Explaining Literature with Five W's restates ideas about fictional text by answering who, what, when, where and why questions.

In this video, we will discover strategies for crafting an engaging opening chapter for our children's book. You will learn to hook readers from the beginning, introduce the main characters and setting, and set the tone for the story....

In this lesson, you can see how to talk about movies in English.

What was the last film you saw? What kind of film was it? Did you like it or not? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about movies and films and...

"Parts of a Story: Beginning" models how to identify what happens at the beginning of a story.

"Reading Fantasy" explores fantasy stories.

Theme, Setting & Plot explains how the structure of the text contributes to its theme, setting, or plot.

Unfolding Plot describes how a given story's plot unfolds by retelling the story and citing events.

"Ending of a Story" models understanding of story structure by explaining how to identify what happens at the end of a story.

"The Plot of a Story" explores how to recognize the three elements of plot in stories: problem, climax, and resolution.

"Who and What Questions" explains how to demonstrate comprehension by answering questions about stories.

“Complex Characters” will break down the different characteristics of a complex character.

A Gift for Sam: Plot describes the sequence of events that take place in a story, called the plot.

The Clubhouse: Characters discusses the characters in a fictional story and explains both main and minor characters.

“Conflict and Plot” will help students to review the value of conflict within a storyline by examining both types of conflict: internal and external.

Antagonist and Protagonist defines and provides examples of an antagonist and a protagonist.

“I Recall: Part 1” discusses characters, setting, and events and applies these story elements to answering questions about the fiction story “Learning to Fly.”

“What Is Narrative Writing?” describes the genre of narrative writing.

A video entitled “What’s Your Problem?” which discusses how a character in a story tried different solutions to solve his problem.

“Point of View” will help students to decipher between the different points of view, including first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view, and third-person omniscient point of view.

“My Main Man or Woman” models how to identify characters, especially main characters, in stories.

Mrs. Walden explains how to respond to questions by repeating part of the question in the answer.

Having ambition is usually a good thing - it pays to back yourself! But what happens when pride and ambition go too far? Mary Shelley explores this question in Frankenstein and frightens us with the outcome. Join us for an in-depth...

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,...

Recognizing text structure will help you be a better reader. Once you are familiar with the text's organizational pattern, you can make predictions as you read and form a mental map. In this lesson, we cover eight elements or structure...