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When writing a job application, you might want to address certain conditions while drawing attention away from your limitations and towards your strengths. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of limit or concession to provide extra detail to a piece of writing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

When expressing your opinion in a discussion, you want to show the links between your opinions and the arguments or evidence that support them. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses and explains how arranging their order differently in a sentence can make your argument more convincing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

In an exposition, whether you want your reader to focus more on your opinions or your reasons might vary. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses and explains how arranging their order differently in a sentence can make your argument more convincing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

Scientific and technical texts need to have effective explanations to explain why something happens or how it works. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and the importance of using the right subordinating conjunctions to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing about scientific or technical topics, your explanations should provide readers with precise and detailed information. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of condition to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Descriptions of where an event, action or process happened are crucial for writing detailed and engaging recounts. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of place to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Describing the timing of an event, action or process is essential when writing a detailed and engaging recount. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of time to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing an exposition, it’s easier to get your audience to agree with your opinions if you have arguments or evidence to support them. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of cause or reason to provide extra detail to a piece of writing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

To create detailed profiles of people and places that sound fluid and fluent, it’s important to show the relationships between simple descriptions. This video covers how to combine simple sentences into compound sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’, to help descriptions flow more smoothly. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing procedural texts, it can be tricky to make your instructions both clear and detailed and it’s important to connect related ideas. This video covers how to combine simple commands into compound sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’, to help provide clarity to directions. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing a recount, such as a diary entry, you might find yourself needing to show the relationships or connections between ideas. This video explains how to use compound sentences to describe a series of events, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

To write a recipe that’s easy to understand and follow, it’s important to show the relationships between a series of individual instructions or directions. This video covers how to combine simple commands into compound sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’, to improve the flow of ideas. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Being able to give your reader an insight into your character's mind is a valuable skill in writing narratives. This video explains how questions can be used to reveal what characters are thinking, whether genuine or rhetorical, and from a first-person or third-person perspective. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills writing Imaginative texts. Show Less

A well-written narrative, such as a short story, poem or script, can be exciting, tense and suspenseful. This video illustrates how short, simple sentences can be used to create a different pace and mood in narrative writing, compared to longer and more detailed sentences. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing imaginative texts. Show Less

For letters to the editor, online discussions and essays, being able to express your point of view effectively is very useful. This video highlights that you don't have to use complicated sentences to write a good persuasive text—clear and concise simple sentences, whether statements or questions, can be impactful and get your point across. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

There's a skill to writing great science reports that are both clear and easy to understand. This video identifies the sections of a report where it can be better to use simple sentences, rather than more detailed ones, to make it easy for readers to understand the goals and conclusions of an experiment. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing a movie review, it is important to be able to express your opinions and conclusions precisely. This video reinforces that sometimes, it can be more effective to use simple sentences, rather than compound or complex sentences, for stronger impact and more persuasive power. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

A good instructional text needs to get your message across clearly and be easy for readers to follow. This video explains the difference between two sentence types commonly found in informative texts—statements and commands—and how to use them to deliver information more simply and with clarity. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Characters are an essential component of many narrative texts, such as a novel or a short story. This video shows how you can use a variety of sentence types—statements, questions, and commands—in your narrative writing to develop characters that are memorable and interesting to read about. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing imaginative texts. Show Less

When writing a biography, article, report or instruction manual, delivering information in a clear and engaging way is crucial. This video introduces the two most common sentence types found in informative texts—statements and commands—and how to vary their length and detail so your text flows smoothly and is interesting to read. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills for writing informative texts. Show Less