Hi, what do you want to do?
Curated Video
Presenting effectively
Pupil outcome: I can organise a presentation and engage with an audience when presenting. Key learning points: - Effective presentations are planned in advance. - Part of planning a presentation is organising what you are going to say...
Curated Video
Effective English Listening Practice with Short Stories and Questions
Improve your English listening skills with this exciting practice video featuring short stories and questions! With regular practice, you'll be speaking English fluently in no time. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy this English listening...
Curated Video
Advanced Verbs (C1) to Increase Your English Vocabulary
Increase your English vocabulary with these advanced verbs (C1 level). First, learn the advanced words and definitions, and then hear these words in context as I tell you an original story containing all the vocabulary covered. <br/>
Curated Video
ChatGPT for Creatives - Helping with Formatting
In this video, you will learn about formatting the text in ChatGPT to make our storytelling more engaging and visually appealing and how to use formatting options into our storytelling component.
Curated Video
Fables by the Campfire
Mr. Griot describes the elements of a fable by reviewing the fable "It’s a Dog’s Life."
Curated Video
The Kelsey’s Vacation
Mr. Griot explains how to write a short story and include all of the narrative elements, like setting, character, plot, conflict, climax, and resolution.
Curated Video
Let’s Make It Better!
Mr. Griot models using a rubric and proofreading checklist to revise and edit a story.
Curated Video
ChatGPT Mastery - Crafting Effective Prompts for Optimal Results - Systematic Prompt Engineering
This video explores various systematic techniques and methodologies to optimize our prompts for better performance. You will learn to apply systematic prompt engineering to achieve more consistent and desired outcomes with...
Curated Video
Shirley Jackson
A master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson explores the creepy underbelly of domestic life, with a sharp focus on the challenges that women face.
Curated Video
Richard Wright
At a time when Jim Crow laws made racial segregation legal across much of the United States, author Richard Wright gave voice to a struggle – as the first African American author to achieve widespread critical and commercial success.
Curated Video
Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
Curated Video
Mark Twain
Known as the Father of American Literature, Mark Twain used satire and a sharp wit to explore and reveal the realities of US society in the 19th century. In doing so he developed an all-new “American style” of writing.
Curated Video
Useful English Idioms that Native Speakers Commonly Use
Let's learn some useful English idioms that are commonly used by native English speakers. <br/>
Download your F<a href='https://englishlikeanative.activehost...' target='_blank' rel='<b<br/>r/>nofollow'>worksheet</a>n worksheet
Download your F<a href='https://englishlikeanative.activehost...' target='_blank' rel='<b<br/>r/>nofollow'>worksheet</a>n worksheet
Curated Video
Theme:A Guilty Conscience
Theme:A Guilty Conscience demonstrates understanding of theme by identifying an example of theme found in the short story, A Guilty Conscience.
Curated Video
Flashback and Foreshadowing
A video entitled “Flashback and Foreshadowing” which analyzes how an author's use of time in a story contributes to the reader's understanding.
Schooling Online
Ray Bradbury's The Pedestrian - Theme of Media and Technology
Ever since the advent of the smartphone we’ve seen a rapid uptick in the influence of technology over our everyday lives. But Ray Bradbury predicted this, all the way back in the 1950s! In The Pedestrian, Bradbury projects his mind...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Powering Through Prose - 'Big Picture' Questions in Prose Fiction Analysis (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Welcome to the first lesson on Powering through Prose! This lesson will explore the ‘big picture’ elements of analysing prose fiction. Find out about narrative purpose, structure, setting, perspective and characterisation. You’ll...
Oxford Comma
Ending Explained! Joyce's "Araby"
James Joyce is one of the greatest writers of all time, but that doesn't make his work easy to understand. This video covers the major events of his most famous short story: "Araby," and pays particular attention to those confusing last...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Identifying Key Ideas - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Oxford Comma
Ending Explained! Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"
Most people are surprised to learn that a 1927 shorty story that seems to be about nothing is actually about abortion. Hemingway uses clever symbolism, subtext, and character in order to write a surprisingly modern story of longing and...
Music Matters
Name the Composer Quiz! #24 Do you know your classical composers
How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.
Oxford Comma
Why do we make art? Reading, Summary, and Analysis of The Exhibits by Roger Dylan Turner
Why do we create art? Does the art we create change over time? And how can a poem that doesn't look like a poem help us answer those questions?
Curated Video
The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe
Famous American author Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting death may have been a result of cooping, a violent form of voter fraud practiced in the 19th century.