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Mr. Coyle from Garden Grove, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Novels for Hungry Brains

Help me give my students new novels to inspire them to love literature.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Coyle's classroom raised $577

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

We need some new novels in our AP Literature class. I gave the students summaries of a few books, and they voted on Kurt Vonnegut's modern classic Slaughterhouse-Five.

We're going to dig deep into the themes of the seeming inevitability of war, dealing with trauma, and literature and satire as coping skills.

In keeping with AP Lit prep, we'll look at the very unique structure of the novel, we'll discuss the impact of characters big and small, we'll evaluate the narrator and his potential biases, and we'll find thematic messages that will hopefully resonate with students.

My students live in tough neighborhoods and have big hearts and bigger dreams. A new class set of novels will give them a sense of pride and perhaps help them see the value of a good book. I've been working to diversify and modernize the literature we read, and S-5 will bring our story analysis to the 20th century (which is an upgrade) and help us to discuss the themes mentioned above.

Mr. Coyle Santiago High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Garden Grove, CA View local requests

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

135 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Slaughterhouse-Five (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) • Amazon Business $9.89 42 $415.38

Materials cost

$415.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.40

Total project goal

$576.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.02

1 Donor

-$244.81

Donations toward project cost

-$244.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$288.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.81

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.20

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 $0.00

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