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Screenplays
The biggest blockbuster of the year, the funniest romantic comedy, and the most emotional independent film all started in the same way: on the page. Young filmmakers learn about the role of the screenplay, as well as important parts of...
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Sophia: Determining Your Audience
A series of four screencasts explaining the importance of audience. Students learn the difference between the real audience and the audience the writer intends, how to create a specific audience instead of a general audience, how the...
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Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment
This video lesson focuses on how to read and understand a writing assignment. It begins by defining keywords used in assignments: analyze, compare and contrast, evaluate, describe, and propose. Then using a sample assignment, it...
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Sophia: Skimming
This lesson defines skimming, explains how to skim, and details when it is useful. It offers this information in text form and in audio.
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Sophia: Targeted Re Reading
This lesson defines and explains how to do targeted re-reading and provides two literary examples. It offers this information in both text and audio formats.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 1: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #1: How and Why We Read
This seven minute video series of Crash Course Literature uses lively verbal explanations accompanied by entertaining visuals with a host who provides compelling examples of how and why people read.
Crash Course
Crash Course Study Skills #2: Reading Assignments
This video focuses on how to deal with large reading assignments including how to boost your speed in reading and how your working memory works. It also includes reading tips and the importance of practicing and maintaining focus while...
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Sophia: Preparing to Read
This lesson explains how to prepare to read. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [02:43] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
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Sophia: Active Reading
Notes introducing active reading and giving tips on how to do it more successfully. Students can read and/or listen to the notes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 4: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 3: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Portrait: Week 2: Building Classroom Community: A Month of Mindfulness & Student Empowerment
Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition Markers: Lesson 2
Offer a glance at shifts of topic and perspective. Headings should be placed and highlighted in a consistent way. Main headings may be in boldface and centered. Subheadings may be flushed-left and underlined.
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Sophia: Note Taking Techniques
This lesson introduces how to take efficient notes while conducting research. [9:50]
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Sophia: Note Taking: Word Selection
This lesson introduces how to take efficient notes by condensing language. [7:40]
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Sophia: Anticipating a Reader's Questions for Academic Writing
This lesson discusses how to anticipate and address a reader's questions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Stream of Consciousness
A video writing prompt that asks the following: what is the mountain biker thinking about while he completes his ride from start to finish line? [0:38] W.9-11.12 Write Routinely