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Ms. Tripp from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Motivating Reluctant Readers With Graphic Novels

My students need twenty-nine graphic novels, including "Bone Series" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" titles.

  • $461 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Did you ever read comic books when you were a kid? Graphic novels are simply book-length novels written in a comic book format. In other words, images and text arrive together, work together, and are read together. This format is especially appealing to my high-need and special education seventh-graders who have all but given up on reading.

When I recently surveyed new teachers on the area in which they felt they needed the most help, they overwhelmingly responded "student motivation." The growing popularity of graphic novels among adolescents give us teachers an opportunity to expose students to a unique genre with motivating potential.

Graphic novels are a way to spark a wide range of students’ interest and ultimately motivate them to read more often. However, graphic novels are not just for low achievers. The intricacies of graphic novels require the reader to interpret the connection between text and graphics in order to understand the plot. Kids must constantly be drawing conclusions and using the same reading strategies and more that are needed to comprehend traditional text.

You can make it possible for my reluctant readers to get more excited about reading, responding to reading, and participating in discussions about books.

Ms. Tripp
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rosario+Vampire, Volume 4 Akihisa Ikeda, Akihisa Ikeda (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Warrior's Refuge (Warriors Manga Series #2) Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley, James Barry (Illustrator), Created by Erin Hunter • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Laika Nick Abadzis, Hilary Sycamore (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) SparkNotes Editors, William Shakespeare, Matt Wiegle (Illustrator), Adapted by Matt Wiegle • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Nancy Drew Boxed Set: Graphic Novels Volumes 1-4 Stefan Petrucha, Sho Murase (Illustrator), Vaughn Ross (Illustrator), Based On Work by Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Bone: Crown of Horns (Bone Series #9), Vol. 9 Jeff Smith • Barnes and Noble $8.79 1 $8.79
Coraline (Graphic Novel) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (Illustrator), Lovern Kindzierski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind Series #1) Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Volume 1: My Father Bleeds History Art Spiegelman, Tom Engelhardt (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Volume 2: And Here My Troubles Began Art Spiegelman • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture Marjane Satrapi • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96
Adventures of Tintin: (Adventures of Tintin Series: Three-In-One #1), Vol. 1 Herge, Herg&#xe9, Michael Turner (Translator), Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
Redwall: The Graphic Novel Brian Jacques, Bret Blevins (Illustrator), Adapted by Stuart Moore • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $10.36 1 $10.36
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $10.36 1 $10.36
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Paolo Lamanna (Illustrator), Giovanni Rigano (Illustrator), Adapted by Andrew Donkin • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border (Bone Series #5) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Hardy Boys Boxed Set: Volumes 1-4 (The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel Series) Scott Lobdell, Lea Hernandez (Illustrator), Daniel Rendon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $26.95 1 $26.95
Unexpected Return (W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novel Series #8) Hyperion Books for Children • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Adventures of Tintin: (Adventures of Tintin Series: Three-In-One #6), Vol. 6 Herge, Herg&#xe9 • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
Bone: The Dragonslayer (Bone Series #4), Vol. 4 Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator), Steve Hamaker (Illustrator), Steve Hamaker • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Old Man's Cave (Bone Series #6) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: The Great Cow Race (Bones Series #2), Vol. 2 Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Out from Boneville (Bone Series #1), Vol. 1 Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Queen Bee Chynna Clugston-Major • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Rise of Scourge (Warriors Manga Series #4) Erin Hunter, Bettina Kurkoski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Lost Warrior (Warriors Manga Series #1) Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley, James Barry (Illustrator), James L. Barry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Warrior's Return (Warriors Manga Series #3) Erin Hunter, James Barry (Illustrator), James L. Barry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$330.58

Vendor shipping charges

 $33.06

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$377.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.90

Total project goal

$460.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $460.56

12 Donors

-$460.56

Donations toward project cost

-$377.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.90

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