Curated Video
Author’s Purpose Types
Author’s Purpose Types explores the three types of author’s purpose: to entertain, to persuade, and to inform.
Curated Video
Author's Purpose
Learning authorś purpose with this video is as easy as pie! This is an interactive video to teach students how to determine the author´s purpose of the text: Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.
Weird History
Being A Prisoner In The Tower Of London
What was it like to live in the Tower of London? That depended on a prisoner's social position and personal wealth; however, even the most notable prisoners were subject to horrible fates. Many prisoners in the Tower of London faced...
Curated Video
An Author’s Important Tools
Mr. Griot uses a nonfiction narrative about John Adams to show how an author’s use of words can create a mood and evoke the senses and that an author always has a purpose for writing.
Curated Video
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.
Teaching Without Frills
How to Evaluate Sources for Reliability - Writing for Kids
In this video, you will learn how to choose the most reliable sources when researching a topic for a research paper. We will define reliable sources, discuss the author's impact on reliability (purpose, bias, and potential agenda),...
Zach Star
How to Become a Straight A Student
In this video I cover a summary of the book How to become a straight A student. Many students don't think of true optimal ways of how to get better grades. This book focused more on unique ways to study in order to maximize your time and...
The Atlantic
Mark Bittman's Simple Tips for How to Cook Spaghetti Squash
Cooking for yourself is one of the surest ways to eat well. Bestselling author Mark Bittman teaches James Hamblin the recipe that everyone is Googling. Watch more episodes of If Our Bodies Could Talk:...
Curated Video
How to Become a Straight A Student
Buy the Book (Associate Link): http://amzn.to/2zRos08 Other Amazon Product Recommendations: https://www.amazon.com/shop/majorprep In this video I cover a summary of the book How to become a straight A student. Many students don't think...
Curated Video
Complete Java SE 8 Developer Bootcamp - Static Variables
The author introduces the syntax for assigning variables to a class and how to use them. This clip is from the chapter "Static, Scope, and Garbage Collection" of the series "Complete Java SE 8 Developer Bootcamp".In this section, we...
Visual Learning Systems
Sustainability and Natural Resources: Summing Up
This program serves as an introduction to resource sustainability, focusing on the key strategies of resource efficiency, recycling, reusing, and reducing. The long-term impacts of resource use on human health and the environment are...
JJ Medicine
Remdesivir & SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Mechanism of Action, Adverse Effects, Anti-Viral Properties
Remdesivir & SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Mechanism of Action, Adverse Effects and Overview of Anti-Viral Properties In this lesson, I discuss the antiviral known as remdesivir, including how it is administered, adverse effects of its use,...
The Atlantic
The Health Benefits of Going Outside
As people spend more time indoors, ecotherapy is emerging as a way to help rebuild our relationships with nature—and improve mental and physical health. James Hamblin visits San Francisco to learn more. Watch more episodes of If Our...
Curated Video
Solving Equations in Two Variables: Tables and Graphs
In this video, the teacher explains how to solve equations in two variables by making a table and graphing the solutions. They use examples of linear equations and quadratic equations to demonstrate the process.
Loughborough University
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: A Summary
First released in 1890, The Picture of Dorian Gray was received by a Victorian audience who believed that art was a tool, used for social education and moral enlightenment. Oscar Wilde, who played a pivotal role in the Aestheticism...
American Museum of Natural History
2018 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Artificial Intelligence
Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics might be seen as early safeguards for our reliance on artificial intelligence, but as Alexa guides our homes and automated cars replace human drivers, are those Three Laws enough? Neil...
Big Think
Julian Assange vs. J. Edgar Hoover: Who's the real hero?
Photographer Rick Smolan discusses the differences and similarities of the "data centers" of J. Edgar Hoover and Julian Assange. Smolan is the co-author of "The Human Face of Big Data." (http://goo.gl/c1HCsC) Don't miss new Big Think...
Curated OER
The AuthorÕs Purpose
A good reader thinks about the author's purpose while reading a book. Students use the acronym P.I.E. to remind them how to think about author's purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain.
Townsend Press
Purpose and Tone
A powerful image or well-placed comment always has intention behind it. Guide young readers through author's purpose and tone with a language arts video that explains why word choice is key in writing clearly and coherently.
Crash Course
Consciousness
Conscious, unconscious, subconscious? Consciousness is the focus of the eighth video in a psychology course, and for his purposes, the narrator defines consciousness as "our awareness of ourselves and our environment." Aspects examined...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Coding Sequences in DNA
The purpose of 75% of the human genome letters is still unknown. Is it unnecessary information or does it have a key to important information in human genetics? The lesson animation is a visual reference to the massive amount of...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Determine an Author's Purpose'
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's purpose by considering his choice of audience. [6:27]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determining Author's Purpose
In this lesson, you will learn to understand an author's purpose by thinking about why the author chose to write in a particular text structure. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:22]
Imagine Learning Classroom
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]