Ms. Du
The goals of Bellevue Middle School Library are to support school curriculum, to satisfy research and reading needs of students, faculty and staff, and to instill a life-long love of reading in every student. The library maintains a quiet, learning-inducive environment. Students should be aware and respectful of other students who are using the library at the same time. Students are allowed to check out two books at a time and keep them for up to two weeks. Students are responsible for any lost or damaged books.
Free check out periods: 7:15-7:30, 2:15-2:30, and Lunch Time.
During these periods, students may return and check out books on their own.
During class periods:
Students who wish to utilize the library during the school day must have the
Library Pass from their teacher with specific time limits.
During lunch periods:
Students who wish to utilize the computer to do projects need to bring the Library
Pass from their teacher.
Our library is implementing the Accelerated Reading Program this year. Researches show that AR program helps to improve students' reading level and comprehension. Every time a student finishes reading an AR book, s/he can take an online comprehension test. If the student passes the test, s/he earns certain points depending on the reading level of the book. Students can accumulate their AR points throughout the semester. By the end of the semester, students may redeem their points for their favorite goodies at our AR store.
For more information on Accelerated Reading Program, visit Renaissance learning.
Students are encouraged to check out books from the public library for pleasure reading as well as for reseach. For online catalog search of the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library, click here.
Tennessee Electronic Library has a large online database on various subjects from Social Science, Hsitory, to Biography. Many of these sources are extracts from Encyclopedias. Most of our students research needs can be met by visiting the TEL online database.
Great websites of online book reviews by teenagers.
www.teenmag.com Lists top 10 books chosen by the people at teenmag.com. Teens can submit a book review and the best will be chosen to add to the site.
www.teenpeoplebookclub.com Even if you don't join, you can view descriptions of books online. They do a great job of selecting books geared toward teenagers. Teen reviews included online as well.
www.kidsreads.com Learn more about your favorite author and popular series.
is a fun site where you can play games and learn about new books.
"The
Moves Make the Man" by Bruce Brooks. Reading Level: 5.4, Points: 11. a
Newbery Honor Book.
Jerome Foxworthy can indeed juke and jive with the best of them. But basketball
is not the only light in his life. He is a full partner with older brothers
Maurice and Henry in a fatherless home centered on their remarkable Momma, and
he's an ace student in accelerated classes. Nothing really seems to faze "the
Jayfox" - not even when he has to cross town as the first and only black
student in integrate the biggest white school in Wilmington, North Carolina.
But Jerome is caught off guard by the mysterious Bix Rivers, the sharpest white
athlete Jerome has ever seen. To Jerome, moves mean self-expression and survival;
to Bix, they mean falsehood. What happened between the two boys is the story
of this fascinating book.
"What My
Mother Doesn't Know" by Sonya Sones. Reading level: 5.3, points:3.
My name is Sophie. This book is about me. It tells the heart-stopping riveting
story of my first love. And also of my second. And, okay, my third love, too.
It's not that I'm boy crazy. IT's just that even though I'm almost fifteen I've
been having sort of a hard time trying to figure out the difference between
love and lust. It's like my mind and my body and my heart just don't seem to
be able to agree on anything.
"The Mysterious
Matter of I.M. Fine" by Diane Stanley. Reading Level: 4.5, AR points: 6.
It started with Jelly Worms ... Kids all over the country are acting strangely
after reading the latest books in the mega-popular Chillers series. First, it's
the seemingly innocent Jelly Worm fad. But it quickly turns sisnister, with
exploding headaches sweeping the nation, and then a serpent surprise that lands
several kids, including Franny's little sister, in the hospital. Franny is convinced
that I.M. Fine, author of the Chillers books, is behind it. With the help of
her friend Beamer, whe is determined to track down the mysterious author and
find out once and for all if the books really are causing all the trouble. After
all, a book can't be that dangerous, can it?
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