Reading 3Spring 2013

IECPNikki Mattson

Agenda

• Idiom• Summarizing/Paraphrasing activity• VP 9 Quiz• 4B vocabulary + text

Spill the beans• reveal a secret

Practice

• It was supposed to be surprise party, but he spilled the beans and…

• I didn’t mean to spill the beans, but I…• If you spill the beans about ____, I will…

Summarizing Activity

• Complete the handout.• Choose the best summary from each

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VP 9 quiz

Pg. 66 – “Before You Read” and Part A

DREAM WEAVERS

Vocabulary Activity•

In groups, write one sentence about each slide. Use the vocabulary in each sentence. They will be collected and checked.

Examples:

Portable

1.This house is portable because it can be moved from one place to another.

2.It is nice to have a portable house if you are planning to move around a lot.

3.Some people think that portable houses are not wise purchases because they may not be as stable as permanent houses.

Pg. 67, line 5 – One of his inventions, a jacket that stays suspended in the air like a balloon after it has taken off…

Pg. 67, line 11 – Alex Soza is one of many dreamers and pioneers who are turning textile fantasies intro realities.

Pg. 67 , line 31 – While not all companies are forthcoming about their products for fear of having their ideas stolen…

Pg. 68, line 53 – They have inserted the spider-silk protein gene into goats, thereby causing them to produce spider-silk protein…

Pg. 69, line 111 – One of the most important areas of clothing innovation is for military purposes.

Pg. 69, line 123 – The researchers at Natick are also working on portable buildings that are made of….

Pg. 69, line 127 - …these building materials would allow a team to build a structure large enough to hold airplanes in a fraction of the time…

Pg. 69, line 131 – The largest air beams…are so rigid that you can hang a heavy truck from one.

Pg. 69, line 139 - ..artistic jacket that defies gravity to smart aprons to invisible military uniforms…

Pg. 69, line 142 – Who can foresee what these textile pioneers will dream up next?

4B Text•S

tep 1•A

s read lines 1-76 (take notes and prepare to summarize)•B

s read lines 77-end (take notes and prepare to summarize)

•Step 2

•2 As get together and summarize important information (compare notes)

•2 Bs get together and summarize important information (compare notes)

•Step 3

•Get handout

•2 As and 2Bs get together and share information

•(If the other group doesn’t answer the questions on the handout in their summary, be sure to ask them.)

Post-reading •1

) What did you learn?•2

) What did you find to be interesting?•3

) What do you still have questions about?

HW•V

P 10•R

E Unit 4 Test = Friday