Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Write Cohesive Body Paragraphs Using Supporting Words and Phrases

3rd - 6th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to write cohesive paragraphs by using supporting words and phrases. [4:03]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Analyze a Constructed Response Question

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to interpret a prompt by summarizing, restating, and inferring. [5:09]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Skim Text to Find Evidence to Compare Two Elements

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to compare two elements by skimming to find matching information. [5:20]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Write an Introduction to a Constructed Response

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to write an introduction by building on the thesis statement. [4:58]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Revise a Constructed Response Using Transition and "Wow" Words

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn to strengthen your writing by using linking words and "wow" words. [5:22]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Brainstorm Ideas for a Story Topic by Making a List

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to focus ideas on a topic by making a list. [6:03]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Writing a Hook Sentence and Introducing a Thesis Statement

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to begin your response by first hooking the reader and then telling them what you will be arguing. [4:46]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion Referring to "Big Ideas"

5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Order the Paragraphs in an Informational Text

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to order the points of your essay by asking yourself, "What does my reader need to know first?" [4:46]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Organize the Body of an Essay

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize the body of your essay by using boxes and bullets. [5:05]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Organize Ideas Using a Short Plan

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your ideas for an argumentative essay by using a short plan. [4:47]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words to Connect Ideas

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your paragraphs flow by using transition phrases to connect ideas in your body paragraphs. [4:00]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to conclude your argumentative essay by summarizing your key points and telling your reader to take action. [5:35]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Video: Identifying and Interpreting Timing and Pacing in a Poem

6th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how pacing impacts the meaning of a poem by reading aloud and considering author's purpose. [4:46]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Understand How Repetition, Rhyme, and Alliteration Can Impact Poem

6th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Video: Determine Theme by Analyzing Repetition in a Poem

6th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the theme of a poem by analyzing the author's use of repetition. [6:00]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Inferences

9th - 10th Standards
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
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: State Opinons Worth Supporting

5th Standards
Writers state opinions worth supporting. Let's practice adding a purpose to our opinion. [8:43]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determining the Main Idea of a Text

5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Ask and Answer Questions About the Text While Reading

2nd - 5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text

5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Article

5th Standards
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...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read

5th Standards
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]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Text Features to Help Identify Details

5th Standards
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]