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Prose and Context
by Lexington Christian Academy English Department
The podcast for life giving teaching.
Episodes
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Episode 27 – Farewell Episode
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Episode 26 – Bringing Journalism into the Middle School Classroom
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Episode 25 – Dangerously Immersed in Ourselves: Chopin’s “The Awakening”
Kate Chopin’s The Awakening—“Dangerously Immersed in Ourselves” By Karen E.B. Elliott I remember the first time I read this book. It was back in college was I was earning my B.A. at a liberal arts, secular school. I loved the novel. It intrigued me. Perhaps it was because I identified with the…
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Episode 24 – Celebrating National Library Week with our Local Library
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Episode 23 – The Single-Point Rubric
Transcript unavailable for this episode. Danah Hashem’s Edutopia article on the single point rubric can be accessed here.
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Episode 22 – Cultivating Character in the Classroom
Cultivating Character in the Classroom. My name is Renée LaRoche. I am currently teaching Academic English at Lexington Christian Academy. I graduated from LCA in 1992 and it’s wonderful to be back home. For the past fifteen years, I’ve taught in public charter, traditional public, and private...
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Episode 21 – Teaching Setting Through Shakespeare – an example using “Othello”
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Episode 20 – A Rationale for Podcasting as Teachers of Writing
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Episode 19 – A Good Woman is Hard to Find
Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind—“A Good Woman is Hard to Find” By Karen E. B. Elliott, English Department Faculty February 26, 2019 Margaret Mitchell was once quoted as saying that “in a time of weakness, I wrote a novel.” Well, if writing one of the most read, translated, and published...
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Episode 18 – More Than a Grade
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Episode 17 – Book Groups
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Episode 16 – How Everyday Vocabulary Stops ELL Students
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Episode 15 – Too Late, The Phalarope
Alan Paton’s Too Late, the Phalarope—“Scarlet Letters in the Modern Age” By Karen E.B. Elliott Alan Paton wrote only three novels—the first he destroyed; the second is his most famous (Cry, the Beloved Country), and then his third is ridiculously painful to read. But it’s so amazingly good, and…
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Episode 14 – Audio Feedback
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Episode 13 – A Student’s Perspective on Becoming a Reader and Writer
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Episode 12 – How I Manage My Classroom: A Balancing Act
“How I Manage My Classroom: A Balancing Act” By Karen E. B. Elliott, English Faculty (1997-the present) I always find it interesting how classes formulate—not according to a schedule, or what a student desires to take to graduate, or even what “track” they’ve chosen. Whenever my classes meet,...
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Episode 11 – NaNoWriMo
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Episode 10 – Alliteration Rap
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Episode 9 – Finding Your Faith in Literature
“As a Christian Teacher, ‘Life is a Highway’” Karen E. B. Elliott, English Faculty (1997-present) On more than one occasion, I will have a frustrated student sigh and boldly ask, “Mrs. Elliott, why do we have to read this?” It’s a fair question, so instead of getting defensive because they’ve…
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Episode 8 – For Lori Johnson
Danah: This is Danah Hashem speaking and, for this episode, our 8th episode, we wanted to deviate from some of the patterns we’ve been following in this podcast so far because we want to pause to reflect on and honor the passing of one of our colleagues, Lori Johnson. If you’ve been following…
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Episode 7 – Mind the Gap
Mind the Gap: can the study of art in a museum context help young students with their own reading and then creative writing? Hello, my name is Rebecca Lefroy. I teach 7th, 8th and 9th grade at Lexington Christian Academy and am going to be talking about some research that I conducted in my…
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Episode 6 – Flexible Seating
Hello! This is Danah Hashem, and thanks for joining me for today’s episode of Prose and Context. In this episode, I’d like to spend some time talking about flexible seating: what it is, how I’ve seen it work. All that good stuff. So, for those of you who are unfamiliar, flexible seating is a...
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Episode 5 – Let Them Teach You
Let Them Teach You! Integrated Skills Civil Rights Unit for ELL Middle Schoolers with Nancy Nies Last spring, when I was unexpectedly teaching a mixed class of middle schoolers from China whose Toefls ranged from 25 to 50, I was running out of ideas how to bridge the gaps in their abilities. “Hey...
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Episode 4 – Why I Teach Beowulf
In this episode, LCA British Literature teacher, Karen Elliott, discusses her passion for helping students find their faith in literature through the study of Beowulf. I teach a first-semester British Literature survey course to all the seniors, and whether they’re in AP or Honors, we always…
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Episode 3 – The Joys of Summer Reading
In this episode, Lori Johnson interviews her daughter, LCA alumna Alexandra Johnson who is a senior at Calvin College studying to be a secondary English teacher. Alex is a serious reader and a podcast fanatic. By the time this episode airs, she will have read over one hundred books this summer,...
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Episode 2 – In Defense of the Classroom Tea Party
In this episode, LCA World Lit teacher Danah Hashem explores classroom culture and ritual using tea parties. Episode Transcript: Welcome to Prose and Context, a podcast about lifegiving teaching by the English department at Lexington Christian Academy. (Intro Music) Hello! This is Danah Hashem…
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Episode 1 – Welcome to Prose and Context
In our introductory episode, the teachers of the LCA English department introduce themselves, their pedagogies, and their goals for the podcast. Episode Transcript: Welcome to Prose and Context, a podcast about lifegiving teaching by the English department at Lexington Christian Academy. (Intro...
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