There are very few things Greater than Gatsby and you’re participating in two of them at the same time: (1) Summer Vacation; (2) This podcast. It’s already page 24 and we really haven’t met the titular man of the novel. Here’s how Nick describes his first (kind of) encounter with the Jay Gatsby: Quote: He […]
Literary Quote of the Day: A Word from Oingo Boingo
June 6, 2022 By
Nothing screams summer fun like a dystopian novel that involves characters getting metaphorically stomped on the face over and over and over and loving it in the end. That’s why we’re going with our third and final quote from 1984. Intro Music O’Brien explains to Winston what the future holds for citizens of Oceania. Just […]
Literary Quote of the Day: “War is Peace”
June 5, 2022 By
Let’s go back to back with everyone’s favorite dystopian novel, 1984 There are plenty of examples of irony in 1984 by George Orwell. The novel itself, on the surface a satire on negative Utopian novels, contains enough truth to frighten even the most diligent head-in-the-sand citizen. The novel’s hero is a middle-aged, out-of-shape, not-so-attractive, varicose […]
Literary Quote of the Day: “Who Controls the Future?”
June 4, 2022 By
I read 1984 in 1984. I also read it last week. That’s where today’s literary quote of the day comes from. Intro Music Big Brother is able to maintain absolute control over the citizens of Oceania by controlling all information. One critical aspect of information control is determining what history is taught and what information […]
National Poetry Month Poem of the Day Podcast: April 1-8
April 8, 2022 By
Check out all episodes of the Teaching ELA podcast by clicking this link. The Teaching ELA podcast episodes for April 1-8 include (Click here to listen to the Teaching ELA Podcast): National Poetry Month Poem of the Day: “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost APRIL 08, 2022 National Poetry Month Poem of the Day: “Tyger! […]
Teaching “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”
November 22, 2021 By
I just taught this last week and I forgot just how good it was. I’m talking about Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment by Nat Hawthorne. Takeaways DHE isn’t exactly what it appears to be. The participants believe it’s a scientific experiment, but it’s actually an experiment on human behavior. There’s a ton of symbolism in here that […]