Welcome to ASTRA 5/6
Achieving Success through Reading and Analysis
Welcome to the ASTRA 5/6 wiki page! Here, you will find information that is pertinent to our class.
PS: What do you think "pertinent" means? Use your context clues to determine the meaning.
Below you will find important forms and documents
Important Forms/Documents
Homework
Friday, September 29:
Read independently for 20 minutes.
Thursday, August 28:
Read independently for 20 minutes.
Wednesday, August 27:
Read independently for 20 minutes.
Tuesday, August 26:
Read independently for 20 minutes.
Monday, August 25:
Read independently for 20 minutes.
These are three of my favorite authors. They all have passed away, but their words are immortal. That is the power of words and writing. Your message lives forever and influences generations for years to come.
Zora Neale Hurston
Octavia Butler
Toni Morrison
Check out my favorite Middle Grade and YA authors!
Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down and When I was the Greatest
Elizabeth Acevedo, author of The Poet X
Jacqueline Woodson, author of Another Brooklyn and Miracle Boys
Renée Watson, author of Piecing Me Together and Betty X
Grace Lin, author of When the Mountain Meets the Moon and Year of the Rat
G.Neri, author of Ghetto Cowboy and Yummy
Nidhi Chanani, author of Pashmina
Kwame Alexander, author of Rebound and Solo