Ariel Sacks
@arielsacks.bsky.social
Middle school English teacher and literacy coach in NYC. Education author and advocate. arielsacks.com
Morning! Does anyone have good suggestions for a One Book One School title for #middleschool (NYC)
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Morning! Does anyone have good suggestions for a One Book One School title for #middleschool (NYC)
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Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...
www.latimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by Ariel Sacks
In her book, @arielsacks.bsky.social “presents a rationale and road map for expanding the place for “imaginative writing” within the English Language Arts curriculum.” Read Dr. @macappiello.bsky.social 's review here: buff.ly/W5vCTuB
May 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In her book, @arielsacks.bsky.social “presents a rationale and road map for expanding the place for “imaginative writing” within the English Language Arts curriculum.” Read Dr. @macappiello.bsky.social 's review here: buff.ly/W5vCTuB
Really happy to see this article coming from folks at #uncommonschools about teaching whole class novels. Many practices aligned with #wholenovels method!
hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
TEACHER VOICE: Instead of assuming that kids won't read novels, give them skills to defend their analysis - The Hechinger Report
Reading novels puts students in community with complex ideas they can explore across weeks. Novels are powerful pedagogy because they are hard and time-consuming to teach. A good curriculum rises to t...
hechingerreport.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Really happy to see this article coming from folks at #uncommonschools about teaching whole class novels. Many practices aligned with #wholenovels method!
hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
Interesting, and worth the full read. The author questions the *impact* (not the intention) of the 2022 NCTE guidelines that embrace digital literacies and intertextuality on the discipline of reading and comprehension. #wholenovels
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...
Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. (Gift Article)
Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Interesting, and worth the full read. The author questions the *impact* (not the intention) of the 2022 NCTE guidelines that embrace digital literacies and intertextuality on the discipline of reading and comprehension. #wholenovels
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...
Thinking re: why I have been called to write. It’s been for the exhilarating chance to explore. In this book I wanted to see what can happen when fiction writing is a core component of ELA. I learned so much!
Interested? 70% off the audiobook til Jan 11. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Interested? 70% off the audiobook til Jan 11. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
70% OFF Who Gets to Write Fiction?: Opening Doors to Imaginative Writing for All Students
Writing and sharing fiction allows adolescents to glimpse other lives
The current curricular emphasis on analytical writing can make it feel risky to teach creative writing in ELA classrooms. But t...
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January 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thinking re: why I have been called to write. It’s been for the exhilarating chance to explore. In this book I wanted to see what can happen when fiction writing is a core component of ELA. I learned so much!
Interested? 70% off the audiobook til Jan 11. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Interested? 70% off the audiobook til Jan 11. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about her foundational experience on the speech & debate team in HS. Also developing her creative side, acting, poetry, and the hopeful stance of art #NCTE24
November 21, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about her foundational experience on the speech & debate team in HS. Also developing her creative side, acting, poetry, and the hopeful stance of art #NCTE24