Once upon a time there was city, named Paris, France. During the 1920s, lots of Americans moved there to escape institutionalized racism and the associated race riots, xenophobia, censorship, materialism, and Prohibition. Perhaps most...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers support their opinions by drawing conclusions from facts and details. They provide examples and explanations to show the reader why they hold a certain opinion. The teacher also emphasizes...

Secular writers and bloggers are being hacked to death in the streets of Bangladesh for sharing their views online. But the government seems to tolerate the violence. WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using adjectives in writing to create vivid descriptions. They discuss the Royal Order of Adjectives, which guides the order in which adjectives should be used before a noun. The...

In this lesson you will learn how to draft a strong opening paragraph by using a provocative question.

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of writing a strong opening paragraph to engage readers. They discuss three common ways to draft an opening paragraph - telling a story, asking an interesting question, or making a brave...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers use appositives to clarify meaning and add interest in their writing. The teacher provides examples and guides students through practice exercises to identify and rewrite sentences with...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using precise words and phrases in writing to create vivid mental images for readers. The teacher guides students through examples and practice exercises to help them understand the...

In this video, the teacher explains the concept of sentence fragments and how to identify and fix them in writing. The video provides examples and offers strategies for revising fragments by adding missing information. It also includes...

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...

In this video, the teacher explains the correct usage of the relative pronouns who and whom. They provide examples and guide the students through practice exercises to help them understand when to use each pronoun correctly. The teacher...

This video is a writing lesson that teaches students how to remove empty words like "this," "that," and "there" from their writing to make it more concise and precise. The teacher provides examples and guides students through the process...

The teacher explains how writers organize informational text by grouping related paragraphs under appropriate headings. The students are given practice sheets and guided through exercises to identify headings for paragraphs and divide a...

In this video, the teacher explains the concept of noun phrases and how writers use them to make their writing more descriptive and specific. The teacher provides examples and practice exercises for adding modifiers to nouns to create...

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using descriptive adjectives in writing to make it more interesting and engaging for the readers. The teacher provides examples and exercises for the students to practice using...

In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of ensuring that their evidence is relevant to their reasons in argumentative writing. They review the difference between a claim, a reason, and evidence, and practice...

This video is a lesson about the life and works of EB White, a renowned children's book author. The teacher discusses White's background, his major children's books (Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan), and the...

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...

In this video, the teacher explains the concept of perfect tense and how it is used to show time relationships in writing. The teacher provides examples and a timeline to help students understand the different forms of perfect tense. The...

In this video, students will learn about adjectives and how they are used to describe nouns in sentences. The video explains the function of adjectives in providing more clarity and visualization to readers. Students will also practice...

This video is a lesson on how to use correlative conjunctions correctly in sentences. It explains what correlative conjunctions are, provides examples, and guides students through exercises to practice using them. The video also...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers can use gerund phrases to make their writing more precise. The teacher provides examples and guides students through practice exercises to underline gerund phrases in sentences and revise...

This video is a lesson on identifying and correcting comma splices, a type of run-on sentence. The teacher explains what comma splices are and provides three ways to fix them: changing the comma to a period, adding a coordinating or...

In this video, the teacher guides students through the process of writing an opinion statement in the introduction of a text. They explain the difference between facts and opinions and provide examples for students to practice...