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Mrs. B. from Port Orange, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. B.'s classroom raised $625

Big River: Making Sawyer & Finn Sing or Swim

My students need 32 copies of both "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" & "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", along with audio copies, cliff note versions, 10 copies of the "Big River" score and craft materials.

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Mrs. B. Atlantic High School
Port Orange, FL Grades 9-12

From Page to Stage: Bringing Learning to Life I teach multiple grade levels of English in CAPA, the Communication & Arts in Performance Academy, at our high school. We are a career & technical academy that serves as a school within a school to prepare students for college and beyond. The students learn theater, writing, speech, video production, fine arts, dance, choral performance, music, and more.

Each summer, the instructors get together and plan collaborative, interdisciplinary units that will excite and engage our students. We tie the curriculum in English, for example, to what we want to accomplish in theater and video production, science, dance, and fine art. This year, students will be performing pieces from "Big River" for the state competition. In order to provide invaluable background knowledge, inspiration, & historical perspective, we will study related novels. In 9th grade English, we will be reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", breaking it into pieces, analyzing it, learning playwriting by transforming the pieces into scenes for the stage, and then performing them. Eleventh graders will read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and do likewise. For an added bit of fun, we are planning a rain-gutter raft regatta in which students will be given some twine, art sticks, foam, and a little fabric to build themselves a mini-raft worthy of Tom & Huck. We will get two lengths of gutter side by side, filled with water, and have ourselves a breath-powered raft race!

Our students need to read the classics that inform theatrical productions. They need to realize that musical theater finds its inspiration not only from life, but from literature. In order to do that, we need novels, audio CDs, teaching materials, scores of the musical, and some craft supplies to make it memorable and fun.

With your help, we will take the "stuffy old classics" that kids groan over, and bring them to life in a colorful way both in the classroom and on the stage. Don't you wish your high school English teacher turned reading a novel into a playwriting workshop, rain-gutter regatta, and performance theater?

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. B. Atlantic High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Port Orange, FL View local requests

Nearly all 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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain, Twain • Barnes and Noble $3.15 32 $100.80
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
CliffsNotes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer James L. Roberts, Mark Twain • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (SparkNotes Literature Guide) SparkNotes Editors, Mark Twain • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Twain's Huckleberry Finn (Cliff Notes) Robert Bruce, Mark Twain • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, Keith Neilson (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 32 $114.88
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, Read by Tom Parker • Barnes and Noble $21.55 1 $21.55
Big River Roger Miller • Barnes and Noble $11.65 10 $116.50
CRAFT STICKS 1000 PIECES NATURAL ECONOMY GRADE----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $5.69 1 $5.69
STYROFOAM/10X12X1 • Blick Art Materials $1.69 20 $33.80
POLISHED HEMP CORD/RED 200FT • Blick Art Materials $3.09 5 $15.45
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $9.95 1 $9.95

Materials cost

$450.71

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.07

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$512.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.39

Total project goal

$624.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $624.39

2 Donors

-$312.47

Donations toward project cost

-$256.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.24

match offer

-$311.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.77

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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