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Mrs. Geraci from Bellaire, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making the Reading/Writing Connection

My students need 47 high quality literature books so that they can use them as mentor texts to learn specific writing skills.

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Mrs. Geraci Pin Oak Middle School
Bellaire, TX Grades 6-8

I teach sixth grade English in an urban school in Texas. We are 100% Title One. Because we are a magnet school, my students come from all over the area and have a wide range of abilities and interests.

I use writer's workshop methodology in my classroom. However, I have few mentor texts for my children. The key to being successful with the workshop method, is to have a classroom rich in texts.

We will use these books to see how real writers write. I have chosen a wide selection of myths and fables, biography, and high quality fiction. These books will enhance our corresponding writing units.

Try this yourself. Take a piece of text that you enjoyed and pick out a sentence you thought was well-constructed. Study that sentence. Think about what makes it work. Pick Out the parts: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs. Pick out the figurative language. Does it use imagery? Alliteration? Similes? Metaphors? Now, using those bits and pieces you have identified, write a sentence in the same style. How did you do? The first sentence is usually a little rough, but can be tweaked, so that it really sings. This is what I am doing for my students. I am giving them texts with wonderful sentences and ideas and showing them how to recreate that effect.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

116 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Geraci Pin Oak Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bellaire, TX 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

116 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-li Jiang, Foreword by David Henry Hwang • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Lock and Key Sarah Dessen • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Peg Kehret, Denise Shanahan • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Guts: The True Stories behind "Hatchet" and the Brian Books Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Rules Cynthia Lord • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator), Helena Estes (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Savvy Ingrid Law • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
Wanderer Sharon Creech, David Diaz, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows Nora Raleigh Baskin • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
The Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cryptid Hunters Roland Smith • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Saint George and the Dragon Narrated by Margaret Hodges, Retold by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Children of Odin: Nordic Gods and Heroes (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Padraic Colum, Thomas DuBois (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $7.96 1 $7.96
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend Jerrie Oughton, Lisa Desimini (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
Raven:Trickster Tale from Pacific N. W.: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest Gerald McDermott, Gerald McDermott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
John Henry Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Amos Fortune : Free Man Elizabeth Yates, Nora S. Unwin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Tarantula in My Purse : And 172 Other Wild Pets Jean Craighead George, Richard Cowdrey (Illustrator), Jean Craighead George (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler, Mark Tucker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith Deborah Heiligman • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Illustrator), Richard Howard (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.00 1 $8.00
Igraine the Brave Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Aesop's Fables (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Aesop, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), D. L. Ashliman (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.36 1 $6.36
Complete Fairy Tales and Stories: Hans Christian Andersen (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics) Hans Christian Andersen • Barnes and Noble $17.98 1 $17.98
Elf on the Shelf Carol Aebersold, Chanda A. Bell • Barnes and Noble $26.95 1 $26.95
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti Gerald McDermott, Gerald McDermott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Ed Young, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Golem David Wisniewski • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw Isaac Bashevis Singer, Roman Vishniac (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $7.16 1 $7.16
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-li Jiang, Foreword by David Henry Hwang • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sis, Peter Sis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War Thomas B. Allen, Cheryl Harness (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy Seymour Reit • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science John Fleischman • Barnes and Noble $7.96 1 $7.96
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories about Growing up Scieszka Jon Scieszka • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Woodsong Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$393.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$408.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.56

Total project goal

$497.57

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $497.57

1 Donor

-$209.05

Donations toward project cost

-$171.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.63

match offer

-$288.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$236.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.93

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