Hi, what do you want to do?
Curated Video
Sequencing 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making connections
Pupil outcome: I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story. Key learning points: - Traditional tales often have a theme that is central to the story. - The theme often leads to a moral that can...
Curated Video
Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'
Pupil outcome: I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story. Key learning points: - Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something. - Thinking about those lessons can help us change...
Curated Video
Introduction to 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making links to our own experiences
Pupil outcome: I can make a prediction about how a story might end. Key learning points: - Traditional tales can be set in real or fictional places. This traditional tale is set in Japan. - Illustrations can be a way to help us to...
Curated Video
Making connections to 'Blackberry Blue'
Pupil outcome: I can draw comparisons between 'Blackberry Blue' and other texts. Key learning points: - When drawing comparisons to other texts, readers can look for connections in themes, events or characters. - ‘Blackberry Blue’ shares...
Curated Video
Making connections between poems in the Edexcel 'Conflict' cluster
Pupil outcome: I can make detailed and nuanced thematic connections between poems. Key learning points: - Poems can be linked by theme e.g. war, parental conflict. - Poems can be linked by attitude, considering how the poet's feel about...
Curated Video
Making connections between the poems in the Edexcel Belonging anthology
Pupil outcome: I can make detailed and nuanced thematic connections between poems. Key learning points: - Poems can be linked by theme e.g. identity, belonging. - Poems can be linked by attitude, considering how the poet's feel about the...
Curated Video
Comparing experiences of war in poetry
Pupil outcome: I can explore reasons why poets write about war and begin to make connections between the poems in the Edexcel ‘Conflict’ anthology. Key learning points: - Poets have been writing about wars for hundreds of years. -...
Curated Video
Exploring the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh's ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
Pupil outcome: I can plan and write two analytical paragraphs which explore the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh’s ‘One Thousand and One Nights’. Key learning points: - You can make connections between the frame story of 'One Thousand...
Curated Video
Expressing an opinion about events and themes in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Pupil outcome: I can express my opinion about a character's actions. Key learning points: - Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings and opinions about a text. - Making connections between the text and your own...
Curated Video
Making comparisons across books
Pupil outcome: I can form connections to a text and draw comparisons across books. Key learning points: - Connections are ways in which you connect personally with a text. - Personal experiences impact the way that we interpret and...
All Ears English
AEE Podcast 1598: How to Make Your Friendships Sticky in English
About All Ears English:
Are you feeling stuck with your English? Many people study English but don’t actually learn it. We created a better way to learn English to help you move from stuck to fearless to fluent in English. Throw...
Are you feeling stuck with your English? Many people study English but don’t actually learn it. We created a better way to learn English to help you move from stuck to fearless to fluent in English. Throw...
Flipping Physics
9 “Dos” for Making Engaging Flipping Videos
What to do when making videos for flipping education. Many thanks to Ray Lu, Ken Bauer @ken_bauer, Audrey McLaren @a_mcsquared, and Nicole Avon @AvonPhysics for volunteering to be in this video!
Curated Video
Developing responses to 'Swallow's Kiss' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can develop my own response to 'Swallow's Kiss'. Key learning points: - Swallow's Kiss has themes of empathy, friendship and respect. - Blessing demonstrates lots of positive emotions and character traits in the story. -...
Curated Video
Developing responses to 'Cloud Busting' through rich discussions
Pupil outcome: I can develop my own response to 'Cloud Busting’. Key learning points: - The character of Sam changes dramatically from the start of the text to the end. - Characters within the text depict a range of emotions. Character...
Great Big Story
The Musical Genius Behind the “Friends” Theme Also Wrote “September”
At the beginning of 1978, Allee Willis was living off of food stamps. But by the end of the year, she’d sold 10 million records … and that’s just part of the story. The musical genius, is responsible for over 1,000 songs, incluidng hits...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sheena Graham Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Donna MaGrath & Mrs. Wilhemenia Christon
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Crash Course
Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203
In which John Green teaches you about Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most-performed play. People love Hamlet. The play that is, not necessarily the character. Hamlet is a Tragedy with a capital T (I guess I don't have to point...
Curated Video
Your brain on travel [Advertiser Content From Marriott Bonvoy®]
Let’s go back in time to one of the most groundbreaking neuroscience discoveries in all of history. Some scientists once believed that the human brain was unchangeable and only declined with age. In the 1960s, neuroscientist Dr. Marian...
All In One Social Media
How To Get More Likes On Instagram - 5 Instagram Hacks For Beginners
How To Get More Views On Instagram - 5 Instagram Hacks For Beginners // Get More Likes On Instagram by implementing these easy tips to boost engagement and expand your Instagram audience. Everybody loves to hunt for Instagram hacks or...
All In One Social Media
How To Embed Pinterest Pins with Wordpress - Step by Step Pinterest Tutorial
How To Embed Pinterest Pins with Wordpress - Step by Step Pinterest Tutorial // Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover new interests by posting (known as 'pinning' on Pinterest) images or videos...
Book Club for Kids
What Motivated the Author of "When You Reach Me"
Books allow us to transcend the world we live in, but they also help us to connect to the people and places around us. In this audio story, several young students at a school in Washington D.C. talk about the plot, characterization,...
Guinness World Records
Inside the Batcave: The World of Cosplay and Superhero Philanthropy
This video features a passionate cosplayer who holds the Guinness World Record for the cosplay suit with the most functional gadgets. He showcases his impressive collection of Batman-themed gadgets and explains how cosplay has allowed...
Curated Video
Comparing the poets' presentations of nature in the Eduqas anthology
Pupil outcome: I can compare the ways in which different poets present nature. Key learning points: - Some of the poems’ subject is nature, others use nature as a vehicle for the exploration of human emotion. - Comparing poems that...