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

Meaningful Middle School Must-Reads!

My students need multiple copies of 3 challenging novels, with teacher guides for 2 of them.

  • $944 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I am a first generation Taiwanese-American and a middle school Language Arts teacher. My love of books emerged when I realized that books can take you outside the realm of your own imagination. I love to read. I want my students to find that love too. I believe exposure to books will do just that.

I work at a low-income public school in Chicago, where unfortunately resources are scarce.

The majority of the students are Black, and there is a small Hispanic population. The school has a large number of first generation students from Ethiopia and Ghana. Being a minority as well, I relate to these students deeply, and I know that the best way to help them is by providing materials to help them learn. These middle schoolers could truly benefit from reading books with characters they could relate to, and issues they may encounter.

My Project

With these resources, the 96 students I service will be able to read novels on their level, making them better readers. It has been proven that students learn better when they are allowed more time to read with others, and with these novels, I will be able to have small groups conduct activities based on their levels. These novels will be of much more interest than the textbooks they are used to because they provide much more depth and insight. I will be pulling vocabulary from these books, as well as teach literary elements such as setting, plot, tone, foreshadowing, symbolism, and author's perspective. I will also focus on themes such as friendship, strife, death, and honor. The books I am requesting are all noteworthy, engaging novels. I promise to make the text meaningful for the students. These novels are middle school must-reads!

By funding this project, my students will be able to read interesting, challenging novels that will definitely change their perspectives.

Using novels is the key to allowing these students to become better readers and better thinkers. Books make such a big difference, and I am sure that these novels will help students build a love for literature the way as I have.

Mrs. Dickinson
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Outsiders (HB) • AKJ Books $13.13 32 $420.16
A Guide for Using The Outsiders in the Classroom John Carrat • AKJ Books $8.99 1 $8.99
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child • AKJ Books $13.46 13 $174.98
Wait Till Helen Comes • AKJ Books $4.34 34 $147.56
Guide for Using Bridge to Terabithia in the Classroom • AKJ Books $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$760.68

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$802.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.55

Total project goal

$943.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$943.64

7 Donors

-$888.64

Donations toward project cost

-$755.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.30

Matching donations from our partners

-$55.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$46.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

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$0.00

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