Cerebellum
Critical Reading & Writing - Passage Based Reading
This video serves as an introduction to the Passage Based Reading section of the SAT. This is part 5 from the series 'Critical Reading & Writing'.
Curated Video
Analyzing Poem Structure: Understanding the Role of Stanzas
In this lesson you will learn how a poem's organization influences its meaning by asking how the stanzas in a poem fit together.
Curated Video
'My kids exhaust me more than COVID-19,' says doctor in quarantine with his family
A French doctor infected with COVID-19 along with 15 members of his family has described his life in self-imposed quarantine, saying he felt surprisingly "good". Jonathan Peterschmitt, a family practitioner from Ammerzwiller, near...
Bloomberg
Going Viral: Replika, the AI Companion App
Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss ethics and concerns surrounding Replika, a free to download app that allows users to send and receive messages to an artificially intelligent companion built on the...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Analyze a Writing Prompt to Determine the Subject and Audience
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the subject and audience of your essay by using the action verbs and repetition in the prompt. [4:09]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea and Summarize a Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea and summarize what you have read by connecting ideas presented throughout the text. [7:16]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Central Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the central idea of a text by determining the topic and asking what the author says about it. [6:57]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of an Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the main idea by gathering and using evidence from the text to support the main idea. [8:10]
Other
Main Idea Kinder Lesson
In this video, a teacher models a lesson on main idea to kindergarten students. They are shown sets of pictures and have to decide how the pictures are connected. They then read a book about farm animals on the interactive whiteboard and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
Jack Hartmann
Jack Hartmann: Parts of a Story
Story retelling is a critical skill for reading comprehension. Sing along with Jack and increase your reading comprehension and story retelling skills. Learn about the parts of a story or elements of a story. [2:38]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Process Papers: Thesis: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses selecting a thesis for a process paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Process Papers: Thesis."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Chunking (Paragraph by Paragraph)
This lesson explains the reading strategy of chunking paragraphs.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Tune in to Learning: Summarizing
In this video, a policeman discusses summarizing in everyday life: movies, fairy tales, events, etc. He says, no details - only the main idea. [1:25]
Other
The Seahorse Project: Finding the Main Argument in Academic Writing
This video gives you hints on how to read a book chapter or journal article so that you can find the author's argument. [2:50]