VOA Learning English
Paul Bunyan, an American Folk Tale
Paul Bunyan was a big guy—but not as big as his story has grown to be! Young readers listen and read along to the enjoyable story of Paul Bunyan, his big blue ox Babe, and the amazing imprint they left along the American landscape.
British Council
Romeo and Juliet
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
British Council
Twelfth Night
Scholars experience Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night, with an engaging interactive. After watching the story, six activities extend the learning experience. Topics include characters, vocabulary, a sequence of events, comprehension, and...
Townsend Press
Inferences
A picture is worth a thousand words. Help your class out with some of those words with a video about drawing inferences from reading passages, images, and other media. The resource focuses on the supporting details of each passage...
Townsend Press
Main Ideas
Once you find the main idea of a paragraph, it's easy to see how the rest of the details are supporting evidence. Take your readers through an explanatory video that demonstrates the points and supports of several reading examples.
Andrews McMeel Publishing
POW! A Peanuts Collection
Make a study of Charles M. Scultz's famous comic strip Peanuts in your language arts class. Class members read and discuss the baseball-themed book POW! A Peanuts Collection. After talking about themes and vocabulary, they complete...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Answer Questions About a Text by Locating Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the answer to a question in an article by locating evidence in the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [4:25]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Ask and Answer Questions About the Text While Reading
In this lesson, you will learn how to grow ideas about a text by asking questions as you read and using what you already know to try to answer those questions. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:11]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Text Features to Understand and Interpret Biography
In this lesson, you will understand the elements of a biography by looking specifically at the text features within the article. [4:11]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Preview a Text by Examining Its Organization
In this lesson, you will learn to preview a text by searching for clues that tell how it is organized. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:13]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Explain Scientific Concepts Based on Information in a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand scientific concepts by examining specific information in nonfiction text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [7:00]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea by using key details to summarize nonfiction text. [7:16]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learnzillion: Understand How an Author Develops Setting
In this lesson, you will learn how an author develops setting by using words and phrases to infer where the text takes place and what the place is like. [7:05]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Draw Inferences About What a Character Is Thinking
In this lesson, you will learn to infer what a character thinks by examining what they say. [7:05]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Locate Evidence in a Text by Skimming'
In this lesson, you will learn how to locate evidence by skimming the entire text and marking related sentences. [4:09]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Weigh Evidence From a Text'
In this lesson, you will learn how to select the best answer by weighing the evidence. [4:13]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Develop a Topic by Rereading and Grouping Related Information
In this lesson, you will learn how to develop a topic by rereading and grouping related information together in paragraphs. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [6:14]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise the Order of Paragraphs in Arugmentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to reconsider the order of your paragraphs by determining a logical and connected journey of thought. [5:45]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Diagrams and Graphic Aids to Understand a Text's Meaning
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand complex text by using information presented in a graphic aid. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [5:39]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Interpret Information in Pictures and in Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to explain an event by looking at the images and rereading the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [6:46]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words in a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the meaning of unknown words by thinking of another word that would make sense. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [4:02]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Plan Structure of a Written Response by Generating a List
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan the structure of your written response by rereading the text and generating an organized list. [5:12]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tea Mology: Helping and Learning From Mistakes
TEAMology characters Harper and Paco lend a little assistance at the local library! Learning to read and learning from mistakes is packaged with fun. [4:57]