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Ms. Sussman from Long Is. City, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Connection Across The Curriculum -- Reinforcing Literacy Through Theater And Drama

The cost of 25 copies each of two plays by Gary Soto, Nerdlandia and Novio Boy, and 6 additional books, including The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams and Conversations with August Wilson, purchased through Barnes and Noble, is $632, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sussman's classroom raised $632

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

I am a drama teacher in a wonderful middle school in Astoria, New York. This is the second year of incorporating drama into the students' programs, and while I am thrilled to be devising a comprehensive program, I am sadly lacking supplies and necessary texts. Moreover, because I teach three different grades, their needs are greatly varied. I have been trying to incorporate English Language Arts into my classroom so that the students can make connections across the curriculum. I think that incorporating terms and authors from their ELA class into our drama classes can only enhance learning and reinforce skills. I want them to see that grammatical skills are extremely necessary when studying playwriting and that script analysis skills are very similar to the skills used to discuss novels. Finally, I want them to understand that, while drama is a very fun class where we can get up, move around, and be creative, there are also several skills that they must master through studying other works and challenging themselves. I am asking for several copies of different texts from authors that they are studying in their ELA classes. I am also asking for several biographies of the authors, as well as of other famous playwrights, so that they can complete an author study, just as they do in their ELA classes. This will help expand our drama library and really help establish my theater program. My students and I are extremely grateful for your support.

Ms. Sussman Intermediate School 10 Horace Greeley Grades 6-8

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond Nellie McCaslin, Foreword by Shifra Schonmann • Barnes and Noble $86.58 1 $86.58
Conversations with August Wilson Jackson R. Bryer (Editor), Mary C. Hartig (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $18.00 1 $18.00
To Feel as Our Ancestors Did: Collecting and Performing Oral Histories Daniel A. Kelin • Barnes and Noble $18.00 1 $18.00
The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams Donald Spoto • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater Graham Ley • Barnes and Noble $9.90 1 $9.90
Novio Boy: A Play Gary Soto • Barnes and Noble $7.20 25 $180.00
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Nemiroff, Adapted by Robert Nemiroff, James Baldwin (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Nerdlandia: A Play Gary Soto • Barnes and Noble $5.39 25 $134.75

Materials cost

$470.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$518.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.71

Total project goal

$631.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $631.71

1 Donor

-$630.64

Donations toward project cost

-$549.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.87

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