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English Corner
by Abigail Yohn
Miss being in English class? Here at English Corner, you'll be transported back to your high school English classroom. Books will be read, discussed, "lessons" on how to write different papers, and so much more will be covered here in the English Corner!Episodes are uploaded twice a week: Teaching Tuesdays at 8 am and Reading Corner on Fridays at 8 am.
Episodes
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 9 & 10
In this episode, I read the ninth and tenth chapters of the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Purloined Letter
It this episodes, I read and briefly discuss one of three detective stories from Edgar Allan Poe centered around one detective: Dupin.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Masque of the Red Death
In this episode, I read and discuss yet another short story from Edgar Allan Poe.
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Update
In this episode, I let you all know why I took a week off of recording episodes.
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Saturday Reading Corner
In today's episode, I read two stories that deal with love in honor of Valentines Day.
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 7 & 8
In this episode, I read the seventh and eighth chapters in the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Fall of the House of Usher
In this episode, I read the short story The Fall of the House of Usher written by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 5 & 6
In this episode, I read the fifth and sixth chapters of the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday's: The Cask of Amontillado
In this episode, I read the short story by Edgar Allan Poe and discuss some of the themes, motifs, and symbols that are necessary to help understand why certain things were mentioned in the story.
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 3 & 4
The third and fourth chapters of the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: "The Black Cat"
In this episode, I read "The Black Cat" short story by Edgar Allan Poe and go through some questions I usually go through with my students in the classroom.
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 1 & 2
The first and second chapters of the fourth book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Horse And His Boy
In this episode, I go over some points I think are important to wrap up the third novel from The Chronicles of Narnia series.
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The Horse And His Boy Chapter 15
In this episode, I read the fifteenth and last chapter in the third book of the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"
In this episode, I read Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and talk about a few of the main things that need to be discussed.
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The Horse And His Boy Chapters 13 & 14
In this episode, I read the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Romantic Time Period
In this episode, I give some background information over the Romantic Time Period and one of the most popular authors of all time: Edgar Allan Poe.
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Saturday Reading Corner
In this episode, I read "Little Red Riding Hood".
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The Horse And His Boy Chapters 11 & 12
In this episode, I read the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Gettysburg Address
In today's episode, I go over The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.
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The Horse and His Boy: Chapters 9&10
In this episode, I read the ninth and tenth chapters of the third book of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
In today's episode, I go over the background information of today's author Ambrose Bierce, read the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", and give you the listeners a few question to think about while listening to the story and to mull over afterwards.
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The Horse and His Boy: Chapters 7&8
In this episode, I read the seventh and eighth chapters of the third book of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Civil War Era
In today's episode, I go over the background information for the third unit in the American Literature Unit we've been going through.
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The Horse and His Boy Chapters 5 & 6
The fifth and sixth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Age of Reason - Two Additional Authors
In today's episode, I do more of promoting than teaching, giving you two authors to go and discover on your own!
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Saturday Reading Corner: The Night Before Christmas
The Christmas edition of the Saturday Reading Corner. The Christmas season wouldn't be Christmas without at least one Christmas story, The Night Before Christmas.
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The Horse and His Boy Chapters 3 & 4
The third and fourth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Age of Reason and The Declaration of Independence
In today's lesson, I talk a little about the Age of Reason. I then read the whole Declaration of Independence and do a little Q & A at the end.
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The Horse and His Boy Chapters 1 & 2
The first and second chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
In this episode, I talk about the information that I find important to discuss about the contents of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 15, 16, and 17.
The fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters from the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Act 2-4
This episode is about certain questions that I ask my students in the classroom after reading acts two, three, and four of the play. If you have any other questions, comments, or differing points of view from what I say here, please contact me and let me know.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 13 & 14
The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the second novel in the series of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Act 1
This episode is about certain questions that I ask my students in the classroom after reading the first act of the play. If you have any other questions, comments, or differing points of view from what I say here, please contact me and let me know.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 11 & 12
The eleventh and twelfth chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Background Information
In today's episode, I talk about the historical background that inspired Arthur Miller to write his play "The Crucible." I talk about The Salem Witch Trials and some of the neat facts that happened during that time.
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Saturday Reading Corner: The Gingerbread Man
This month, I read a classic: The Gingerbread Man.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 9 & 10
The ninth and tenth chapters of the second book from the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: Anne Bradstreet
In this episode, I read two poems written by Anne Bradstreet. "Upon the Burning of our House" and "To my Dear and Loving Husband" are the two poems highlighted in this episode. I talk about each poem a bit.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 7 & 8
The seventh and eighth chapters of the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: American Literature - The Colonial Period
In this episode, I go over the basics of what's to come in future Teaching Tuesday episodes and then go into the background of the first unit.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 5 & 6
The fifth and sixth chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: Literary Terms Part 5
The last part of the literary terms lesson I use in the classroom.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 3 & 4
The third and fourth chapters of the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: Literary Terms Part 4
The fourth part of the literary terms lesson I teach in the classroom.
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Saturday Reading Corner
Today's reading selection: The Three Bears.
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The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Chapters 1 & 2
The first and second chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Teaching Tuesday: The Magician's Nephew
In today's episode, I talk about the book we've been going over on Fridays: The Magician's Nephew. I go over some questions that I thought were good things to point out, some literary elements that help us understand the novel, and then talk about a few things that I hadn't been able to touch on...
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The Magician's Nephew Chapters 14 & 15
The fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of the first book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Miss being in English class? Here at English Corner, you'll be transported back to your high school English classroom. Books will be read, discussed, "lessons" on how to write different papers, and so much more will be covered here in the English Corner!Episodes are uploaded twice a week: Teaching Tuesdays at 8 am and Reading Corner on Fridays at 8 am.
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Abigail Yohn
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