As a first-year English teacher (starting this fall), I haven't technically met my future 8th-grade students. Based on my prior experience with this age group, though, I can say -- with confidence -- that my kids are smart, brave, passionate, and insightful. They are revolutionaries in their own right, and they can effect great change in the world around them.
The students in my classes come from a variety of cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
As such, in our classroom, we value critical pedagogy, which is the assessment and questioning of the existing political and social structures that oppress marginalized groups. In order for my kids to speak out against social injustice, they need a diverse body of literature that will introduce them to the tools needed to do so. In other words, my kids need a classroom library where the authors' voices and experiences mirror that of my students.
My Project
I'm a firm believer in the power of reading, and my goal is that my classroom library will reflect that belief.
I also hope that the range of diverse voices in my library will help my students become better people as they learn more about themselves and the world around them.
For students of color, or for LGBTQ+ students, this process may be that they have access to literature where the character's life, family, experiences, and culture are similar to their own. For students in a position of privilege, such as white or affluent students, this process may entail reading about other kids whose experiences are starkly different from their own. By giving all of the kids in my class access to a diverse library, learning will be enhanced.
The To All the Boys I've Loved Before Paperback Collection: To All the Boys I've Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; Always and Forever, Lara Jean
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With the Fire on High
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha)
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The Hate U Give
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Want
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The Unintentional Time Traveler (Time Guardians)
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Love from A to Z
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The Weight of the Stars
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It's Not Like It's a Secret
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On The Come Up
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme
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Spin
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Opposite of Always
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Not Your Sidekick
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Lizard Radio
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Born Confused
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More Happy Than Not
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An Ember in the Ashes
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Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy
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When Dimple Met Rishi
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Rani Patel In Full Effect
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If I Was Your Girl
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The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
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Conviction
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Carry On (Simon Snow Series)
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Brooklyn, Burning
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Skim
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
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Ash
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American Born Chinese
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Mexican WhiteBoy
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Dear Martin
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SOLD
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The House on Mango Street
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All American Boys
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Long Way Down
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Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
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Materials cost
$418.21
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$28.86
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.27
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$483.34
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$85.30
Total project goal
$568.64
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$568.64
3 Donors
-$285.00
Donations toward project cost
-$242.25
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$42.75
match offer
-$283.64
Match offer toward project cost
-$241.09
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