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Ms. Levine from Los Angeles CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

To Beautify Them Only Lacks a Cover

My students need 100 copies of Romeo and Juliet so that we can act the play in class.

  • $605 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I want my students to experience Shakespeare as he was meant to be experienced -- by actors and an audience. My students will be both! They need copies of the script so they can easily be up on their feet enacting the roles.

Our school is an urban magnet in mid-city Los Angeles.

Our students are a diverse bunch, racially, socially, economically, academically. Although students are randomly selected to attend our school, they are an academically competitive bunch. Even though we qualify for Title I funds, our graduation rate is close to 100% and 95% of our students go on to college.

My Project

I honor the fact that Shakespeare was meant to be performed and have my students "act" their way through Romeo and Juliet. Students work in groups to help each other understand the rich and complex Elizabethan language. They do various activities that involve performing, paraphrasing, and cutting the script. Having a paperback with ample glosses, helps students decode the language on their own. They're also more mobile with a small book in hand rather than an unwieldy textbook.

Seeing the emphasis that the Common Core State Standards places on Shakespeare study is encouraging to us teachers.

When students struggle to understand his vocabulary, when they strive to comprehend his figurative language, when students look for patterns in his imagery, they are building their brains and helping themselves to become smarter. Helping students to appreciate Shakespeare is one of the joys of being an English teacher.

Ms. Levine
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Romeo And Juliet • AKJ Books $4.37 100 $437.00

Materials cost

$437.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.63

Total project goal

$604.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $604.18

8 Donors

-$590.94

Donations toward project cost

-$513.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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 $0.00

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