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Mr. Shreve from Fairfield IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Hero's Journey Through the Hobbit

Help me give my students the opportunity to experience "A Hero's Journey" by providing enough novels for a complete class set so that we can enjoy Bilbo's adventures together.

  • $462 goal

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My Students

I currently have forty-two students ranging in seventh and eighth grade. We are a small rural school with a very close-knit group of students that have been together for most of their careers in school.

My students love to read.

As part of our curriculum, students complete multiple novel studies throughout the school year. They very much enjoy exploring the world through the eyes of the various characters they encounter. Novels give us a break from the ordinary and an opportunity to experience the extraordinary.

My Project

The majority of our junior high reading curriculum comes from our textbook. However, my students love any opportunity I can provide for them to take a break from the mundane and step into another world much different than their own. By providing them the opportunity to experience the idea of "A Hero's Journey", I believe they will benefit more than they would from our daily texts.

In addition, they will enjoy the opportunity to view the DVD adaptation of this book which will provide us with further avenues for meaningful discussions.

Many of the class novels we currently have are in a state of disrepair. I look forward to being able to provide our junior high students with new novels that will help me stress the value of reading.

Mr. Shreve
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hobbit • Amazon Business $11.16 30 $334.80
The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy (DVD) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99

Materials cost

$356.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$392.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.20

Total project goal

$461.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$461.34

4 Donors

-$290.96

Donations toward project cost

-$251.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.89

Matching donations from our partners

-$165.96

Match offers toward project cost

-$141.07

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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$0.00

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