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Newton and Copernicus: Lesson #4.1
DIRECTIONS: Part 1: Group Activity
1: Using your group’s set, cut the six panels out and trim them around the edges.
2: As a group, read the panels aloud and decide the order they go in that makes the
most sense.
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3: Tape the first three panels together in a strip.
4: Tape the second three panels together in a strip.
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Newton and Copernicus: Lesson #4.2
DIRECTIONS: Part 2: Individual response
5: Write a paragraph explaining what happens to the rats in these six panels.
6: Number 1-6 in the circles below to indicate the correct sequence for these six panels
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Newton and Copernicus: Lesson #4.3
Extended Lesson
(This extended lesson will require more time to complete,
and will allow for a more in depth analysis.)
LESSON GUIDE:
Vocabulary: consensus
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Place students in pairs or small groups.
Each group gets a copy of page 1.
Each student gets a copy of page 2.
Groups cut the six panels out and trim them around the edges.*
* or (print page 4A on card stock, pre-cut class sets and store in envelopes.)
Students read the panels aloud and decide as a group the order they go in. (V,A,K)
Students should use background information for visual clues.
Students sort panels until they come to a consensus on the order.
Groups tape the first three panels together in a strip.
Groups tape the second three panels together in a strip
Have individual students share their paragraph on what happens to the rats.
Answers for Lesson 4
A Newton and Copernicus Companion: Copyright August 2007, J.C. Olson.