Section 1: Introduction |
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Introduction to Reading Comprehension |
16:15 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Reading Comprehension |
0:08 | |
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| Who Says That Reading Is Important? |
0:20 | |
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| Who Think It Is Not Important? |
2:36 | |
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| Who is Taking This Course? |
2:55 | |
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Reading Goals? |
5:01 | |
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| What Are Your Goals? |
5:12 | |
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Reading Comprehension: College |
7:06 | |
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| Entrance Exams |
7:11 | |
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| Grades in High School |
7:30 | |
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| What is Life in College Like? |
7:50 | |
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Reading Comprehension: First Job |
8:05 | |
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| You're Judged by How You Speak |
8:10 | |
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| Your Boss is as Literate as Your High School Teachers |
8:37 | |
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| Some Jobs Have More Reading Than Others |
8:56 | |
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| Millionaires Read One Non-Fiction Book a Month |
9:36 | |
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Reading Comprehension: Democratic Ideals |
9:44 | |
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| Life in a Democratic Society |
9:47 | |
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| Right to Self-Govern |
10:38 | |
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| Ability to Self-Govern |
10:59 | |
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Reading Comprehension: Goals |
11:45 | |
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| Goals By the End of This Class |
11:51 | |
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Getting Prepared |
12:41 | |
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| Needs for This Class |
12:47 | |
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| To Be Successful |
14:16 | |
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Assignment |
15:52 | |
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Kill Your TV |
11:30 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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The Cable Guy |
0:09 | |
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Hazards of Television |
1:25 | |
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| Harms the Growth of Your Brain |
1:47 | |
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| Sucker for Advertisements |
2:50 | |
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| Correlates with Obesity |
4:00 | |
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Great Things About Television |
4:49 | |
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| Positive Social Change |
4:54 | |
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| Creative and Artistic Expression |
6:21 | |
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Why Do We Enjoy TV? |
7:16 | |
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| Who Do We Like on TV? |
7:24 | |
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| How Did They Get As Good as They Are? |
8:09 | |
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Assignment |
8:57 | |
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| Chart Your TV Time |
9:11 | |
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| Write Down These Answers |
10:24 | |
Section 2: Vocabulary |
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In The Beginning: The Big Words |
13:23 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Why Big Words? Reason 1 |
0:07 | |
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| All Areas of Specialization Have Their Own Vocabulary |
0:17 | |
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Why Big Words? Reason 2 |
1:03 | |
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| Sample Question From a College Entrance Exam |
1:13 | |
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What Do We Do with Big Words? |
2:02 | |
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| First Instinct |
2:12 | |
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| What We Should Do |
2:37 | |
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A Sample Sentence |
2:58 | |
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| Definition of Ontologically |
3:15 | |
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Using a Dictionary |
3:21 | |
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| Ontological Definition |
3:30 | |
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Using Root Words |
4:13 | |
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| Logy |
4:18 | |
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Using Context Step 1 |
4:53 | |
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Using Context Step 2 and Step 3 |
5:31 | |
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Why Context is So Important: Reason 1 |
7:06 | |
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| One Word, Several Definitions |
7:26 | |
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| Example |
7:37 | |
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| Example Solutions of How to Use 'Book' |
7:45 | |
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Why Context is So Important: Reason 2 |
8:16 | |
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| Denotation |
8:28 | |
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| Connotation |
8:52 | |
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| Similar Denotation, Different Connotation |
9:13 | |
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Wrap Up |
11:30 | |
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| Best Way to Increase Your Reading Ability |
11:36 | |
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| More Important to Attempt Steps 1 and 2 Than to Get the Answer Right the First Time |
12:23 | |
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Assignment |
12:56 | |
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Latin Root Words |
11:08 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:09 | |
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What is a Root Word? |
0:37 | |
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| Previous Lesson |
0:43 | |
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| Today's Lesson |
1:04 | |
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Why Latin Roots? |
1:20 | |
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| Makes it a Lot Easier to Understand Big Words |
1:24 | |
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| Which is Easier, 24 Root Words/ Prefix or 300 New Vocab Words? |
1:31 | |
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| Memorizing Root Words Makes Guessing on Exams Easier |
1:51 | |
