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Structural Features of Text | Literary & Expository | Improve Your Reading Comprehension Skills
Recognizing text structure will help you be a better reader. Once you are familiar with the text's organizational pattern, you can make predictions as you read and form a mental map. In this lesson, we cover eight elements or structure...
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Data Science - Time Series Forecasting with Facebook Prophet in Python - How Does Prophet Work?
In this video, we will understand concepts behind Facebook Prophet and understand how it works. This clip is from the chapter "Facebook Prophet" of the series "Data Science - Time Series Forecasting with Facebook Prophet in Python".In...
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#2 Prereading: How to Make Predictions (Foundations of Reading Comprehension)
In this video, I teach you how to make predictions as you read. This is a great way to help you understand what you are reading. I explain the purpose of predictions and give you two examples. I even include a FREE workbook. I invite you...
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KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Reading: Making Predictions - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
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Reading Comprehension for Kids
This video discusses the steps to sentence comprehension and keys to understand what we read. Kids should work to keep their brain in the book, reread aloud at confusing parts, ask questions, and predict.
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Data Science and Machine Learning (Theory and Projects) A to Z - Project II_ Stock Price Prediction: Dataset
In this video, we will cover the stock price prediction dataset. This clip is from the chapter "Deep learning: Recurrent Neural Networks with Python" of the series "Data Science and Machine Learning (Theory and Projects) A to Z".In this...
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Developing reading skills by responding to Murakami's 'After Dark'
Pupil outcome: I can apply effective reading skills to an unseen fiction text. Key learning points: - We can use context to help us make predictions about the text. - We can use other words in the sentence to help us clarify meaning of...
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Reading 'The Twisted Tree': exploring the opening
Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about a new text and understand how a character is introduced. Key learning points: - The cover, blurb and dedication of a book can give you important details about the themes. - The novel is...
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Responding to key images in an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady'
Pupil outcome: I can make inferences about an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' and respond to the use of imagery. Key learning points: - Making predictions about a text is useful because it allows you to consider the impact of...
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Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'
Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about a book using the front cover and illustrations. Key learning points: - A front cover often shows the title, an illustration, the author's name and the illustrator's name - The title and...
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Technological Singularity: Predictions About Our Future
New ReviewTechnological Singularity in 2045 – Get Ready - This is what the future may be like. Ray Kurzweil is a famous futurist who has been right about 90% of the time. He is such a visionary that in 2012 Google hired him to be their Director of...
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Character, setting and plot in 'Anna Hibiscus' Song'
Pupil outcome: I can make a prediction based on illustrations, the setting and key vocabulary. Key learning points: - Making a prediction means making a guess about what you think will happen in a story using what you already know -...
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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...
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Math and Mentalism: Mind-Blowing Prediction Tricks Revealed
In this video, the teacher demonstrates two math-based mentalism tricks. The first trick involves a series of mathematical operations that lead the participant to choose specific answers, such as a country, animal, and color. The second...
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Characters and plot in the story 'Ada Twist, Scientist'
Pupil outcome: I can talk about the characters and plot in the story "Ada Twist, Scientist" to make a prediction. Key learning points: - Predictions about the plot can be made using the front cover, title, illustrations and what we know...
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Using images to make comparisons and predictions in 'Mirror'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast images in 'Mirror'. Key learning points: - The Moroccan story is set in the Valley of the Roses; the Western (Australian) setting is based on a suburb of Sydney. - The two landscapes contrast...
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Machine Learning Random Forest with Python from Scratch - Reading and Manipulating Dataset
Previously, you learned how to read a dataset; now, we will look at manipulating the data and using a sample dataset in our code. This clip is from the chapter "Random Forest Step-by-Step" of the series "Machine Learning: Random Forest...
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Machine Learning: Random Forest with Python from Scratch - Reading and Manipulating Dataset
Previously, you learned how to read a dataset; now, we will look at manipulating the data and using a sample dataset in our code. This clip is from the chapter "Random Forest Step-by-Step" of the series "Machine Learning: Random Forest...
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Exploring concepts and themes in ‘When the Sky Falls’
Pupil outcome: I can describe key events in the final three chapters of the book and I can connect the book to relevant concepts and themes. Key learning points: - In the final stages of the book, we see Joseph saved by Adonis before...
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Reading and engaging with 'Blackberry Blue'
Pupil outcome: I can understand the features of a contemporary fairy tale. Key learning points: - ‘Blackberry Blue’ is a collection of six fairy tales, with characters from various backgrounds and cultures. - Each tale contains magical...
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Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles
Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about a text based on the title. Key learning points: - People travel for a range of reasons including enjoyment and health. - Writers are often keen to record observations from their travels. - The...
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Einstein made an unbelievable prediction 100 years ago
When Albert Einstein predicted that two colliding black holes could cause gravitational waves in the fabric of space, he was sure to mention he never thought we'd confirm the elusive waves exist. But he was wrong: we did, in 1974, and...
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Drawing Inferences from Box Plots
In this video, the teacher explains how to draw inferences by analyzing data on a box plot. They review the different components of a box plot and how they can help make predictions about the data.
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5G iPhone 12 launch date
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the long-awaited 5G iPhone will likely still launch this year. But 5G chipmaker Qualcomm hinted in its Q4 guidance that it expects reduced shipments due to “the delay of a global 5G flagship phone...