When you have completed all parts of the summer reading assignment, email your responses to: Laurin.Baldwin@WorcesterAcademy.org
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Book 1: Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
Part 1: Annotate (mark up) the text.
As you read the required summer reading book Becoming Muhammad Ali, your humanities teachers would like you to engage with the story by annotating and responding to it. While reading, put a square around new characters, underline new settings, and circle strong or new vocabulary words. Put a star next to strong quotes and plot events that stand out to you about Cassius’ experience.
Note: no writing is required for Part 1; just active reading with a pen.
Part 2: Respond to Becoming Muhammad Ali in writing. After you read Becoming Muhammad Ali, respond to the following questions:
1. Summarizing the Text
List the 8-10 most important events (plot points) throughout Becoming Muhammad Ali. Make sure your list of events is in chronological order. Note: Your list does NOT need to be in complete sentences.
2. Connecting: Who was Muhammad Ali?
Research Ali's life and write a short biography. Your biography should be a 5-8 sentence paragraph written in your own words.
3. Opinion Writing
What do you think? Was it right to give Cassius an alternative assignment so he could graduate from high school? Should more students be allowed to have alternative assignments if they have handicaps or challenges with school? Compose your response in one paragraph of 5-8 sentences.
Book 2: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Read When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller. After you read, answer the following prompts (copy and paste the prompt into your document) using one to three sentences.
Good readers make connections.
Good readers ask questions.
Good readers visualize the text.
Choose as many independent reading books as you like this summer!
Print the prepared sheet below to keep track of the choice books you read this summer.
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