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Learn Zillion: Draw Inferences From the Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to make a valid inference by analyzing parts of a text. [5:27]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Words Using Text and Text Features
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand the meaning of words by using definitions, sentences, and illustrations in the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [7:19]
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Learn Zillion: Video: Analyze How an Author Develops and Supports His Claims
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's claims by analyzing supporting evidence. [5:16]
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Learn Zillion: Determine a Text's Central Idea by Analyzing the Author's Claims
In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's central idea by analyzing the author's claims. [3:51]
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Learn Zillion: Consider an Author's Choices and Purpose Using Text Structure
In this lesson, you will learn how to think about the choices an author made by asking "Why did the author choose to write it this way instead of that way?" [2:41]
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Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Determine an Author's Purpose'
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's purpose by considering his choice of audience. [6:27]
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Learn Zillion: Grow Research Using Resources to Answer Questions
In this lesson, you will learn how to grow research for an informational text by using resources to answer your questions. [3:40]
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Learn Zillion: Evaluate an Argument in a Text
In this lesson, you'll learn how to evaluate an argument by asking if its evidence is relevant and sufficient. [9:42]
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Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: American Revolution
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War by Mary Pope Osborne. [0:47] The book Fact Tracker: American Revolution, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and...
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Words in a Text Using Text Features
In this lesson, you will learn to define the meaning of a word in a text by using clues from the text and pictures. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [7:03]
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Learn Zillion: Lesson Video: 'Prepare to Read by Jotting What You Already Know'
In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare for reading by jotting what you already know. [4:14]
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Learn Zillion: Make Mental Pictures as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to make sense of nonfiction texts by making mental pictures. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:46]
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Learn Zillion: Create an Outline to Keep Track of What You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by creating boxes and bullets to summarize the information. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:57]
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Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Keep Track of New Information by Retelling'
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of new information in an article by stopping at the end of a section and retelling the main ideas. [6:10]
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Learn Zillion: Answer Questions About a Text by Locating Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the answer to a question in an article by locating evidence in the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [4:25]
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Learn Zillion: Determining the Main Idea of a Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a text by looking at the information you've put into categories and asking "How does it all fit together?" Login gives access to an additional video. [3:28]
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Learn Zillion: Ask and Answer Questions About the Text While Reading
In this lesson, you will learn how to grow ideas about a text by asking questions as you read and using what you already know to try to answer those questions. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:11]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Section of Nonfiction Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to find the main idea of a section of text by anticipating the box and bullets structure as you read a new section. Login gives access to a slideshow and additional videos. [3:21]
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Learn Zillion: Find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to get the big idea of a nonfiction text by stopping at new information and asking "Is this adding to an idea I already have, or is it giving me a new idea?" Login gives access to a slideshow with...
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Learn Zillion: Use Text Features to Understand and Interpret Biography
In this lesson, you will understand the elements of a biography by looking specifically at the text features within the article. [4:11]
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Learn Zillion: Preview a Text by Examining Its Organization
In this lesson, you will learn to preview a text by searching for clues that tell how it is organized. Login gives access to an additional video. [3:13]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Main Idea of Paragraphs as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn how to keep track of what you read by using your palm for the main idea and your fingers for details. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:02]
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Learn Zillion: Use Transition Words and Text Features to Help Identify Details
In this lesson, you will learn to locate additional details by looking for transitional words and phrases, white space, and text features. Login gives access to an additional video. [4:29]
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Learn Zillion: Use Textual Clues to Envision as You Read
In this lesson, you will learn to understand a text by jotting down information that adds to your mind movie. Login gives access to an additional video. [5:11]