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Ms. Large from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Class Set!

My students need to start the year with a class set of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

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My Students

My eleventh grade English students are witty, passionate, urban youth. They yearn to read books that are both mirrors and windows, books that reflect back to them their own experiences anew, while at the same time, shed light on the lives of others. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is such a book!

We will read some classics, including "The Scarlet Letter," but I want to start the year with a high-interest text that challenges stereotypes of Native Americans and locates our inquiry into American Literature in a modern context.

Our school is a small, public charter school that provides a college-preparatory education. Most of our students will be the first in their families to attend college.

My Project

I have asked for a class set of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." Since this book is fairly accessible, I predict that students can read it in class within two weeks. We start each class with about twenty minutes of silent reading. This is a book that will capture their attention, challenge their assumptions, and inspires them to rise above their own struggles! In addition, while they are reading this book, I will coordinate with the U.S. history teacher to provide the students with some background information on Native American history to help them better understand this text and put it in context.

This might be the very book that "helps a child form a habit of reading," that makes reading, "One of his deep and continuing needs," in the words of Maya Angelou.

This might be the very book that inspires a child to tell his own story, as Sherman Alexie does in this semi-autobiographical novel. Or this might simply be the first book that a child has loved in years!

Ms. Large Leadership Charter High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon $13.50 30 $405.00

Materials cost

$405.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$478.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.38

Total project goal

$562.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $562.52

11 Donors

-$547.52

Donations toward project cost

-$478.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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