125 pages • 4 hours read
James Patterson, Kwame AlexanderBecoming Muhammad Ali
Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2020A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
Discussion/Analysis Prompt
How does the Final Round and Cassius’s future as Muhammad Ali reflect what you learned about him in Rounds 1 through 9?
Teaching Suggestion: Encourage students to point out instances of foreshadowing to get at the book’s primary goal of showing readers how Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali. It might be beneficial to review the definition of foreshadowing in advance of this prompt. Students might also brainstorm learning and thinking strategies to use when approaching a whole-text question like this one.
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