Help me give my students a head start on publishing their essays and stories by supplying good books by good writers about good writing. With your donation, my composition students could "publish their article in 12 weeks!"
My students in our low-income, rural community, are fun-loving, sweet, yet some of them struggle with engagement, especially when it involves traditional subjects or conventional approaches to education.
My students of wildly differing abilities thrive when they can collaborate on engaging activities, especially when I provide a teen-friendly environment for them to explore!
They love to laugh and move and think together, especially when I can show them the joy in learning academic subjects! School may not always be their natural, primary focus, but they are bright, confident, caring and excited to try new endeavors, especially when I can connect literacy to their lives in the real world. What can I say? I love them!
My Project
Many of my students are dedicated, devoted readers and writers who want to see their words published in the world, and I believe they can accomplish this goal by learning how great writing works.
To improve their own writing, students need to read powerful, effective prose, especially the inspiring words of authors who spark desire for excellence.
The texts in this project either explicitly analyze how language works, explicitly describe the process of producing publishable essays and stories, or explicitly model the kind of writing that we all want to read: authentic, strong, thought provoking, unexpected, active, and, above all, well crafted.
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
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, Second Edition: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
• Amazon Business
$57.00
1
$57.00
Mark Forsyth Collection 3 Books Bundle (The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase, The Horologicon, The Etymologicon)
• Amazon Business
$25.99
1
$25.99
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
• Amazon Business
$19.95
1
$19.95
Things in Jars: A Novel
• Amazon Business
$17.49
1
$17.49
The Truants
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
The Topeka School: A Novel
• Amazon Business
$16.29
1
$16.29
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
• Amazon Business
$14.30
1
$14.30
Words and Rules: The Ingredients Of Language (Science Masters Series)
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
• Amazon Business
$11.48
1
$11.48
Unwind (1) (Unwind Dystology)
• Amazon Business
$11.29
1
$11.29
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
• Amazon Business
$10.59
1
$10.59
Writing To Learn
• Amazon Business
$9.49
1
$9.49
Department 19: First Edition (Department Nineteen)
• Amazon Business
$8.38
1
$8.38
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Materials cost
$251.21
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.77
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$284.98
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$50.29
Total project goal
$335.27
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$335.27
3 Donors
-$167.63
Donations toward project cost
-$142.49
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$25.14
match offer
-$167.64
Match offer toward project cost
-$142.49
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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