mensa's reading program for students
Visit the Mensa for Kids website to learn about their Excellence in Reading program (for pre-K through grade 12). Complete the challenge, and you will win a Mensa t-shirt, a certificate from Mensa, and a well-exercised brain!
YOU SHOULD BE READING...
Part of preparing for life is being well-read.
For Middle School Students
Gifted Guru Lisa Van Gemert offers an excellent list to get you started. She offers both specific titles as well as links to topical lists. Click here to visit her website and to see the lists.
If your brain is hungry for current events news, check out English teacher Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week.
For High School Students and Older
Part of preparing for college is being well read. Part of learning to what it means to be human is to be well read. Are you sensing a theme yet? Click here for the College Board's List of 101 great books that you should read to be well-read.
Take this quiz from The Great American Read to see how many of their top 100 books you've read. Then dig into that list for lots of reading goodness! (You can preview The Great American Read's Top 100 most-loved books list here.)
In addition, you can browse from several categories of books in the Davidson Institute's Gifted Database.
For Middle School Students
Gifted Guru Lisa Van Gemert offers an excellent list to get you started. She offers both specific titles as well as links to topical lists. Click here to visit her website and to see the lists.
If your brain is hungry for current events news, check out English teacher Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week.
For High School Students and Older
Part of preparing for college is being well read. Part of learning to what it means to be human is to be well read. Are you sensing a theme yet? Click here for the College Board's List of 101 great books that you should read to be well-read.
Take this quiz from The Great American Read to see how many of their top 100 books you've read. Then dig into that list for lots of reading goodness! (You can preview The Great American Read's Top 100 most-loved books list here.)
In addition, you can browse from several categories of books in the Davidson Institute's Gifted Database.
Fun stuff to start with
Brain games - play that will build brain muscle!
If you haven't become a podcast junkie yet, maybe you just haven't found the right material. Or maybe you don't know how to find podcasts at all. No worries...there are lots of ways to plug in!
iOS users can use the purple podcast icon on their phones.
All users (Android and iOS) can find them on Stitcher Radio, Pandora, I Heart Radio, Audible, etc.
...or you can click here to read all about how to download podcasts.
podcast faves
films to build background knowledge
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The BBC's Sense And Sensibility Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 This film is also available on Amazon Prime's streaming service. |