Instructional Video4:58
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Herman Beavers - Why Poetry Matters

Higher Ed
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...
Instructional Video9:35
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

DAY 10 | STORY | The Wicked Tricks of Till Owlyglass - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
The Tenth Day DAY 10 | STORY | The Wicked Tricks of Till Owlyglass - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen When we hear how Till Owlyglass caused an innkeeper to be terrified by a dead, frozen wolf.
Instructional Video9:44
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 13 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY

Pre-K - 5th
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 13 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...
Instructional Video1:33
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Words Are Ours | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Words Are Ours | POEM - From ‘Big Book of Bad Things’ (Puffin).
Instructional Video2:58
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Big Book of Bad Things - Part 4 - Kid's Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Big Book of Bad Things - Part 4 Michael Rosen performs a series of poems titled 'Poems And Stories About My Family'. The poems are all taken from Michael Rosen's books and this series of performances was produced by Joe Rosen.
Instructional Video2:39
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Top 5 Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare | BOOK

Pre-K - 5th
Top 5 Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare | BOOKWhat’s So Special About Shakespeare?’, published by Walker Books. Synopsis So what was it like to live in Shakespeare's time? What do we actually know about him? And how does someone become...
Instructional Video15:54
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 5 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts

Pre-K - 5th
Chapter 5 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and takes him...
Instructional Video14:21
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 9 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts

Pre-K - 5th
Chapter 9 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and takes him...
Instructional Video11:58
Oxford Comma

Poetic Devices Explained: LINE BREAKS (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).

9th - 12th
The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use line breaks to create meter and music in their poetry. We'll also examine how to write about them as well as a clever usage from early pop-punk music.
Instructional Video16:22
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 3 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts

Pre-K - 5th
Chapter 3 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and takes him...
Instructional Video5:43
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Pat Mottola - Women Who Dare to Write - Afghan Women's Writing Project

Higher Ed
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Instructional Video12:42
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

DAY 06 | STORY | The Wicked Tricks of Till Owlyglass - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
The Sixth Day DAY 06 | STORY | The Wicked Tricks of Till Owlyglass - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen When we hear how Till Owlyglass had his boots greased all over, how he sewed invisible stitches and how he told a great...
Instructional Video8:59
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

The Corn Dollies' Tales: A Journey Through History and Imagination

Pre-K - 5th
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 14 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...
Instructional Video7:21
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

A Plague of Wasps | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY

Pre-K - 5th
A Plague of Wasps | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
Instructional Video7:00
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 6 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts

Pre-K - 5th
Chapter 6 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and takes him...
Instructional Video21:56
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 6 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY |Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 6 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’. Frank is back among the ruins of the past again, this time on a school trip to a...
Instructional Video11:35
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 7 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts

Pre-K - 5th
Chapter 7 | STORY | You're Thinking About Doughnuts When Frank's mom has to work late one Friday cleaning the local museum, he finds himself spending a lonely night roaming the dark halls - until a chatty skeleton appears and takes him...
Instructional Video13:54
Schooling Online

Shakespeare Today: Romeo and Juliet - Theme of Love

3rd - Higher Ed
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the power of true love in Romeo and Juliet. See the development of Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other, and its ultimately tragic consequences. Along the way, learn how to...
Instructional Video2:22
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Moth - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Moth - Read by Michael Rosen
Instructional Video8:23
Oxford Comma

When You Break a Poet's Heart: A Reading, Summary, and Analysis of Yeats' "When You Are Old"

9th - 12th
Written as more of an indulgent thought experiment, than a love poem, "When You Are Old" still contains that trademark Yeatsian beauty.
Instructional Video0:51
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Science | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Science | POEM Poem performed by Michael Rosen From Big Book of Bad Things Published by Puffin
Instructional Video6:10
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Linda Hillringhouse - Painting, Poetry and Imagination

Higher Ed
Linda Hillringhouse is a self-taught painter who has shown her work at many local museums and galleries throughout the Tri-State area including the Newark and Paterson Museums, the Ben Shahn Center for Visual Arts at William Paterson...
Instructional Video4:40
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Trousers Down | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Trousers Down | POEM Mart and Me walked into England with our trousers down.
Instructional Video2:11
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Herman Beavers - Teachers Make a Difference - Michael S. Harper

Higher Ed
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...