5. 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…
9. Vocabulary Activity
In groups, write one sentence about each slide. Use the vocabulary in
each sentence. They will be collected and checked.
xamples:
ortable
his house is portable because it can be moved from one place to
another.
t is nice to have a portable house if you are planning to move around
10. Pg. 67, line 5 – One of his inventions, a jacket that stays suspended in the
air like a balloon after it has taken off…
11. Pg. 67, line 11 – Alex Soza is one of many dreamers and pioneers who are
turning textile fantasies intro realities.
12. Pg. 67 , line 31 – While not all companies are forthcoming about their
products for fear of having their ideas stolen…
13. Pg. 68, line 53 – They have inserted the spider-silk protein gene into goats,
thereby causing them to produce spider-silk protein…
14. Pg. 69, line 111 – One of the most important areas of clothing innovation is for
military purposes.
15. Pg. 69, line 123 – The researchers at Natick are also working on portable
buildings that are made of….
16. 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…
17. Pg. 69, line 131 – The largest air beams…are so rigid that you can hang a
heavy truck from one.
18. Pg. 69, line 139 - ..artistic jacket that defies gravity to smart aprons to
invisible military uniforms…
19. Pg. 69, line 142 – Who can foresee what these textile pioneers will dream up
next?
20. 4B Text
tep 1
s read lines 1-76 (take notes and prepare to summarize)
s read lines 77-end (take notes and prepare to summarize)
tep 2
As get together and summarize important information (compare notes)
Bs get together and summarize important information (compare notes)
tep 3
21. Post-reading
) What did you learn?
) What did you find to be interesting?
) What do you still have questions about?
