Reading 3IECP

Fall 2014Nikki Mattson

Idiom RE 4B Pre-reading Vocabulary Practice

Agenda

swallow it hook, line, and sinker

Foolishly believe something

Practice

What other idiom (that we learned in class) expresses this idea?

What is something that you swallowed hook, line, and sinker recently?

I told my friend___, and he swallowed it hook, line, and sinker and said___.

Pg. 60 – “Before You Read” and Part A

Questions1)Why does the speaker mention the spider and beetle examples?2)How is nature “like a catalog of products”?3)Why does the speaker mention the greenhouse building project?

Biomimetic Video

What is Biomimetics?

pg. 61, line 15 – The thorny devil can also do this when standing on damp sand – a _______competitive

advantage in the desert.

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Pg. 61, line 17 – Parker had come to solve the_______of precisely how it does this…

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Pg. 61, line 19 - …to make a_______to help people collect water in the desert.

Pg. 61, line 38 – Parker sent his observations and experimental results to…two __________.

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Pg. 61, line 45 – This combination of biological ______ and engineering pragmatism is vital to success in biomimetics.

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Pg. 62, line 95 - …Fearing is confident that over time he will close the ________ between nature and human

engineering.

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pg. 62, line 105 – Cutkosky studied the extremely small structures on the gecko’s feet that allow it to run up and

down ______walls…

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Pg. 63, line 135 – For the present, engineers cannot hope to _______ it.

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Pg. 63, line 136 – _________, the gap with nature is gradually closing.

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Pg. 63, line 136 - …the gap with nature is _______ closing.

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Vocabulary Practice

HW

Complete VP 8 and check answers (Monday = 3A, Tuesday = 3B)

Complete group tasks for VP 8 (Monday = 3A, Tuesday = 3B) NEW GROUPS AND ROLES!

Novel reading assignments (Monday = 3A, Tuesday = 3B) Oliver Twist = 10-11 Great Expectations = 14-19 Cry Freedom = 13-16 A Tangled Web = 16-21