6th Grade Students:

Access Alice in Wonderland here!

To submit your idea for your book talk, send me an email at asidell@glenview34.org!  You must include your name, the title and author of the book you plan to base your talk on, and the character you plan to become from the book in the email.  I will send back a response email letting your know if your idea has been approved.

GOOD LUCK!  

-Ms. Sidell 

These students have already signed up for book talk topics:

Bria - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer as Bella Swan

Rosie - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray as Gemma Doyle

Olivia - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer as TBD

Laura - All American Girl by Meg Cabot as Samantha Madison

David - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien as Frodo the hobbit

Chris - Swindle by Gordon Korman as Griffin Bing

Wyatt - A War Of Gifts by Orson Scott Card as Zeck Morgan 

Alexandra - Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella as Becky

Nick L. - Maximum Ride #1 by James Patterson as TBA

Bridget - Dairy Queen????

Lizzie - Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson as Diedra

Donnie - Snakehead by Horowitz as Major Yu

Charlie - Football Genius by Tim Green as Troy White

Alex C. - Mary, Bloody, Mary by Catherine Myer as Mary Tudor

Claire - Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson as Molly

All Students:

 Here is a direct link to The Collaboratory!

AND

Have you ever been stuck looking for books to read after that last great book?  Well, check out this website!  Type in a book title and author, and it will give you suggestions for books to read next that are similar.

http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search

8th Grade Monolgue Assignment:

To submit your idea for your monolgue, send me an email at asidell@glenview34.org!  You must include your name, the title and author of the book you plan to base your monologue on, and the characters you plan to become from the book in the email.  I will send back a response email letting your know if your idea has been approved.

GOOD LUCK!  

-Ms. Sidell 

Sam P. - The Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis

Dakota - Impulse by Hopkins

Esme - Freedom Writers

Vicki - Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Chrystal - Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Claire - The Host by Stephenie Meyer

8th Grade Shakespeare Links:

Take a virtual tour of Verona!

Online version of Romeo and Juliet!

Find 10 interesting facts by reading things of interest to you about Elizabethan Times.

Read the article on Queen Elizabeth I.  List 10 interesting facts about this important monarch that you find while reading this article.  Then, develop a paragraph that answers the following question:  What made Queen Elizabeth such an influential, revered queen?  An entire era is named after her!  Why?

Important Information:

Welcome to Ms. Sidell's Gifted Language Arts webpage.  This site is meant to be a resource for students and parents of gifted students on the Discovery, Summit, and Olympian teams. 

You can expect :

• Daily homework updates each week day  
• A weekly blurbs published each Friday (or last day of the school week) 
• A link to my rules and consquences as well as other policies and procedures
• Links to
sites for the adovcacy and the education of gifted students
• Links to sites related to language arts

Please feel free to explore this site.  I will most likely be asking the students to use it as part of their homework at various times throughout the school year!  The home page will be updated with special news and events so check it regularly.

Thanks for your continued appreciation and support.

Ms. Sidell

*I have started a new club! 

Check it out!       

Extra!  Extra!
Springman’s Newspaper Club has finally published its first issue! 

Informational meetings for the second issue will begin Wednesday, March 19th after school from 3:15-4:00PM and Thursday, March 20th before school from 7:45-8:20AM in room 215!