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Ms. Honeycutt from Four Oaks, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empowering Literacy Through Cross-Disciplinary Novel Studies: A 7th-Grade Innovation Project

Help me give my students the opportunity to increase literacy and cross-discipline-immersion with classroom sets of 5 celebrated books: Ghost, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Kira-Kira, and the Edgar Allen Poe Collection.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Honeycutt's classroom raised $1,158

This project is fully funded

My Project

Project Rationale

Too often, reading is taught in isolation, disconnected from students’ lived experiences and the broader curriculum.

This project is rooted in the belief that literacy thrives when students can make meaningful-connections between texts and the world around them. The selected novels feature protagonists from diverse cultural backgrounds and challenge students to explore themes such as identity, perseverance, loss, imagination, and justice—universal concepts that resonate across disciplines.

For example:

• My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich introduces science-fiction and space science, sparking STEAM connections in science and technology.

• Ghost explores themes of trauma, resilience, and athleticism, offering tie-ins to health education and social-emotional learning.

• Kira-Kira addresses family dynamics, immigration, and labor rights-with crossovers into history and civics.

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon blends Chinese folklore with quest narratives, opening up discussions in geography, mythology, and visual arts.

• Edgar Allan Poe’s stories delve-into gothic literature and psychological suspense, supporting interdisciplinary studies in both literature and science.

Project Goals

1. Enhance Literacy Skills: Strengthen students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and analytical thinking through rich literary texts.

2. Foster Cross-Disciplinary Connections: Collaborate across subject areas to build thematic units around each novel.

3. Use inquiry-based projects: Collaborative discussions and creative responses (e.g., podcasts, art installations, multimedia presentations) to deepen understanding.

Expected Outcomes

• Improved literacy scores and student confidence in reading.

• Increased student engagement and participation

• Measurable growth in critical thinking and communication skills

Conclusion

This project is not just about reading books—it’s about empowering students to see themselves in stories, to question the world around them, and to express their insights across academic disciplines. With your support, Empowering Literacy Through Cross-Disciplinary Novel Studies will ignite curiosity, deepen understanding, and build bridges across content areas—preparing our students not just to read, but to thrive.

Ms. Honeycutt Four Oaks Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • Amazon Business $7.64 25 $191.00
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Enriched Classics) • Amazon Business $7.43 25 $185.75
Kira-Kira • Amazon Business $6.99 25 $174.75
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 25 $164.00
Ghost (1) (Track) • Amazon Business $6.29 25 $157.25

Materials cost

$872.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $68.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$983.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$173.63

Total project goal

$1,157.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,157.54

2 Donors

-$506.96

Donations toward project cost

-$506.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$561.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$476.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$89.46

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 $0.00

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