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

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Mrs. Jacques's classroom raised $445

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My students need 25 copies each of the books How to Read Literature like a Professor and How to Eat a Poem.

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Mrs. Jacques Swansboro High School
Swansboro, NC Grades 9-12

My school is located in a rural area where we have a lot of low income families or one parent homes. We do not have a lot of money available to help with new books for the classroom. Teachers are even given limits on the amount of copies we can make. I will be teaching AP senior English next semester, so I would like these books to supplement my course and further help these students have a better grasp at understanding literature and what will be expected of them when they get to college.

Every student must face the daunting challenge of trying to figure out what the English teacher or literature professor really wants in an essay. The two books that I would like to have to help supplement my teaching will help teach students what these teachers are looking for in pieces of literature, and the students in turn will then know what to look for as they read critically for information. My school does not have enough money available to buy these books, and my students and I do not have the money to buy them ourselves.

The two books I am asking for, How to Read Literature like a Professor and How to Eat a Poem, are books that I used in my classroom at another high school with my AP senior English students. I am going to be teaching this same class now at my new school, but this school does not have as much money as my old did for purchasing extra items that will benefit students even further. These two books will help students to learn to read critically and to write better essays, so that they may do better in their literature classes not only for me, but when they go off to college as well.

With your help, my students will gain more knowledge of how to read more critically. This is always an area of weakness for a lot of students, and it is my goal to help better prepare these students for success in college.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Jacques Swansboro High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Swansboro, NC View local requests

More than half 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Thomas C. Foster • Barnes and Noble $11.19 25 $279.75
How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers American Poetry & Literacy Project (Editor), Ted Kooser, Academy of American Poets (Editor), Foreword by Ted Kooser • Barnes and Noble $2.25 25 $56.25

Materials cost

$336.00

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$364.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.97

Total project goal

$444.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $444.29

2 Donors

-$444.29

Donations toward project cost

-$364.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.97

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