Townsend Press
Relationships II
Cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, illustration and example -- your class has undoubtedly seen these essay structures before. But how are they related? Watch a reading video about the ways relationships between...
TED-Ed
Periodic Videos
From hydrogen to ununoctium, this collection of videos has everything you need to begin teaching about the periodic table. Offering descriptions of each element and interesting experiments...
Khan Academy
Phase Diagrams, States of Matter and Intermolecular Forces, Chemistry
In his previous videos, Sal showed students how to calculate how much energy is needed to change various amounts of water from state to state when the atmospheric pressure is constant. In this video, he shows students how to use phase...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Phrases to Connect Ideas
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your paragraphs flow by using transition phrases to connect your examples to your opinion. [4:19]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words in Narrative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to guide your audience through your story by using transition words. [5:26]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words in Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to strengthen your argument by creating flow throughout the essay using transition words. [5:00]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition Words
This tutorial focuses on the use of transition words in writing. It provides 3 videos: the first offers a list of contrasting transition words signaling a change in reasoning with examples; the second provides a list of transitions...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words to Signal Shifts in Setting
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a narrative response by using descriptive words to signal a setting time change. [8:11]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Transitional Words and Phrases to Craft a Sequence of Events
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a narrative reading response that has events that make sense by writing the events of the story in the correct order. [8:02]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise a Constructed Response Using Transition and "Wow" Words
In this lesson, you will learn to strengthen your writing by using linking words and "wow" words. [5:22]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Highlighting Shifts in Topic and Point of View
This tutorial focuses on shifts in topic and point of view in writing using two videos. The first video defines shifts in writing, how to indicate a shift in topic by using transition words, subheadings, or a change in font, how to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chronological Transition Words
This screencast focuses on chronological, or time-ordered, transition words. It explains the need and uses for these transitions, provides a short list of transition words, and examples of how to use them in different types of writing....
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Write With Clear and Cohesive Transitions
In this lesson, you will learn to write clear, cohesive transitions by using transitional phrases and varying syntax. [9:19]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Connect Ideas in Informational Writing
In this lesson, students practice revising a draft about invasive species with a focus on using transitions to connect ideas across and within paragraphs. A video models the thought process writers use to apply the targeted skill and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Development of Agriculture and Writing
Looks at the transition of humans from the Paleolithic Age, when humans used stone tools, up to the development of agriculture in the Neolithic Age, which made settlements possible. The next critical development was the advent of...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Supporting Phrases in an Opinion Letter
In this lesson, you will learn how to extend your topic and explain your opinion by using supporting phrases. [4:21]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draft Body Paragraphs for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to draft body paragraphs by introducing and explaining your evidence while using transitions between sentences and paragraphs. [4:53]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Explain Cause and Effect Relationships
Writers clearly explain cause and effect relationships in their writing. Let's practice making cause and effect relationships obvious by using transition words and phrases. [5:46]