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Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Take the Bull by the Horns"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "take the bull by the horns," by looking at a cartoon. [1:48]
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Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Tip of the Iceberg"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "tip of the iceberg," by looking at a cartoon. [1:50]
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Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Two Peas in a Pod"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "two peas in a pod," by looking at a cartoon. [1:54]
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Learn Zillion: Organize Ideas and Evidence for Responding to Constructed Response
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your evidence by writing supporting paragraphs. [5:31]
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Learn Zillion: Check Understanding by Teaching
In this lesson, you will learn how to check to see if you understood a text by teaching it to someone else. [3:35]
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Learn Zillion: Consider an Author's Choices and Purpose Using Text Structure
In this lesson, you will learn how to think about the choices an author made by asking "Why did the author choose to write it this way instead of that way?" [2:41]
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Sophia: Vocab Tip: Research the Meaning
This video lesson explains how to remember vocabulary by researching the meaning. [5:27] L.9-10.4c References, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings, L.11-12.4c References, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings
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Learn Zillion: Write an Introduction to a Constructed Response
In this lesson, you will learn how to write an introduction by building on the thesis statement. [4:58]
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Learn Zillion: Revise a Constructed Response Using Transition and "Wow" Words
In this lesson, you will learn to strengthen your writing by using linking words and "wow" words. [5:22]
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Learn Zillion: Brainstorm Ideas for a Story Topic by Making a List
In this lesson, you will learn how to focus ideas on a topic by making a list. [6:03]
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Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion Referring to "Big Ideas"
In this lesson, you will learn how to conclude your response by referring to the prompt and the "big ideas" of your response. [4:55]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Identifying and Interpreting Timing and Pacing in a Poem
In this lesson, you will learn how pacing impacts the meaning of a poem by reading aloud and considering author's purpose. [4:46]
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Learn Zillion: Understand How Repetition, Rhyme, and Alliteration Can Impact Poem
In this video, you will learn how poets use sound to influence emotion by finding repetition, rhyme, and alliteration and examining the feelings created. [6:03]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Determine Theme by Analyzing Repetition in a Poem
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the theme of a poem by analyzing the author's use of repetition. [6:00]
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Sophia: Inferences
This video lesson focuses on inferences including the definition, how to determine the strength of an inference, and the role of inferences in writing. [5:47] RL.9-10.1, RL. 11-12, RI.9-10.1, RI.11-12.1 textual evidence and inferences
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Learn Zillion: State Opinons Worth Supporting
Writers state opinions worth supporting. Let's practice adding a purpose to our opinion. [8:43]
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Learn Zillion: Determining the Main Idea of a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a text by looking at the information you've put into categories and asking "How does it all fit together?" Login gives access to an additional video. [3:28]
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Learn Zillion: Ask and Answer Questions About the Text While Reading
In this lesson, you will learn how to grow ideas about a text by asking questions as you read and using what you already know to try to answer those questions. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:11]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a section of text by anticipating the box and bullets structure as you read a new section. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:21]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to get the big idea of a nonfiction text by stopping at new information and asking "Is this adding to an idea I already have, or is it giving me a new idea?" Login gives access to a slideshow with...
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by using your palm for the main idea and your fingers for details. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:02]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Text Features to Help Identify Details
In this lesson, you will learn to locate additional details by looking for transitional words and phrases, white space, and text features. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:29]
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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: Determine an Unfamiliar Word in a Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to figure out unfamiliar words by envisioning what is happening in the text and thinking about what the word probably means. [3:03]