Thursday October 1st, 2015

Vocabulary

1. complicated
2. sphere
3. observable
4. universally
5. model
6. predicting
7. outermost
8. heretic
9. anonymous
10. ellipses

Reading

Creative Reading Exercise
Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Summer Extravaganza Emu Mystery". 

Class Reading Assignment
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking; continued reading chapter 1.

Writing

"A Brief History of Time" writing assignment

• Write a 10 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format, including correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
• Use 5 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers (in complete sentences) in your essay:

1. Explain Ptolemy's assumption of the moon.
2. What was Copernicus' theory and what was he afraid the church would think?
3. What new invention did Copernicus use in his research?
4. What was Kepler's modification of Copernicus' theory?
5. How did Newton contribute to the theory?