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Ms. Thornton from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Here There Be Monsters

My students need a class set of an engaging translation of Beowulf.

  • $340 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember boring required reading in high school? We're trying to move away from that in twelfth grade English, but I want to make sure my students have the chance to interact with great literature, too.

My students attend a large, comprehensive high school in a very diverse community in central Virginia.

Some students come from incredibly privileged backgrounds while others have a very low socio-economic status. All of them have big dreams for what comes after their senior year.

My Project

Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf changed the way we look at this class story. Heaney helped readers to see the epic poem as a long, conversational adventure story filled with drama, action, and lust. The translation in our textbook doesn't have any of these elements, and I want to make sure that my students have an exciting introduction to the beginning of literature in English.

For so many of my students, school is not a priority.

They don't feel successful, they don't find school relevant, and they often have trouble finding books to engage them and reflect their own circumstances. A new translation of Beowulf will help them engage in a rigorous and exciting curriculum.

Ms. Thornton
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Beowulf: A New Translation • AKJ Books $10.18 25 $254.50

Materials cost

$254.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$288.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.88

Total project goal

$339.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.20

5 Donors

-$297.57

Donations toward project cost

-$258.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.00

match offer

-$35.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.63

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 $0.00

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