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"Wuthering Heights" THEME 1

By 60 Second Recap

"Wuthering Heights" is a story about love, but don't expect much romance—or a fairy-tale ending to this novel. Instead, Emily Brontë's saga focuses on the limits of love—or rather, whether or not love can ever be limited.

Essay Introductions, pt. 3

By Alexander Clarkson

This video records an actual class discussion about writing an essay on the Secret Life of Bees. However, since the student responses aren't audible, the teacher's comments sound fragmented. It does some good advice about making revisions.

Summarization Aid

By EnglishI PLC

This video is a tutorial to help students with summarizing texts. It distinguishes between summarizing fiction and non-fiction texts. For fiction it presents C2- Character and Conflict. It looks at an example from the "Hunger Games". For non-fiction, students need to find the topic and state what the author says about the topic. It looks at an example from a news article. General summarization tips: Summarize in your own words; focus on structure of the text, not the theme; stay objective; and capture the opinion of the author.

A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201

By 60 Second Recap

This video sets the historical context and summarizes the narrative plot of the Odyssey by Homer. It gives a brief overview of the poet, Homer, the elements of epic poetry, and the course of the Trojan War as depicted in the Illiad. Then, a summary of the epic traces some of the twists and turns that Odysseus takes on his journey.

Reading Preview: "The Monkey's Paw"

By Whitney George

This slide show offers a "Before You Read" preview of the short story "The Monkey's Paw". A teacher supports student comprehension with engaging illustrations and clear explanations of the plot and the three key concepts in the story.

The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

By Crash Course

This video presents evidence from the text, a brief introduction about Mark Twain, and illustrations to analyze metaphors in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It also considers the development of the characters at the end of the novel.

Are You Choosing the Right Words for Your Story's Tone?

By K.M. Weiland

This video explains how word choice creates the tone of a story and how the tone can match or shape the characters.

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen -- THE OVERVIEW -- from 60second Recap®

By 60 Second Recap

If you were a time traveler, the late18th Century/early 19th Century England that Jane Austen knew is not necessarily an era you'd want to visit. Besides the dirt and the stench—and did we mention the lack of running water?—there were class issues that made life for those in the Bennet family's position less than enjoyable. So don't call "Pride and Prejudice" a mere love story. Jane Austen set out to tackle the issues of her time—and the social commentary in "Pride and Prejudice" was the result.