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Examples |
2:58 | |
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| English Words |
3:57 | |
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| Latin Equivalents |
4:06 | |
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Prefixes and Roots |
4:33 | |
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| Prefix 'Ex' or 'E' |
4:39 | |
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| English Words |
4:44 | |
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| Root Word: 'Ject' or 'Jec' |
5:15 | |
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| English Words |
5:30 | |
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| Latin Word: Frater and Soror |
6:35 | |
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| English Words |
6:40 | |
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Prefixes as Examples |
7:01 | |
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| Bene, Bone vs Mal, Male |
7:15 | |
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| Ex vs In |
7:50 | |
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Root Words Examples |
8:20 | |
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| Vol |
8:23 | |
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| Fic, Fect, Fact |
8:29 | |
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| Dic, Dict |
8:37 | |
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| Patria, Pat |
8:46 | |
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| Vita, Vit |
8:54 | |
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| Mor, Mort |
9:01 | |
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Sample Exercises |
9:22 | |
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Assignment |
10:28 | |
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Greek Root Words |
9:23 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
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A Few Words You Know |
0:40 | |
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| Sympathy |
1:11 | |
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| Thermometer |
1:27 | |
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| Megaphone |
1:39 | |
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Greek Root Examples |
2:01 | |
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| Cracy/ Cratic |
2:13 | |
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| Where It Comes From & Examples |
2:57 | |
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| Philo |
3:26 | |
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| Where It Comes From & Examples |
4:11 | |
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| Mis |
4:49 | |
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| Where It Comes From & Examples |
5:29 | |
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| Phobia |
6:04 | |
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| Theos/ The |
7:06 | |
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| Chroma (Color) |
7:49 | |
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Assignment |
8:24 | |
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Scientific & Technical Terms |
18:50 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Scientific & Technical Terms |
0:12 | |
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| Plan |
0:13 | |
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| Why? |
0:51 | |
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Technical Words |
2:46 | |
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| Equivocate |
2:56 | |
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| Definition of Equivocate |
3:38 | |
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| Extrapolation; Extrapolate |
4:46 | |
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| Definition of Extrapolate |
5:27 | |
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| Non Sequitur |
6:11 | |
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| What Does Non Sequitur Mean? |
7:01 | |
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Science Words and Concepts |
7:32 | |
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| Science Words Easily Defined |
8:01 | |
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| Science Words That Refer to Concepts |
8:41 | |
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Science Words |
9:31 | |
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| Phenomenon |
9:54 | |
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| Definition of Phenomenon |
10:45 | |
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| Theory |
11:37 | |
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| How Do We Get from Phenomena to Theory |
12:49 | |
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| Observable, Measurable, Phenomena |
12:56 | |
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| Geocentric Theory |
14:04 | |
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| Observable, Measurable, Phenomena That Did Not Fit with Theory |
15:28 | |
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| Heliocentric Theory |
16:21 | |
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Lesson Wrap Up |
16:56 | |
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Assignment |
18:05 | |
Section 3: Literature |
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Reading a Short Story |
11:50 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Scientific and Technical Terms |
0:09 | |
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Hollywood Three Act |
0:23 | |
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| Part 1 |
1:10 | |
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| Part 2 |
1:26 | |
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| Part 3 |
1:57 | |
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| Act 1 |
2:39 | |
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| Act 2 |
3:37 | |
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| Act 3 |
4:25 | |
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Literature Terms |
5:09 | |
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| Exposition |
5:50 | |
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| Rising Action |
6:55 | |
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| Climax |
7:46 | |
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| Falling Action and Denouement |
8:28 | |
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Assignment |
10:16 | |
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Characterization |
13:51 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Scientific and Technical Terms |
0:08 | |
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Dr. Flannigan vs. the Zombies |
0:36 | |
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| Part 1 |
0:40 | |
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Character Types |
1:59 | |
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| What is a Protagonist |
2:00 | |
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| How Do We Recognize the Main Character |
2:26 | |
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Dr. Flannigan vs. the Zombies, Part 2 |
3:51 | |
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| Story Continued |
4:12 | |
