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Mr. Westhoff from Los Angeles CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Keep These Kids Reading Books! - I am Malala

My students need a class set of the book "I am Malala"

  • $601 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students, especially my English Language Learners, need engaging, relevant novels to read in class. I have seen what popular and important novels like "The Outsiders" and "Persepolis" can do.

My students are very diverse, culturally and academically.

They appreciate this tremendous diversity. They attend one of the top public schools in the city. They take pride in their school. They participate in community events and are developing citizenship skills along with academic skills.

My Project

We will use the class set of "I am Malala" in my English class. It will be taught and read as we engage in a standards-based curriculum that teaches students to interact directly with the text - for example, students will keep a log of important quotations. Additionally, they will work collaboratively on a culminating project that demonstrates what they have learned from this amazing story.

My two main goals as an ELA educator are to help students develop a love of reading while also developing their knowledge and understanding of the larger world.

Using excellent, engaging books written by and about people who are from different cultures, works to accomplish both of my goals.

Mr. Westhoff
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Malala • AKJ Books $12.41 35 $434.35

Materials cost

$434.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.11

Total project goal

$600.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $600.72

3 Donors

-$463.81

Donations toward project cost

-$426.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.35

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.91

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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