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Ms. Faus from Gilroy, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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But I Hate Poetry.

My students need access to poetry written by different poets to reach mastery of the poetry standard.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Faus's classroom raised $181

This project is fully funded

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My Students

My middle school students think poetry is impossible to understand. Yet, they are expected to analyze poems as one of their standards. The poetry we have access to is either extremely out of date, or meaningless to them. We need many more poems to develop their knowledge and skill.

We are a middle school with kids from impoverished backgrounds.

The kids are funny, enthusiastic, and very appreciative. They respond to experiential learning wholeheartedly, but California's education budget cuts have severely affected our ability to provide those experiences. Teaching poetry is required, but helping the students understand it impossible without materials.

My Project

We will use these poetry materials for reading aloud, memorization, student and performing. The students will be able to use the poems as mentor texts for the creation of their own poems. The students will use analyze the poems for meter, figurative language, rhyme patterns, and word choice. They will use higher level thinking skills to find the meaning. Hopefully, they will grow to view poetry as a way to express deep feeling. We will need lots and lots of practice

How can our kids be expected to know something, when the materials to learn it as practically nonexistent?

How can we get these kids so immersed in poetry that they will see the value of it in their stressful lives? The answer is giving them the opportunity to experience poetry first hand. I know, with the abundance of poetry, they can and will.

Ms. Faus South Valley Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
If I Were In Charge World • AKJ Books $5.17 3 $15.51
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost • AKJ Books $5.14 2 $10.28
You Come Too: Favorite Poems for Readers of All Ages Robert • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices • AKJ Books $4.43 3 $13.29
Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting Limericks Lou Brooks • AKJ Books $8.06 2 $16.12
A Foot in the Mouth • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
My Teacher''s in Detention: More Kids'' Favorite Funny School Poems • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Maya Angelou • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
William Carlos Williams • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06

Materials cost

$106.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$153.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.04

Total project goal

$180.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.28

2 Donors

-$180.28

Donations toward project cost

-$153.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.04

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