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Character Types? |
4:51 | |
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| What is a Foil? |
4:54 | |
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Dr. Flannigan vs. the Zombies, Part 3 |
5:29 | |
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Character Types? |
6:26 | |
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| What is an Antagonist? |
6:29 | |
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| The Anti-Hero |
7:12 | |
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| Example: The Anti-Hero |
8:35 | |
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| The Tragic Hero |
10:08 | |
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| Examples |
10:37 | |
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Finishing the Lesson |
12:15 | |
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Assignment |
13:21 | |
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Short Story Recap: The Veldt |
12:04 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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About the Author |
0:13 | |
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| Ray Bradbury |
0:23 | |
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About the Short Story |
1:12 | |
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| The Veldt, aka The World Children Made Better |
1:18 | |
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| Cost |
1:28 | |
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| Influence |
2:06 | |
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| Hollywood Three Act |
2:19 | |
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The Veldt: Act One, Part 1 |
2:52 | |
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| Part 2 |
3:50 | |
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| Part 3 |
5:06 | |
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The Veldt: The First Doorway |
5:57 | |
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| Protagonist |
6:42 | |
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The Veldt: Act 2, Part 1 |
6:56 | |
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| Part 2 |
8:21 | |
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| Part 3 |
9:19 | |
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The Veldt 3 |
10:23 | |
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Assignment |
10:53 | |
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Short Story Recap: The Most Dangerous Game |
18:58 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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About the Author |
0:07 | |
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About the Book |
0:31 | |
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Opening Prelude, Part 1 |
1:57 | |
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| Opening Prelude, Part 2 |
2:48 | |
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| What is Important About this Conversation? |
3:23 | |
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The First Door Way |
4:00 | |
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End of Act 1 |
5:27 | |
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| What Do We Know About the Rainsford? |
6:01 | |
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Beginning of Act 2, Part 1 |
7:14 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 2 |
8:29 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 3 |
9:45 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 4 |
10:40 | |
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| What is Civilization According to Zaroff? |
11:20 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 5 |
11:36 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 6 |
13:52 | |
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| What Are Some of Zaroff's Values? |
14:06 | |
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| Would You Trust This Guy? |
15:10 | |
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| Beginning of Act 2, Part 7 |
15:20 | |
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The Antagonist |
16:38 | |
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| Protagonist |
16:44 | |
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| Antagonist |
16:51 | |
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| The Villain as the Hero's Shadow |
17:02 | |
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Assignment |
18:00 | |
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Settings & Themes |
16:26 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:12 | |
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Settings: Basics |
0:35 | |
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| Basic Questions |
0:43 | |
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| Short Stories |
0:52 | |
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Settings: Social Conditions |
1:10 | |
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| Other Questions |
1:23 | |
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| Example |
1:19 | |
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| The Veldt: What Are Their Social Conditions? |
2:05 | |
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| The Most Dangerous Game: Social Conditions |
3:07 | |
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Settings: Questions |
4:01 | |
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| Nationality? |
4:10 | |
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| Social/ Economic Status? |
4:16 | |
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| Government? |
4:24 | |
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| Religion? |
4:42 | |
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| Values? |
4:49 | |
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Example of a Theme From Movies |
5:41 | |
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| 'The Village' M. Night Shyamalan |
5:50 | |
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| Theme: Fear |
6:32 | |
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Example of a Theme From Books |
6:45 | |
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| 'The Lord of the Rings' J.R.R. Tolkein |
6:46 | |
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| Theme: Friendship |
7:16 | |
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Example of a Theme From Books |
7:27 | |
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| 'Lost' |
7:30 | |
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| Theme: Survival |
8:09 | |
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Other Stories with Theme |
8:45 | |
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| Theme of Survival |
8:52 | |
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What is a Theme? |
9:33 | |
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Recognizing a Theme |
10:58 | |
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| Opening Exposition and Preludes |
11:04 | |
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| Recurring Symbols |
12:33 | |
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| Character Relationships, Roles, and Back Story, Traits |
