Office Hours Archive — The Pelican Society

Office Hours Overview

June 2022
- Jun 13, 2022 Office Hours: Tools for Idol-Builders
May 2022
- May 20, 2022 Office Hours: How to Make the Most of Summer Reading Adventures
April 2022
- Apr 27, 2022 Office Hours: Mimesis vs. Catharsis – Two Ways to Read (and Teach) Great Books
March 2022
- Mar 28, 2022 Office Hours: Dealing with Troubling Content
- Mar 9, 2022 Office Hours: The 3-Sentence Quotation Assignment
January 2022
- Jan 25, 2022 Office Hours: Grading Papers – What, Why, and How Do We Do It?
December 2021
- Dec 20, 2021 Office Hours: Culture Building and Conservation
November 2021
- Nov 19, 2021 Office Hours: Socratic Poetry Discussion
October 2021
- Oct 26, 2021 Office Hours: Tips for Creative Writing
September 2021
- Sep 13, 2021 Office Hours: The Three Arts of Reading
August 2021
- Aug 30, 2021 Office Hours: Biblioscopic Dialogue and the Great Conversation
June 2021
- Jun 11, 2021 Office Hours: Design Your Own Lit Class
May 2021
- May 21, 2021 Office Hours: Close Reading
April 2021
- Apr 28, 2021 Office Hours: Reading as the Theatre Arts
March 2021
- Mar 19, 2021 Office Hours: Literary Conversations
February 2021
- Feb 26, 2021 Office Hours: One Note Johnny
January 2021
- Jan 25, 2021 Office Hours: What's In a Name? Classical Education vs. the Liberal Arts
December 2020
- Dec 18, 2020 Office Hours: Theatrical Reading Performances – How to Read Aloud Like a Pro
November 2020
- Nov 20, 2020 Office Hours: Liberal Arts and the Left Brainer
- Nov 2, 2020 Office Hours: The Literary Biography – Art or History?
August 2020
- Aug 28, 2020 Office Hours: A Way In – Picture Books and the Great Books
July 2020
- Jul 31, 2020 Office Hours: On Value and Volume – How to Work Smart and Keep Your Sanity
- Jul 13, 2020 Office Hours: On Creating Interest in Very Young Readings – The Beauty of Five in a Row
June 2020
- Jun 15, 2020 Office Hours: On Letting Them Fail – or The Importance of Failure in Education
May 2020
- May 1, 2020 Office Hours: Reading for Figurative Meaning – Are You Making This Up?
April 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 Office Hours: Character Formation and the Great Books – Addressing Character Problems "Through the Back Door"
February 2020
- Feb 28, 2020 Office Hours: The Literary Essay – What It Is and What It's Not
January 2020
- Jan 24, 2020 Office Hours: Mastering the Techniques of Socratic Discussion
December 2019
- Dec 23, 2019 Office Hours: Creating a Literary Advent
November 2019
- Nov 22, 2019 Office Hours: What's Really Expected of the Homeschooler?
October 2019
- Oct 25, 2019 Office Hours: Using the "Good" Books as Gateways to the Greats
- Oct 1, 2019 Office Hours: Keeping a Literature Notebook
September 2019
- Sep 9, 2019 Office Hours: Why It Matters – An Apology for the Liberal Arts
July 2019
- Jul 26, 2019 Office Hours: Loving Your Student Through the Book List - Designing Personalized Reading for Each Child
June 2019
- Jun 28, 2019 Office Hours: Organizing Literary Field Trips
May 2019
- May 28, 2019 Office Hours: Starting a Pelican Book Club for Kids
- May 1, 2019 Office Hours: The Art of Literary Conversation – Putting Authors in Dialogue
April 2019
- Apr 5, 2019 Office Hours: Worldview Through the Great Books
February 2019
- Feb 22, 2019 Office Hours: How to Mark Up a Book and Other Useful Acts of Vandalism
January 2019
- Jan 18, 2019 Office Hours: "But I Don't Have Time to Read!"
December 2018
- Dec 17, 2018 Office Hours: Teaching Worldview
November 2018
- Nov 16, 2018 Office Hours: Comparing Homeschooling Philosophies
October 2018
- Oct 26, 2018 Office Hours: Classroom Discipline
August 2018
- Aug 20, 2018 Office Hours: Writing a Good Essay Prompt
July 2018
- Jul 16, 2018 Office Hours: Why Do We Study Literature?
June 2018
- Jun 25, 2018 Office Hours: Movies as Literature Study
May 2018
- May 22, 2018 Office Hours: Teaching Poetry
April 2018
- Apr 24, 2018 Office Hours: Navigating Homeschool Co-ops
- Apr 10, 2018 Office Hours: Preparing for College
March 2018
- Mar 23, 2018 Office Hours: Using Online Classes
January 2018
- Jan 23, 2018 Office Hours: Assessing Your Teaching Qualifications
November 2017
- Nov 3, 2017 Office Hours: Reading Journals
September 2017
- Sep 25, 2017 Office Hours: Achieving Diligence in the Classroom
July 2017
- Jul 17, 2017 Office Hours: Balance and Finding Rest in the Middle of Summer School Prep
June 2017
- Jun 14, 2017 Office Hours: What is Education?
April 2017
- Apr 27, 2017 Office Hours: Historical Fiction
March 2017
- Mar 27, 2017 Office Hours: Vocab and Grammar in Literature Study
- Mar 13, 2017 Office Hours: Shouldn't There Be Homework? A Discussion Concerning Worksheets and Book Reports
February 2017
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Tips on Writing from Literature
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Can Socratic Discussion Help Prepare for the SAT?
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Pulp Fiction
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Grading a Socratic Discussion
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Choosing the Right Books
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Teaching with Socratic Discussion
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Reluctant Readers
- Feb 10, 2017 Office Hours: Teaching Multi-Age Classes
- Feb 9, 2017 Office Hours: The Tyranny of the Booklist
January 2015
- Jan 22, 2015 Office Hours: Keeping Away the Winter Blues