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Figurative Language: Creating Meaning with Comparisons
This video will help students understand the critical role of comparative figurative language (metaphor, simile, and personification) in establishing theme in poetry.
Schooling Online
English Essentials – Perfecting Poetry – How Soundscape is used to Convey Meaning in Poetry (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Ever wondered why some poems flow smoothly, while others sound harsh and dissonant? It’s time to examine the soundscape of poetry. In this second lesson, we’ll delve into how poets create euphony and cacophony through a range of poetic...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mercer Hall - Teachers Make a Difference - My 6th Grade English Teacher
Mercer Hall has been teaching for over sixteen years at an independent school on Long Island, New York. He is a five-time honoree as Teacher Of The Year, and he has been awarded both the Thomas J. Reid Excellence In Teaching Award and...
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Creating Meaning: Structure and Sound
This video will help students understand how poetry is organized and how the sound adds to the overall meaning of the written work.
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Romantic Movement
This video discusses the influences and philosophies of the American Romantic movement, using examples from poetry of the time.
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Lyric Poetry
This video explores the components of a lyric poem and explains how to compose a lyric poem.
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Drugs and Poetry: Kubla Khan
Inspiration can be cruel, and artists often feel lost without it. And when it won't show up, which will happen, creative types turn to a myriad of restorative methods: running, isolation, reading, and, most infamously, drugs. But while...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals – Analysing Visual Techniques and Text (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
In this second lesson, we’ll venture deeper into visual techniques. Take a closer look at the nitty-gritty of images and how composers arrange visual elements to create certain effects. Build your confidence with important techniques...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "Ancestry"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War
600 years. 180 spectacular treasures. A once-in-a-generation exhibition. Be inspired by a time of political, cultural and artistic majesty as history lifts off the page in our enthralling new exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word,...
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Author’s Style
Students will learn about different aspects that go into creating an author’s unique writing style.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "Gnosis"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "An Oracle Remembering Providencia's Formation"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Youngest | POEM | Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Youngest | POEM | Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen From Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Custard Published by Bloomsbury You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/ Please...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Nursery | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Nursery | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen From Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Custard Published by Bloomsbury You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/ "You Can't Catch...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker - Teachers Make a Difference - Allen Ginsberg
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
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Antoinette Brim-Bell - 'The Poet is Freed'
Antoinette Brim, author of These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love and Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a...
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Randall Horton - Teachers Make a Difference - Sterling Plumpp
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
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Diane Ravitch - Teachers Make a Difference - Ruby Ratliff and Lawrence Cremin
Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the Founder and President of the Network for Public Education (NPE). Diane Ravitch’s Blog is dianeravitch.net and has received...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes - Teachers Make a Difference - Janet Feldberg
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "August Morning, Upper Broadway"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "Ghazal: America the Beautiful"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "Manahatta"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "The Light"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...