13:13 | |
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| Recognize a Theme by Setting |
14:17 | |
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Themes in Stories So Far |
14:54 | |
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| The Veldt |
14:59 | |
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| The Most Dangerous Game |
15:12 | |
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Assignment |
15:46 | |
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Types of Narration |
12:41 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:11 | |
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Narration Examples |
0:29 | |
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| Doc Flannigan Versus the Zombies |
0:39 | |
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Narration Types |
1:24 | |
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| First Person, Major Character |
1:27 | |
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| First Person, Minor Character |
2:37 | |
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| Third Person - Observer |
3:45 | |
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| Third Person - Omniscient |
4:45 | |
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What Type of Narration? |
6:38 | |
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| Practice 1 |
6:49 | |
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| Practice 2 |
8:29 | |
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| Practice 3 |
9:34 | |
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Assignment |
11:35 | |
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Scripts & Plays |
13:23 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:10 | |
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Plays and Theater on Exams |
0:47 | |
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| Roles of Plays on Exams |
0:55 | |
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What is a Soliloquy? |
1:22 | |
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| Hamlet Example |
1:44 | |
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Uses of Scripts |
2:15 | |
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| Why Would We Use a Script? |
2:27 | |
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Scripts Compared to Short Stories |
3:17 | |
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| Novel/ Short Story |
3:26 | |
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| Theater Scripts and Screenplays |
4:40 | |
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| Most Dangerous Game Passage as a Short Story |
6:11 | |
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| Most Dangerous Game Passage as a Short Story, Continued |
6:59 | |
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| Written as a Script |
7:50 | |
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Jargon in Screen Plays |
9:16 | |
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| Int. Serenity - Bridge 4 |
9:59 | |
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| Jargons You Will See |
10:30 | |
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Assignment |
11:45 | |
Section 4: Basics of Reading Essays |
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Skimming & Scanning |
10:26 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:10 | |
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Big Chunk of Text |
0:36 | |
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| Example of Scanning |
0:41 | |
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| Example of Skimming |
1:05 | |
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Why Do We Skim |
1:40 | |
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| To Keep on Reading |
1:47 | |
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| We're Busy |
2:18 | |
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| To Understand the Author's Outline |
2:50 | |
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| To Remember Important Points |
3:23 | |
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| To Help Us to Research |
3:42 | |
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Skimming Techniques |
4:15 | |
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| Highlight Repeated Words |
4:25 | |
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| Note Paragraph Breaks |
4:56 | |
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| Highlight Words You Dont Know |
5:56 | |
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| Highlight Keywords |
7:10 | |
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Review |
7:55 | |
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Skimming Techniques |
8:50 | |
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Assignment |
9:49 | |
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Finding the Thesis |
11:49 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:10 | |
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What is a Thesis? |
0:36 | |
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| Topic is Broadest |
0:52 | |
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What is a Topic? |
1:00 | |
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| Stated in a Single Word or Short Phrase |
1:09 | |
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| Find it in Introduction |
1:30 | |
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What is a Thesis? |
1:53 | |
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| Often Describes What Will Come Next |
2:07 | |
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| Often Has an Opinion |
2:17 | |
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| Supported by Major Details Later |
2:26 | |
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| Not Always Directly Stated |
2:32 | |
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Sample Paragraph |
2:44 | |
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| Continued |
3:38 | |
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How Do You Find a Thesis? |
5:35 | |
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| Sample Exercise 1 |
6:09 | |
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| Sample Exercise 2 |
7:56 | |
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| Sample Exercise 3 |
9:45 | |
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Assignment |
11:01 | |
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Details |
15:44 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:08 | |
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What is a Thesis? |
0:36 | |
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| Major & Minor Details |
0:44 | |
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The Big Questions |
1:01 | |
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| Example 1: Who, What, When , Where, Why, How |
1:30 | |
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| Major Details |
2:17 | |
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| Minor Details |
3:10 | |
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Keywords |
3:52 | |
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| Major Details |
4:09 | |
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| Minor Details |
