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Mr. Cox from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Art of Reading: Discovering Graphic Novels

My students need a set of 43 graphic novels to help spark their interest in reading and discover a different type of storytelling.

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Mr. Cox Westlane Middle School
Indianapolis, IN Grades 6-8

I am the mentor to a special group of students called Academy Six. These are lower level kids who are hard working and were retained once in elementary. Instead of being retained again we promote them to 6th grade and offer them support. They complete a special program with remediation in the 6th grade and then go on to a normal schedule in the 7th and 8th grades. They spend 90 minutes every other day with me having re-teaching sessions and study skills. We would like to dedicate some time to reading for pleasure too. Most of these students have never read a book simply because they wanted to read it. They were forced to read something for class that often was hard to understand and did not hold their interest.

Working with 6th graders who many times face adversity as a learning disabled student or are a English second language learner provides a unique challenge. Often books written to appeal to their age level are hard for them to understand. Likewise, books written at their reading level come across as childish. Given these obstacles students often become more turned off to the idea of reading for pleasure.

The solution is right in our faces. With the recent theatrical successes of Batman, Iron Man, X-Men, and others, Comic Books are now a big part of popular culture. Even better they are issued in the form of graphic novels. These books are cleverly written with deep plots that can appeal to students of all ages. My class needs a set of graphic novels to begin to nurture a new group of life long readers.

With your help my students will have an amazing tool to develop their joy of reading. I believe these resources will enhance their own creativity as well as improve reading skills and vocabulary. I can't think of a better tool than an amazing piece of art to help students figure out a word or phrase that they may not know. These books will become a catalyst to a variety of class projects from creating their own superhero to using traits of these characters to help remember characters from other stories.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

45 students impacted 2 donors
Mr. Cox Westlane Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN 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

45 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wolverine by Claremont and Miller Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, Paul Smith • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Housebroken: There's a New Dawg in Town Steve Watkins • Barnes and Noble $3.98 1 $3.98
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #662, Vol. 662 Cesar Ferioli (Artist), William Van Horn, Dave Rawson, William Van Horn (Artist), Fred Milton (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Wolverine: Origin Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins, Andy Kubert, Joe Quesada • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
In Odd We Trust Dean Koontz, Queenie Chan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.76 1 $8.76
Joker Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Naruto, Volume 33 Masashi Kishimoto (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi • Barnes and Noble $10.36 1 $10.36
Daniel X: Alien Hunter James Patterson, Leopoldo Gout, Klaus Lyngeled (Illustrator), Jon Girin (Illustrator), Joseph McLamb (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth: 15th Anniversary Edition Grant Morrison • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1 Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neil, Bill Oakley, Ben Dimagmaliw, Kevin O'Neil (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Civil War: X-Men David Hine, Yanick Paquette • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Civil War: X-Men Universe Dennis Calero, Fabian Nicieza, Peter David, Staz Johnson • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways Stefano Caselli, Zeb Wells • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Emma Frost, Volume 3: Bloom Digest Karl Bollers, Carlo Pagulayan • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Onslaught Reborn Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Storm Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin, Lan Medina • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Silent War David Hine, Frazer Irving • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Ultimate Galactus, Volume 1: Nightmare Warren Ellis, Trevor Hairsine • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four Mike Carey, Pasqual Ferry • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
X-Men Evolution, Volume 1 Digest Devin Grayson, Devin K. Grayson, Randy Gentile, Ralph MacChio (Editor), Udon Studios (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
X-Men Evolution, Volume 2 Digest Devin Grayson, Jay Faerber • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
X-Men: Fairy Tales C. B. Cebulski, Sana Takeda • Barnes and Noble $9.89 1 $9.89
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #666, Vol. 666 Flemming Andersen (Artist), Daan Jippes, Per Hedman, Guido Martina, Frank Jonker • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #677, Vol. 677 Maximino Tortajada Aguilar (Artist), Floyd Gottfredson, William Van Horn, Ted Osborne, John Lustig • Barnes and Noble $6.75 1 $6.75
Halo: The Graphic Novel Simon Bisley, Moebius, Ed Lee, Lee Hammock, Jay Faerber • Barnes and Noble $19.99 1 $19.99
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Volume 1 Haden Blackman, Ben Caldwell (Artist), Matt Fillbach (Artist), Shawn Fillbach (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Miles Lane, Doug Wheatley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
Star Wars: Zam Wesell Ron Marz, Ted Naifeh (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Fallen Star Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
DC Versus Marvel Comics Ron Marz, DC Comics, Bob Kahan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Marvel Zombies Spider-Man Cover Robert Kirkman, Sean Phillips • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Lifelines John A. Byrne, Bob Kahan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $4.97 1 $4.97
JLA: New World Order Grant Morrison, Howard Porter (Illustrator), John Dell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Spyboy/Young Justice Peter David, Norman Lee (Artist), Pop Mhan (Artist), Todd Nauck (Artist), Jamie Mendoza (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Emily the Strange #1: The Boring Issue, Vol. 1 Cosmic Debris, Brian Brooks, Cosmic Debris (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Emily the Strange #2: The Lost Issue, Vol. 2 Cosmic Debris (Artist), Cosmic Debris, Rob Reger, Buffy Visick, Buzz Parker (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Emily the Strange #3: The Dark Issue, Vol. 3 Cosmic Debris, Brian Brooks, Cosmic Debris (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Emily the Strange #4: The Rock Issue, Vol. 4 Cosmic Debris, Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, Buzz Parker (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued Created by Matt Groening, Scott M. Gimple, Scott M. Gimple (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
The Three Musketeers Various, Alexandre Dumas • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Krusty Book (The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Series) Matt Groening, Matt Groening (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture Matt Groening • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98

Materials cost

$398.42

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.84

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$453.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.44

Total project goal

$552.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $552.44

1 Donor

-$276.02

Donations toward project cost

-$226.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.68

match offer

-$276.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$226.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.75

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