Edpuzzle Originals for English Language Arts

Clear and simple video lessons featuring storytelling through fun cartoons to bring grammar to life.

Gorgeously animated dramatic poetry readings.

Video lessons created by expert English teachers that are standards-aligned and come with built-in questions.

English teachers, it’s time to make your teaching life a little easier!

With hundreds of carefully crafted video lessons organized into sections on Parts of Speech, Punctuation and Capitalization, Sentence Structure & Syntax, Word Meanings & Nuances, and Poetry, you can choose the lesson that best fits what you’re teaching right now.

Take a look at some of examples below to get some video lesson inspiration for your next English Language Arts class!

Edpuzzle Original English Language Arts Videos on Poetry

This lesson begins with an illustrated, animated reading of the poem. Students are asked to share what words or lines stood out to them.

It teaches students the poetic devices of personification and metaphor and shows how they’re used in Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

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This lesson guides students to analyze the use of simile and irony in William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130.”

This is one of Shakespeare’s more accessible works, and it’s easy for students to understand and enjoy. It’s also very relatable. Today’s movies, TV shows, and social media are full of the kind of false flattery that Shakespeare was making fun of in his sonnet.

Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

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Dive into the literary techniques of imagery, tone, and theme in William Ernest Henley’s poem, “Invictus.”

After an animated reading, students are asked to identify various examples of poetic techniques in a close reading of the poem.

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

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Edpuzzle Original English Language Arts Videos on Grammar

Cartoon characters Sam and Spike introduce students to different grammatical concepts in this series of fun video lessons.

Sam, a friendly little girl your students will identify with, and Spike, an adorable alien who’s learning grammar along with your students, make the perfect companions for these English grammar lessons!

In this video lesson, students learn how to spice up their writing by using a wider variety of verbs.

Choose the More Vivid Verb

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Here, Sam and Spike break down the complex topic of independent versus dependent clauses with a clear initial explanation followed by practice questions.

Differentiate Among Clause Types and Phrases

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Help your students learn to love words with this practical lesson on how to use a dictionary! Sam and Spike lead students through the lesson by looking up words from the instructions for a board game they want to play.

Use a Dictionary to Find, Understand, and Use Words

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