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The Vocabulary Upgrade

My project needs 35 copies of the Webster New World Dictionary and Thesaurus to enhance our students vocabulary in playwriting activities, and in the understanding of dramatic literature.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

I teach at the Fordham High School for the Arts in Bronx, NY. My students see me daily for theater classes from the 10th grade, through the 12th grade. All of them have selected drama as a three-year major track. Recently, my students attended some theater conferences and workshops with students from other schools in New York City, and in New York State. They have unanimously asked to upgrade their vocabulary. They felt that students, in similar grades, from other schools are using higher level vocabulary than they use. They also expressed concern that students from other schools were able to read aloud swiftly, with no hesitation, and that they could not keep up with these peers in the workshops. My students are concerned about competing for college placement, and their ability to read aloud flawlessly in the world of theater auditions. Many of them plan to go to college with a theater program. The students grouped together in a meeting to ask if I could help enhance their vocabulary skills during the upcoming school year during the drama classes I teach. I plan to have dictionaries available to all students to immediately look up any word they come across in reading plays, biographies of theater personalities, and/or technical theater and theater history material. We will have a word wall that they will maintain and will incorporate into their daily use. We will use the Thesaurus to introduce new words in our improvisational exercises, and in our playwriting activities. When my students proposed using drama class to upgrade their vocabulary, I realized the power that we hold as collaborators to better our language and our literacy!

Ms. M. Fordham High School of Arts Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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
Webster's New World Dictionary and Thesaurus Charlton Laird, Editors of Webster's New World Dictionar, Charlton Grant Laird (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $12.59 35 $440.65

Materials cost

$440.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $44.07

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$513.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.61

Total project goal

$625.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $625.61

2 Donors

-$603.53

Donations toward project cost

-$513.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.08

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 $0.00

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