Curated Video
Cause and Effect | Reading Strategies
Learn how to identify and understand cause and effect relationships. Identifying cause and effect in texts is an important reading strategy as it helps the reader to understand the events that are happening. It helps them understand...
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Main Idea | Summarising | Reading Strategies
Learn how to determine the main idea of a text. Similar to summarising, this is an important reading strategy that helps readers comprehend texts
Curated Video
Inferring | Reading Strategies
Learn how to find clues within text to help build a deeper understanding of what you read.
Curated Video
The Secrets of Wordsift: How to Teach Vocabulary and Academic Words (ELL Supports)
Wordsift is a FREE website that allows you to breakdown the vocabulary of any article or text. I have been using Wordsift for years, so I will walk you through all the secret and hidden features. You are able to see the most common words...
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IELTS Reading Strategy: Matching Sentence Halves
IELTS Reading Strategy: Matching Sentence Halves
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Vital IELTS Reading Strategy II: Skimming
Today you’ll learn how to skim on the IELTS Reading Exam.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Margin Notes
This video lesson focuses on margin notes including the definition, purpose, how to write, what to include, and a literary example showing what they look like. Real Player is required.
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Sophia: Active Reading
Notes introducing active reading and giving tips on how to do it more successfully. Students can read and/or listen to the notes.
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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]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Check Your Understanding of a Text by Teaching Others
In this lesson, you will learn how to check for understanding by teaching what you've learned to others. Login gives access to an additional video. [2:51]
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Learn Zillion: Lesson Video: 'Prepare to Read by Jotting What You Already Know'
In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare for reading by jotting what you already know. [4:14]
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Learn Zillion: Make Mental Pictures as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to make sense of nonfiction texts by making mental pictures. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:46]
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Learn Zillion: Have a Conversation in Your Head as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand what you are reading by having conversations in your head. Login gives access to an additional video. [2:33]
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Learn Zillion: Preview a Text by Examining Its Organization
In this lesson, you will learn to preview a text by searching for clues that tell how it is organized. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:13]
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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: Lesson Video for 'Preview the Text to Make Predictions'
In this lesson, you will learn how to make predictions by previewing the title, pictures, and text on a book cover. [4:43]
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Learn Zillion: Record Evidence in a Text
In this lesson, you will learn to record evidence for your answers by underlining and taking notes. [4:23]
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Learn Zillion: Read Dialogue by Recognizing the Speaker
In this lesson, you will learn how to fluently read dialogue in context by recognizing who is speaking. [3:30]
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Learn Zillion: Read Dialogue by Recognizing Clue Adverbs
In this lesson, you will learn how to fluently read dialogue in context by recognizing clue adverbs. [3:49]
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Learn Zillion: Read Fluently by Monitoring Reading Progress
In this lesson, you will learn that good readers read fluently by asking, "Did I use all that I know about punctuation as I read?" [4:43]
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Learn Zillion: Notice All Punctuation While Reading
In this lesson, you will learn that good readers read fluently by noticing all punctuation as they read. [4:45]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Asking Questions as You Read
This screencast focuses on asking questions as you read, including: the purpose; types of questions; examples of questions for character, setting, and events; and a literary example. [2:44]