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Ms. Hall from Capitol Heights MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Poetry Please

My students need exposure to more poetry by American poets. They are familiar with Langston Hughes but they need to read other poets of all races.

  • $285 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students love to rap but when they hear the word "poetry" they frown and shut down. They put up such a resistance to learn how to read poetry, however analyzing a poem is a skill they must be able to master on their state assessments.

My students come from broken homes, forgotten promises and hard lives.

I am amazed at how many of them manage to wake up, come to class and block out whatever is going on in their homes. My school is just minutes from Washington, DC. While challenging, I wouldn't trade my students for the world. They believe that I care about their future. Helping me bring poetry alive for them will confirm you want the best for my students too!

My Project

These poetry books will allow my students to escape from their worlds. The books will also serve as a springboard for many of my students to sound off about their own lives. They have so much to say and these books by Langston Hughes and other well know poets will serve as inspiration for my students to speak.

Too many times, my students do not participate because they have trouble getting their thoughts on paper.

Poetry is a good alternative to hear their voice. Funding this project always me to hear from ALL of my students.

Ms. Hall
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes • AKJ Books $10.95 10 $109.50
100 Best Loved Poems • AKJ Books $1.46 30 $43.80
101 Great American Poems: An Anthology • AKJ Books $1.46 30 $43.80

Materials cost

$197.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$241.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.69

Total project goal

$284.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $284.58

7 Donors

-$203.50

Donations toward project cost

-$174.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.03

Matching donations from our partners

-$79.32

Match offers toward project cost

-$67.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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