Edge B / Unit 2: THE ART OF EXPRESSION
Cluster 2 (Week 2)
Teaching Guide
Time
Pages
Activities
RB=
Reading
Book
PB=Practice
Book
5 min.
15 min.
5 min.
10 min.
131 RB
5 min.
132 RB
15 min.
132 RB
62-63
PB
Students drop off Practice Books to be checked.
Students hand in all written work from past week.
Group review/discussion of last week’s written work and the
adjunct reading (as needed).
TAKE CLUSTER 1 TEST
(Teacher “checks off” Practice Book pages. Collect all other
written work to grade & respond to over the next week.)
GRAMMAR SKILLS PATH 16-20
Review/teach all five skills in the path
Use printout of Grammar Transparency 20 (Use Subject Pronouns).
Assign Grammar Transparencies 16-19 to students who may need
more instruction/practice.
VOCABULARY WORKSHOP
Use Context Clues
 Teach & Practice
o Explore Words and Context Clues
o Put the Strategy to Use
PREPARE TO READ
Back to the Essential Question
 Cluster Focus: Explore the effect of music on our lives.
 Make a Connection (Discussion)
PREPARE TO READ, cont’d
Learn Key Vocabulary
 Pronounce
 Use Rating Scale to rate knowledge (first step in PB)
 Explain
 Practice the Words (if time)
 Assign pp. 62-63 in PB for homework
5 min.
Candy break!!
15 min.
159 RB
64-65
PB
1
BEFORE READING
Teach strategies
 Author’s Purpose: Essay
o Look Into the Text
o Do p. 64 PB
Edge B, Unit 2, Cluster 2
Time
Pages
Activities
RB=
Reading
Book
PB=Practice
Book
30 min.
 Determine Importance
o How to Summarize Nonfiction
o Do p. 65 PB
134-143 READ
RB
Build Background
 Read “A Moment in Time: Hip-Hop High School”
o What is hip-hop?
o When, where and how did it develop?
Read “Hip Hop as Culture” (see Teacher Wrap)
 Reading Support
 Chunking the Text
 Monitor Comprehension
Discuss “ANALYZE Hip Hop as Culture” Questions
5 min.
144 RB
5 min.
67-70
PB
5 min.
2
BEFORE READING
Teach strategies
 Song Lyrics
o Look Into the Text
 Determine Importance
o How to Summarize Lyrics
BEGIN READING
Build Background
 Read title and author’s name
 Discuss meaning of “Somebody” and “Grandmaster”
 Connect Across Texts: What are the beliefs of the hip-hop
culture that Efrem Smith describes?
Read “Success Is a Mind-Set” (see Teacher Wrap)
 Reading Support
o Determine Importance
o Language
o Song Lyrics
Share reading experiences from Edge Library book choices.
Edge B, Unit 2, Cluster 2