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Mr. Coats from Yuba City, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Introducing Shakespeare to Seventh Graders

My students need books. If all of my students had a book in their own hands, they would be able to understand more of the vocabulary, comprehension, and morals that are mentioned throughout the book.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Coats's classroom raised $322

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My classroom currently consists of 18 amazing and eager 7th grade students. These 7th graders are coming into the classroom each day ready to learn and needing to feel important. Next year our classroom could have as many as 25 students. Many of these students come from low-income families that don't know enough English to share the love of reading with them.

77% of our school's population is designated as socioeconomically disadvantaged and 25% receive services as English Language Learners.

My class consists of students of many different learning abilities, languages and nationalities. All students are ready to work together and prepare for their future.

My Project

We would like 28 copies of the book, King of Shadows by Susan Cooper. Combining No Fear Shakespeare, several graphic novel versions of Shakespeare's work, and King of Shadows will allow each student to hold their own copy and read along with the teacher and on their own or dive deeper into the works of the Bard. It will enable my students to see, hear, and acknowledge new vocabulary, therefore comprehending the material within the book. Especially, struggling readers, as well as ESL students with limited vocabulary.

Students think Shakespeare is tough, which makes it very hard to get them interested in the Bard.

However, Susan Cooper succeeds, in fewer than 200 exquisite pages, in introducing students to the Bard intimately as they travel through time with a narrator that is their age. They will learn about Shakespeare and the history of the period.

Nat is a 12-year-old orphan who hides from his own brokenness by acting, mainly in Shakespeare plays and mainly well. Readers are introduced to the plays “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Julius Caesar” and the Globe Theater. Shortly after the story starts, Nat crosses that 400-year gap, waking up one morning to find himself in the Elizabethan era, expected to be Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Will Shakespeare himself playing Puck’s master, Oberon.

Anytime a student is read to, as well as reads along with someone, their sense of achievement soars. This in turn will change their lives hearing and reading what has happened to a child their own age. I have seen where children that have bullied others, changed their own actions due to reading this book.

Mr. Coats Yuba City Charter School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
King Of Shadows • AKJ Education $5.83 28 $163.24
Manga Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Manga Shakespeare Julius Caesar • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Manga Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Manga Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
SparkNotes A Midsummer Night's Dream • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Much Ado About Nothing • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare) • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Julius Caesar • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34

Materials cost

$219.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.23

Total project goal

$321.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.51

1 Donor

-$316.21

Donations toward project cost

-$273.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.93

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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