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Ms. Laryea-Clarke from Bronx, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature Alive

My students need the Flips and a digital camera to help groups record performances.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Laryea-Clarke's classroom raised $772

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

A teacher's joy is when the students become part of the story they are reading. This happens when they make connections through dramatizations and read aloud. Some of my students are below reading level. Acting and role playing opens doors to true long lasting learning. Pictures save the time.

My students need these tools because it will help them document the process of bringing characters to life.

Recorders will help groups record performance and learn. My students are inner city kids from the Bronx with unrealized potential. Those who read well need to be challenged to the next level. Those who struggle to read need to be challenged to go beyond the words on the page. They find it difficult to imagine the plot. Theater places everyone on the same playing field. After reading and understanding the plot of the narrative, students are asked to re-write the story into a screenplay. They screenplay is then performed. Students are challenged to not just memorize but to truly understand the story & be able to re-tell it in their own words. In my experience as a teacher these are the moments that students remember through high school. These performance are helpful and allow students an opportunity to prepare for the presentations of the thesis projects in May.

My Project

The camera will be used to document the process of re-creating the plot. Students will be photographed as the work in groups or individually takes steps to develop the scenes. The Flip will be used by groups to film their version of the screenplays. Having 2 recorders will help the various groups film their work. The potential for growth is great here because students will have an opportunity to produce a skit and examine the work they have done because it would be recorded.

Students watch television and movies all the time.

That takes no real imagination. These tools in the hands of young innovate minds who will be challenged and directed will prove to life changing for my students. I can testify as a this technique works. I have used it before.

Ms. Laryea-Clarke Bronx School for Law-Gov-Justice Grades 9-12

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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
Kodak EASYSHARE Z981 - digital camera • Best Buy $299.99 1 $299.99
Kodak Playsport - camcorder - flash card • Best Buy $149.99 2 $299.98

Materials cost

$599.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$655.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.76

Total project goal

$771.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $771.73

1 Donor

-$95.00

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

match offer

-$676.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$575.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.51

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 $0.00

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