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Ms. Thornton from Stuarts Draft, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature Circles to Create Literature Lovers

My students need multiple copies of 11 young adult literature titles to provide them with choice, engagement, and excellent models for their own writing.

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My Students

Do you ever come home after a long day and curl up with a book you've chosen because a friend recommended it or it just sounded good? My students don't get that chance in our classroom. Good teachers work hard to make our assignments engaging but there's no money in the budget for contemporary work.

My students attend a school in a community with a moderate-level of poverty.

Many are struggling readers but all of the teachers admit that most of them struggle because they don't have anything to hook them on reading. With you, those hooks will be there!

My Project

These young adult and contemporary books will be used in small group literature circles. These lit circles will give students a book-club atmosphere where they can choose which book to read and then analyze it with their peers. These contemporary works will also give students great models for their writing.

We know that literature circles and creating authentic reading experiences create literature lovers.

With your help, my students will learn about the joys of determining parts of their own reading course.

Ms. Thornton Stuarts Draft High School Grades 9-12

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Stuarts Draft, VA View local requests

More than half 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

120 students impacted 13donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
How Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents • AKJ Books $12.56 5 $62.80
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Parttime Indian • AKJ Books $9.35 5 $46.75
De como las muchachas Garcia perdieron el acento (How the Ga • AKJ Books $11.70 3 $35.10
Outcasts United • AKJ Books $11.70 5 $58.50
The Things They Carried • AKJ Books $11.66 5 $58.30
Little Bee Chris Cleave • AKJ Books $11.70 5 $58.50
The Help • AKJ Books $19.46 5 $97.30
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel • AKJ Books $11.69 5 $58.45
Hunger Games (PB) • AKJ Books $7.01 5 $35.05
Uglies • AKJ Books $7.79 5 $38.95
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • AKJ Books $9.36 5 $46.80

Materials cost

$596.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$640.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.02

Total project goal

$753.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $753.47

13 Donors

-$743.76

Donations toward project cost

-$640.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.71

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