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Ms. Malofy from Savannah GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Hooked on Reading: Include the Sequel

My students need 30 copies each of The Lord of the Opium and Gathering Blue.

  • $545 goal

This project expired on May 23, 2017.

This project expired on May 23, 2017.

My Students

Nothing excites me more than when a student asks if I know there is a sequel to a novel we are reading and they ask if we can read it next. This happens often when my 7th grade students read The Giver by Lois Lowry and my 8th grade students read The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.

What better way to hook students into reading can there be than providing the sequel to a book they love?

Our arts-based program attracts a diverse population of students from across the county. They attend our school to focus on their art. Our students are brilliant, but that does not mean they all love to read. Some struggle to meet standards. Students struggling to read in middle school often suffer from low self-esteem and avoid taking academic risks out of fear of failure. However, I believe turning reading into a social experience by sharing a novel encourages the most reluctant of readers to succeed because great literature is based on universal themes everybody can relate to. Everyone can have a voice.

My Project

Too many students struggle with reading skills. They shut down out of fear of failure. However, working through a novel with peers is a great way to learn how to take healthy academic and social risks. These books will allow my students to continue reading because they will want to know what happens next.

We learn to love to read by reading along with people we love.

As adults, we read to children, share books, and join book clubs. Middle school students thrive on the social aspects of sharing literature, too. Being able to continue a story they are already hooked on will help foster a love of literature and academic success.

These novels will provide my students the opportunity and rigor to read above and beyond and help my struggling readers to keep trying.

Ms. Malofy
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lord of Opium • Amazon Business $7.31 30 $219.30
Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $5.99 30 $179.70

Materials cost

$399.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.62

Total project goal

$544.13

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