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Personification in Poetry
This video demonstrates identifying elements of personification in poems.
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Improve Descriptive Writing with Figurative Devices | EasyTeaching
Figurative language devices and other imagery techniques make writing more interesting.In this video, we explore six key figurative language devices—metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia—and break...
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Animals depicted in art
Pupil outcome: I can design and create an animal relief which represents human characteristics. Key learning points: - Animals can convey cultural and religious beliefs, and reflect the values of the time. - Animals can evoke empathy and...
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Using sensory language and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting
Pupil outcome: I can craft my own atmospheric setting using precise imagery. Key learning points: - The atmosphere in literature is the way an author uses setting, objects, or thoughts of characters to create mood. - The atmosphere can...
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Writing the monologue of an outsider in relation to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Pupil outcome: I can write a monologue which uses descriptive and rhetorical devices to convey the emotion of an outsider in relation to Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. Key learning points: - Descriptive devices are used to help the reader...
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Exploring Golding's message about human behaviour in 'Lord of the Flies'
Pupil outcome: I can clearly explain the purpose of Golding's novel and his message about human behaviour. Key learning points: - Golding aims to provide an incisive insight into human behaviour. - Golding was horrified by the brutality...
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Analysing how Brontë presents nature in 'Shall earth no more inspire thee'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Brontë uses personification and a regular structure to present ideas about nature in 'Shall earth no more inspire thee'. Key learning points: - Arguably, Brontë personifies nature in order to encourage...
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Generating a headline and opening for a persuasive advert
Pupil outcome: I can develop a persuasive headline and opening that hooks the reader. Key learning points: - The headline and opening of a persuasive advert should be eye-catching and hook the reader. - Linguistic techniques like...
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Using Personification in Poetry
“Using Personification in Poetry” is a video lesson that defines personification, discusses its use in poetry, and demonstrates how to compose a poem using personification.
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Five Themes of Geography
Five Themes of Geography identifies the five themes of geography by examining location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.
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Figurative Language: Creating Meaning with Comparisons
This video will help students understand the critical role of comparative figurative language (metaphor, simile, and personification) in establishing theme in poetry.
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Physical and Human Geography
“Physical and Human Geography” explains both physical geography and human geography, while identifying features of the United States that provide an example of each type.
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Great Authors: E.B. White
This video is a lesson about the life and works of EB White, a renowned children's book author. The teacher discusses White's background, his major children's books (Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan), and the...