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Ms. Finman from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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American Perspectives: Nonfiction Book Clubs for AP Lang

Help me give my students texts so that they can engage in nonfiction book clubs.

  • $530 goal

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My Students

The writers I teach impress me everyday. They have a strong work ethic and strive for excellence in all that they do, meeting challenges both academic and personal with great character.

Over ninety percent of my students are Hmong American, and many struggle with English language proficiency.

You can imagine the challenges that a composition course presents. Grammar rules that native English speakers simply absorbed as small children must be kept at the front of my students' minds as they attempt mastery of rhetoric. All this, and they're still eager to improve their academic writing. Your donation will help me honor this strong work ethic.

My Project

As AP English Language & Composition students are encouraged to engage with diverse viewpoints, I've developed an American Perspectives unit that seeks to introduce students to the lives of U.S. citizens that the media tends to discuss less often.

Students will choose from a diversity of nonfiction texts and meet regularly to discuss the context and exigence of the book before examining the rhetorical choices each author makes toward achieving a given purpose.

This independent reading unit will provide meaningful preparation for the AP exam while offering research-supported student choice that seeks to provide autonomy for students to drive their learning.

Ms. Finman
Grades 9-12
    More than three‑quarters 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

    This project will reach 120 students.

    3 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Heart Berries: A Memoir • Amazon Business $16.07 6 $96.42
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America • Amazon Business $12.97 6 $77.82
Between the World and Me • Amazon Business $13.11 5 $65.55
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.69 6 $64.14
Educated: A Memoir • Amazon Business $13.99 4 $55.96
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (FSG Classics) by Anne Fadiman (2012-04-24) • Amazon Business $8.99 6 $53.94

Materials cost

$413.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$450.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.42

Total project goal

$529.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $529.46

2 Donors

-$525.93

Donations toward project cost

-$450.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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