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Central Idea of Informational Text
Central Idea of Informational Text identifies and explains details in an informational text that support a given theme or central idea.
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Sensory Words and Phrases
Sensory Words and Phrases explores sensory words and phrases by identifying examples in literature.
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Identifying Conclusions
Identifying Conclusions examines concluding statements by reading passages and identifying the conclusions.
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Citing Sources: Book with One Author
Citing Sources: Book with One Author shows how to cite a print source when provided with the title, author, publication, and copyright information by writing the correct citation for a book with one author using correct capitalization...
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Hans gets the job - Märchen - Deutsch lernen
Hans is sent into town by his parents to get some groceries, but he doesn't have any money. He has to get a job to pay for the groceries. Hans applies, has an interview, and gets the job. Learn German vocabulary about applying for jobs...
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The Hubris of Publishers
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes how many publishers demand original works be changed to fit American sensibilities.
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Theme and Motivation
“Theme and Motivation” will explain how character motivation impacts the theme of a story.
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Complex Characters
“Complex Characters” will break down the different characteristics of a complex character.
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Writing with Vivid Descriptions
Writing with Vivid Descriptions explores descriptive writing by creating a menu for an imaginary restaurant that contains at least ten vivid descriptions of the menu items.
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Analyzing Tone
Analyzing Tone explores how an author’s attitude is expressed through words and details by analyzing tone.
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Making Inferences 2
“Making Inferences” explains how to make inferences from given information by using examples from American literature.
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Problem and Solution Text Structure: Desertification
Problem and Solution Text Structure:Desertification demonstrates understanding of the problem and solution text structure by explaining the problem presented in an informational text and explaining the solution(s) to an identified problem.
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Description Text Structure:Local Girl Gets Party of a Lifetime
Description Text Structure:Local Girl Gets Party of a Lifetime demonstrates understanding of the description text structure by documenting the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the topic of an informational text.
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Editorial Bias
UCLA Chinese cultural studies expert Michael Berry describes how the editor plays a key, and often overlooked role, in the process of bringing a translated work of literature to the public.
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The Best Books I Read in 2021 | AI, Science Fiction, and more!
I read 104 books in 2021. Here are some of my favorites!
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Worth Imitating
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi describes how famous Greek writers were consciously imitated centuries or even millennia after they had lived, and how she was counselled to take the writer Lucian as her role...
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Addressing Our Ignorance
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes his motivations to write a detailed account of influential Asian intellectuals many in the West have never heard of.
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Direct and Indirect Quotes
A video that reviews the act of quoting information from outside sources of authority. Citations can be placed within an essay through direct quotations or through paraphrases.Knowing how to cite information correctly helps writers to...
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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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The Meaning of Words
Students will learn how to decipher between the connotation, denotation, implied, and specific meanings of words.
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Theme
“Theme” will help students evaluate the concepts of theme and main idea within a piece of literature.
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Problem and Solution Text Structure
Problem and Solution Text Structure identifies the common characteristics of the problem and solution structure of informational text.
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Narrative Structure
Students will learn how to create style in narratives through various structures, including flashback and fast-forward.