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Mr. Reeves from Burien, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Reeves's classroom raised $912

Telling Our Stories: The Power of Memoir

My students need copies of the 33 selected memoirs to begin examination of the personal, literary and academic power in the study and creation of memoir.

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Mr. Reeves Big Picture School
Burien, WA Grades 9-12

“The Met now has the lowest dropout rate and the highest college placement rate of any high school in the state. These are the kind of results you can get when you design a high school to prepare every student for college.” Bill Gates, February 2005 National Governors’ Association Education Summit At our schools we believe that all of our students should have both the choice and the ability to engage in post-secondary learning. That means preparing our students for the rigors of a college and workplace environment that requires critical literacy, the tools for analysis and evaluation, and the practice of reading for perspective and understanding. One of the ways we accomplish this is to engage in rigorous, inquiry-based, literacy instruction. Using the reading and writing of memoir, we examine structure, style, and purpose of writing, expand vocabulary, practice text-based reading strategies of inquiry and analysis and explore how perspective shapes “truth”. It is also a graduation requirement that students complete a 75 page autobiography with extensive revision. As students examine the truths of others, they begin to identify and express their own truths, building confidence and experience and knowledge of self-as-reader and learner. The study of memoir is also a tool to engage students in expanding literacy by focusing on vocabulary building, grammar and structure, and composition and style. Our school serves one of the most diverse communities in the United States and has 54% enrollment in the free-and-reduced lunch program. Our students develop their own learning plans, implement rigorous projects, and engage in real-world internships.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

36 students impacted 10 donors
Mr. Reeves Big Picture School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Burien, WA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

36 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakota Woman Dog Mary Crow • Barnes and Noble $8.49 1 $8.49
Lakota Woman Dog Mary Crow • Barnes and Noble $10.47 1 $10.47
Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $6.98 1 $6.98
Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $6.00 1 $6.00
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah • Barnes and Noble $7.58 1 $7.58
Lakota Woman Dog Mary Crow • Barnes and Noble $9.11 1 $9.11
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah • Barnes and Noble $7.02 1 $7.02
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah • Barnes and Noble $8.77 1 $8.77
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah • Barnes and Noble $9.08 1 $9.08
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Sanyika Shakur • Barnes and Noble $11.14 1 $11.14
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Sanyika Shakur • Barnes and Noble $10.82 1 $10.82
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Sanyika Shakur • Barnes and Noble $9.55 1 $9.55
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Sanyika Shakur • Barnes and Noble $9.07 1 $9.07
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America Geoffrey Canada • Barnes and Noble $9.38 1 $9.38
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America Geoffrey Canada • Barnes and Noble $10.48 1 $10.48
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America Geoffrey Canada • Barnes and Noble $10.17 1 $10.17
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Percy Carey • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Percy Carey • Barnes and Noble $9.73 1 $9.73
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Percy Carey • Barnes and Noble $9.09 1 $9.09
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Barakat, Ibtisam • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Barakat, Ibtisam • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Barakat, Ibtisam • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Barakat, Ibtisam • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America Geoffrey Canada • Barnes and Noble $8.71 1 $8.71
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Percy Carey • Barnes and Noble $8.81 1 $8.81
Lakota Woman Dog Mary Crow • Barnes and Noble $9.37 1 $9.37
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother James McBride • Barnes and Noble $12.00 6 $72.00
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Adapted by Sarah Thomson • Barnes and Noble $8.09 4 $32.36
Monster Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator), Christopher Myers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 4 $32.36
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman, Fred Jordon (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $28.00 6 $168.00
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi • Barnes and Noble $10.36 4 $41.44
Night Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translator), Preface by Elie Wiesel • Barnes and Noble $8.95 6 $53.70

Materials cost

$625.59

Vendor shipping charges

 $62.56

Sales tax

 $40.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$747.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$164.03

Total project goal

$911.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $911.27

8 Donors

-$455.63

Donations toward project cost

-$373.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.01

match offer

-$455.63

Match offer toward project cost

-$373.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.01

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