6th Grade ELA

-Mrs. Felsenthal-

"Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic." -J.K. Rowling 

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About Mrs. Felsenthal

This is my seventh year at Lincoln Middle School, but my eleventh year teaching, overall. I graduated from Northern Illinois University with my Bachelor's Degree in teaching, and I graduated with my Master's Degree in School Library Studies, through the University of Northern Iowa. Furthermore, this past year I graduated from the American College of Education with my second Master's Degree, which is in Curriculum Integration. I am an avid reader (I am a huge fan of Harry Potter), and I enjoy watching the Blackhawks, Cubs, Bears and Huskie (NIU) Football. I am looking forward to working with all of you this year! 

My contact information is below:

Email: mfelsenthal@d57.org 

Phone:  (847) 394-7350 ext. 5501

Twitter: @TeachFelsenthal

Please use this site to find information in regards to ELA, as well as links to Google Classroom, Pearson, and other items. As the year progresses, I like to update/change the site as needed. 

What is Mrs. Felsenthal Reading?

Keeper of the Lost Cities (Book 1)

By Shannon Messenger


Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She's a telepath; someone who hears the thoughts of everyone around her. It's a talent she's never known how to explain.


Everything changes the day she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who appears out of nowhere and also reads minds. She discovers there's somewhere she does belong, and that staying with her family will put her in grave danger. In the blink of an eye, Sophie is forced to leave behind everything and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from anything she has ever known. 


Sophie has new rules to learn and new skills to master, and not everyone is thrilled that she has come "home." There are secrets buried deep in Sophie's memory - secrets about who she really is and why she was hidden among humans - that other people desperately want. Would even kill for.


In this page-turning series opener, Shannon Messenger creates a riveting story where one girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world, before the wrong person finds the answer first. 

*Summary from inside cover*