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

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

Paul and Jay continue their review of The Odyssey detailing the essential, the subtle and the lingering in book 14. Jay opens with a poem about homelessness, "Homeless" by Juliet Kono. #theodyssey #odyssey #odysseus #bookreview #highschoolenglish #highschool #classics #homer #books #booksummary #homeschoolhighschool

Jay reads a brilliant poem by Barbara Howes. It comes from her collection In the Cold Country, published in 1954. Howes' collected works were published in 1990 and nominated for the National Book Award.

Get the basics of book 13 before you dig into the reading. Paul and Jay lay them out for you quickly and simply. Teacher or student, this episode will give you the essentials that you need to know.

Paul and Jay cover book 13 of Homer's Odyssey, working their way through the entire epic. Book 13 marks a little more than the half way point, Odysseus has only just set foot on homeland, with 11 books left to go. Follow along as Paul and Jay detail the obvious, the subtle and the mystifying about book 13. Barbara Howes supplies the poetry this time See her "The Homecoming" here https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47922/the-homecoming-56d228c0a0aeb