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3 Sep 2023
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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2 Sep 2024
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
7 May 2024
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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16 Aug 2024
@__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-ma…
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30 Jun 2024
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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)
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29 Jun 2024
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Some thoughts on getting the most out of cold reads.
Cold, Hot or Warm? Thoughts on Cold Reads in English – codexterous (home.blog)
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23 Jun 2024
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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)
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22 Jun 2024
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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)
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16 Jun 2024
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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)
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8 Jun 2024
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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)
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9 Jun 2024
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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)
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15 Jun 2024
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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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13 May 2024
🌟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!
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15 May 2024
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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1 Jun 2024
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
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28 Apr 2024
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A model essay for Macbeth and ambition.
Share far and wide!
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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.
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