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Mrs. Kaminsky from Boise ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Modern Hero: Inspiring Teenagers to be Good Readers

My students need books about heroes to analyze how Joseph Campbell's hero's journey fits in modern literature as well as ancient and classical literature.

  • $557 goal

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My Students

My students are diverse, but driven. Many of the students I teach are part of the English Learner Immersion program. Some come from war-torn countries. However, they are also students that take AP and concurrent credit courses, which helps them earn college credit.

It is amazing to be surrounded by these diverse backgrounds and experiences where we have a community of learners (including myself!) that are driven to achieve more.

Learning about these hard-working and diverse students and helping them see that they can all be heroes in their own way has inspired me to be the best teacher that I can be for them.

My Project

My freshmen English curriculum includes a unit called Responsibility that focuses on Joseph Campbell's hero's journey as it applies to ancient, classic, and modern literature.

Students will be reading a modern novel of their choice that they will trace the traits of that hero as well as how that hero follows the steps of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey.

The purpose of this assignment is to help students draw connections between ancient heroes like Odysseus to Native American heroes like the The Boy who Lives with His Grandmother to young adult novel heroes like Katniss Everdeen. Drawing these connections between heroes of all genres, ethnic backgrounds, and eras will help students see the rich connection that literature has to culture.

Students will be using these independent novels to write a dialogue journal where they discuss these connections with a peer who is also reading the same novel. I hope that this will foster good readers as well a collaborative atmosphere in my classroom.

Mrs. Kaminsky
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition • Amazon Business $11.59 4 $46.36
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games) • Amazon Business $8.62 4 $34.48
The Hobbit • Amazon Business $8.31 4 $33.24
Catching Fire |Hunger Games|2 • Amazon Business $8.15 4 $32.60
Insurgent (Divergent Series) • Amazon Business $7.92 4 $31.68
Allegiant (Divergent Series) • Amazon Business $7.92 4 $31.68
Divergent (Divergent Series) • Amazon Business $7.92 4 $31.68
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials • Amazon Business $7.19 4 $28.76
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Amazon Business $7.19 4 $28.76
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials • Amazon Business $7.19 4 $28.76
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials • Amazon Business $7.19 4 $28.76
Eon • Amazon Business $7.03 4 $28.12
The Hunger Games (Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.70 4 $26.80

Materials cost

$411.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.43

Total project goal

$556.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $556.20

10 Donors

-$358.10

Donations toward project cost

-$304.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.71

Matching donations from our partners

-$198.09

Match offers toward project cost

-$168.38

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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