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Building comprehension of 'The Moon Dragons' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can infer meaning from 'The Moon Dragons'. Key learning points: - Alina’s motivations for finding the moon dragon was different to everyone else’s and she valued them more than gold. - Asking questions and having rich...
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Building comprehension of 'How To Train Your Dragon' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'How to Train Your Dragon'. Key learning points: - Skimming and scanning using your finger is a way to retrieve information accurately and quickly from a text - Reading...
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Developing explanations in analytical writing about Akala's 'The Dark Lady'
Pupil outcome: I can develop my explanations in order to effectively put my ideas about Akala's 'The Dark Lady' across to the reader. Key learning points: - Good analytical paragraphs begin with a clear topic sentence, supported by a...
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'The Twisted Tree': how the writer builds tension
Pupil outcome: I can explain how tension is built in 'The Twisted Tree'. Key learning points: - The novel gets more frightening and tense as it progresses, because of the increasing threat to Martha's life. - Writers often raise tension...
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'The Twisted Tree': making impressive inferences about the tree
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of the Gothic to make impressive inferences about the tree. Key learning points: - Inferences usually rely on things that haven’t been explicitly stated, but rather, hinted at or suggested. - We can...
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'The Twisted Tree': Revising inferences
Pupil outcome: I can recall key extracts from the novel and make inferences about them. Key learning points: - When making an inference, start by choosing a key word or technique to zoom in on. - Inferences should be developed with...
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Crafting physical description for malevolent characters
Pupil outcome: I can effectively craft a physical description of a malevolent character. Key learning points: - Physical descriptions of characters shouldn't just be a list of what they look like or the clothes they are wearing. -...
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Analysing John Turner from ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’
Pupil outcome: I can make inferences about John Turner from ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’. Key learning points: - John Turner used to be a bushranger: an armed robber that stole gold. - Some members of the public had sympathy towards...
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Analysing character in an unseen extract from Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'
Pupil outcome: I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail. Key learning points: - Magical-realist texts have a real world setting in which magic happens. - Use the first read of an unseen extract to...
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Exploring a fictional mystery in the Victorian era
Pupil outcome: I can summarise the key events of a mystery based on a journalistic report and I can empathise with a character from the report. Key learning points: - Our persuasive letter must include a summary of the mystery. - We can...
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Understanding Berry's 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955'
Pupil outcome: I can understand how Berry presents ideas of migration, connection, difference, and journeys within ‘On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955’. Key learning points: - The image of the train in the title could...
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Writing a comparative response on the AQA Worlds and Lives anthology
Pupil outcome: I can write an successful answer comparing two poems from the Worlds and Lives anthology. Key learning points: - Topic sentences must be comparative when comparing texts. - Comparisons should be made between ideas,...
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Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel's Belonging anthology
Pupil outcome: I can create a written response which meets a success criteria. Key learning points: - Topic sentences must be comparative when comparing texts. - Comparisons should be made between ideas, intentions, themes and messages....
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Building comprehension of 'The Sheep Pig' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can discuss the plot of 'The Sheep Pig'. Key learning points: - Skimming and scanning is a way to retrieve information accurately and quickly from a text. - Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer...
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Expressing opinions about 'The Children of Lir'
Pupil outcome: I can develop a personal response to the text. Key learning points: - Looking out for clues in the text and illustrations can help answer questions that may not have obvious answers. - Inference skills can help to develop...
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Analysing the main character in 'Sherlock Holmes'
Pupil outcome: I can orally present a paragraph about the main character of 'Sherlock Holmes'. Key learning points: - A text gives us clues about a character's features and feelings. - Some text clues about a character are explicit and...
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Considering sensory language in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'
Pupil outcome: I can make inferences about an unfamiliar place through textural and sensory descriptions. Key learning points: - Bilan arguably foreshadows something negative happening to Asha and Jeevan in Zandapur. - Textural...
Professor Dave Explains
Contemporary Logic Part 3: Current Predicate Logic
We just introduced a lot of notation in order to understand post-Fregean predicate logic. So now let's look at some concepts behind this type of logical thought so that we can compare it to earlier types of logic. In doing so we will...
Professor Dave Explains
Logical Fallacies Part 1: Formal and Informal Fallacies
In learning about logic, we've come to understand how an argument involves two or more premises followed by a conclusion. When the conclusion does not follow from the premises, this is an invalid argument. In such a case, a logical...
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More Practice Making Inferences {Comprehension: Inferring}
Part 2 gives practice to how to infer using clues from the book and what's in our brain. PART 1 INFERENCES: • Making Inferences {Comprehension: Inf...
Wonderscape
Understanding Definition and Mood Clues
Discover how readers can use definition clues, signaled by words like "is" or "means," to directly understand the meanings of unknown words within a sentence. Learn how mood and tone clues, indicated by the atmosphere and the author's...
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Recommender Systems Complete Course Beginner to Advanced - Deep Learning Foundation for Recommender Systems: Inference After Training
In this video, you will learn about the inference mechanisms for generic recommender systems, including training the system to capture information to make recommendations.
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Recommender Systems Complete Course Beginner to Advanced - Deep Learning Foundation for Recommender Systems: Deep Learning in Recommendation systems
As we are aware, recommender systems are migrating from machine learning to deep learning, the reason being to capture non-linear and non-trivial relationships.
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Recommender Systems: An Applied Approach using Deep Learning - Inference after Training
In this lecture, you will learn how to deploy the model as a service to infer the likelihood of new interactions. This clip is from the chapter "Deep Learning Foundation for Recommender Systems" of the series "Recommender Systems: An...