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Ms. June from Florence, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shakin' Up Shakespeare

My students need a variety of Shakespeare-related texts and materials to see how funny and amazing Shakespeare plays are...his gift with words will make them gifted with words as well as delighted with life.

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Ms. June Florence Elementary School
Florence, MS Grades 3-5

My Students

My students struggle with language and haven't realized how much fun it is to play with language as Shakespeare does. They also need the complexity of his plots for sheer amazement and fascination. He deals with everyday emotions that they can connect with.

Our students are rural, blue collar, heavily influenced by church, television, and video games.

This is a hunting community where a rite of passage for both boys and girls is killing their first deer. Probably one fourth of the kids live in trailers. Though small, our town is a growing one, with new subdivisions being built to accommodate the rapid growth. In the midst of this environment are bright clever children who yearn to grow and absorb knowledge and push the boundaries of their own creativity. We are an arts poor community. These children need exposure to the arts, including drama, music, painting, literature, and more.

My Project

The group of books I have requested bring Shakespeare alive for elementary age children in grades 3 - 5. We will be able to read and understand the plays, specifically, The Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and perhaps Macbeth. Teachers cover Romeo and Juliet the world over later in school, and Hamlet is sometimes also done, but by the time students get to those plays they are bewildered by the complexity of the plots and don't get as much out of exposure to Shakespeare as they could. Playing with Shakespeare as children will develop their minds to delight in complicated stories and open up the universality of his themes. I have requested several stories from Shakespeare, retold by different authors, because each child learns in a different way. Some will respond most intensely to acting out the plays, some will connect by rewriting the plays, some will buy in to Shakespeare's message by reading storybook versions of his tales. These books will make him live.

I have exposed my students to Shakespeare in years past.

Parents have thanked me years later for doing this but I have always felt I could do a better job of getting more of the students to buy in to Shakespeare projects. The books you will provide will better my teaching and will provide high interest reading materials on my students' levels that will enable them to grasp what Shakespeare is talking about, and these books will increase their enjoyment and therefore their learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Half of students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. June Florence Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Florence, MS View local requests

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

50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Starting With Shakespeare • AKJ Books $30.00 1 $30.00
Child''s Portrait of Shakespeare, A • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Bard of Avon • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Great Characters from Shakespeare • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
How Shakespeare Changed Everything • AKJ Books $16.27 1 $16.27
Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy Study Guides Series) Tanya Gr • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
More Tales from Shakespeare • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
No Fear Shakespeare: A Companion (No Fear Shakespeare) Spark • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Shakespeare for Children • AKJ Books $41.39 1 $41.39
Shakespeare for Kids • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
Shakespeare • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Shakespeare Stories • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Shakespeare Stories II • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
Shakespeare with Children: Six Scripts for Young Players • AKJ Books $19.95 1 $19.95
Shakespeare''s Quill • AKJ Books $21.66 1 $21.66
Stories From Shakespeare • AKJ Books $18.49 1 $18.49
Tales from Shakespeare • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Tales from Shakespeare • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Simply Shakespeare • AKJ Books $34.00 1 $34.00
Who Was William Shakespeare? • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
William Shakespeare and the Globe • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Masterpuppet Theater • AKJ Books $13.46 1 $13.46

Materials cost

$328.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$391.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.12

Total project goal

$460.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $460.80

1 Donor

-$460.80

Donations toward project cost

-$391.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.12

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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