Unit
1 Small Group – Rotation 1 Review: Pages 44 - 52
Comprehension
Check
You Are the Electric Boogaloo
1. The author focuses on the activity of
break
dancing. They were breakdancers.
2. He screams, "Dancing is not a
crime!"
Just
Be Yourself!
3. The author was trying to find her
talents
and skills.
4. The author believes that in trying so
hard to figure
out who she is, her teenage self is
actually losing
herself.
5. Summaries will vary.
Research to Clarify If students struggle
to come
up with an unfamiliar detail, have them
reread
the letters and notice an idea that
might be new
to them, such as a K-Tel record or ROTC.
Analyze
the Text
1. Possible response: The author means
that if
he had won the breakdancing contest, he
still
probably would not be a successful
breakdancer,
and without the funny experience, he
might be a
more boring person.
2. Passages will vary by group. Remind
students to
explain why they chose the passage they
present
to the group members.
3. Responses will vary by group.
Concept
Vocabulary
Why These Words? Possible response: The
concept words all have to do with a
sense of the
extreme. Another word that fits the
category is
epic from “You Are the Electric
Boogaloo.”
Practice
Responses will vary.
Word Network
Possible responses: jeers, teen,
friendships, dork,
courage, future
Word Study
Possible responses:
numerous: many, full of a number of
items.
continuous: without interruption,
continuing.
desirous: wanting, full of desire.
prosperous: wealthy, having full
prosperity.
Read
It
Possible responses:
Indicative: paragraph 2, “Humiliation
and hilarity
are closely linked, my little friend.”
Interrogative:
paragraph 13, “Would success have gone
to your
head?” Imperative: paragraph 15, “Just
relax.”
Write It
Possible responses:
1. Dancers should try to perform in
public. They
should wear colorful costumes.
2. Authors may write about themselves,
and they
should use what they know.
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