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Sophia: Asking Questions After Reading
This screencast focuses on using post-reading questions to evaluate and improve understanding of a text. It offers general question ideas and a specific example of questions for "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. [3:37]
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Sophia: Mla Format: In Text Citations
A screencast lesson discussing how to write in-text citations using the MLA format. [5:28]
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Sophia: Apa Format: In Text Citations
A screencast lesson explaining how to write citations within a text using APA formatting. [5:09]
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Sophia: Verb Mood
This video lesson focuses on verb moods; there are three verb moods: indicative, imperative, and subjunctive. It explains each individually, discusses the verb types, articulates the tenses used for each mood, and provides examples of...
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Sophia: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
This video lesson focuses on pronoun and antecedent agreement including in number and in gender. It also provides rules for using indefinite pronouns, collective nouns, and compound nouns. [7:03]
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Sophia: Connotation and Denotation
This video lesson focuses on the difference between the connotation and denotation of synonyms. The denotation is the dictionary definition, while the connotation adds feelings, images, or associations to the dictionary definition....
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Sophia: Drama
Notes introducing the genre of drama and explaining the key aspects of this genre. Examples are provided using the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Notes can be read and listened to through an audio feature.
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Sophia: Writing Effective Introductions
A screencast lesson discussing and providing examples of three elements required for a strong introduction: an effective hook, a strong thesis, and appropriate background information. [5:39] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2
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Sophia: Writing Effective Conclusions
This video lesson focuses on writing conclusions, i.e., what makes an effective conclusion, what to include in a conclusion, and how to write one. [7:44] W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.3e Conclusion, W.11-12.1e Argument Conclusion, W.11-12.2f...
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Sophia: Audience and Writing Style
A screencast lesson defining different types of audience, discussing the importance of determining an audience, and explaining how a writing style should be chosen based on the needs and expectations of the intended audience.[5:18]...
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Sophia: Adjectives and Adverbs 2
This video lesson focuses on the differences between adjectives and adverbs using a Venn diagram. It also provides examples and discusses common errors it their usage.
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Sophia: Communication
In this tutorial video clip, students will review the importance of basic communication skills. The instructor highlights content to review for real-life communication.
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Sophia: Compound Words
A screencast introducing different types of compound nouns and explaining how to punctuate them correctly. [2:28]
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Sophia: Coordinating Conjunctions
This lesson introduces coordinating conjunctions and explaining their use and punctuation within compound sentences. [1:18]
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Sophia: Evaluating Details
This lesson focuses on how to evaluate details as you read a new book. It offers tips as you first begin to read as to what details may be important to track and questions to ask yourself as you continue to read to help focus on the...
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Sophia: Exclamation Points
A screencast lesson explaining what an exclamation point is and how it affects a sentence. [1:56]
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Sophia: Prefix
A screencast introducing prefixes and their effects on the meaning of a root word. [2:00]
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Sophia: Revision Techniques: Peer Feedback
This video is an instructional writing lesson to teach students how to revise a paper based on another peer's feedback. The instructor provides three steps to follow after peer feedback is given. The instructor also provides additional...
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Sophia: Revision Techniques: Peer Feedback
This video is an instructional writing lesson to teach students how to revise a paper based on another peer's feedback. The instructor provides three steps to follow after peer feedback is given. The instructor also provides additional...
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Sophia: Starting With the Questions
This lesson discusses why when answering reading questions, it is helpful to read the questions before reading the passage. It offers this information in both text and audio formats.
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Sophia: Starting With the Text
This lesson offers reasons why some students prefer to read the text before reading the questions when asked to answer questions. It offers this information in text and audio formats.
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Sophia: Synonym Context Clues
This screencast lesson introduces synonym context clues. [2:32]
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Sophia: Writing Effective Introductions
This video tutorial lesson instructs how to write an effective introduction for an expository essay. The instructor explains her thinking as she provides four basic steps to immediately get the audience's attention in a piece of writing.
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Sophia: Abbreviations
A webcam video lesson introducing abbreviations and explaining the rules for using abbreviations. [2:56]