Instructional Video22:27
Schooling Online

English Essentials - Destroying Drama - 'Big Picture' Questions to ask in Dramatic Analysis (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)

3rd - Higher Ed
Join us in our first lesson on Destroying Drama. We’ll explore the world of plays and playwrights, starting with information flow – how do we figure out what’s going on in a play? We’ll also break down a common play structure with the...
Instructional Video23:54
Schooling Online

English Essentials - Powering Through Prose - Common Narrative Techniques (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)

3rd - Higher Ed
Our second lesson will zoom into the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll explore narrative style, techniques, figurative language, imagery, syntax and tone. We’ll revisit some basic language features before building on your...
Instructional Video4:50
Oxford Comma

Ending Explained! Chopin's "Story of an Hour"

9th - 12th
A short look into an even shorter story. In just two pages, Chopin takes readers on a journey of grief and how the oppressive forces in society can drive people to the most startling of discoveries. In this video we'll look at how Chopin...
Instructional Video4:36
TED-Ed

How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful

6th - 12th
Viewers get some tips on how to create suspense in their writing from a short video that draws on examples from Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and even Oedipus Rex.  Remember: It's not what happens but...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze the Impact of Irony'

11th - 12th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how an author develops the theme by analyzing the impact of irony on a text. [8:23]