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Andrew Atherton

Experiencing English Literature: Shaping Authentic Student Response in Thinking and Writing

Experiencing English Literature: Shaping Authentic Student Response in Thinking and Writing

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Student response is essential for the English Literature classroom, and this book offers a powerful account of the role it plays. It encourages authentic and co-constructed responses from students and provides ideas, routines, and activities for teaching novels, plays, poetry, and generative writing. It is essential reading for KS3/4/5 teachers and Senior Leaders.

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Length: 182 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


What does it mean to engage with a work of literature? How does response shape the creation of literary meaning? And what truly matters in the teaching of English Literature? In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Atherton delves into the critical role of student response in the English Literature classroom. This text is intricately woven with the disciplinary traditions and legacies of what it means to experience English Literature, both for teachers and students. As the English teaching community strives to move beyond exam-driven responses, highly restrictive essay structures, and explicit teaching of interpretation, this innovative text empowers teachers to foster authentic and collaborative responses from students. It offers dedicated chapters for teaching novels, plays, and poetry, as well as generative writing, sentence-level analysis, and essay structure. Each chapter is brimming with ideas, routines, and activities that can be seamlessly integrated into the classroom. This book will play a pivotal role in this ongoing revitalization of an experience of English Literature that prioritizes student response and its shaping.

Experiencing English Literature remains accessible and practical, primarily designed for teachers. It will be an indispensable resource for KS3/4/5 English Literature teachers, as well as Senior Leaders seeking to deepen their understanding of the disciplinary traditions of English Literature.

Weight: 512g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032385747

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