Wonderscape
Discovering Adjectives in a Story
This video encourages viewers to identify and understand the role of adjectives in a story about a cricket and an ant. It highlights various adjectives, including descriptive words about characters, settings, and emotions, demonstrating...
Oxford Online English
How to Tell a Story in English - Using Past Tense
In this lesson, you can learn how to tell a story in English. Stories are powerful. When you meet someone new, go to a job interview or take a speaking exam like IELTS, you need to tell stories, whether you realise that’s what you’re...
Wonderscape
The Importance of Setting in Storytelling
This video examines the role of setting in narratives, highlighting its significance in creating the backdrop and context for a story. Using "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as an example, it demonstrates how settings influence the...
Teaching Without Frills
Story Elements for Kids: What Is a Setting?
Setting is an important story element! In this video, you'll learn the definition of setting and how to determine the setting in a story.
Curated Video
KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Writing: Planning to Write a Story Part 1 - 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...
Curated Video
KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Writing: Planning to Write a Story Part 2 - 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...
Curated Video
Exploring Setting
Exploring Setting explores the concept of setting in a literary work by identifying the setting and explaining the effect(s) the setting has on the main character.
Curated Video
The theme of community in 'A Superhero Like You'
Pupil outcome: I can listen and respond to a story. Key learning points: - Most stories start by introducing the main characters and setting - The plot means what happens in a story - Illustrations are important to help to tell a story -...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Use Humor in a Speech Opening
How to you use humor in a speech or presentation opening (Part 2 of 5). Many options exist to grab your audience's attention when public speaking but I do not recommend telling punchline jokes. Unless you are a truly hilarious person,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Draw Attention in a Presentation: 5 Best Attention Grabbers (Part 1 of 5)
How to draw attention in a presentation. An "attention grabber" or "attention getter" are presentation openings that draw listener's attention. As such, there are good ways and not-so-good presentation openings. Here are the five best...
Teaching Without Frills
How to Create a Story Map for Kids - Planning Your Narrative Writing
In this video, you'll learn how to create a story map to help plan your narrative writing! Your story map will include characters, setting, and plot events in the beginning, middle, and end of your story.
Curated Video
Where Does This Story Take Place?
Miss Palomine describes what a setting is in a story. She reads “Henrietta’s Birthday” and talks about the settings in the story.
Wonderscape
Crafting Atmosphere: Setting the Scene in Literature
This video explores how writers use the literary element of atmosphere to create specific feelings about a place or setting within a story. It distinguishes atmosphere from mood and uses examples from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and...
Curated Video
Using Transitions to Signal Shifts in Time and Place in Narrative Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using transitions to indicate shifts in time and place in a story. The students are guided through various exercises to practice identifying and using appropriate transitions.
Oxford Online English
How to Tell a Story in English - Using Past Tense
In this lesson, you can learn how to tell a story in English. Stories are powerful. When you meet someone new, go to a job interview or take a speaking exam like IELTS, you need to tell stories, whether you realise that’s what you’re...
Curated Video
#6 Elements of a Story--Characters, Setting, Plot & Theme (Reading Comprehension)
In this video, I teach you the elements of a story. I will cover characters, setting, plot and theme. You will understand the who of the story-the characters, the where and when of the story-the setting, the different plots of the plot,...
Teaching Without Frills
How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 3: Planning Your Story
In this video, you will learn how to make a plan for your imaginative narrative using a story map! We will plan the characters, setting, and events, including the problem and solution.
Crash Course Kids
How to find themes (A Wrinkle in Time): Crash Course Kids Literature #3
New ReviewWhere do you find a theme? Deep in the characters, under the setting, entwined in the plot? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we travel through the universe with the characters in “A Wrinkle in Time” to discover its...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
Curated Video
ChatGPT for Creatives - Generating a Story
In this video, we talk about the process of generating a story for manga or comics, discuss the importance of having a central idea or theme and building the story around it. It also explains how to develop characters, create plot twists...
National Theatre
The Role of a Set Designer in a Theater Production
In this video, a set designer discusses their process for creating the set of a play adaptation of Jane Eyre. The set was designed to reflect the physical struggles and emotions of the characters, including the use of a handheld light to...
National Geographic
Setting Up a Beaver Trap | Life Below Zero
Andy checks the ice thickness and water level before setting up his beaver trap. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of Life Below Zero here: http://bit.ly/WatchLifeBelowZero ➡ LIFE BELOW ZERO AIRS TUESDAYS 9/8c....
National Geographic
Setting Up Camp in a Tree | The Great Human Race
Darkness is falling fast and the nocturnal predators are stirring. Cat and Bill must get off the ground and up into a thousand year old Baobab tree in order to survive their first night on the Serengeti. ➡ Subscribe:...
National Geographic
United by Ping Pong, These Players Find Community in a New York Park | Short Film Showcase
A powerful look at how outdoor ping pong tables, set up in the heart of New York City, are welcoming players from all walks of life. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase:...