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Critical Reading
Skilled readers know that any author's argument must be carefully analyzed and evaluated. Assist youngsters in their reading pursuits with a video about logical fallacies, including circular reasoning, straw man arguments, and false...
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Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a section of nonfiction text by gathering details from that section and asking "What are these details mostly teaching me about?" [3:31]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea and summarize what you have read by connecting ideas presented throughout the text. [7:16]
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Learn Zillion: Brainstorming Description of a Person
In this lesson, you will learn how to describe your topic by constructing a web with adjectives that tell about your topic. [3:04]
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Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion to an Informational Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to conclude your essay by relating your conclusion to the information presented. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [7:25]
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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]
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Vantage Learning: Signal Words
Explains what signal words are and what messages they convey. Discusses words that compare, contrast, or add information, and what to do when you encounter them. [3:22]