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...

Transition Words and Phrases identifies transition words and phrases in a given text that convey sequence and signal shifts.

Pupil outcome: I can plan two sections of an explanation text about mummification. Key learning points: - Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes. - The main paragraphs in an explanation...

Discover how readers can use definition clues, signaled by words like "is" or "means," to directly understand the meanings of unknown words within a sentence. Learn how mood and tone clues, indicated by the atmosphere and the author's...

Learn how to utilize inference clues, which require reasoning skills and background knowledge, to deduce the meaning of unknown words in context. Explore cause and effect clues, signaled by words like "because" or "due to," to...

Learn how to identify and understand cause and effect relationships. Identifying cause and effect in texts is an important reading strategy as it helps the reader to understand the events that are happening. It helps them understand...

Knowing the eight common types of context clues will help you be a better reader and unlock the meaning of complex text. In this lesson, we look at the 8 types of context clues. Examples are given.

Learn how to compare and contrast within texts. Being able to compare and contrast is an important reading skill as it helps the reader to organise information more efficiently and boosts comprehension.

A video lesson teaching students to identify cause and effect within texts. Lesson includes worksheet and activities. Download the lesson worksheet (see Link #1) before starting the lesson.

Today we’re going to talk about how computers understand speech and speak themselves. As computers play an increasing role in our daily lives there has been an growing demand for voice user interfaces, but speech is also terribly...

Can we use machine learning to read your mind?

Pupil outcome: I can plan the paragraph about the death of King Tut for a non-chronological report. Key learning points: - Notes should not be written in full sentences and bullet points can be used to order notes. - The purpose of the...

This live-action video program is about the word pheromones. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word pheromones through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...

“Authentic Writing” discusses plagiarism and explains how to use direct quotations and indirect citations in MLA format.

"Sequencing a Story" explains how to sequence key ideas in chronological order.

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Data - information, typically stored on computers via electrical...

Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate a speech first, speech second or speech interrupted sentence. Key learning points: - Direct speech is the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text. - Inverted commas are the...

As you read this text, your eyes transmit signals to your working memory, briefly storing each word to ensure you comprehend the sentence without confusion. The reason you understand what you read lies in your long-term memory — or so...

Pupil outcome: I can write correctly punctuated dialogue in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Direct speech is signalled to the reader in text by inverted commas. - Direct speech can be written in a speech first...

Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate a speech first sentence. Key learning points: - Direct speech is the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text. - A speech first sentence begins with a character's spoken words. -...

What’s with all the "G"s and why do we keep having to develop new ones to use our phones in this technology.

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This clip is from the chapter "Step-by-Step Learning with Arduino Projects" of the series "The Complete Beginners Guide to Arduino - 2021".In this important section, we are going...

In this video, we will cover speech recognition.
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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...