You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Ms. Hall from Capitol Heights MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Increasing the Literary Canon

My students need 31 copies of novels that are both engaging and challenging. The books selected; "Alice in Wonderland" and "Great Expectations" are two classics.

  • $493 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Last year was just the beginning! My students (I looped with them) got their feet wet in the literary canon with "Fahrenheit 451" and "To Kill A Mockingbird". Now that I have these 10th &11th graders thinking about college and AP courses next year, I need to continue to build their literary canons.

This project is designed for my sophomores & juniors.

To an outsider, they are fast-talking knuckleheads who are notorious for giving many in our school a tough time. However, inside my classroom they transform into scholars. They want to learn and that has not always been the case. For my juniors, many will apply for next year's AP Literature class. Traditionally, there has not been many take the class. My goal is to have two solid classes of AP Lit.

My Project

The two books "Alice in Wonderland" and "Great Expectations". Alice in Wonderland is designed for my sophomores and Great Expectations for my juniors. For the 10th graders, I plan to focus on quotes in the novel and have them see how the themes apply to their lives and in other novels. My juniors, will use the book as a springboard to discussions about society, wealth, and life as an adult (procuring a job, mentors, etc).

Common Core is forcing educators to better prepare students for life after high school.

I am loving this task! The quality of novels my students are reading and the expectation they have of me to deliver is exciting! I have witnessed this over the past two years using donorschoose and getting projects funded. It is my hope to continue bring rich novels to the classroom which will improve the lessons and produce life-long readers!

Ms. Hall
Grades 9-12

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Hall is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) • AKJ Books $6.50 31 $201.50
Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Gla • AKJ Books $5.17 31 $160.27

Materials cost

$361.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$418.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.93

Total project goal

$492.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $492.84

5 Donors

-$489.31

Donations toward project cost

-$418.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Hall and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Capitol Heights","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[233122],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MD","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":1448399,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/increasing-the-literary-canon/1448399/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":90,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Hall","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"233122":{"owner":"Ms. Hall","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1448399],"proposalHash":"-1423145700","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp233122_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1448393196082","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":32334,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTA0NjM4","NjQzNjQ1","Mjg3ODc2OQ==","NTg3MDE=","MjMzMTIy"],"teacherId":233122,"schoolCounty":"Prince Georges","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MD","name":"Maryland"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.