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Literature lecture videos
Allusion of the Week
This unit is a semester long unit on allusions. From showing how Taylor Swift "steals someone's thunder" to Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier's epic "waterloo," this unit has real life examples that are sure to engage your students. An adapted AP take on researching an allusion's origins and today's meaning, I utilize these as bell ringers one day each week, or some years as part of a flipped classroom experience; however, you can of course use them in whatever way best fits your class! There is an
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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8:52
Answering Questions Video - Third Grade Constructed Response RL.3.1
Answering questions has never been easier! In this video, third grade students learn to find evidence in text, write a topic sentence, refer to the text, support with detail sentences, and conclude. In other words, they learn to construct a response to an open-ended question.Students first read a one-page adaptation from The Velveteen Rabbit*. This text, which is included, has been differentiated at three different reading levels. This allows you to reach every student in your classroom. Second,
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3rd
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Rear Window Film Techniques
An in depth analysis of the film techniques of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. The presentation includes analysis and examples regarding the use of camera techniques, acting, mise en scene, editing, lighting, and sound. An excellent resource for helping students to write about film with more sophistication and expertise.
Grades:
7th - 12th
20:32
Creation Stories in the Bible - Video Lesson & PowerPointâ„¢ with Questions
Includes 20 minute and PowerPoint used in video. Use as a video lesson to launch discussion or as your own editable PowerPoint lesson.This video lesson with Power Point is appropriate for both public school (such as a Bible as Literature Class) and private school (such as a Bible class) use. You will be able to steer the ensuing discussions wherever you need it to go.Watch the preview video for a short explanation of this lesson, and you will get to see the first minutes of it as well.Most creat
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Booktalks: New Books for Summer Reading 2019 Video Bundle (Grades 2nd-12th)
All four Summer Reading Booktalk videos: 2nd-4th grades5th - 7th grades8th - 9th gradesHigh SchoolThese 16-35 minute videos will help your students find good books to read this summer and beyond. They include new titles published in time for summer 2019, but could be shown any time of the school year. Videos are designed to be shown to students, but could be used as PD for yourself or your staff.BONUS: This bundle now includes a FREE copy of the 30 minute Best New Picture Books for All Ages: Fal
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K - 12th, Staff
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Jane Austen's philosophy of virtue
This product consists of a 20 minute expressive talk on the topic of Jane Austen's philosophy of virtue as it relates to her novels in general and 'Persuasion' in particular.
The author's moral messages and ideology are thoughtfully and thoroughly explored and examples are provided from several of the novels but particularly from 'Persuasion'.
The talk illuminates how Jane Austen was not only concerned with showing us how to love well but also how to live well.
The resource should promote
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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29:34
The Hero's Journey, a Lesson from WriterSpark Academy
Welcome to this course on the Hero’s Journey through WriterSpark Academy. This Hero's Journey is my absolute favorite topic to teach. It’s so easy to understand and it’s easy to recognize the steps in books we read and movies we watch. It takes the concept of the Three Act Structure and puts it into hyperdrive by giving specifics.Use this to lesson to become better versed in the Hero's Journey as a way to help you teach story structure and character arc in short stories and novels, or to share w
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Dust Bowl Background Powerpoint and Video Link
This is a PowerPoint presentation I made to access student's background information before we read "Out of the Dust". This PowerPoint covers the who, when, where, what, and why. There is also a link to a short video on the last slide.
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5th - 10th
Lecture on Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" (with Audio!)
This 11-minute lecture gives an overview of some of the major concepts of the story, including Delia's practicality, the relationship of Sykes to the body, the role of the community, religious allusions, and questions that the ending leaves us with. The PowerPoint comes with an embedded lecture. Slides include direct quotes to show students how evidence can be used in analyzing a story. **If you are interested in a streaming video option, please message me and I can make that available.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" Bundle
Jane Austen's comic style
This product consists of a 22 minute illustrated talk on video covering various aspects of Jane Austen's writing style and comic technique.
These aspects are addressed with examples from 'Persuasion', her other novels and various other illustrations:
* Her use of language.
* Irony, parody, caricature, and burlesque.
* Her employment of free indirect speech.
* The use of humorous characterization.
A full transcript is included together with the illustrations used.
This resource should be ve
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Background to the life and time of Jane Austen and introduction to 'Persuasion'.
This product is a 35 minute illustrated talk on video presenting a thoroughly researched and concise background to the life and times of Jane Austen as well as a discussion of her evolution as a writer. There is also an introduction to the novel 'Persuasion'.This engaging lecture should place the author and her novel firmly in context for students. A series of slides illustrates a summary of her life providing information about where she lived, her family, her relationships and her preoccupation
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Video: Finding the Theme of a Text
This 2.5-minute video is a resource for ELA teachers looking to help students identify the theme of a text. In the video, I go over how to state a theme (not a one-word subject) and make sure it isn't too specific to the text, but a universal lesson. There is a simple quiz in the middle of the video to help students know if they have learned the material.
