Teacher Talk is a podcast for teachers that offers deep dives into great literature from the perspective of the high school classroom. Join the camaraderie with Paul & Jay and develop with us a simple but substantive classroom pedagogy of reading, writing, and Socratic discussions.

In this episode, Paul and Jay work through the obvious, the subtle and the remarkable in book 18 of Homer's Odyssey. Paul opens with a strangely harmonious poem from the early 20th century poet, Vachel Lindsey.

Teacher Talk is a podcast for teachers that offers deep dives into great literature from the perspective of the high school classroom. Join the camaraderie with Paul & Jay and develop with us a simple but substantive classroom pedagogy of reading, writing, and Socratic discussions.

Follow as Paul and Jay slice right through book 17 with their well honed three-part analysis:

1. The Obvious and Essential

2. The Subtle but Crucial

3. The Lingering Questions

With these points in mind, you should be ready to discuss the chapter in your own class with inspiration and authority.

Jay opens the episode with a short poem by Yeats, "He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven." https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/he-wishes-cloths-heaven/

Teacher Talk is a podcast for teachers that offers deep dives into great literature from the perspective of the high school classroom. Join the camaraderie with Paul & Jay and develop with us a simple but substantive classroom pedagogy of reading, writing, and Socratic discussions.

Book 16 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