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'The Great Gatsby': Developing a personal response
Pupil outcome: I can develop a personal response to an extract from ‘The Great Gatsby’. Key learning points: - An opinion is a view or judgement formed on something, not based on fact. - In order to add credibility to our opinions, we...
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Planning a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution
Pupil outcome: I can plan the structure and content of a biography about Charles Darwin's life and theory of evolution and I can practise using a range of cohesive devices. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when it is...
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Reading Katherine Mansfield’s short story, ‘The Fly’ (1922)
Pupil outcome: I can explain what happens in Katherine Mansfield’s ‘The Fly’ including exploring some of its major themes. Key learning points: - Mansfield (1888-1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic. - Mansfield was part of the...
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Sequencing 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making connections
Pupil outcome: I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story. Key learning points: - Traditional tales often have a theme that is central to the story. - The theme often leads to a moral that can...
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Identifying features of a model non-chronological report about a shark
Pupil outcome: I can identify the features of a non-chronological report about a shark. Key learning points: - A non-chronological report is written out of time order. - The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform and engage...
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Exploring and engaging with themes in 'A Christmas Carol'
Pupil outcome: I can identify and engage with the key themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’. Key learning points: - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story. - Themes often link together and overlap. - The theme of...
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Researching information about a penguin's habitat and diet
Pupil outcome: I can write notes about a penguin's habitat and diet from a range of sources. Key learning points: - Information can be gathered from a range of different sources. - Credibility of each source must be determined. - Origin...
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The theme of community in 'A Superhero Like You'
Pupil outcome: I can listen and respond to a story. Key learning points: - Most stories start by introducing the main characters and setting - The plot means what happens in a story - Illustrations are important to help to tell a story -...
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Revisiting the genre of traditional tales
Pupil outcome: I can explore the features of a traditional tale. Key learning points: - Traditional tales are stories that are retold again and again and can be retold in different ways. - Traditional tales can be set in real or...
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Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'
Pupil outcome: I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story. Key learning points: - Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something. - Thinking about those lessons can help us change...
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Exploring key themes in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': love, power, disorder
Pupil outcome: I can explain how three key themes (love, power and disorder) are explored in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Key learning points: - A theme is an important idea in a text that is explored in a number of different ways. - As...
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The plot of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Pupil outcome: I can explain the plot and main themes of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Key learning points: - ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a Shakespearean comedy. - There are three sets of characters in the play. - The...
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'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: the Cratchits' Christmas
Pupil outcome: I can understand the role of the Cratchit family in 'A Christmas Carol'. Key learning points: - The Cratchits embody the values of Christmas: family; community; empathy; gratitude and Christmas spirit. - Bob Cratchit’s...
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What Really Happened To The Green Children of Woolpit
Around the time of King Stephen, a story was told of two children appearing one day in the village of Woolpit, speaking a strange language, wearing strange clothes....and with green skin? What was going on? Could aliens have visited...
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What are Agile Epics, User Stories, and Story Points?
Epics, User Stories, and Story Points are three terms that are widely used in Agile Project Management and some of its methodologies, like XP (eXtreme Programming) and Scrum. But if you haven’t worked on agile projects, then Epics, User...
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PRINCE2: Top 10 Things to Know about Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2
Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 is the official guide to the PRINCE2 methodology. It is published in the UK, by PeopleCert. Here are my top 10 things you need to know about it. 1. PRINCE2 is a robust Project Management...
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Create Stunning Presentations with Google Slides
You'll learn how to elevate your presentations using the powerful tools and features offered by Google Slides. The video covers essential design principles that help you create visually appealing and professional presentations. From...
R Programming 101
Titles and Annotations with ggplot
I'm sure that we all agree that the best way to do data visualization is to use R programming, in particular, the ggplot2 package. To become an advanced ggplot user, you need to start controlling things like the titles, axis...
R Programming 101
Create tables in R with gtExtras (more tips and tricks)
Dive into the world of advanced data visualization using incredible tables created with gtExtras in R! This video is perfect for data scientists, statisticians, and R programming enthusiasts looking to enhance their data presentation...
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History of Disneyland
Learn about Walt Disney's dream to build a theme park and the hard work, determination and creativity it took to make that dream come true.
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Craziest Themed Restaurants From the 90s
Weird History Food is taking you back to the 1990s to see all the sweet, themed restaurants of the decade. The '90s were the era of tight-rolled jeans, grunge rock, and Beanie Babies, but the decade was also home to the themed restaurant...
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Financial Analysis - Build a ChatGPT Pairs Trading Bot - Conclusion and Lessons
In this video, we will receive a comprehensive conclusion and summary of the key lessons learned throughout the course using pairs trading strategies, which will help us solidify our understanding and prepare for future application of...
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Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners - Rust IDE Configuration and Customization
In this video, you will look at the Rust IDE configuration and customization in detail. This clip is from the chapter "Rust Course Setup" of the series "Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners".This section focuses...
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ASP.NET Core MVC - Cross-Platform Development - Install Microsoft Data Studio
This video explains how to download and install Microsoft Data Studio. This clip is from the chapter "Environment Setup" of the series "ASP.NET Core MVC - Cross-Platform Development".This section explains the environmental setup to get...