Dear fellow English teachers,

I need your help! I’m working on a book idea that’s been percolating for some time now. It’s been two years since my first book, Whole Novels For the Whole Class: A Student Centered Approach was published, and since then, I’ve felt a big wondering come on about the role of fiction writing in the study of English Language Arts these days. In my own classroom, it is a source joy for both my students and me, and strong experiences like that in the classroom get me thinking. I’m trying to explore the value of this imaginative writing–academically and otherwise–as well as its current role in English classrooms around the country. I’m wondering if and how the Common Core Standards are influencing this kind of writing.

I want to know how other teachers view and experience fiction writing within our discipline. Please help me by taking this brief survey… (your name is optional.) I hope you will the questions interesting and that it will take only about 5 minutes! Feel free to also comment or ask questions here.

Survey: What Is The Role of Fiction Writing In English Class These Days?

THANK YOU!

~Ariel

 

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Ariel Sacks

Ariel Sacks began her 13-year teaching career in New York City public schools after earning her master’s degree at Bank Street College and has taught and coached in grades 7-9. She is the author of Whole Novels for the Whole Class: A Student Centered Approach (Jossey-Bass, 2014) and writes a teaching column for Education Week Teacher.

Ariel’s work as a teacher leader with the Center for Teaching Quality involved her in co-authoring Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Public Schools – Now and in the Future. She was also featured in the CTQ book Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead Without Leaving.

She is currently working on a book about the role of creative writing in equitable, 21st century schools, and she speaks and leads workshops on the whole novels approach.

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