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Catastrophic Events
Catastrophic Events defines catastrophic events and describes examples of both natural and man-made events.
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Types of Severe Weather
“Types of Severe Weather” describes weather events such as hurricanes, tornados, dust storms, and northeasters.
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Fiction and Non Fiction
This video goes over different examples of fiction and non-fiction books. Some genre is mentioned. It begins to teach students about author's purpose. The purpose of a non-fiction book is to inform us. The purpose of a fiction book is to...
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Story Elements
Learn to create a story elements graphic organizer to find the characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution and theme to a fiction story.
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Splendid Story Sequence
Mr. Reed Moore explains how to use time order clue words to sequence a story.
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Organizing a Timeline
"Organizing a Timeline" explains how timelines are used and demonstrates how to organize biographical information on a timeline.
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Water Erosion Solutions
“Water Erosion Solutions” discusses plantings and man-made structures as ways of preventing water erosion.
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Flashback and Foreshadowing
A video entitled “Flashback and Foreshadowing” which analyzes how an author's use of time in a story contributes to the reader's understanding.
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Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.
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Time Order Words
“Time Order Words” examines the importance of time and sequence in a narrative or explanatory text.
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Different Accounts
The video “Different Accounts” demonstrates how two people can have different perspectives of the same event.
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Analyzing Historical Context
A video entitled “Analyzing Historical Context” which evaluates the historical background of a piece of nonfiction.
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Point of View Fun
“Point of View Fun” illustrates how the point of view of a literary text can change the story.
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Historical Sources
A video entitled “Historical Sources” identifies the differences between primary and secondary sources and discusses how these sources can be used to study the past.
Schooling Online
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird - Context
Join us for a comprehensive lesson on the context of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird reflects the tensions in American society during the Civil Rights Movement. But the novel’s...
Teaching Without Frills
Realistic Fiction Writing for Kids Episode 4: Writing a Draft
In this video, you will learn how to write a draft for your realistic fiction story. Your draft should include events leading up to the problem, and then a detailed description of the problem.
Teaching Without Frills
How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 5: Events
In this video, you will learn how to write about the events in your imaginative narrative or fantasy story. You will learn how to write about the rising action leading up the the problem, describe the problem in detail, and stretch out...
Teaching Without Frills
Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 4: Writing a Draft
In this video, you will learn how to write a draft for your personal narrative story. We will write the important events in order, using transition words and details to describe what happened.
Vlogbrothers
On Exhaustion
In which John discusses the many blessings and single horror of the Birmingham Alabama airport, the Looking for Alaska movie (which will be directed by the brilliant Becca Thomas), his ongoing exhaustion, his gratitude to nerdfighteria,...
All In One Social Media
4 ways to market an in person event (without paid advertising)
In-person events are BACK! But they also come with a lot of work and costs. What can you do to market your event without doing paid ads. Here are 4 ways you can find success.
Curated Video
Create a Simple SIEM
Learn the basic feature of SIEM solutions; logs aggregation using Powershell commands.
Weird History
Life of Ancient Olympians
There are many strange and fascinating facts buried in the long, bizarre history of the Olympics. The Summer Olympics of 2016 look almost nothing like those from a century ago, and it’s not just the slick presentation and technological...
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Writing a Narrative: Part 3 Orientation
An Introduction to narratives. Part 3 in our series 'Planning & Writing a Narrative'. This video demonstrates how to plan and write an effective orientation (introduction).
The Learning Depot
Elements of Literary Fiction: Characters, Setting, Plot, Theme, and Point of View
Literary elements are the technical components in all narrative stories. They are the universal and essential elements of all narrative fiction. And all are integral to creating the basic structure of a story in an engaging, compelling,...