Instructional Video17:13
Oxford Online English

IELTS Essay - Tips to Write a Good IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay

12th - Higher Ed
In this lesson, you can learn how to write an IELTS task 2 essay.

Task two in the IELTS writing exam is the biggest challenge in IELTS for many students. You have 40 minutes to write an essay, which could be on almost...
Instructional Video15:30
Oxford Online English

How to Improve Your English Writing - English Writing Lesson

12th - Higher Ed
Learn some simple but effective ways to improve your English writing in this lesson.



>Contents:
1. Understand you
r audience 0:33
2. Pl
an your writing 3:12
3. Organise your ideas i
nto clear paragraphs...
Instructional Video4:46
Curated Video

Writing Effective Opening Paragraphs: Hooking the Reader and Stating Your Thesis

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively begin a response to a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader and clearly stating the thesis statement. The teacher provides an example of a hook sentence...
Instructional Video9:59
Curated Video

Connecting Ideas in Writing with Transition Words and Phrases

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of using transition words and phrases to connect their ideas in their writing. The teacher provides examples and explanations, and encourages students to practice identifying...
Instructional Video9:14
Curated Video

Using Transition Words to Connect Ideas in a Paragraph

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using transition words to connect ideas within a paragraph. They provide examples and guide students through a practice exercise to revise their own writing. The video emphasizes the...
Instructional Video4:35
Cerebellum

Critical Reading & Writing - Passage Based Reading

9th - 12th
This video serves as an introduction to the Passage Based Reading section of the SAT. This is part 5 from the series 'Critical Reading & Writing'.
Instructional Video4:39
Curated Video

Analyzing Poem Structure: Understanding the Role of Stanzas

K - 5th
In this lesson you will learn how a poem's organization influences its meaning by asking how the stanzas in a poem fit together.
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea and summarize what you have read by connecting ideas presented throughout the text. [7:16]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Central Idea of a Nonfiction Article

8th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the central idea of a text by determining the topic and asking what the author says about it. [6:57]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of an Article

4th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea by gathering and using evidence from the text to support the main idea. [8:10]
Instructional Video
Other

Main Idea Kinder Lesson

K Standards
In this video, a teacher models a lesson on main idea to kindergarten students. They are shown sets of pictures and have to decide how the pictures are connected. They then read a book about farm animals on the interactive whiteboard and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme

9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
Instructional Video
Jack Hartmann

Jack Hartmann: Parts of a Story

K - 1st Standards
Story retelling is a critical skill for reading comprehension. Sing along with Jack and increase your reading comprehension and story retelling skills. Learn about the parts of a story or elements of a story. [2:38]
Instructional Video4:09
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Analyze a Writing Prompt to Determine the Subject and Audience

7th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the subject and audience of your essay by using the action verbs and repetition in the prompt. [4:09]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Process Papers: Thesis: Lesson 1

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses selecting a thesis for a process paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Process Papers: Thesis."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chunking (Paragraph by Paragraph)

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains the reading strategy of chunking paragraphs.
Instructional Video
Education Development Center

Tv411: Tune in to Learning: Summarizing

1st - 5th Standards
In this video, a policeman discusses summarizing in everyday life: movies, fairy tales, events, etc. He says, no details - only the main idea. [1:25]
Instructional Video
Other

The Seahorse Project: Finding the Main Argument in Academic Writing

9th - 10th Standards
This video gives you hints on how to read a book chapter or journal article so that you can find the author's argument. [2:50]