Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment

9th - 10th Standards
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Emperor's New Clothes: Guided View

5th
Broccoli, the Emperor's loyal assistant, goes behind the scenes of this modern retelling of The Emperor's New Clothes and examines each character's traits and motivations. This video is for parents and teachers to watch without children...
Instructional Video
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Overview of Time Patterns

2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video explains how to find a pattern of time by looking at the difference between each time to know what time should come next.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Types of Conflict: Lesson 2

9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range of ways conflict can occur in the world. It is 2 of 7 in the series titled "Types of Conflict."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison Papers

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the comparison and contrast writing, a type of informative writing. [11:46]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparing Genres

9th - 10th
A video lesson demonstrating how to compare various fiction genres. [7:25]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Compare and Contrast Elements Within a Text

5th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to compare the remaining elements by listing similarities in a table. [5:34]
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Comparing Stories in the Same Genre Framing Video (5.Rl.9)

5th Standards
Explains how to compare stories within the same genre for their similarities and differences and how this skill will benefit one as a reader. This video introduces a followup activity where students would compare two fables and two...
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Comparing and Contrasting Points of View, Ri.5.9, Ri.6.9

5th - 6th Standards
This video compares and contrasts excerpts from a biography and the autobiography of Michael Jordan. After the instructor reads aloud both texts, she explains a Venn diagram that shows similarities and differences between the two...
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Comparing/contrasting Texts With Different Genres (Rl.6..9)

6th Standards
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...
Instructional Video
Other

You Tube: Long Ago and Now First Grade Social Studies

K - 1st
Watch how children through history had to help meet the basic needs of the family. This video also compares and contrasts school, games, and transportation over time. [2:41]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Who Are the Northern Arapaho?

9th - 10th
Students will gain an understanding of the Northern Arapaho people located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. In the accompanying lessons plans (found in the Support Materials), students will learn how the Northern Arapaho came to...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Young Explorers: Different Tigers

Pre-K - K Standards
Puppets have a unique perspective on our world. In this feature, we research and discover the differences between a real tiger and a paper puppet tiger. [1:32]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison Papers: Thesis: Lesson 1

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses selecting a thesis for a comparison contrast paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Comparison Papers: Thesis."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison and Contrast Transition Words

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over comparison and contrast transition words. [3:16]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comparison Papers: Organization

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a comparison contrast paper.
Instructional Video
eSpark Learning

E Spark Learning: Comparing and Contrasting Points of View Framing Video

6th - 8th Standards
By the end of this "quest", you will be able to compare and contrast different points of view in a text by reading "Gulliver's Travels" and telling the story from a different point of view. [1:10]
Instructional Video
Other

Flocabulary: The 5 Types of Text Structure

4th - 6th Standards
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]