KarenCoatsDec 31, 20183 min readFall Semester Highlights: Part II, the Books!YA Insights! I love teaching YA literature. I should note that I structured the class this semester so that students led the discussion...
KarenCoatsDec 31, 20182 min readFall Semester Highlights: Part IThis semester of teaching was full of many bright spots. Here are just two: Projects! Storytelling and Civic Engagement The final project...
KarenCoatsDec 31, 20184 min readThe Daybook PortfolioOne of my favorite assignments is the end-of-semester Daybook Portfolio, which I have adapted from Brannon et al’s Thinking Out Loud on...
KarenCoatsOct 19, 20184 min readAvoiding a Single StoryI probably should have called this post “Why I Still Teach Absolutely True Diary, Part 3.” As I noted in Part 1 of that post, one reason...
KarenCoatsOct 16, 20183 min readWhy I Still Teach Absolutely True Diary, Part TwoAs I mentioned in Part One of this blog post, teaching Alexie’s work enables me to have difficult, uncomfortable, important, and relevant...
KarenCoatsOct 15, 20184 min readWhy I Still Teach Absolutely True Diary, Part OneI understand why many people have stopped teaching Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. Many of my students,...
