Curated Video
Misplaced Modifiers
This video will cover modifiers and how best to identify them and rectify them within sentences where they are misplaced.
Curated Video
The Evolution of Humans | Evolution | Biology | FuseSchool
Only in the last 570 million years have life forms that we are familiar with started to evolve. Much of what we know about evolution comes from the fossil record. The first mammals started appearing about 220 million years ago, and only...
NativLang
Without a compass: giving directions the Hawaiian way - Eavesdropping Traveler #4
Without a compass: giving directions the Hawaiian way - Eavesdropping Traveler I went looking for good shave ice on O'ahu. When I asked for directions, I didn't get the normal East-West or right-left kind of answers. I got a very...
NativLang
Why Some Ancient Texts Will NEVER Be Read - Decipherment Club #2
Will some ancient messages never be read, no matter how hard we try? Now that you understand the Decipherment Club’s rules about HOW to decipher, ask yourself WHAT to decipher. Which scripts are decipherable? Which texts must you...
TED-Ed
How Misused Modifiers Can Hurt Your Writing
Misplaced modifiers are a common grammar error, but can your learners identify when a modifier can interfere with a reader's understanding? Watch a short and entertaining video from Ted Ed that illustrates misplaced modifiers, as well as...
Texas A&M University
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Are your pupils leaving their modifiers dangling? Or perhaps they've simply misplaced them. Help your class handle their modifiers properly by showing them a short informational video. The video includes definitions of the grammatical...
Curated OER
Become a Slam Poet in Five Steps
Teach your class five straightforward steps to help them work on their slam poetry. Beautifully illustrated, the video will catch the attention of your pupils and inspire them to compose their own work. After each step is explained, a...
Curated OER
What Adjectives Are
Review the definition of an adjective. Adjectives modify nouns, and Yossarian the Grammarian shows the three questions adjectives answer: Which one? What kind of? and How many?
Curated OER
Comma Story
Imagine the comma as a clever character, walking around town looking for conjunctions or subordinates to help. The video has an animated character for each of these parts of speech, and provides sample sentences that demonstrate where to...
TED-Ed
Mysteries of Vernacular: Window
The word window has origins in metaphor and Old Norse. Teach your class about how words develop and about kennings, or metaphoric compounds, with the video and provided additional materials. The video is nicely animated and clearly...