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Illustrated Shakespeare: Using Comics to Help Students Access the Bard

My students need need copies of the graphic novels of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth to enable them to access literature in a way that engages and excites them.

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My Students

As a teacher in a high poverty district, my students come into the classroom with many challenges. Learning reading and writing skills has been especially difficult for my students. Their access to meaningful and challenging works of literature has been limited. However, something that has helped to bridge the gap in their understanding is the graphic novel.

My students love to read comic books, and pairing words with pictures helps to increase my students inference skills and helps them to become invested in what they are reading.

I love comics, too. As a teacher, I see first hand how comics help to increase my students love of reading.

My Project

Having a library of graphic novel adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, will enable my students to access these classic works in a manner that is engaging and meaningful to them. Students will use these graphic novels to gain an understanding of plot, character motivations, foreshadowing, and irony. Also, by pairing Shakespeare's story with pictures, students who struggle with inferences will be able to gain knowledge of plot details. Further, students will use these graphic novels as a guide for creating their own illustrated adaptations of these plays.

This project will significantly help my students because it will allow them to access difficult material in a manner that is comfortable and engaging to them.

These graphic novels will help to increase the level of student engagement in my classroom, while also helping to increase students' desire to read.

Mr. Martin George Westinghouse Career Technical Education High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $5.77 36 $207.72
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) (No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated) • Amazon Business $8.46 20 $169.20

Materials cost

$376.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$412.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.81

Total project goal

$485.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $485.38

4 Donors

-$350.19

Donations toward project cost

-$297.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.53

match offer

-$135.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.28

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