Fact of the Day What was Muhammed Ali’s real name? Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., the elder son of Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912-1990) and Odessa Grady Clay (1917- 1994), was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky.

1st Period Lesson: Springboard 1.13 Learning Targets: Vocabulary: Identify the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete Embedded Assessment 2 and reflect of prior learning that supports the knowledge and skills needed. Examine the essential elements of an argument. Vocabulary: Claim: a straightforward statement of the writer’s belief about the topic of the argument. Counterclaims: Restatements of valid counterclaims made by the opposing side (concessions), or the writer’s arguments against those opposing viewpoints (refutations), explaining why the writer’s position is more valid.

2nd Period Lesson: Springboard 1.13 Learning Targets: Vocabulary: Identify the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete Embedded Assessment 2 and reflect of prior learning that supports the knowledge and skills needed. Examine the essential elements of an argument. Vocabulary: Claim: a straightforward statement of the writer’s belief about the topic of the argument. Counterclaims: Restatements of valid counterclaims made by the opposing side (concessions), or the writer’s arguments against those opposing viewpoints (refutations), explaining why the writer’s position is more valid.

4th Period Lesson: Springboard 1.13 Learning Targets: Vocabulary: Identify the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete Embedded Assessment 2 and reflect of prior learning that supports the knowledge and skills needed. Examine the essential elements of an argument. Vocabulary: Claim: a straightforward statement of the writer’s belief about the topic of the argument. Counterclaims: Restatements of valid counterclaims made by the opposing side (concessions), or the writer’s arguments against those opposing viewpoints (refutations), explaining why the writer’s position is more valid.

5th Period Lesson: The Giver chapters 9-10 Learning Targets: Be able to comprehend and analyze a narrative, fiction text. Assessment: The Giver Chapters 3-8 Quiz

6th Period Lesson: The Giver chapters 9-10 Learning Targets: Be able to comprehend and analyze a narrative, fiction text. Assessment: The Giver Chapters 3-8 Quiz