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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…

Abigail Yohn

  • Nov 27, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Prince Caspian: Chapters 9 & 10

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 41:35


In this episode, I read the ninth and tenth chapters of the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Purloined Letter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 60:59


It this episodes, I read and briefly discuss one of three detective stories from Edgar Allan Poe centered around one detective: Dupin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Masque of the Red Death

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 27:10


In this episode, I read and discuss yet another short story from Edgar Allan Poe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Update

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 1:09


In this episode, I let you all know why I took a week off of recording episodes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Saturday Reading Corner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 14:11


In today's episode, I read two stories that deal with love in honor of Valentines Day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Prince Caspian: Chapters 7 & 8

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 37:34


In this episode, I read the seventh and eighth chapters in the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Fall of the House of Usher

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 60:02


In this episode, I read the short story The Fall of the House of Usher written by Edgar Allan Poe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Prince Caspian: Chapters 5 & 6

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 37:53


In this episode, I read the fifth and sixth chapters of the fourth novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday's: The Cask of Amontillado

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 31:24


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Prince Caspian: Chapters 3 & 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 33:05


The third and fourth chapters of the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: "The Black Cat"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 35:56


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Prince Caspian: Chapters 1 & 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 33:34


The first and second chapters of the fourth book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Horse And His Boy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 22:44


In this episode, I go over some points I think are important to wrap up the third novel from The Chronicles of Narnia series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse And His Boy Chapter 15

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 19:27


In this episode, I read the fifteenth and last chapter in the third book of the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 53:32


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse And His Boy Chapters 13 & 14

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 36:30


In this episode, I read the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Romantic Time Period

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 16:13


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Saturday Reading Corner

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2020 5:42


In this episode, I read "Little Red Riding Hood". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse And His Boy Chapters 11 & 12

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 37:00


In this episode, I read the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Gettysburg Address

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 15:33


In today's episode, I go over The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse and His Boy: Chapters 9&10

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 37:19


In this episode, I read the ninth and tenth chapters of the third book of The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 33:53


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse and His Boy: Chapters 7&8

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 36:02


In this episode, I read the seventh and eighth chapters of the third book of The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Civil War Era

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 18:14


In today's episode, I go over the background information for the third unit in the American Literature Unit we've been going through. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse and His Boy Chapters 5 & 6

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 39:52


The fifth and sixth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Age of Reason - Two Additional Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 8:15


In today's episode, I do more of promoting than teaching, giving you two authors to go and discover on your own! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Saturday Reading Corner: The Night Before Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 4:54


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse and His Boy Chapters 3 & 4

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 40:08


The third and fourth chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Age of Reason and The Declaration of Independence

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 19:18


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Horse and His Boy Chapters 1 & 2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 43:43


The first and second chapters of the third book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 58:04


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 41:27


The fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters from the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Act 2-4

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 14:04


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 13 & 14

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 28:41


The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the second novel in the series of The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Act 1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 17:11


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 11 & 12

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2019 28:22


The eleventh and twelfth chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Crucible Background Information

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 15:28


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Saturday Reading Corner: The Gingerbread Man

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2019 8:50


This month, I read a classic: The Gingerbread Man. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 9 & 10

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 28:50


The ninth and tenth chapters of the second book from the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: Anne Bradstreet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 20:42


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 7 & 8

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019 29:42


The seventh and eighth chapters of the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: American Literature - The Colonial Period

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 40:20


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. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 5 & 6

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 23:10


The fifth and sixth chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: Literary Terms Part 5

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 7:27


The last part of the literary terms lesson I use in the classroom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapters 3 & 4

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 25:27


The third and fourth chapters of the second novel in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: Literary Terms Part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 12:27


The fourth part of the literary terms lesson I teach in the classroom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Saturday Reading Corner

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 7:56


Today's reading selection: The Three Bears. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Chapters 1 & 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 25:07


The first and second chapters of the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Teaching Tuesday: The Magician's Nephew

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 60:56


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 prior to that point. Please feel free to ask any questions that I didn't touch on, make any comments about something I missed, and/or let me know about anything I may have not been clear about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

The Magician's Nephew Chapters 14 & 15

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 30:36


The fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of the first book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

Heads Up

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 2:38


Like what you've been listening to? Support me to help me keep adding more content! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/english-corner/support

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