Each sixth grader is required to read one memoir over the mid winter break next week. They will also be assigned a written assignment to go along with the reading, this will be posted by Friday.
There will be a selection of memoirs available for students to choose from here at school, but here is a list of memoirs in case students feel like they would like to venture beyond what we have available:
Jean Little: Little by Little.
Y.K Watkins: So Far from the Bamboo Grove.
Paul Zindel: The Pigman and Me.
Philip Sendak: In Grandpa's House
Cynthia Rylant: But I'll be Back Again
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: How I Became a Writer
Laurence Yep: The Lost Garden
Gil Alicea: The Air Down Here: True Tales from a South Bronx Boyhood
Ralph Fletcher: Marshfield Dreams
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