In this video, the teacher explains how to connect related ideas in writing by using transition words. The teacher goes through the process of identifying jumps in ideas within a paragraph and then demonstrates how to fix them using...
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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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Writing a Persuasive Letter: Convincing Others of Your Great Ideas
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a persuasive letter to convince someone about a great idea. The lesson covers the format of a letter, the importance of choosing a specific person to write to, and the steps to effectively...
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Revising Your Persuasive Speech: Connecting Evidence to Your Thesis Statement
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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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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Improving Your Persuasive Opinion Essay: Reconsidering the Order of Evidence
In this video, the teacher discusses how to make a persuasive opinion essay more convincing by reorganizing the supporting evidence. They explain the importance of claims and provide examples, and also review the writing process of...
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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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Revising Your Persuasive Speech: Connecting Evidence to Your Thesis Statement
In this video, the teacher explains how to ensure that the evidence in a persuasive speech connects to the thesis statement. The teacher outlines three steps: rereading with a purpose, checking if the speech is going off track, and...
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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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Organizing Pre Writing Notes to Answer a Writing Prompt
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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Understanding Writing Prompts: Identifying Key Words and Writing Types
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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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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Brainstorming Persuasive Topics: Exploring Life's Obstacles
In this video, the teacher explains how to come up with topics for persuasive opinion speeches by brainstorming life obstacles. The teacher guides the students through the process of generating ideas, selecting a topic that makes a...
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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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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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Language Function and Construction: Text Structure, Part 3
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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English Essentials - Nailing Nonfiction – Analysing 'Politics and the English Language' (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
In today’s lesson, we’ll put all our non-fiction know-how into practice! We’ll apply what we’ve learnt about techniques in previous Nailing Non-Fiction lessons to George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’. Using our unique...