• Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

  • By: Paul Kelly
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Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

By: Paul Kelly
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  • Summary

  • Paul and Jay discuss literature and ideas from the perspective of their years in the high school classroom. Teachers and students alike will learn a great deal from their lively and insightful discussions. Join us for the discussions as we work to grow a community readers, writers, and educators. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-kelly05/support
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Episodes
  • Odyssey Book 18: A Beggar Among Thieves

    Odyssey Book 18: A Beggar Among Thieves
    Nov 21 2024

    Follow along as Paul and Jay slice right through book 18 with their typical three-part analysis of the chapter:

    1. The Obvious and Essential
    2. The Subtle but Crucial
    3. The Lingering Questions

    Jay opens the episode with a short poem by Yeats, The Cloths of Heaven.

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    54 mins
  • Recognition & Reality: Meeting Again for the First Time

    Recognition & Reality: Meeting Again for the First Time
    Nov 13 2024

    Book 17 of the Odyssey puts father and son on the stage together for the first time. Each has been formed by his own odyssey and is now eager to pit himself against the bad odds in Ithaca. It is a chapter that builds anticipation and shows off Homer's genius. Jay opens the episode with a haunting poem from Richard Blanco, "My Father, My Hands." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-blanco #english #classics #highschoolenglish #literature #humanities #homer #theodyssey #pedagogy #teachertalk #teachertalkwithpaul&jay #podcast #podcasts #literature #poetry #homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoollearning

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    57 mins
  • Homer's Plot Mastery: Odyssey Book 15

    Homer's Plot Mastery: Odyssey Book 15
    Oct 29 2024

    In book fifteen, Homer begins to weave back together the threads of family and home and order that have been frayed in Ithaca for a long long time. Follow as Paul & Jay detail the teaching of this key chapters. Paul opens the episode with a poem by Bruce Weigl, "My Autumn" leaves.

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42757/my-autumn-leaves

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    50 mins

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