Robert Frost, ”Home Burial”

We talk about the life-affirming poems of Adam Zagajewski. 

Claire and I have one of my favorite discussions about a very under-read book. We talk about the relationship between America and money, love and money, obsession, greed, expectations vs. reality, imagination vs. fantasy, nature, beauty, truth, hoarse-voiced entertainers on sub-p ...  Show more

This is an actual lesson I delivered to my native English students in my classroom in the United States. I speak in a very natural tone, but at the speed most native speakers would be comfortable with. Enjoy!

A link to the vocabulary words I discuss: https://quizlet.com ...

In this episode, Spencer talks with Curtis about her dream house. Students can listen and see what she would do with her kitchen, bathroom, livingroom, outside of the house and yard. 

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In this special episode, Jacke pays tribute to a friend, including a consideration of endings and beginnings, mystery and grace, and two powerful works: John Berger's The Shape of a Pocket and James Joyce's masterpiece "The Dead." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone ...  Show more

This is the exact English lesson I made for my native English students this week. The book, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, by Maya Angelou is an American classic. We've been studying it in class. I made this lesson to help my students understand the very difficult novel. I h ...