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Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by using your palm for the main idea and your fingers for details. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:02]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Text Features to Help Identify Details
In this lesson, you will learn to locate additional details by looking for transitional words and phrases, white space, and text features. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:29]
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Learn Zillion: Use Textual Clues to Envision as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn to understand a text by jotting down information that adds to your mind movie. Login gives access to an additional video. [5:11]
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Learn Zillion: Determine an Unfamiliar Word in a Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to figure out unfamiliar words by envisioning what is happening in the text and thinking about what the word probably means. [3:03]
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Learn Zillion: Analyze a Text's Structure
In this lesson, you will learn to organize information by using text structure clues. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:42]
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Learn Zillion: Determining Author's Purpose
In this lesson, you will learn to understand an author's purpose by thinking about why the author chose to write in a particular text structure. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:22]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Central Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the central idea of a text by determining the topic and asking what the author says about it. [6:57]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Determine Theme by Considering a Character's Actions
In this video, you will learn how to identify a theme by considering the broader implications behind a character's actions. [5:19]
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Learn Zillion: Analyze the Impact of Words and Phrases in a Poem
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the relationship between two characters by analyzing the impact of specific actions and phrases on the meaning of the text as a whole. [6:28]
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Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze a Symbol in a Text'
In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze symbols by connecting figurative language with the meaning of a text. [6:32]
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Learn Zillion: Examine How Characters Interact Through Dialogue
In this lesson, you will learn how an author uses dialogue to introduce a story by examining what the characters say to each other and determining how the story is set up. A slideshow and student handouts are available with site login....
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Learn Zillion: Identify the Setting of a Story by Finding Key Details
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the setting of a story by finding keywords that show where the story takes place. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [5:20]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Analyze How Point of View Impacts the Meaning of a Story
In this lesson, you will learn how the point of view affects the meaning of the story by identifying when a narrator is reliable and when he is unreliable. [8:20]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Explain How Character's Actions Contribute to the Sequence
In this lesson, you will learn to describe how the characters' traits and motivations contribute to the sequence of events by asking, 'What character trait or motivation made this event happen?' [7:58]
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Learn Zillion: Identify Cause and Effect of Story Events by Examining Character
In this lesson, you will learn to identify what caused particular events in a story by looking back and examining characters' actions. [5:36]
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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]
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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]
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Learn Zillion: Describe How a Playwright Builds Suspense
In this lesson, you will learn to describe how a playwright builds suspense by using clues in the setting, stage directions, and dialogue. [6:01]
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Learn Zillion: Derive the Quadratic Formula: Completing the Square
In this lesson, you will learn how to derive the quadratic formula by completing the square. [6:01]
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Learn Zillion: Graph a Line Using X and Y Intercepts
In this lesson, you will learn how to graph a line by using its x- and y-intercepts. [5:31]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Maximum or Minimum Value of a Quadratic Function
This video explains how to find the least or greatest value of a quadratic function by rewriting the function in vertex form. [4:34]
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Learn Zillion: Understand the Relationship Between Two Numbers
In this lesson, you will learn about the relationship between two numbers by finding their location on a number line. [4:40]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Perimeter of a Square or Rectangle by Adding Side Lengths
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the perimeter of a square or rectangle by adding the side lengths. [3:14]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Missing Quotient in a Division Problem
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the missing quotient in a division problem by creating an array. [2:42]