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

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Dare to Read!

Help me give my students a DYSTOPIAN book reading experience like no other!

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My Project

As a lover of all literature, I hope that many of my students become lifelong readers themselves. To achieve that, it is my sole duty to introduce them to books that will captivate their hearts. Scythe is a Dystopian Fiction novel by Neal Shusterman; this novel forces you to think about the positive way in which technology could help humanity and how easily a community could be tempted to do wrong. I wholeheartedly believe that this book would help my students with their critical thinking skills and help them envision a world such as the one in the book. I read this book in my free time and I could not put it down; I'm not ashamed to say that I finished it within two days, and I am currently reading book two of the series. As I read it, I couldn't stop thinking about how interested my students would be in reading this book!

My goal for this project is to create a unit that uses the novel as the primary text.

The novel lends itself to teaching about character development, tragic flaws, conflict, tone/mood, and literary devices. The topics discussed in the novel would suit both the ninth-grade and eleventh-grade students I teach.

My students are bright and ready to learn about the world. I often worry that the books that are available to them are too outdated for the kind of world they will be entering as adults. With time and the support of generous donors, I'd like to be able to teach novel study units with books that are both interesting (to modern teenagers) and relevant to the kinds of issues they are facing today.

Mrs. Franco Venice High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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

150 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scythe (1) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $7.39 40 $295.60

Materials cost

$295.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$357.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.01

Total project goal

$420.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $420.09

3 Donors

-$420.09

Donations toward project cost

-$357.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.01

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