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Andy

@__codexterous

English teacher || Whole school research || Blogger || PhD in Twentieth-Century Literature || My views are my own

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A year and a half in the making. Countless hours. And many, many early mornings. And now, finally, here it is. My very first book, all about teaching English Literature. I am beyond excited to share it with you. Out November 16th!!!

__codexterous's tweet image. A year and a half in the making. Countless hours. And many, many early mornings. 

And now, finally, here it is. 

My very first book, all about teaching English Literature. 

I am beyond excited to share it with you. Out November 16th!!!

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Updated plot maps for 2024/25 (originally inspired by @__codexterous). Handy for retrieval/revision, but also VERY versatile for use in class activities! Open to suggestions re. some of the images for the new texts! #EdChatIE

Mr_PHuff's tweet image. Updated plot maps for 2024/25 (originally inspired by @__codexterous). Handy for retrieval/revision, but also VERY versatile for use in class activities! Open to suggestions re. some of the images for the new texts! #EdChatIE

We're at the point of the year where these plot maps earn their space on the classroom wall. Super-handy & endlessly adaptable for quick revision of the Junior Cycle & Leaving Cert English texts. #EdChatIE



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@__codexterous - I loved reading this fantastic book. A must-read for English language and literature teachers. So much to learn and gleam.

ignisliteracy's tweet image. @__codexterous - I loved reading this fantastic book. A must-read for English language and literature teachers. So much to learn and gleam.

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I'm proofing Sept emagazine. Great pieces, incl one by @__codexterous that we're specially grateful for, with superb suggestions for how students can use the mag to develop their thinking & writing. Available to subscribers in Sept! Cartoon by Linda Combi. englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/…

BarbaraBleiman's tweet image. I'm proofing Sept emagazine. Great pieces, incl one by @__codexterous that we're specially grateful for, with superb suggestions for how students can use the mag to develop their thinking & writing. Available to subscribers in Sept! Cartoon by Linda Combi. englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/…

!POST! Here's some of my favourite sentences to teach students in English. There's a lot of power in these tiny phrases! Perfecting the Sentence: Explicitly Teaching Sentence Stems – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! Some thoughts on getting the most out of cold reads. Cold, Hot or Warm? Thoughts on Cold Reads in English – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! The best ideas are the simplest. And here's one. Very simple but very powerful. Discussing the Conceptual in English: A Concrete Classroom Strategy – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! Something I do every time I start teaching a novel. And, for good measure, a shameless plug: It's also something I discuss at length in my book, Experiencing English Literature Thematic Threading: A Strategy for Annotating a Text – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! One of my very favourite lessons to teach. And all you need is a few index cards and a visualizer. Just a Flashcard and a Visualiser: An English Lesson – codexterous (home.blog)


POST! Rethinking the Do Now in English. Making retrieval more fun and more English-y Literary Puzzles: Using the Do Now in English – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! How to teach and think about authorial intention. One of the biggest -- and I think best -- changes in my teaching recently. What does the text DO? But, what does the text do? – codexterous (home.blog)


!POST! What we say when we model is just as important as what we do. Some thoughts on modelling in English On Modelling Interpretative Vulnerability – codexterous (home.blog)


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🌟Improving language analysis🌟🧵 There are things I say a lot! 🟣What word is doing the work? 🟣Why that word and not another word? 🟣Say more than one thing about one thing @__codexterous & @FunkyPedagogy gave me these ideas There's two more tips I give students Read on! 1/11

mrsmacteach33's tweet image. 🌟Improving language analysis🌟🧵
There are things I say a lot!
🟣What word is doing the work?
🟣Why that word and not another word?
🟣Say more than one thing about one thing
@__codexterous & @FunkyPedagogy gave me these ideas
There's two more tips I give students
Read on!
1/11

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Adapting @__codexterous ‘margin’ idea: using it backwards with our dept writing frame. Hoping to help my Y10 see how & WHERE writing a lit essay is successful giving a scaffold they can use in revision ahead of their mocks. Their recall is fab so want to maximise writing gains.

MrsMoEnglish1's tweet image. Adapting @__codexterous ‘margin’ idea: using it backwards with our dept writing frame. Hoping to help my Y10 see how & WHERE writing a lit essay is successful giving a scaffold they can use in revision ahead of their mocks. Their recall is fab so want to maximise writing gains.

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Fortnightly 169: Caro & Gottlieb | Emily Dickinson | Vermeer @NGIreland | @joeljmiller on reading now | @__codexterous on teaching literature | @ErinMaglaque on the Venetian ghetto | @Dickinsonwriter on his English teacher | @JacquiWine on @PersephoneBooks juliangirdham.com/blog/fortnight…

sccenglish's tweet image. Fortnightly 169: Caro & Gottlieb | Emily Dickinson | Vermeer @NGIreland | @joeljmiller on reading now | @__codexterous on teaching literature | @ErinMaglaque on the Venetian ghetto | @Dickinsonwriter on his English teacher | @JacquiWine on @PersephoneBooks
juliangirdham.com/blog/fortnight…

📚POST! 📚 A really easy but effective strategy when beginning to teach a new novel I do this *every* time I teach a novel with a class. codexterous.home.blog/2021/08/15/the…


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