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Unclear Pronouns: Too Many Antecedents
Students encounter sentences with unclear pronouns -- those that point to two possible antecedents. They'll clear up the confusion, but also have some fun writing their own unclear sentences.
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Poetry vs Prose
Students compare and contrast poetry and prose, examining how lines differ from sentences and stanzas differ from paragraphs. They go on to create a script in which Poetry and Prose meet each other and get into a conversation.
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Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing
Students will use keywords to upgrade their compare and contrast writing from a mere list of facts to a deeper analysis.
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Identifying Author’s Voice
Students will analyze selections from classic works of fiction to identify an author's voice, then write in the voice of one of those authors.
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Passive to Active Voice
Rewriting passive sentences into active sentences makes them clearer, shorter, and more interesting. This video will help students to identify and improve these passive sentences.
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Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Using Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky, students will try to infer the parts of speech and meanings of nonsense words. Then they can try their hand at their own nonsense poems.
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Propaganda and Logical Fallacies
In this series, students learn about five types of logical fallacies then develop an argument *against* a great idea, invention, or character using these techniques.
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Showing A Character’s Trait
We tell students to "show not tell" in their writing, but this advice isn't effective until they experience the difference. In this video, we'll write two examples of a scene: one showing a character's trait, and one just telling.
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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing: The Ethical Issue
Students will identify ethical issues from the science fiction and fantasy genres, then use those ideas to develop their own story's realistic problem.
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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing: Introduction
Students will write a story tackling an ethical issue using the sci-fi or fantasy genres.
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Academic Love Letters
Students will use multiple perspectives to compose a letter of admiration from one academic subject to another.
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Studying and Remixing “The Raven”
Edgar Allen Poe's *The Raven* is a wonderfully complex poem with a rich tone. It's perfect for pushing students' understanding of poetry beyond the ABAB rhyme scheme.
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Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Teach your students the persuasive tools of ethos, pathos, and logos by analyzing the packaging of healthy drinks.
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Creative Writing Prompts
Provide students with intriguing prompts to help them find their "ah ha" moment in story writing.
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Elements of The Fantasy Genre
Dig into the common elements of the fantasy genre.
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Layers In Poetry: Theme
Pamela Barnes digs into the theme of a mysterious poem with her middle schoolers.
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Valentines with an Academic Twist
Take a fluffy holiday activity, and give it an academic spin. Watch as students create valentines with a connection to your grade-level content.
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Use Novelty To Teach Its vs It’s
Take a dull grammar lesson about "its" vs "it's" and spice it up with a novel product.
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Literary Technique: Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is a powerful literary tool to use for analysis as well as creation. Students will learn to see juxtaposition in existing stories, and develop juxtaposed characters in their own writing.
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Adding Variety to Writing: Sentence Starters #3
In this third video in a series, we continue adding variety to writing by changing the way we begin sentences.
