Instructional Video9:26
Curated Video

Author's Purpose

6th - 8th
Learning authorś purpose with this video is as easy as pie! This is an interactive video to teach students how to determine the author´s purpose of the text: Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.
Instructional Video4:28
Curated Video

A Review of Entertaining, Informative, and Persuasive Writing

K - 8th
Miss Palomine reviews entertaining, informative, and persuasive writing. She then shows the student examples of different kids of writing and asks the student to determine if the writing is entertaining, informative, or persuasive.
Instructional Video3:07
Language Tree

Collaborative Listening and Speaking: Evaluating Language Choices

K - 5th
This standard-based video teaches English learners how to use specific language and word choices to either entertain, persuade, inform or give information.
Instructional Video4:11
Psych2Go

10 Public Speaking Tips

10th - Higher Ed
Whether it’s to inform, to persuade, or to entertain, everyone has tried public speaking.We shudder at those memories. We’ve all been there: show-and-tell, class recitals, oral participation, PowerPoint presentations, graduation speech,...