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Reading Leads to Empathy

Help me give my students diverse books to help them practice reading, writing, and empathizing with those who seem different than them at first glance.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My 9th grade students are eager to learn more about their identity and constantly seek answers to what their individual purpose actually is. They are desperate to talk about relevant and engaging topics they face daily. My students have a growth set mentality and challenge themselves to reach our class’ high expectations.

One of my students said the following, “From time to time I think about how you invited me to move to your honors class, and it always brings a smile to my face!

First of all THANKS, Mrs. M. for making school an awesome experience! And for believing and motivating me to join English Honors. It was a great experience I will never forget. You will forever be one of the best teachers I ever had!” I love helping my students reach goals they never knew they could achieve.

My Project

Most students are familiar with dystopian novels or fairy tales. Many can use their imagination to picture themselves as the main character of a make believe world. However, this year, our 9th grade students will be challenged to read multiple real accounts of people who may be different from them.

This project focuses on surrounding students with memoirs, actual accounts, and true stories in an attempt to help students find empathy and joy through reading.

Students will learn how reading fiction and nonfiction are different. They will learn to identify text structure including description, compare and contrast, sequential and numerical order, if/then, and problem/solution. In addition to reading multiple examples of informational texts as a class, students will have the experience of reading an informational text of their choice. Lastly, students will get the opportunity to write their own informational essay on a topic that interests them.

Students will also have the opportunity to read a memoir of their choice before they begin writing about their own life experiences. I want students to know that they are the authors of their own stories, anad this project will give them exposure to many examples of individuals who have reached success despite their challenges.

Mrs. Macias Canyon View Junior High School Grades 9-12

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Orem, UT View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Student Voice: 100 Argument Essays by Teens on Issues That Matter to Them • Amazon Business $23.05 1 $23.05
The Way Things Work Now • Amazon Business $19.82 1 $19.82
Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Asian-Americans Who Inspire Us • Amazon Business $18.81 1 $18.81
Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School • Amazon Business $17.92 1 $17.92
Say It Out Loud • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
I Will Not Grow Downward - Memoir Of An Eritrean Refugee: My Long And Perilous Flight From Africa's Hermit Kingdom (Dreams of Freedom) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Six Crimson Cranes • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects (Science Gift, Trivia, History of Technology, History of Engineering & Technology) • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow • Amazon Business $15.77 1 $15.77
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
The Ivies • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Stories of the Rich & Famous, Famous Women) (Celebrating Women) • Amazon Business $14.43 1 $14.43
Blood Like Magic • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Instructions for Dancing • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Words with Wings • Amazon Business $14.10 1 $14.10
An Emotion Of Great Delight: New heartbreaking romance for 2021 from the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and A Very Large Expanse of Sea • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
King of Scars (King of Scars Duology, 1) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Blackout • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Sleuth & Solve: 20+ Mind-Twisting Mysteries: (Mystery Book for Kids and Adults, Puzzle and Brain Teaser Book for All Ages) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Newspaper Blackout • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Mindfulness for Teens in 10 Minutes a Day: Exercises to Feel Calm, Stay Focused & Be Your Best Self • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
THE COUSINS (202 JEUNESSE) • Amazon Business $12.48 1 $12.48
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
The Toll (3) (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Kentucky Cannibal: The True Story of an Outlaw, Murderer and Man-Eater (Ryan Green's True Crime) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home (Inkyard Press / Harlequin Teen) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Zombies vs. Unicorns • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
How to Become a Planet • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
We Are Not Free • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
None of the Above • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults): The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ship It • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Once (Once Series, 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
My Own Words • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
I Love You, More: Short Stories of Addiction, Recovery, and Loss From the Family's Perspective • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Pants Project • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Flying Lessons & Other Stories • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Meet Cute • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69

Materials cost

$664.13

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$704.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.25

Total project goal

$828.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $828.34

1 Donor

-$276.10

Donations toward project cost

-$234.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.41

match offer

-$552.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$469.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.84

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