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Mrs. Ameluxen from Wichita Falls, TX is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ears To Success: Audio Books For ESL/Print-Impaired Students

My students need audio books of 12 required classroom novels such as "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Eragon" in support of ESL students and Print-Impaired students.

  • $388 goal

This project expired on February 13, 2011.

This project expired on February 13, 2011.

My Students

ESL students and Print-Impaired students find themselves struggling to read and comprehend the required classroom novel. Frustrated, these students give up trying to read. There is no budget for extra tutors. Students are NOT reading with comprehension due to language barriers and print-impairment.

Our student body is made up of an eclectic mix of poverty-level, middle class, and a small group of the wealthy.

Student ethnic breakdown is 40% African American, 44% White, 12% Hispanic, and 4% Asian and Other. There is a definite group of inner-city students and rural students. The campus is the smallest high school of three in the district. The International Baccalaureate program is present on campus including the Middle Year Program and the Diploma Program. Small yet solid numbers graduate each year with an IB Diploma or with IB credit for high level classes passed. All grants the campus had enjoyed previously have since expired. The campus budget has alarmingly shrunk in size due to the economy. Professional and paraprofessional positions have been axed in order to balance the district school budget.

My Project

Reading with comprehension can be successfully supported by combining the senses of hearing and reading. ESL students and Print-Impaired students need the opportunity of being able to both hear the story narrated while they read. I request one copy of the following titles in AUDIO BOOK FORMAT: Romeo and Juliet, The Kite Runner, To Kill A Mockingbird, Eragon, The Crucible, and 7 additional classic novel titles. Students will be able to read with comprehension and word recognition as they listen to the narration. The story comes alive, reinforcing word pronunciation/meanings and character explanation. Reading the novel as they listen reinforces word recognition, correct spelling, story comprehension and eliminates the language barrier by learning English. Issues with print impairments are addressed and overcome by using AUDIO BOOKS. Students will succeed in their goal of reading with comprehension accompanied with the confidence to participate in class and complete assignments.

AUDIO BOOKS provide ESL students and Print-Impaired students the ability to succeed in the classroom with required class novels.

Using both senses of hearing and reading together, the AUDIO BOOK provides students with a positive environment to read with comprehension, enjoy word recognition/correct spelling,address and overcome print-impairments, and eliminates the language barrier by learning and practicing the English language.

Mrs. Ameluxen
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Read by Sissy Spacek • Barnes and Noble $23.93 1 $23.93
Animal Farm George Orwell, Read by Ralph Cosham • Barnes and Noble $29.24 1 $29.24
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare, Naxos Audiobooks • Barnes and Noble $24.78 1 $24.78
The Odyssey Homer, Narrated by Simon Prebble • Barnes and Noble $28.41 1 $28.41
Out of the Silent Planet C. S. Lewis, Read by Geoffrey Howard • Barnes and Noble $34.20 1 $34.20
Eragon (Inheritance Cycle #1) Christopher Paolini, Performed by Gerard Doyle, Read by Gerard Doyle • Barnes and Noble $27.32 1 $27.32
Secret Life of Bees: A Novel Sue Monk Kidd, Contribution by Jenna Lamia • Barnes and Noble $28.38 1 $28.38
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Narrated by Gary Sinise, Read by Gary Sinise • Barnes and Noble $17.06 1 $17.06
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Read by Khaled Hosseini • Barnes and Noble $27.32 1 $27.32
The Crucible Arthur Miller, Richard Dreyfuss, Stacy Keach • Barnes and Noble $17.74 1 $17.74
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne • Barnes and Noble $17.74 1 $17.74
Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald, Read by Tim Robbins • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67

Materials cost

$289.79

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3rd party payment processing fee

$4.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$329.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.08

Total project goal

$387.22

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