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Mrs. Kearney from Champaign, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bridging Literacies with Graphic Novels

My students need 3 copies of 18 graphic novels from "EduManga: Mother Theresa" to "Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Volume One" for reading and language arts class use.

  • $997 goal

This project expired on September 16, 2008.

This project expired on September 16, 2008.

Mrs. Kearney Jefferson Middle School
Champaign, IL Grades 6-8

I co-teach 8th grade classes made up of very diversified learners in an urban setting. Special and general education students within the classes create a wide range of abilities and challenges. Motivating reluctant readers is a daily challenge.

Unmotivated by the traditional reading materials, I would like to bridge the in and out of school literacy experience with graphic novels. Graphic novels motivate students to read. They offer strong visuals for students who have difficulty visualizing,and they are permanent; students can read the novel at their own pace.

With a wide range of graphic novels to choose from, students would be able to work on language arts elements such as essay or paragraph structure and punctuation and dialog. Graphic novels also lend themselves to reading strategies such as visualizing, sequencing, inferring, and analyzing.

You will make it possible for my students to develop critical reading and language arts skills with materials that they want to use. By supplying graphic novels for my classroom, you will be motivating students to become readers for life.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

75 students impacted
Mrs. Kearney Jefferson Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Champaign, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

75 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amulet: Book One The Stone Keeper Kazu Kibuishi • Barnes and Noble $8.99 3 $26.97
Robot Dreams Sara Varon • Barnes and Noble $15.25 3 $45.75
The Arrival Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 3 $47.97
Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age Ariel Schrag (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $17.09 3 $51.27
Edu-Manga: Anne Frank Etsuo Suzuki, Yoko Miyawaki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 3 $26.85
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Volume One Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, Project Gen (Translator), Art Spiegelman (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 3 $40.35
EduManga: Mother Teresa Masahide Kikai, Ren Kishida (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 3 $26.85
Bone: Out from Boneville (Bone Series #1), Vol. 1 Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 3 $26.97
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sis, Peter Sis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 3 $43.20
Emma: Volume 1 Kaoru Mori • Barnes and Noble $8.99 3 $26.97
Houdini: The Handcuff King Jason Lutes, Nick Bertozzi, Nick Bertozzi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 3 $45.87
Beowulf Adapted by Gareth Hinds, Gareth Hinds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.79 3 $32.37
Tommysaurus Rex Doug Tennapel, Doug TenNapel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.75 3 $32.25
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.56 3 $37.68
Girl Stories Lauren R. Weinstein • Barnes and Noble $16.15 3 $48.45
Star Wars: Tag and Bink Kevin Rubio, Lucas Marangon, Howard M. Shum (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 3 $40.35
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel Siena Cherson Siegel, Mark Siegel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 3 $26.97
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman, Fred Jordon (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $28.00 3 $84.00

Materials cost

$711.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $71.11

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$817.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$179.34

Total project goal

$996.34

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