1. Dickens vs Tolstoy
Description: An Intelligence Sqaured talk on Dickens vs Tolstoy featuring Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton.
Core Concepts: For replicating the organisation and conduct of the talk for a book talk.
2. Literature Circles
Description: Guidelines for using Literature Circles.
Core Concepts: Book talk using Literature Circles.
3. A Socratic Seminar
Description: An example of A Socratic seminar with Brian West of East Hall High School.
Core Concepts: An example of how to conduct a Socratic seminar after reading a book/text..
4. A Teacher Guide on Socratic Seminar
Description: A Teacher Guide on Socratic Seminar.
Core Concepts: Socratic Seminar Guidelines for teacher reference.
5. Discussing in Group
Description: A guide on how to participate effectively in a group discussion using English.
Core Concepts: A sample for how to participate effectively in a class group discussion.
6. Engaging your Audience
Description: A web page text on engaging your audience while talking/speaking.
Core Concepts: Audience-awareness.
7. How to be More Social
Description: How to be more social. Tips to be more confident around people.
Core Concepts: Being social to learn effective speaking/talking.
8. Speaking Style
Description: What your speaking style, like, says about you – a TEDxDublin talk by Vera Regan.
Core Concepts: An additional resource for listening and speaking.
Link: Video on what your speaking style, like, says about you
9. The Three Persuasive Appeals
Description: The three persuasive appeals: Logos, ethos, and pathos.
Core Concepts: Persuasive appeal.
10. Improving Listening Skills
Description: A guide on how to improve your listening skills with active listening.
Core Concepts: Active listening.
11. Active Listening
Description: A web page text on active listening - a step by step guide.
Core Concepts: Active listening.
12. Audio Essay
Description: An audio-essay example: relationship with parents.
Core Concepts: Audio-essay (sample).
Link: Video on audio essay
13. How to do Close Reading
Description: A Harvard web page guide on how to do close reading.
Core Concepts: Close reading.
14. Reciprocal Teaching Strategies
Description: An ASCD web page guide on teaching Reciprocal Teaching strategies.
Core Concepts: Reciprocal teaching strategies.
15. Writing Critical Analysis
Description: An explanatory video on how to write a Critical Analysis essay with examples.
Core Concepts: Critical Analysis essay.
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16. Critical Thinking
Description: Critical thinking – fundamentals: introduction to critical thinking.
Core Concepts: Critical thinking.
17. Critical Analysis Explanation using Sentences
Description: Critical analysis explanation using sentences.
Core Concepts: Critical analysis.
18. Reflective Writing
Description: An explanatory video on reflective writing.
Core Concepts: Reflective writing.
19. How to Teach Critical Writing
Description: How to teach critical writing.
Core Concepts: Critical writing.
20. Digital Poem
Description: A local example of a form of digital poem.
Core Concepts: Digital poetry.
Link: Video on digital poem
21. Making Visual Poem
Description: How to make a visual poem.
Core Concepts: Visual poem.
22. Digital Poetry
Description: An Edutopia web page textual explanation of digital poetry.
Core Concepts: Digital poetry.
23. E-Poetry
Description: A TEDx talk on discovering digital media poetry by Leonardo Flores.
Core Concepts: E-poetry.
Link: Video on e-poetry
24. Making Black-Out Poetry
Description: A guide on how to make blackout poetry – art and literacy activity.
Core Concepts: Blackout poetry.
25. Reciting a Poem
Description: An example of poetry recitation – poetry out loud: Isabella Callery recites “Thoughtless Cruelty” by Charles Lamb.
Core Concepts: Poetry out loud.
Link: Video on poetry out loud
26. Designing Speaking Assignments
Description: A teacher guide on how to design speaking assignments.
Core Concepts: Assessing speaking.
27. Teaching Reading Strategies
Description: A guide with sample lessons on teaching Reading Strategies.
Core Concepts: Reading strategies.
28. Maintaining Reading Log
Description: A talk on maintaining reading logs for reading projects.
Core Concepts: Reading logs for reading project.
29. Websites for Audio-Books
Description: An open culture website for accessing free audio books. A free website for accessing audio books.
Core Concepts: Audio-books.
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30. Audio-Books Sources
Description: A podcast website for accessing free audio books after signing up.
Core Concepts: Audio-books.
31. Writing a Book Review
Description: A guide on how to write a book review.
Core Concepts: Book review.
32. 5 Minutes on Taking Minutes
Description: Introduction on how to structure and frame minutes of a meeting.
Core Concepts: Integrate tips and techniques provided in the video to write minutes of a meeting.
33. How to Write Meeting Minutes in English
Description: Introduces an example of a template and describes how to use it. Provides tips on how to write the minutes of a meeting.
Core Concepts: Notice and use the most common words and phrases used to write meeting minutes in their own writing.
34. Spice Up your Writing! How to use Figurative Writing with Mr. Ney
Description: Provides examples on how to enliven the boring sentences using figures of speech.
Core Concepts: Respond to and apply the figures of speech in their own writing to add colour and meaning.
35. Figurative Language
Description: Introduces 8 kinds of figures of speech and its usage in discourse.
Core Concepts: Respond to and incorporate figures of speech in their discourse with understanding.
