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Mrs. Kundla from Concord, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Studying Poetry in New Ways

My students need copies of "Brown Girl Dreaming" to study the sensory images and figurative language that Jacqueline Woodson uses to describe her experiences growing up during the Civil Rights Movement.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kundla's classroom raised $397

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My Students

My students this year are extremely avid readers. I am constantly seeking new ways to challenge them! One of the most fulfilling aspects of reading is being able to share the experience of a story with our peers! This year in our 7th grade ALPS class, we have explored the concept "change." How and why do characters change? What makes us change as humans? How do we change others and the world around us?

As part of our "Complex Text" unit, I would like for my students to explore Jacqueline Woodson's memoir in verse: Brown Girl Dreaming.

Being able to analyze the figurative language and verse form of a nonfiction narrative will provide my students with a new lens with which to view this time period in history!

My Project

This novel, Brown Girl Dreaming, will provide my students a new outlook on both poetry and prose. They will be able to apply what they have learned about nonfiction and memoir to a book that we discuss together as a class.

Jacqueline Woodson's experiences will open my student's eyes to a time period in history that many of them are unfamiliar with.

We will read this memoir in addition to many of the Langston Hughes poems that inspired Woodson as a young girl. The students will be able to see parallels between their own lives and that of the protagonist, emulating her free verse style of writing at the end of the unit.

Mrs. Kundla Harold Winkler Middle School Grades 6-8 Concord, NC View local requests

More than a third of 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
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 35 $280.70

Materials cost

$280.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$336.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.44

Total project goal

$396.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $396.24

4 Donors

-$396.24

Donations toward project cost

-$336.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.44

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