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Great Authors: Roald Dahl
This video is a lesson about the life and works of Roald Dahl, a famous children's book author. The teacher discusses Dahl's early years and his adventures as a young adult. The teacher then focuses on two of Dahl's most popular books,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna - Teachers Make a Difference
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "Is This Really Broad Street, Hartford?"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "What We Left Behind"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "I Was Born On An Island"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Reading Through History
What is Animal Farm?
For a unit covering this material, click hereref='http://bit.ly/2l2IScW' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here The following video provides a short introduction to the novel Animal Farm, including a plot summary, as well as a history...
Curated OER
Telling a Story
Junior high and high schoolers watch a short video about effective storytelling strategies. As they take a virtual field trip to the Hans Christian Andersen story hour in Central Park, learners differentiate between writing a story and...
TED-Ed
How to Write Fiction That Comes Alive
Launch a fiction writing unit with this video that encourages writers to craft their stories with language that permits readers to experience the illusions of their stories.
TED-Ed
Can You Outsmart This Logical Fallacy?
The more detailed a story is, the more you should believe it—right? This fallacy, known as the conjunction fallacy, takes advantage of your brain's tendency to conflate plausibility and probability. A short and engaging video explains...
Vimeo
How to Paraphrase
It can be easy to plagiarize if you don't know how to paraphrase properly. Avoid the common pitfall with an informative video about paraphrasing, that includes strategies for rephrasing text as well as times when it's appropriate to...
British Council
William Shakespeare
After watching a three-minute video detailing the life of William Shakespeare, scholars take part in several activities designed to show what they know about the famous writer. Learners read a series of eight sentences and put them in...