An informative, multimedia lesson on words that are easily confused in the English language. View a video [1:11], a poster, a slide show, and a handout to learn the correct meanings of several commonly misused words.
Linear, quadratic and exponential functions have different graphs, equations, and characteristics. In this tutorial, compare the shape of linear, quadratic, and exponential curves on a graph, and explore how to identify a function as linear, quadratic, or exponential by examining x- and y-coordinates. [8:39]
Linear, quadratic and exponential functions have different graphs, equations, and characteristics. In this tutorial, compare the shape of linear, quadratic, and exponential curves on a graph, and explore how to identify a function as linear, quadratic, or exponential by examining x- and y-coordinates. [5:56]
Two PowerPoint presentations and a video [2:57] on comparing and contrasting literary and informational texts as well as how to write a literary analysis. Includes links to external resources.
This lesson introduces the comparison and contrast writing, a type of informative writing. [11:46]
This lesson goes over comparison and contrast transition words. [3:16]
Complementary and Supplementary angles are explored in this tutorial video. [9:17] A PowerPoint presentation provides definitions of angle terms and a video offers examples for finding the missing angle in a supplementary or complementary pair. It also includes a link to a matching game for reviewing angle pairs.
A video presentation that explains what constitutes a compound-complex sentence and provides examples [7:47]
A screencast lesson discussing the difference between wordy and concise writing and explaining various ways of making writing more concise. [2:15]
This screencast offers several methods to help readers spot and fix redundancy in their writing. She discusses why concise writing is important, and specific ways to edit for a more expressive, concise text. Includes short quiz. [3:32]
A screencast explaining the importance of removing obvious information from writing and providing several examples of obvious statements that could be eliminated. [2:52]
This lesson goes over how to reduce wordiness in writing. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Wordiness." Includes short quiz. [3:00]
A screencast lesson defining a conclusion and discussing how to write an effective conclusion. Students learn the traditional conclusion format as well as other formats that may better fit a writer's topic and purpose. Includes a section on styles of conclusions and a downloadable handout on conclusion strategies. [9:55] W.9-10.2f Conclusion, W.11-12.2f Conclusion. Common Issues with Conclusions CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.e
This video lesson focuses on writing strong conclusions through strategies such as restating your thesis, summarizing your support, and calling the reader to action. It also discusses things a writer should avoid doing. [4:15]
A video lesson explaining the purpose and structure of a conclusion to an essay. [4:39]
This video defines conditionals, explains how to identify and write the three different types of conditional statements: factual, predictive, and speculative. It also discusses modal verbs and provides a list of them. [6:24]
This lesson introduces character vs. self conflict in fiction writing. [3:43]
Notes defining dependent and independent clauses, followed by an eleven-slide PowerPoint presentation defining and giving examples of simple, compound, and complex sentences. More notes explain subordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, coordinating conjunctions, and how to use them to combine clauses. An animated video is also provided to demonstrate how to combine clauses to create compound sentences. [0:52]
This video lesson focuses on the word connotation. It defines the term and discusses the impact connotation can have on an audience. It looks at the dictionary definitions of three words: course, class, and field, and uses their synonyms in sentences to show the varying connotations. This shows that writers should be specific in their word choices in order to convey the desired meanings. [6:51]
This video lesson focuses on the difference between the connotation and denotation of synonyms. The denotation is the dictionary definition, while the connotation adds feelings, images, or associations to the dictionary definition. [4:00] L.9-10.5b nuances, L.11-12.5b Nuance