Unit 4 Lesson 3- The Roman Gods and Goddesses

Objectives

Know: What key information and supporting
details are in a text to determine the key
idea.

Understand: How to take notes to organize
information read in the text.

Be Able to: Use a graphic organizer to
explain the Roman life and beliefs.

TEKS

TEKS 3.6.G Evaluate details read to determine key ideas; TEKS 3.7.E
Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating,
freewriting, or illustrating; TEKS 3.7.B Write a response to a literary or
informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text; TEKS
3.9.A Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of
well-known children’s literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales,
legends, and myths; TEKS 3.13.C Identify and gather relevant
information from a variety of sources; TEKS 3.11.A Plan a first draft by
selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a
range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;
TEKS 3.2.A.vi Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by decoding
words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base
words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants.

Objective
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Students will identify and describe gods and
goddesses worshipped by the Romans using a
3-column graphic organizer.

3.6G, 3.7E

Reading Chapter 3

Vocabulary

immortal, able to live forever

Vocabulary

messenger, someone who delivers messages
back and forth

Vocabulary

mission, a very important job

Vocabulary

rough, not calm

Vocabulary

wisdom, knowledge and understanding gained over
time

Reading Intro

Rome

Where is Rome?

What do you know
about Rome?

Why is Rome
important?

Civilization

What is a
civilization?

What makes Rome
a civilization?

Legend

What is a legend?

What are the story
elements of a
legend?

Romulus
and Remus

Who are they?

Why are they
important to Rome?

What happened
between them?

Create this chart on your paper.
On each sticky note write or draw
a connection with the word. Use
the questions to help you.

Vocabulary

After each vocabulary word is written, you will use your
cards to determine your understanding of the word.

1

2

3

4

Partner Reading

Follow along as I read the first few
paragraphs.

Fill in the first column of Activity page 3.1.

You are going to partner read and fill out the
chart on Activity Page 3.1.

Jupiter

Juno

Neptune

Mercury

Mars

Mercury

Mercury

Venus

Cupid

Vulcan

Apollo

Minerva

Diana

Bacchus

Objective
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Students will explain Roman life and beliefs in a short essay response.

3.6G, 3.7B, 3.9A, 3.13C

Speaking and listening

Vocabulary

boisterous, very noisy; lively; active

Vocabulary

bountiful, plentiful; having an abundance of something

Vocabulary

elaborate, made of many carefully placed or arranged
pieces or parts; sophisticated; highly detailed

Vocabulary

inhabitant, a person or animal who lives in a specific
place or habitat

Vocabulary

ritual, important ceremony that is part of specific cultures
and traditions

Vocabulary

worship, to show respect and love to a god or a person

Read-Aloud

What was our story about yesterday?

Read-Aloud

In today’s Read-Aloud, you will hear about another
type of fiction called a myth.

Who has heard a
myth?

Read-Aloud

Who can tell me the difference between a legend and a myth?

Read-Aloud

In “The Legend of Romulus and Remus,” you heard about two Roman
gods—Mars and Tiberinus; Mars is the god of war, and Tiberinus is the
god of the Tiber River.

We consider myths of gods and goddesses to be
fictional today, but many ancient Romans believed
that gods and goddesses were real and
worshipped them as part of their religion.

Read-Aloud

Ancient Romans believed the gods and goddesses had supernatural
powers or skills and were immortal, or able to live forever.

Many of the gods and goddesses the ancient Romans believed
in were similar to those of the ancient Greeks.

Today we will learn about some additional
gods and goddesses, along with Roman life
and beliefs.

We will continue to add information to 3.1
about gods and goddesses.

Pause Point

What new information about Saturn can you
add to activity 3.1?

Pause point

Add information about the gods
and goddesses on Activity 3.1

Read Aloud Discussion

How is a myth different from a
legend?

Read Aloud Discussion

Why were there many
farmers in ancient Rome?

Read Aloud Discussion

Why did the ancient
Roman farmers want to
please Saturn, the god of
the harvest?

Exit Ticket

What is a key detail from the text about Roman beliefs?

Word Work: Elaborate

In the Read-Aloud you heard, “Somewhere nearby, there might have been
an elaborate temple for Saturn.”

Elaborate means highly detailed or made of many carefully
placed or arranged pieces and parts.

Objective
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Students will determine the meaning of words formed when -er or -or is added to a known root word.

3.2Avi

Grammar

Grammar
Adding -er and -or

paint

painter

sail

sailor

A suffix is a syllable placed after a root word.
Suffixes change the meaning of the root word.
Explain that both –er and –or mean “a person
who.”