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Mr. Martin from Bridgeport CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student Lives Reflected Through Literature

Help me give my students 30 copies of the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers.

  • $322 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

I teach 110 9th grade students in an underperforming district in Connecticut. 100% of my students qualify for free lunch. Many of them have had brushes with the law, despite being willing learners once they set foot in the hallways of the high school.

Inside our classroom this year, we are learning about the injustice in America's judicial system and how it effects their lives and the lives of their families each day.

My students are especially interested in reading, when they are reading a text that they can see their own life reflected through.

My Project

I am asking for the anchor text, Monster by Walter Dean Myers to use as an essential reading and discussion piece in my classroom this year and for classes to come. We will use the text to evaluate major themes such as societal and social injustices, their causes and conditions, as well as what their role is in it.

The book delves into the same issues that the students in my class are dealing with on a regular basis.

The main character is relatable in his actions and his relationship to them.

By reading books where their experiences are represented, they will begin to put the pieces together between their actions and the consequences whether just or unjust.

Mr. Martin
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Monster • Amazon Business $7.99 30 $239.70

Materials cost

$239.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.23

Total project goal

$321.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.53

3 Donors

-$292.12

Donations toward project cost

-$252.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.07

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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