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Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

By: Paul Kelly
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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.Paul Kelly
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  • How to Organize Your High School English Class
    Apr 30 2025

    In this episode of "Paul Talks" from "Teacher talk with Paul & Jay", Paul lays out the bones of every humanities classroom: its rhetoric and dialectic all the way down. In practical terms, that means reading, writing and dialectic. Every day for every thing. #highschoolenglishteacher #classical #classicaleducation #homeschool #literature #pedagogy

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    4 mins
  • How to Teach William Blake
    Apr 16 2025

    If you are going to teach the Romantics, you should start with William Blake. Blake is the the first of the Romantic poets, the most outlandish and through and through Romantic in all aspects of his work. Paul suggests starting students with his astounding art; Jay begins with an immersive outdoor reading exercise. Whichever way you choose, you'll get good ideas and lots of inspiration for Blake from this episode.

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    57 mins
  • Intro to the Romantics
    Apr 16 2025

    Paul and Jay dive into the Romantic era, that great era of British literature with a review of the main ideas in the movement and two poems that they like best. This episode will help you think about teaching Romanticism -- and especially its poetry -- in your high school classroom. Jay opens the episode with a beautiful poem by Tony Hoagland.

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    53 mins

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