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Types of Characterization
“Types of Characterization” will help the student to review the different types of characterization, particularly direct and indirect characterization
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Cause and Effect Text Structure
Cause and Effect Text Structure identifies the common characteristics of the cause and effect structure of informational text.
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Description Text Structure
Description Text Structure identifies the common characteristics of the description structure of informational text.
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Understanding Rhetoric
“Understanding Rhetoric” will assist students in learning how to make an effective argument by balancing pathos, logos, and ethos appeals.
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Drawing Conclusion
Drawing Conclusions teaches how to use clues from informational text to draw conclusions.
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Making Inferences
Making Inferences explains how context clues can be used to make inferences about a story.
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Descriptive Language
This video explores the idea of descriptive language and how tone, mood, and imagery all work in conjunction to enhance any form of writing.
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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.
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Literary Texts: Introduction to Cultural Texts and Roland Barthes' From Work to Text
Roland Barthes' From Work to Text is a seminal essay which lays out why, in the humanities, we have come to refer to pieces of literature, films and many other things using the catch-all term "text". Because, we refer a lot to reading a...
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Comprehension Story Elements: SETTING
This video teaches what the setting is and how to identify it from simple text to more complex text. It teaches how the authors sometimes tells us the setting and sometimes they show it, where we have to infer and use clues to figure out...
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False Intuitions
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes how the common view that speakers are primarily concerned about being understood by their listeners is, in fact, incorrect.
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Informational: Problem/Solution
“Informational: Problem/Solution” video lesson explores informational texts, focusing on the problem and solution structure and explaining how to identify problems and solutions in texts.
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Tone and Mood in Literature
A video entitled “Tone and Mood in Literature” which analyzes the tone and mood in literary passages.
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Theme Collage
This is a video entitled “Theme Collage” which models how to determine the theme of a complete literary text.
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Point of View
“Point of View” will help students to decipher between the different points of view, including first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view, and third-person omniscient point of view.
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Creating Mood through Choice of Words
Creating Mood through Choice of Words explores how an author’s choice of words appeals to the senses and affects the mood of text.
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Edith Maude Eaton: Fostering Cultural Understanding Through Writing
In a time when Chinese immigrants in America faced discrimination in all walks of life – simply because of their race – author Edith Maude Eaton channeled the power of the pen to help make positive change.
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Zitkala-Ša: Advocate for the Rights of Native People
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, aka Zitkala-Sa, fought against the US government as it forced Native Americans to assimilate into Anglo-American culture.
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Exploring Tone and Mood
“Exploring Tone and Mood” analyzes the relationship between tone and mood and explains how both literary devices create an overall feeling in a story.
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Author’s Point of View
“Author’s Point of View” explores how to determine an author's point of view when reading a nonfiction passage.
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Context Clues: Reading Strategy From the Ocean
Context Clues Strategies: definition, synonyms, and antonyms Parents and Teachers: 1. Use this video as an introduction to context clues. 2. Use this video during remediation to review context clues. 3. Send a link to parents to help...
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QAR Reading Strategy (Question-Answer Relationship)
Parents: If your child is a struggling reader, consider using this reading strategy. Teachers: This video may be used to introduce QAR to your class. You can also assign it to students who are virtual.
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Exploring Points of View
Exploring Points of View identifies and analyzes use of various points of view by describing first-person, third-person, third-person limited, and omniscient point of view.
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How to Publish
The following video details the various options for writers who are looking to publish their work.