Six Traits Ideas and Content with Persuasive Writing Video
Eleven-year-old published author and seasoned speaker Adora Svitak talks about the Six Traits: Ideas and Content, Organization, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, and Conventions. In this video she discusses persuasive writing and what it is. With persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to believe or do something. In persuasive writing, your topic or issue is what your essa
How to Write An Informative Essay
This clip, made by a student for an English class, tells how to write an informative essay. The narrator discusses the purpose of an informative essay, resources for information, choosing a topic, how to start the essay, and provides a link to help with formatting.
Learning Any Accent - Part 1
FUTURE ACTORS? A masterclass with Amy Walker (of "21 Accents") will empower you to teach yourself any accent on the planet. There are 5 different catagories to learning the accents. Find the angle that you are most fascinated with and start there. All are listed and demonstrated. (5:52)
How to Price Football Trading Cards
In this clip learn to price football trading cards. A card trading store owner explains that the first place to start is with the Beckett price guide, which is published every other month. Also explained is how the condition of a football card can affect its value.
Subtracting Negative Numbers
In this video they work on subtracting negative numbers. They start with addition and and then do addition. Using a number line they show how to subtract negative numbers. They show this with a few examples. Then they move onto subtracting a negative number. They do some examples using the number line and doing the problem at the same time. They then look at how subtracting a negative number is the same as adding a postive number. A few examples are then done. Video is good quality and good fo
How To Juggle - Beginner's Lesson
Learn how to juggle three balls, lesson starts with two-ball basics and then moves up to three. Choose sand filled balls so they don't roll away. Start by throwing 1 ball to the other had at eye level, making smooth circular motion.
Juggling one, two, three, four balls for beginners
Several short videos, some in slow motion, help provide instruction on how to start juggling and progress. Short advertisement at start.
Moscow 1941 - 6/6
German troops start to retreat. Because of the freezing conditions many soldiers did not return home.
Causes of War of 1812
This five minute video uses maps and painting and illustrations to show how the impressment helped start the war. A timeline of the war is useful for the students.
Preschool Song: Teaching Body Awareness
Children love music. It promotes movement and learning. The Tap Tap Tap song and activity are a fun way for young children to warm up and learn positional concepts and body parts.
What is Love?
How do you define 'love'? Chelsea does a good job of explaining it in this very short video and Grover agrees.
Michelle Obama: Meeting and Falling in Love with Future Husband: Barack Obama
Michelle Obama describes how she met and fell in love with Barack Obama.
Rita Marley's Town
All over the world, the Marley name has become synonymous with reggae music, rastafari, and Jamaica. Now Rita Marl
Publishing Advice for Writers
Writers who seek to be published need to remain professional when submitting work, take rejection well, as it is inevitable, and keep records of where work as been submitted. Get publishing advice from a published author and English professor in this video on writing where he shares his knowledge and insights with you. Great advice for those young writers who would like to start their writing careers while still in school!
Dance Improvisation Class Final
Students performing outside and in Bernhard Center. The video begins with the students being frozen in position for approximately three minutes before they start their improvisation. There is no music, just the dance. (7:33)
How to Start a Debate
There are several ways to start a debate, including learning
another person's viewpoint and arguing against it. Discover methods for
conducting a formal debate with a moderator.
Hip-Hop Dance Tips : How to Warm Up Before Dance Lessons
Warming up before dance lessons requires warming up the muscles before stretching every part of the body from head to toe. You need to warm up your body doing some arm swings or a jog before you start to stretch. Warm up before dance lessons to prevent injury with tips from a dance instructor in this free video on hip hop. (1:19)
Street Poets
With the motto of "One Street, One Heartbeat, One Love," LA-based Street Poets teaches young people how to develop their poetic voice and share their feelings about life on the street, in schools, and in juvenile detention facilities. By giving them an artistic outlet for expression, Street Poets empowers Los Angeles County youth to transcend self-destructive lifestyles and creatively transform both lives and communiti
T-Bone Walker- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
-bone Walker performs "Don't throw your love on me so strong" from The American Folk Blues Festival collection. He was a pioneer of electric guitar, and he has influenced a lot of blues guitar players like Chuck Berry, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, BB King or SRV and many more...
Basic Addition Using Manipulatives
This live action movie contains simple tips on how to solve basic addition problems - using manipulatives. Use dry beans, pasta, rocks or shells as manipulatives. Have students write and say the problem. A simple game, Make Ten, is demonstrated.(2:46)
