Thoughtful Learning
Analyzing the Medium of a Message
Medium connects the sender of a message to the receiver of the message. A short video focuses on the importance of choosing the appropriate medium to send different types of messages, a medium appropriate to all aspects of a situation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment
This video lesson focuses on how to read and understand a writing assignment. It begins by defining keywords used in assignments: analyze, compare and contrast, evaluate, describe, and propose. Then using a sample assignment, it...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine an Author's Message by Analyzing Character Development
In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's message by analyzing character development. [5:56]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Identify Theme by Analyzing Imagery'
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify a theme by analyzing the author's use of imagery. [8:03]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Identify Author's Purpose: Analyze How Multiple Themes Interact
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify an author's purpose by analyzing how multiple themes interact throughout a text. [7:01]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Video: Determine How Two Themes Interact and Build on One Another
In this video, you will learn how two themes interact and build on one another by analyzing an author's word choices. [8:28]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Theme of a Text
In this lesson, you will learn to determine the theme of a story by asking what did the author want me to learn from reading this story? [3:50]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine an Author's Message by Analyzing Character Development
In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's message by analyzing character development. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem [5:56]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Annotating Across Disciplines
Students use microscopes to look at single-celled organisms. [3:48]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Comparing/contrasting Texts With Different Genres (Rl.6..9)
Explains what a genre is, the different types, and how to look past the genre to find similarities and differences. A chart is displayed that asks students to compare the characters, setting, plot, and theme or message in the Bible story...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparison Papers: Organization
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a comparison contrast paper.
Other
Flocabulary: The 5 Types of Text Structure
How do authors organize the texts they write? This musical video teaches five common text structures used in informational and nonfiction text: description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. [3:49]