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Mastering Foreshadowing: Crafting Suspense in Storytelling
This video focuses on the literary technique of foreshadowing, a method by which writers subtly hint at events to come, building suspense and engagement in their narratives. It highlights examples from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"...
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Identifying the Theme of a Poem
"Identifying the Theme of a Poem" demonstrates strategies to use when determining the theme of a poem.
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Children's Love of Poetry: The Swing
Open up almost any children's book and what do you see? Pages and pages of beautifully fun poetry! Children grow up learning to read poetry, so why do so few high school students appreciate it? And when does this shift take place? In...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learnzillion: Understand How an Author Develops Setting
In this lesson, you will learn how an author develops setting by using words and phrases to infer where the text takes place and what the place is like. [7:05]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Theme of a Poem
In this lesson, you will learn how the author establishes theme by determining meaning from clues in the text. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [7:55]
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Learn Zillion: Determine the Meaning of Words to Understand Contrast
In this lesson, you will learn how an author creates a contrast by determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. [7:22]
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Learn Zillion: Explain How an Author Uses Rhythm to Express Point of View
In this lesson, you will learn how the author uses rhythm to express point of view by identifying the rhythm of a poem and determining what the author is trying to tell the reader through the rhythm. Login gives access to a slideshow and...
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Learn Zillion: Determine How the Author Is Using Rhyme Scheme to Convey a Message
In this lesson, you will learn how the author uses rhyme to express point of view by identifying the rhyme scheme of a poem and determining what the author is trying to tell the reader through the rhyme scheme. Login gives access to a...
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Learn Zillion: Make Connections Between the Text and an Illustration
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify where an illustration reflects specific descriptions in the text by examining illustrations and asking_ How did this author use the illustration? Login gives access to a slideshow and a...
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Learn Zillion: Write a Conclusion by Referring to the "Big Ideas"
In this lesson, you will learn how to conclude your response by referring to the assignment and the "big ideas" of your response. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [8:41]
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Audio: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The adventures of young Jim Hawkins are read aloud and available in both chapter segments and as a .zip file from this resource.