Instructional Video3:41
Curated Video

Author’s Purpose Types

K - 8th
Author’s Purpose Types explores the three types of author’s purpose: to entertain, to persuade, and to inform.
Instructional Video9:26
Curated Video

Author's Purpose

6th - 8th
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.
Instructional Video10:48
Curated Video

Fiction and Non Fiction

K - 5th
This video goes over different examples of fiction and non-fiction books. Some genre is mentioned. It begins to teach students about author's purpose. The purpose of a non-fiction book is to inform us. The purpose of a fiction book...
Instructional Video1:43
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo - I Dance and My Body Talks to God

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video3:42
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo "Media's News, Tomorrow's Blues"

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video4:48
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo - Teachers Make a Difference - Amaryliss Hawk

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video4:49
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?"

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video4:59
Reading Through History

What is 1984?

6th - 11th
For a teaching unit covering Orwell, click hereref='http://bit.ly/2l2IScW' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here The following video provides a brief history of the novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", including a plot summary, as well as how...
Instructional Video1:51
Curated OER

The AuthorÕs Purpose

3rd - 8th
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.