Help me give my students books by their favorite authors that they have requested for independent reading; genres include mystery, fantasy, graphic novels, non-fiction, and realistic fiction.
Welcome to our English Language Arts classroom in Gwinn, Michigan. Our high school is tucked in the pines of the beautiful and remote Upper Peninsula. My students are quirky, fun, and high energy.
I teach 10th through 12th graders whose interests range from playing sports to participating in drama camp to showing farm animals at the county fair.
Our school is categorized as high poverty. All students are offered free breakfast and lunch, and I am thankful that they don't have to worry about what they will eat and instead can focus on what they will learn.
My Project
As an English Language Arts teacher, it is a good problem to have that my students are requesting lots of new titles for our classroom library. Maybe they have read the first book in a series and are thirsting for more. Or they have discovered a new favorite author. Or a certain genre of books grabs their attention, for example graphic novels.
Every one of the books on this list has been requested by a student -- and it is only the first month of school!
Because we do not have an operational school library, I try my best to stock our classroom library with novels the students cannot wait to read.
In addition to the books, I am requesting the board game Salem 1692 for students to play while reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This game of strategy, deceit, and luck will draw them into themes and characters found in the play about the Salem witch trials.
Salem 1692 Board Game - Witch Hunt Game for Friends and Family – 3rd Edition - A Game of Cards, Strategy, Deceit, and Luck for 4-12 Players
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$24.99
2
$49.98
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book)
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$27.19
1
$27.19
The Iron Fey Boxed Set: The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen, The Iron Knight
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$24.16
1
$24.16
My Friend Dahmer
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$15.22
1
$15.22
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book Four)
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$13.99
1
$13.99
Stitches: A Memoir
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$11.95
1
$11.95
Altered (Crewel World)
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$10.99
1
$10.99
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
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$10.96
1
$10.96
Unraveled (Crewel World)
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$10.95
1
$10.95
Fool Moon (Dresden Files)
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$9.13
1
$9.13
Blood Will Tell: A Point Last Seen Mystery
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$7.48
1
$7.48
The Night She Disappeared
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$7.48
1
$7.48
Little Do We Know
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$7.40
1
$7.40
Suicide Notes
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$7.11
1
$7.11
Materials cost
$213.99
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.21
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$247.20
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$43.62
Total project goal
$290.82
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$290.82
4 Donors
-$270.96
Donations toward project cost
-$247.20
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