5:47 | |
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Example 1 |
6:12 | |
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Example 2 |
8:34 | |
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Annotation |
11:29 | |
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| What is Annotation? |
11:32 | |
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| Why Annotate? |
12:05 | |
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| What Should You Annotate |
13:05 | |
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Assignment |
14:55 | |
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POO - Listing / Definition |
11:29 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:18 | |
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Listing and Classification |
0:44 | |
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| What Does Listing and Classification Do |
0:50 | |
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| Sample Essay 1 |
1:52 | |
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| Sample Essay 2 |
2:30 | |
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| Key Words |
4:00 | |
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Definition and Illustration |
4:36 | |
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| Definition |
4:43 | |
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| Illustration |
4:52 | |
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| Sample Essay 1 |
6:24 | |
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| Sample Essay 2 |
8:05 | |
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| Definition Keywords |
10:00 | |
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| Illustration Keywords |
10:37 | |
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Assignment |
10:58 | |
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POO - Compare, Contrast & Chronological |
8:42 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Compare/ Contrast |
0:13 | |
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| Sample Essay 1 |
1:15 | |
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| Sample Essay 2 |
2:20 | |
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| Compare Keywords |
3:48 | |
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| Contrast Keywords |
4:08 | |
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Chronological |
4:26 | |
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| What Does Chronological Order Do? |
4:40 | |
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| Sample Essay 1 |
5:33 | |
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| Sample Essay 2 |
6:18 | |
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| Chronological Keywords |
7:09 | |
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Assignment |
8:01 | |
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POO - Cause and Effect, & Process |
17:41 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:11 | |
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Four Causes |
0:36 | |
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| Something Caused by Humans: The Cabin |
1:12 | |
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| The Idea |
1:16 | |
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| Material |
1:32 | |
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| Efficient |
2:02 | |
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| Purpose |
2:29 | |
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| Effect Example: The Painting |
3:19 | |
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| Something Caused by Humans: The Painting |
3:54 | |
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| Causes in Science and the Natural World. Example: A Tree |
5:16 | |
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What is a Factor? |
6:42 | |
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| Simple Cause and Effect |
7:15 | |
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| More Complex Causes |
7:44 | |
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| The Definition of a 'Factor' |
8:59 | |
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What is a Process? |
9:46 | |
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| What a Process Is |
9:54 | |
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| Cause/Effect + Chronological = Process |
10:05 | |
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Cause and Effect Examples |
10:37 | |
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| Sample Essay 1 |
10:42 | |
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| Sample Essay 2 |
12:39 | |
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Keywords |
16:24 | |
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| Process Keywords |
16:28 | |
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| Cause Keywords |
17:00 | |
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Assignment |
17:22 | |
Section 5: Discourse and Technical Books |
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Reading Non-Fiction: Introduction |
17:08 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:14 | |
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Why Read Non-Fiction? |
0:56 | |
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| Practicing for Placement Tests |
1:00 | |
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| Getting Through High School Better |
1:55 | |
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| Getting the Skills for Jobs |
3:25 | |
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| Researching and Critical Thinking |
5:03 | |
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Well Read vs. Widely Read |
5:56 | |
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| Example: Widely Read |
6:08 | |
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| Example: Well Read |
7:18 | |
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| Widely Read |
8:41 | |
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| Well-Read |
9:17 | |
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Reading as an Interactive Medium |
10:36 | |
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| Non-Interactive Mediums |
10:45 | |
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| Interactive Mediums |
12:08 | |
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| The Pitcher and the Catcher |
13:06 | |
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| What is the Role of the Catcher? |
14:15 | |
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Overview for the Next Lessons |
15:37 | |
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Assignment |
16:06 | |
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The Demanding Reader |
24:36 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:17 | |
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Judging a Book by Its Cover |
0:43 | |
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| Introduction |
1:47 | |
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| Table of Contents & Chapters 2-4 |
2:26 | |
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The Job of the Catcher |
3:40 | |
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| The Questions for the Essays |
