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I Recall: Part 2
“I Recall: Part 2” reviews characters, setting, and events and asks questions about these story elements after reading the story “The Clubhouse.”
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Focusing on the Details
Renowned polymath and mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson (Institute for Advanced Study) relates his anti-reductionistic leanings.
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Beyond Reductionism
Celebrated polymath and mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson (IAS) describes why he is not a reductionist.
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Cleaning up the Details
Celebrated mathematical physicist and polymath Freeman Dyson (Institute for Advanced Study) modestly summarizes aspects of his scientific career.
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Psychotic Episodes
Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC,and author of the bestselling memoir, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, gives a personal account of what a psychotic episode...
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Valuing The Details
Celebrated scientific polymath Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, describes how he is "more interested in the details than the big picture", and explains why he thinks that it is vital to not just search for overall equations,...
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Outlining MLA Style
A video entitled "Outlining MLA Style" which explains how to create a detailed outline of your research according to MLA style guidelines.
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Key Ideas and Details
A video entitled “Key Ideas and Details” which models how to identify key ideas and details in an informational text.
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Finding Relevant Facts
“Finding Relevant Facts” will identify the ways in which responsible research practices can develop an argument.
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Summarize a Scientific Text
A video entitled "Summarize a Scientific Text” which discusses how to identify the main idea and details of a scientific text.
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Describing Settings
This is a video entitled “Describing Settings” which models how to identify the setting of a passage.
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Creating an Armature
This video will demonstrate how to create an armature for a paper maché sculpture.
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Printing Without a Press
This video will demonstrate how to print a collagraph plate without heavy-duty printmaking equipment.
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Describe That to Me
“Describe That to Me” explains how to identify describing words in sentences.
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Little Bighorn: The Only Survivor
The Battle of Little Bighorn, or Custer’s Last Stand, is infamous for having left no survivors. So what are we to make of Frank Finkel’s story, that only he lived to tell the tale?
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Setting: It’s Simple
“Setting: It’s Simple” compares and contrasts the settings of two stories.
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Classifying with Story Webs
Mr. Reed Moore demonstrates how to organize story information into a web so that it is easier to understand the story.
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The Father of the Declaration of Independence
“Thomas Jefferson” reads and discusses a biography of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
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Connecting Questions
A video entitled “Connecting Questions” explains how compelling and supporting questions are related.
Teaching Without Frills
How-To Writing For Kids - Procedural Writing - Episode 4: Revising Steps
In this series, you will learn how to write a How-To! If you have chosen a topic, written an introduction, and written steps, you are ready to revise your steps to make them even better. Be sure to add details so the reader knows exactly...
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How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 5: Events
In this video, you will learn how to write about the events in your imaginative narrative or fantasy story. You will learn how to write about the rising action leading up the the problem, describe the problem in detail, and stretch out...
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How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 3: Planning Your Story
In this video, you will learn how to make a plan for your imaginative narrative using a story map! We will plan the characters, setting, and events, including the problem and solution.