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Ms. Michelle Serrano from Granada Hills, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Writing 101: The Essay

Help me give my students site licenses for EssayPop, a website that breaks down the writing experience to a series of frames.

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My Students

My students inspire me every time they show up to class, ready to tackle the lesson ahead, whether that be understanding vocabulary, analyzing a text, or even tackling a grammar problem.

My kids work for me the minute class begins, until the end of the period.

Sometimes when that perfect day comes, we even go into the passing period. That is when I know they are learning. It is because of those moments that I want to provide them with materials that will push them to succeed.

My Project

One of the most daunting standards to teach my students is essay writing. They struggle with all types of writing every year: informational, argumentative, and even narrative. After many years of teaching and trying out different materials to make writing a more enjoyable lesson, there is only one supplement where I have seen tangible results - EssayPop.

EssayPop is a site that breaks down essay writing to a series of frames.

Students can concentrate on one frame at a time, get help in the form of sentence starters, and even see what makes up the bulk of their individual paragraphs. The best part? With this student license, each student can use the program for writing across the curriculum - their science experiments, their history research papers, and even their health projects.

I find that this is a more powerful tool than Google Docs or Microsoft Word. This program actually guides them while they are writing. Gone are the days when a student can say, "I'm stuck!"

Ms. Michelle Serrano John F Kennedy High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Michelle Serrano

Granada Hills, CA 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EssayPop Student Licenses for 2021-2022 • EssayPop $5.90 90 $531.00

Materials cost

$531.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $48.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$617.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.98

Total project goal

$726.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $726.53

4 Donors

-$374.88

Donations toward project cost

-$320.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.73

match offer

-$349.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$297.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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