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Impressions and Lasting Legacy of Emily Dickinson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Emily Dickinson's mentor, found her both fascinating and elusive, describing their interactions as filled with "fiery mist" and "rare sparkles of light." Despite the intimacy of their correspondence, Dickinson...
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Intimate Verses: the Letters and Poetry of Emily Dickinson
In 1862, Emily Dickinson initiated a lifelong correspondence with essayist Thomas Wentworth Higginson, sending him four poems and seeking his opinion on her work. Through letters, she conducted most of her significant relationships,...
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Themes and Symbolism in Emily Dickinson's Poems
Emily Dickinson's late poetry often reflects themes of volcanic emotions and explosive psychological states, suggesting a deeply turbulent inner life. Some speculate that Dickinson's reclusiveness and intense emotional expressions in her...
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How to Use ChatGPT and Generative AI for Passive Income - Use ChatGPT to Write Poetry for Content
Explore how to use ChatGPT to create original poetry for your website or social media accounts. This video will show you how to use AI to generate rhymes and verses that resonate with your target audience. This clip is from the chapter...
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Translate Words into a Mathematical Expression | 6.EE.B.6
In this math video we will translate words into a mathematical expression. We will identify the three parts of a word phrase - the number, the math operation and the variable. We will review and understand that the word PER means...
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I WONDER - What Is Personification?
This video is answering the question of what is personification.
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I WONDER - What Is An Onomatopoeia?
This video is answering the question of what is an onomatopoeia.
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I WONDER - What Is An Acrostic Poem?
This video is answering the question of what is an acrostic poem.
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Identifying the Theme of a Poem
"Identifying the Theme of a Poem" demonstrates strategies to use when determining the theme of a poem.
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It's Time to Rhyme
Miss Palomine explains what a rhyme is. She reads a poem titled “What Are Little Boys Made Of?” while your student listens for rhyming words. She then reads Socrates’ cookie poem, and your student listens for more rhyming words.
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Words That Repeat, That Repeat
Miss Palomine recites the “Clean Up Poem.” She explains the meaning of words that repeat. She helps the student look for words that repeat.
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This Is Me
Miss Palomine recites, performs, and finds the rhymes in the action poem “This Is Me!”
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Gwendolyn Brooks
The first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the hardship and struggles of ordinary people.
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Alice Walker
As the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker helped to bring the Black experience to readers across the globe. A true trailblazer, her work continues to entertain and enlighten.
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What Is a Tuffet?
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Little Miss Muffet” and explains that by looking at the illustrations, the student can figure out what a word means.
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Farm Words That Share the Same Ending Sounds
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.” She and the student then look for the words that have the same ending sounds. She then recites another farm poem and together she and the student look for words with the same...
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Lyric Poetry
This video explores the components of a lyric poem and explains how to compose a lyric poem.
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Author’s Style
Students will learn about different aspects that go into creating an author’s unique writing style.
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Creating Meaning: Structure and Sound
This video will help students understand how poetry is organized and how the sound adds to the overall meaning of the written work.
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Repetition in Poems
“Repetition in Poems” examines the use of repeated lines or phrases in poetry.
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Poetic Sounds
A video entitled “Poetic Sounds” which explores sound devices used in poetry, highlighting examples from several works by Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Rhythm and the Rhyme
“The Rhythm and the Rhyme” models how to recognize rhythm and rhyme in poems.