Author's Craft Interactive Videos

Develop an appreciation for an author's craft by exploring literary devices such as similes and metaphors. Enhance critical reading skills to identify and analyze writing techniques effectively.

Explore the importance of word choice and the subtle differences in connotation. Develop the ability to distinguish connotative meanings of words and understand their effects on communication.

Examine how authors convey messages in writing by understanding the purposes of persuasion, information, and entertainment. Enhance comprehension and critical thinking by identifying the intentions behind authors' choices.

Identify an author's purpose using the PIE method, focusing on distinguishing between persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. Master skills in analyzing text to discern whether the primary intent is to persuade, inform, or entertain. Enhance critical reading abilities by recognizing the objectives behind different types of writing. Develop a comprehensive understanding of text by contrasting and analyzing various content purposes.

Focus on understanding and utilizing non-fiction text structures by recognizing and applying patterns such as compare-contrast and cause-effect. This enhances comprehension and analytical skills.

Investigate the structures of non-fiction texts, emphasizing how information is organized. Develop the ability to recognize various organizational patterns and skills to effectively compare and contrast them.

Explore the organizational patterns and components of informational texts. Develop skills in identifying text structures and understanding their purposes, enhancing abilities in textual analysis.

Explore different informational text structures and their characteristics. Develop abilities in recognizing organizational patterns, which will enhance reading comprehension and analytical skills.

Identify and understand various nonfiction text structures to enhance comprehension and improve organizational skills. Recognize patterns and develop critical analysis abilities applicable to multiple subjects.

Explore techniques to identify various text structures such as description, chronological order, and cause-effect using signal words and organizational patterns. Develop skills in recognizing and analyzing the structural choices authors make in their writing, focusing on enhancing analytical abilities and understanding text organization.

Discover nonfiction text structures and understand their application in diverse contexts. Develop skills in identifying and utilizing various structures to enhance comprehension of real-world subjects.

Discover techniques authors use to persuade, inform, and entertain. Learn to identify the purpose in various texts and improve critical reading skills by analyzing the structure and language used in writing.

Investigate the main ideas and rationale within texts by focusing on growth mindset concepts. Develop skills to identify an author's arguments and enhance critical reading abilities.

Focus on the exploration of how authors use text to persuade, inform, and entertain. Enhance abilities in discerning the author's intent and distinguishing between different literary purposes. Develop critical thinking skills and analytical techniques for understanding and evaluating literary works.

Investigate how authors incorporate the elements of persuasion, information, and entertainment to create engaging texts. Enhance your ability to recognize different text types and their main purposes, fostering a deeper understanding of literary techniques. Develop skills in analyzing texts, focusing on the author's intent and the effectiveness of communication strategies.

Learn how and why authors create informational texts by focusing on understanding purpose and the use of detail. Identify, interpret, and apply author intentions to enhance comprehension and analytical skills.

Examine the motivations behind writing, with an emphasis on persuasion, informing, and entertaining. Develop skills to identify these purposes to enhance reading comprehension abilities.