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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!!!
Andy
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Andy
@__codexterous
English teacher || Whole school research || Blogger || PhD in Twentieth-Century Literature || My views are my own
Joined March 2019
- How I approach WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK 1) Define two aspects of excellence 2) Live model examples of this excellent from student work in the feedback lesson 3) Complete a Together Task that helps everyone to get better
- 🎉ALL THE RESOURCES!📚 Looking ahead to the next couple of weeks I wanted to help so I’ve uploaded **ALL** of my resources to my blog I’ll also add any new resources here and keep it updated. Link: codexterous.home.blog/resources/ I hope it helps!
00:00 - Retrieval games… Each year with Y11 my very first lesson back is occupied with a kind of retrieval game. It’s nothing fancy but also works really well. Setting it up is a task for tomorrow. This is how it will work… a THREAD …./1
- LIVE MODELLING 1. Students draw an extra wide margin 2. As you model they jot down what you’re doing in *their* margin 3. Now they have a scaffold strip they created based on your model 4. They attempt a similar question on the blank bit of the page using the strip to help
- **NEW GCSE LIT RESOURCE** Unseen Poetry preparation booklet ☑️ 17 poems ☑️ scaffolded prompt strip to cue close reading ☑️ model responses (24 & 8) ☑️ essay structure (24 & 8) ☑️ suggested process for dealing with any unseen poem Here it is: tinyurl.com/yyp4gnq9
00:00 - NEW whole class feedback format Excellence is… and It looks like this both live modelled in class And then pre-populated next steps to be highlighted according to student
- WHAT, HOW, WHY poster… Covering a range of prompts for students to ask themselves when thinking or writing about a text Feel free to share and use if helpful
- 📕 POST! 📕 If you're looking to evaluate how to deliver feedback next academic year this post is for you. A step by step guide to how I use Whole Class Feedback from collecting work to handing it back
- Teaching Macbeth… Here’s a THREAD about how I introduce and teach Macbeth, breaking it down step by step Let’s imagine it’s lesson 1. What happens next? /1
- English…! Some phrases to teach your students: — The use of X, unlike Y, suggests… — X is typically associated with Y — When one thinks of X one imagines …. — This seems almost to capture… — This creates an overall impression of…
- Replying to @m_stevens0 and @Team_English1PDF to Word conversion. Open word, drag and drop PDF file into the home page of word. It will then turn the PDF into an editable word document.
- **ALL THE RESOURCES!** Before summer fades away and we forget it ever existed, here’s a THREAD with everything I’ve posted over summer that I think will be of use, collated in one place for ease. Sharing is caring! 📚🤩👇 /1
- LIVE MODELLING A strategy I like… Draw an extra large margin. Ask students to do the same. As you live model students are noting in their margin the choices you are making and why, phrases they like, structural decisions. /1
