Edge B / Unit 3: THE HERO WITHIN
Cluster 2 (Week 2)
Teaching Guide
Time
Pages
Activities
RB=
Reading
Book
PB=Practice
Book
5 min.
15 min.
5 min.
10 min.
5 min.
15 min.
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 31-35
Review/teach all five skills in the path.
Use printout of Grammar Transparency 35 (Use Verb Tenses).
Assign Grammar Transparencies 31-34 to students who may need
more instruction/practice.
225 RB VOCABULARY WORKSHOP
Use What You Know
 Teach & Practice
o Use Word Families to Find Meaning
o Put the Strategy to Use
226 RB PREPARE TO READ
Back to the Essential Question
 Cluster Focus: Consider the everyday heroes in your
community.
 Make a Connection (Anticipation Guide)
226 RB PREPARE TO READ, cont’d
Learn Key Vocabulary
102-103  Pronounce
PB
 Use Rating Scale to rate knowledge (first step in PB)
 Explain
 Practice the Words (if time)
 Assign rest of pp. 104-105 in PB for homework
5 min.
Candy break!!
15 min.
1
227 RB
BEFORE READING
Teach strategies
104-105  Point of View
PB
o Look Into the Text
Edge B, Unit 3, Cluster 2
Time
Pages
Activities
RB=
Reading
Book
PB=Practice
Book
30 min.
5 min.
5 min.
5 min.
2
o Do p. 104 PB
 Make Inferences
o How to Make Inferences
o Do p. 105 PB
228-241 READ
RB
Build Background
 Read about the writer and her influences
Read “A Job for Valentin” (see Teacher Wrap)
 Reading Support
 Chunking the Text
 Monitor Comprehension
Discuss “ANALYZE A Job for Valentin” Questions
Read “Hero” (see Teacher Wrap)
 Read lyrics aloud
 Check for understanding
 Elicit personal responses
 Compare across texts
242 RB BEFORE READING
Teach strategies
 Feature Article
o Look Into the Text
 Make Inferences
o How to Make Inferences
107-110 BEGIN READING
PB
Build Background
 Read the Title and Introduction
 Connect Across Texts: Is a person more heroic if his or her
actions are unexpected? What if they are a part of his or her
personality?
Read “In the Heart of a Hero” (see Teacher Wrap)
 Reading Support
o Make Inferences
Share reading experiences from Edge Library book choices.
Edge B, Unit 3, Cluster 2