3:54 | |
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| The Questions We Ask About a Book |
4:17 | |
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Book Questions |
5:29 | |
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| What is This Book About as a Whole? |
5:33 | |
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| Getting the Answer |
6:20 | |
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| What is Being Said in Detail |
7:10 | |
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| Getting the Answer |
8:17 | |
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| What Important Concepts are Defined Early On? |
8:40 | |
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| What Background is Given? |
9:38 | |
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| Is the Book 'True' in Whole or in Part? |
10:29 | |
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| How Do We Judge Whether a Book is True? |
11:54 | |
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| Different Books; Different Rules |
12:20 | |
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| What Of It? |
14:24 | |
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| What Of It? Well a Good Book is Hard to Read
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15:38 | |
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Making a Book Your Own |
16:41 | |
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| Annotating |
16:48 | |
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| Making a Book Your Own |
17:11 | |
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| Why Do We Annotate |
17:41 | |
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The Skills |
18:45 | |
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| Underlining, and Margin Lines, and Circles |
18:49 | |
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| Numbers and Margin Notes |
20:10 | |
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| The Types of Note Taking |
21:47 | |
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Assignment |
23:35 | |
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Pigeon Holing a Book |
20:57 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:20 | |
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Kinds of Non-Fiction |
0:43 | |
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| The Deathly Hallows Lectures |
0:47 | |
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| The Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
1:05 | |
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| How to Win Friends and Influence People |
1:38 | |
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Why Pigeon Hole? |
2:08 | |
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| Number 1: Understand How to Judge a Book, Part 1 |
2:24 | |
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| Number 1: Understand How to Judge a Book, Part 2 |
3:31 | |
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| Different Books Have Different Rules |
4:36 | |
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| Number 2: Understand the Author's Goals |
5:09 | |
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Theory and Practice |
5:56 | |
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| Theoretical vs. Practical |
6:03 | |
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| 'Influence' by Dr. Robert Cialdini |
6:34 | |
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| 'Covert Persuasion' by Kevin Hogan |
7:41 | |
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| Not Just Academic vs. Popular |
8:39 | |
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| Why Theoretical? |
10:38 | |
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| Why Practical? |
12:55 | |
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Various Books Considered |
13:39 | |
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| Science Books |
13:51 | |
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| History Books |
14:47 | |
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| Political Books |
16:49 | |
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| Literature |
18:17 | |
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Assignment |
19:43 | |
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X-Raying a Book |
12:00 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:15 | |
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What is an X-Ray? |
0:40 | |
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| The Skeleton of Written Essay |
0:44 | |
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| Skeleton for Book Answer the Following Questions |
1:29 | |
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Examples of Stating 'Whole' |
2:16 | |
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| Example: 'This is Your Brain on Music' |
2:25 | |
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| 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' |
3:10 | |
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| What is 'The Whole' |
3:54 | |
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Dividing the Whole into Its Parts |
5:41 | |
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| 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' |
5:50 | |
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| 'This is Your Brain on Music' |
6:19 | |
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| How Do We Divide It Into Parts |
7:11 | |
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| Steps to Consider when Outlining |
8:44 | |
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Assignment |
11:05 | |
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Terms with an Author |
13:08 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:21 | |
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Definitions from Context |
0:56 | |
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| One Word, Many Definitions |
1:02 | |
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| How Do We Find Definitions |
1:35 | |
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Words vs. Terms |
2:22 | |
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| The Big Problem with Language |
2:25 | |
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| What is a Word |
3:30 | |
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| What is a Term |
3:46 | |
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| A Word May Have Several Terms |
5:06 | |
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| A Term May be Referred to with Several Words |
5:41 | |
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How to Find Important Words/ Terms |
6:00 | |
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| Is a Word Unfamiliar to You? Is it Giving You Trouble? |
6:23 | |
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| The Author Spends chapters Explaining Terms, Example 1 |
7:23 | |
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| The Author Spends chapters Explaining Terms, Example 2 |
8:27 | |
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| Typographical Devices |
9:28 | |
