Andy @__codexterous

English teacher || Whole school research || Blogger || PhD in Twentieth-Century Literature || My views are my own codexterous.home.blog Joined March 2019

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Patrick Huff @Mr_PHuff

a year ago

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

Patrick Huff @Mr_PHuff

a year ago

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ignis @ignisliteracy

a year ago

@__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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Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman

a year ago

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/…

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!POST! 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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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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)

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

!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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Elaine @mrsmacteach33

a year ago

🌟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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MrsMoEnglish📚 #antiracist @MrsMoEnglish1

a year ago

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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SCC English @sccenglish

a year ago

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

📚POST!📚 A model essay for Macbeth and ambition. Share far and wide! codexterous.home.blog/2021/04/07/a-m…

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Andy @__codexterous

a year ago

📚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…