1. Reading 3
IECP
Spring 2013
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Idiom
• VP 7 quiz
• Novel groups
• RE 4 text and activities

4. jump to conclusions
• to judge or decide something without having all the facts/ make a
rushed decision

5. Practice
• One time somebody jumped to a
conclusion about me. When they saw me,
they….
• One time that I jumped to a conclusion
was…
• Instead of jumping to a conclusion, why
don’t you…

6. VP 7 quiz

7. Novel Discussion Groups
• 1) Take turns orally summarizing what
happened in the section you read.
• 2) Let Nikki know you are ready for the
questions.
• 3) Take notes about/answer the questions
– the quiz will have the same questions
(but fewer), and you can use your notes.

9. Pg. 60 – “Before You Read” and Part A
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10. What is Biomimetics?
Questions

1)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

11. pg. 61, line 15 – The thorny devil can also do this when
standing on damp sand – a _______competitive advantage in
the desert.

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

12. Pg. 61, line 17 – Parker had come to solve the_______of precisely
how it does this…

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

13. Pg. 61, line 19 - …to make a_______to help people collect water in
the desert.
  Colleagues
 Vital
 Nonetheless
 Insight
 Riddle
 gradually
 Device
 Gap
 Vertical
 Reproduce

14. Pg. 61, line 38 – Parker sent his observations and experimental
results to…two __________.

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

15. Pg. 61, line 45 – This combination of biological ______ and
engineering pragmatism is vital to success in biomimetics.

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

16. Pg. 62, line 95 - …Fearing is confident that over time he will close
the ________ between nature and human engineering.

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

17. pg. 62, line 105 – Cutkosky studied the extremely small structures
on the gecko’s feet that allow it to run up and down ______walls…

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

18. Pg. 63, line 135 – For the present, engineers cannot hope to _______
it.
Colleagues
Vital
 Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

19. Pg. 63, line 136 – _________, the gap with nature is gradually closing.

Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

20. Pg. 63, line 136 - …the gap with nature is _______ closing.
 Colleagues
Vital
Nonetheless
Insight
Riddle
gradually
Device
Gap
Vertical
Reproduce

21. Summarizing

 1) Read one paragraph silently.
 2) Work with your partner to write a 1 or 2 sentence
summary of the paragraph. Use paraphrasing.
 3) Make two copies (of each summary sentence).
 One copy should be written on the colored paper
(make it large!) One sentence should be on each color.
 One copy should be added to the paragraph summary
of the whole article. (transitions should be added)
 4) Continue until you have all 9 paragraphs
summarized.

22. HW

Complete VP 8
Novel quiz