CKLA U7L13

Reader’s Theater:
Nicolaus Copernicus

Lesson 13

unit 7 - Astronomy

today you will . .

.

• demonstrate comprehension of a text read aloud

about Nicolaus Copernicus. [RI.3.1]

• collaborate to write a narrative script based on

informational text about Nicolaus Copernicus.
[W.3.3, W.3.10, SL.3.1]

• read narrative text aloud with accuracy, appropriate

rate, and expression. [RF.3.4b]

Unit-level Essential

Question:

what celestial objects make

up our solar system?

Lessons 11–15 Guiding Question:

How do we know that the

planets orbit the sun?

Vocabulary

calculations,
mathematical methods
used to answer a question

logical, makes sense in an
organized, step-by-step way

opposed, resisted; was
against

diurnal, having a daily
cycle, or occurring
daily, as a result of
the earth’s 24-hour
rotation around its
axis

geocentric, having
Earth as the center

heliocentric, having the
sun as the center

hypothesis, an idea
that is based on
observation and
experimentation but
that is not commonly
accepted

©2019 Ragamuffifn

Copernicus' tower
at Frombork, where he lived
and worked; reconstructed
since World War II

Nicolaus Copernicus portrait from Town
Hall in Toruń - 1580)

reading time

Activity
Page
13.1

hypothesis

ANNOTAT

E
key ideas,

words, phrases

words/phrases you
do not understand

important

thoughts,

ideas,

questions in

margins

Circle

Underline

Write

Discussio

n

What are some words

you might use to

describe Copernicus?

What tools and

methods did

Copernicus use for

studying space?

What question did

astronomers have about
the planets’ movements,

and how did this lead
Copernicus to a new

understanding?

Why did people have

a difficult time

believing that Earth

was spinning in

space?

Discussio

n

What was new about
Copernicus’s view of

the world?

Name another

astronomer who later

worked to prove

Copernicus’s

heliocentric view.

What is the

difference between
a hypothesis and a

theory?

©2019 Ragamuffifn

Reader’s Theater

Director
Actors
Narrator
Producer
Chorus

helps stage the action and helps actors
with their lines

characters in the play that say the lines

people who read parts of the action
aloud to move the story along

makes sure everyone has everything
they need. Also write down all the lines

a group of actors say the lines together,
usually to make a point or move action

yesterday
quickly
jewel
recently
subject
awaited

Review: spelling words

digest
kindness
character
budget
accomplish

fascinate
annoy
knowledge
refrigerate
gymnasium
design

Challenge Word: different Challenge Word: atmosphere
Challenge Word: thought

Review:

QUOTATION

MARKS

©2019 Ragamuffifn

Used to show
EXACTLY what a
person says or has

said.

review:Conjunctions

CONNECT groups of words

⋆ and (plus, along with, also)

⋆ but (something different)

⋆ because (for this reason)

⋆ so (then this happened)

⋆ or (signals a choice, possibility)

words
that

Glue-All

sentences
together

©2019 Ragamuffifn

Review: suffixes

⋆ Added to the END of word - Changes the meaning of word

-ful

(full of)

-less

(lacking / without)

careful

helpful

cheerful

careless

fearless

helpless

M
V
E
M

J

U
S

N

ercury

ars

arth
enus

upiter
aturn

ranus

eptune

More info on how to use this template at
www.slidescarnival.com/help-use-presentation-template

This template is free to use under Creative Commons Attribution license.
You can keep the Credits slide or mention SlidesCarnival and other
resources used in a slide footer.

Thanks again!