36. Understanding Genre Awareness
Description: The video is a micro-lecture on what a genre is and its importance in improving writing.
Core Concepts: Gain explicit understanding on what a genre is and follow the guidelines of the successful writers in expressing the content as per the purpose of the genre.
Link: Video on genre awareness
37. Genre Analysis
Description: This video analyses conventions used to write two types of genres: letter and Facebook messages.
Core Concepts: Respond to and understand the structure, organization, content, purpose, etc of a particular genre and write accordingly.
Link: Video on genre analysis
38. Power Writing
Description: This video reveals a technique named POWER to write easily and effectively.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use POWER writing technique to write without getting stuck.
Link: Video on power writing
39. English 101 Writing a Paragraph
Description: This video has a very concise explanation on developing a paragraph with an example.
Core Concepts: Understand the components of a paragraph and employ it to write their own paragraph.
40. Portfolio
Description: Explains the importance of maintaining a writing portfolio.
Core Concepts: Understand the benefits of maintaining a writing portfolio and maintain one of their own.
41. Digital Portfolio
Description: This video contains a tutorial on how to create an e-portfolio.
Core Concepts: Respond to and follow steps to create an e-portfolio.
42. Getting Started with “Creating your Google Sites Portfolio” Tutorial
Description: This video contains a tutorial on how to create a digital portfolio on Google site. It is an alternative for those students who chose to do so.
Core Concepts: Respond to and follow steps to create an e-portfolio.
43. Why Write?
Description: This video discusses the future of writing in the digital age and how writing is associated with our learning, thinking and culture.
Core Concepts: Understand the importance of writing and put extra effort to improve their handwriting.
Link: Video on why write?
44. Why Should you Keep Writing by Hand?
Description: This video highlights the positive impact of active writing on the brain.
Core Concepts: Understand how writing by hand can result in better learning and strive to improve their handwriting.
45. The Importance of Keyboarding Skills
Description: This video talks about keyboarding as a very critical skill in the 21st century.
Core Concepts: Respond to and practice their keyboarding skills in order to fit in the digital age and market.
46. Tone, Style and Technique
Description: Video contains information on the use of tone, style and technique in literature.
Core Concepts:
Respond to and use the strategies given in the video to identify feelings and the purpose in any text.
47. Understanding Tone and Mood
Description: Introduction to how choice of words, sentence structure and imageries help to set mood in writing.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use the grammar elements effectively to achieve the objective of the communication.
48. Author’s Tone
Description: Video explains how the meaning of a sentence or words changes as per the tone in a spoken discourse. Further, it also explains how detecting purpose, point of view and tone of a text can help interpret the text.
Core Concepts: Understand and apply the significance of tone in spoken discourse to vary meaning; and the choice of words and phrases in written discourse to indicate particular tone and mood.
49. Figurative Language
Description: This video provides examples on non-literal use of language using figures of speech.
Core Concepts: Respond to and apply the figures of speech in their own spoken and written language to gain communicative competence.
50. Use of Words and Figures of Speech in Daily Discourse
Description: Introduces to the use of words and figures of speech used in daily discourse by the native speakers to be precise, sarcastic, rude, etc. These videos also have examples on how different types of genres use them to intensify their purposes.
Core Concepts: Learns to incorporate words and figures of speech in their discourse with understanding to gain proficiency in English.
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51. Parallel Structure
Description: The video presents examples on how parallel structures are written correctly.
Core Concepts: Gain explicit understanding on how to form parallel structures.
52. Ellipses
Description: This video defines ellipsis and its use in spoken and written speeches.
Core Concepts: Understand the function of ellipses based on contextual clues and use it accurately in their writing and oral speech.
Link: Video on ellipses
53. Ellipsis: How to Omit Words
Description: This video explains how ellipsis is used in spoken English.
Core Concepts: Understand the function of ellipses in formal and informal context and use them to become fluent and proficient users of English.
54. Run-Ons
Description: This video presents example sentences on run-ons and teaches how to correct them.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use the knowledge to avoid run-ons in their writing.
Link: Video on run-ons
55. Fragments
Description: This video contains an explanation on sentence fragments and how to avoid them.
Core Concepts: Responding to and avoiding sentence fragments in their writing.
Link: Video on fragments
56. Dangling Modifier
Description: Explains what is a modifier and a dangling modifier. Provides examples on how to notice dangling modifiers and correct it.
Core Concepts: Respond to and avoid sentences with dangling modifiers.
57. Writing – Misplaced Modifier
Description: Provides a variety of examples on dangling modifiers and teaches how to avoid them.
Core Concepts: Respond to and avoid sentences with dangling modifiers.
58. Self Introduction
Description: These videos contain tutorials on how to introduce yourself in English.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use words and phrases to befit the context and the purpose of communication in a socially acceptable manner.
59. Telephone Calls
Description: This video shows how to make a telephone conversation.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use words and phrases to befit the context and the purpose of communication in a socially acceptable manner.
60. Express your Ideas
Description: This video shows how to express ideas.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use words and phrases to befit the context and the purpose of communication in a socially acceptable manner.
61. Phrasal Verb for Workplace
Description: This video shows the use of phrasal verbs in different context.
Core Concepts: Respond to and use words and phrases to befit the context and the purpose of communication in a socially acceptable manner.