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| Typographical Devices, Continued |
10:10 | |
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| Appeal to the Subjects Vocabulary |
10:46 | |
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Assignment and Wrap Up |
11:45 | |
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Propositions, Reasons & Evaluations |
22:16 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:30 | |
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Proposition |
0:53 | |
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| What is a Proposition? |
0:57 | |
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| Brain on Music |
2:23 | |
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| What Would Google Do? |
3:25 | |
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| Machiavelli's 'The Prince' |
4:52 | |
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Arguments, Reasons and Evidence |
7:03 | |
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| Arguments and Reasons |
7:13 | |
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| Presentations |
8:02 | |
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| How to Find Arguments, Evidence and Reasons? |
9:34 | |
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| Evidence in Science |
10:45 | |
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| Evidence in History |
12:22 | |
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| Evidence in Literature |
13:45 | |
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Evaluating a Book |
14:31 | |
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| Before You Evaluate a Book |
14:45 | |
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| Important Questions to Ask |
18:01 | |
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Assignment |
21:31 | |
Section 6: Test Preparation |
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Standardized Tests: Don't Panic |
14:58 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:38 | |
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Before the Standardized Test |
1:16 | |
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| What You Will Be Tested On |
1:25 | |
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| Long Before a Standard Test |
2:29 | |
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Caffeine |
5:41 | |
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| Why Every Student Will Drink Caffeine |
6:26 | |
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| Caffeine and Memory, and Activity |
7:09 | |
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| On the Day of the Test, You Will Need |
8:49 | |
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General Test Taking Tips |
10:04 | |
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| On the Day You Take the Test |
10:09 | |
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| During the Test |
11:11 | |
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| Assignment |
13:54 | |
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Standardized Tests: Short Reading Questions |
20:35 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:16 | |
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What's On The Test |
0:37 | |
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| Four Kinds of Passages You Will Read |
0:41 | |
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| What Kind of Questions Will You Be Asked? |
2:04 | |
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General Tips |
3:58 | |
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| Skim |
4:02 | |
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| Find the Topic |
4:08 | |
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| Watch for Keywords |
4:16 | |
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| Find the Author's Proposition |
4:21 | |
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Example 1 |
5:07 | |
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| Question Number One |
6:38 | |
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| Question Number Two |
8:31 | |
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Example 2 |
10:18 | |
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| Question Number One |
11:42 | |
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| Question Number Two |
13:56 | |
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Example 3 |
15:51 | |
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| Question Number One |
17:07 | |
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| Question Number Two |
17:48 | |
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Lesson Wrap Up |
19:31 | |
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| When Reading |
19:37 | |
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| When Answering |
20:04 | |
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Standardized Tests: Word Games |
19:32 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Lesson Overview |
0:19 | |
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Structure of the Word Games |
0:45 | |
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| Example 1 |
0:49 | |
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| Example 2 |
1:14 | |
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Tricks to Find the Answer |
1:53 | |
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| Find Clue Words in the Sentence |
1:58 | |
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| Predict What Word 'Might' Fit in the Blank |
3:24 | |
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| Eliminate Even Any Incongruent Words |
5:09 | |
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| Use Root Words and Prefixes to Help Guess Well |
7:16 | |
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Exercises |
9:02 | |
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| Problem 1 |
10:42 | |
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| Problem 2 |
12:04 | |
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| Problem 3 |
14:57 | |
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Wrap Up |
18:44 | |
Section 7: Final Words |
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Addendum: For A Few Readings More |
8:34 |
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Intro |
0:00 | |
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Overview for the Entire Course |
0:25 | |
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Reading Comprehension: Goals |
1:05 | |
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| Prepared for Entrance and Exit Exams |
1:11 | |
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| Introduced to Short Fiction |
1:25 | |
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| Learn New Words |
1:39 | |
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| Have the Tools to Find Books You Need |
1:48 | |
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A Few Recommended Books |
2:41 | |
| |
| What College Will You Get Into |
2:46 | |
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| Adjusting to a Social World |
3:56 | |
| |
| Manage Your Time and Stress |
5:35 | |
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| Where Else Can You Find What You Need? |
6:49 | |