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I Recall: Part 1
“I Recall: Part 1” discusses characters, setting, and events and applies these story elements to answering questions about the fiction story “Learning to Fly.”
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Exploring Setting
Exploring Setting explores the concept of setting in a literary work by identifying the setting and explaining the effect(s) the setting has on the main character.
Tom Nicholas
Postdramatic Theatre - WTF?
A brief introduction to postdramatic and postmodern theatre as first theorised by Hans Theis Lehmann. The first in a series in which I briefly (and, hopefully, accessibly) introduce some core academic concepts and ideas. In this first...
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Fiction Nonfiction Genre: Story Elements
This video focuses on the two main genre of books: fiction and nonfiction. Kids learn aspects of each type of book and then practice naming whether a book is fiction or nonfiction. Kids also learn about realistic fiction.
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Comprehension Story Elements: Retelling
This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....
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Comprehension Story Elements: CHARACTERS & TRAITS
This video teaches what a character is and how to identify outside and inside character traits. It teaches how the author shows who the character is based on what the character DOES and SAYS. Knowing the characters helps us understand...
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Secure Communications
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) highlights the importance of a one-time pad to generate secure communication between two parties.
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Dr. Sawsan Jaber - Teachers Make a Difference - Sommeih Uddin and Hasan Jabar
Dr. Sawsan Jaber is a global educator of 20+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jaber is currently a high school English teacher at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park. She founded...
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Donnie Piercey - Podcasting in the Classroom
Donnie Piercey is the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and teaches fifth grade in Lexington, Kentucky. After graduating from Asbury College and earning his master’s from Auburn Montgomery, he has been teaching in Kentucky since 2007....
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Static and Dynamic Characters
“Static and Dynamic Characters” describes the differences between character types used in literature.
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Tone and Mood in Literature
A video entitled “Tone and Mood in Literature” which analyzes the tone and mood in literary passages.
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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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Theme Collage
This is a video entitled “Theme Collage” which models how to determine the theme of a complete literary text.
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What's Your Problem?
A video entitled “What’s Your Problem?” which discusses how a character in a story tried different solutions to solve his problem.
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Project Part 2: Creating a Complete Doodle with Characters, Props, and Voiceover
Project Part 2: Creating a Complete Doodle with Characters, Props, and Voiceover
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Project Part 1: Creating a Doodle with Script and Scenes
Project Part 1: Creating a Doodle with Script and Scenes
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Exploring the Asset Panel and Customizing Elements in Doodly
Exploring the Asset Panel and Customizing Elements in Doodly
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Navigating the Doodly Interface and Creating Your First Video
Navigating the Doodly Interface and Creating Your First Video
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Point of View
“Point of View” will help students to decipher between the different points of view, including first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view, and third-person omniscient point of view.
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My Main Man or Woman
“My Main Man or Woman” models how to identify characters, especially main characters, in stories.
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Tales of Some Folks
A video entitled “Tales of Some Folks” which describes the characteristics of a folktale and gives some examples of folktales.
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Fiction and Non Fiction
This video goes over different examples of fiction and non-fiction books. Some genre is mentioned. It begins to teach students about author's purpose. The purpose of a non-fiction book is to inform us. The purpose of a fiction book is to...
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Story Elements
Learn to create a story elements graphic organizer to find the characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution and theme to a fiction story.
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Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.