PBS
Documenting the Dust Bowl
Paul Taylor's interviews and Dorothea Lange's photographs bring to life the unimaginable devastation of the Dust Bowl. After watching a short video from PBS, viewers are asked to imagine how they would react, whether they would stay or...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Anticipating a Reader's Questions for Academic Writing
This screencast focuses on the need for and the importance of anticipating the reader's questions and answering them. It offers possible questions the reader could have, ways to answer questions well, and questions the writer should ask...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Objectifying the Text: Conversations in Literature
See how effective readers utilize literary elements and allusions to critically analyze a text in this one-hour video Objectifying the Text. A group of nine experienced educators examine the process of envisionment building as they...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine Author's Purpose Using Text Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the author's purpose by asking, "Why did the author write this?" and using text evidence to prove his purpose. [10:04]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine an Author's Bias
In this lesson, you will learn to determine the author's bias by asking, "What information is left out and why?" [8:48]
Curated Video
You Tube: Making Inferences
Catchy song by Jake Scott that explains how to infer and use textual evidence to support your conclusions. [2:36]