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Mrs. Kaplan from Dublin, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Even MORE Literature Circle Books

Help me give my students more books about coming of age, identity, and navigating life as a teenager. These books are by talented authors and the stories include protagonists from all different backgrounds, more representative of our students.

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My Students

Our juniors are amazing. They are 15-17 year olds who contribute so much to our classes, school and community. They are made up of students from many backgrounds and interests. Our students are into the arts, athletics, STEM and robotics, volunteering, adventuring outside, poetry, video game design, movies and TV, and more. Some are interested in everything and some haven't found one particular interest… Yet.

My Project

My team is really building out this unit! This is my 3rd project to get additional book titles to add to our Literature Circles Unit.

Together with my team of junior teachers, we are building a library of enough books to create a unit called "Literature Circles: Coming of Age"; We are looking for stories by authors with unique perspectives, as well as stories our students can find themselves in or relate to on a level they haven't been able to yet.

This unit is aimed at providing opportunities for our students to view literature as windows and mirrors; they will get to read the voices that are reflected in their communities and they will be able to develop multiple perspectives as they engage with the world around them.

To complete our class set, students will need The Poet X (Acevedo), Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Saenz), Patron Saints of Nothing (RIbay), and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Sanchez). Students will be able to choose one of these exciting contemporary novels among a list of a few other options that contain important themes of mental health, growing up, and finding oneself. This unit is about what students are going through or thinking about right now. We need new, modern novels to reflect the changing and multicultural world students are a part of. Reading has to be REAL to them.

The creation of Literature Circles is also an excellent learning process for students that will prepare them for education settings beyond high school. This unit will occur towards the end of the school year when our juniors are ready for this kind of self-direction, choice, and freedom. They'll be able to choose their book, group, reading schedule, and

Mrs. Kaplan Dublin High School Grades 9-12

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Dublin, CA View local requests 800 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Poet X • AKJ Education $13.13 21 $275.73
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • AKJ Education $10.94 20 $218.80
Patron Saints of Nothing • AKJ Education $13.13 10 $131.30
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • AKJ Education $13.13 6 $78.78

Materials cost

$704.61

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $64.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$815.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.94

Total project goal

$959.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $959.59

1 Donor

-$319.86

Donations toward project cost

-$271.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.98

match offer

-$639.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$543.77

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.96

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