You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Ms. Wong's Classroom Edit display name

  • Franklin High School
  • Portland, OR
  • More than a third 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Wong a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Ms. Wong's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Wong a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Ms. Wong can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7261188 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
As I returned to teaching 10th grade after 15 years of teaching upperclass students, I wanted to make sure that our 10th grade curriculum represented voices around the world, not just because sophomores study world history at our school, but because it is my obligation to expose students to different perspectives and experiences. Dai Sijie combines historical events and a love story in a novel that allows the reader to see the connections between literacy, power, and freedom. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress gives students a glimpse into the lives of three Chinese youths as they come of age during the Cultural Revolution. When the Narrator and Luo are sent away to a remote mountain village to be re-educated, they meet a young seamstress and quickly set out to help her transform from simple to sophisticated. But who re-educates whom? The novel raises important questions about the influence of literature in the real world. The intended lessons are not always the ones that are received. A final consideration: As we finish up a school year marked by pandemic and social unrest, we have to prepare for the very real possibility that school will not return to normal in the fall. And given the very real digital divide that has become apparent, the value of print books is clear. Yes, there are ebooks and online books, but not everyone has an e-reader or reliable WiFi. Since we can't always rely on technology to give students equal access to education, this project will help me put a physical book in each student's hand.

About my class

As I returned to teaching 10th grade after 15 years of teaching upperclass students, I wanted to make sure that our 10th grade curriculum represented voices around the world, not just because sophomores study world history at our school, but because it is my obligation to expose students to different perspectives and experiences. Dai Sijie combines historical events and a love story in a novel that allows the reader to see the connections between literacy, power, and freedom. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress gives students a glimpse into the lives of three Chinese youths as they come of age during the Cultural Revolution. When the Narrator and Luo are sent away to a remote mountain village to be re-educated, they meet a young seamstress and quickly set out to help her transform from simple to sophisticated. But who re-educates whom? The novel raises important questions about the influence of literature in the real world. The intended lessons are not always the ones that are received. A final consideration: As we finish up a school year marked by pandemic and social unrest, we have to prepare for the very real possibility that school will not return to normal in the fall. And given the very real digital divide that has become apparent, the value of print books is clear. Yes, there are ebooks and online books, but not everyone has an e-reader or reliable WiFi. Since we can't always rely on technology to give students equal access to education, this project will help me put a physical book in each student's hand.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":7261188,"teacherId":7261188,"teacherName":"Ms. Wong","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7261188_orig.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1591295903590","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21603401,"followAbout":"Ms. Wong's projects","teacherVerify":298526469,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Wong","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7261188","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=7261188","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":11},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.