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4th - 10th
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Jane Austen as a feminist writer - a discussion with examples from 'Persuasion'.
This product provides an 11 minute talk on video about women's issues addressed by Jane Austen with examples taken from 'Persuasion'.
Attitudes towards gender inequality are explored and certain insights into characters and themes are revealed.
I don't try to supply any one definitive answer to questions about Jane Austen's position on women's rights issues. My intention is to present a sensible selection of carefully researched and reasoned approaches. I hope that one is left with an impres
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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30:49
Back to School Booktalks: Best New Books for 8th - 9th Grade Fall 2019
This 30 minute video highlights some good new books that your students will want to read this school year. Get your students prepared for independent reading, choice reading, SSR, or just help them find their next great read. This video is designed to be shown to students, either in class or uploaded to your Google Classroom or other platform. However, you could use this as PD, or to show your staff to help them keep current on the best new books.Books mentioned are most appropriate for grades 8
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Back to School Booktalks: Best New Books for 2nd - 12th Grades Fall 2019
'Othello' by William Shakespeare - How to write the literary essay
This product is a 30 minute video tutorial providing instructions and advice on how to tackle a literary (literature) essay on 'Othello' by William Shakespeare with slides. The discussion focuses on structure, content, tone and style. There are two examples of introductory paragraphs on two different topics in which the content and approach are also addressed in general and one example of a concluding paragraph. Then there is a full essay on another topic, presented with the focus on tone and st
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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35:51
Back to School Booktalks: Best New Books for High School (Fall 2019)
This 35 minute video highlights some good new books that your students will want to read this school year. Get your students prepared for independent reading, choice reading, SSR, or just help them find their next great read. This video is designed to be shown to students, either in class or uploaded to your Google Classroom or other platform. However, you could use this as PD, or to show your staff to help them keep current on the best new books.Grades 9-12. Depending on your audience, you migh
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9th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Back to School Booktalks: Best New Books for 2nd - 12th Grades Fall 2019
Frankenstein Video Lectures (Entire Novel)
This is a bundled resource that includes three video lectures covering the entirety of Frankenstein. Topics include: nature; the novel's structure; male vs. female relationships; mothers, orphans, pregnancy; Victor's sexuality; the development of the creature; justice; and others. Each video is about 25-30 minutes long. You can buy these resources separately if you choose. This bundle (and separate resources) will also be available as PowerPoint files.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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31:09
Summer Reading 2019 Booktalks (High School)
Mrs. Yusko talks about good books to read this summer in this 30 minute video. For your students in 9th - 12th grades. (If you have below level readers, check out the 8th - 9th grades video also. Contact me for a special bundle rate).
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8th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Booktalks: New Books for Summer Reading 2019 Video Bundle (Grades 2nd-12th)
35:29
Summer Reading 2019 Booktalks (8th - 9th Grades)
Mrs. Yusko talks about good books to read this summer in this 35 minute video. For your students in 8th - 9th grades. (If you have above level readers, check out the High School video also. Contact me for a special bundle rate).
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Booktalks: New Books for Summer Reading 2019 Video Bundle (Grades 2nd-12th)
24:37
Summer Reading 2019 Booktalks (5th - 7th grades)
Mrs. Yusko talks about good books to read this summer in this 25 minute video. For your students in 5th - 7th grades. (If you have above or below level readers, check out the 8th - 9th grades, or the 2nd - 4th grade videos also. Contact me for a special bundle rate).
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Booktalks: New Books for Summer Reading 2019 Video Bundle (Grades 2nd-12th)
Class in Jane Austen's England - Background to 'Persuasion'
This product provides a 15 minute, thoroughly researched, illustrated talk on video dealing with the different levels in English society at the end of the 18th Century into the early 19th Century.English social structure, rank, class and the laws governing the inheritance of property are dealt with in full. Jane Austen's background and values are touched on as well as her attitude to the social system prevailing at the time.I made this video to help students come to terms with the very different
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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14:51
Ancient Greek Theater Introductory Video
Use this video as an introduction to Ancient Greek Theater. Great lesson for the beginning of a unit on Oedipus, Antigone, Medea, etc.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Greek Theater Inroduction
16:38
Summer Reading 2019 Booktalks (Grades 2-4)
Mrs. Yusko talks about good books to read this summer in this 16 minute video. For your students in 2nd - 4th grades. (If you have above-level readers, check out the 5th-7th grade video also. Contact me for a special bundle rate).
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1st - 5th, Staff
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Also included in:Â Booktalks: New Books for Summer Reading 2019 Video Bundle (Grades 2nd-12th)
20:13
Etymology: How Does Language Form? - Distance Learning
I have created a twenty-minute video that explains the history of the English language and the seven most common ways that new words are formed (borrowing, compound word, word blend, onomatopoeia, proper noun, acronym, clipped word). A handout for students to complete while viewing the lesson is also included. I use videos for my flipped classroom. Students view a video lecture and fill in their notes for homework. With the passive learning out of the way, students come to class ready to activel
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4th - 7th
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