Invisibility discussion

AFTER READING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘nature’ and ‘science’.

nature

science

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

step cloak journals set fishnet rock

forward clothing a long way battlefield microscopes viruses

STUDENT INVISIBILITY SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about invisibility in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘invisible’?
c)	Would you like the ability to become invisible?
d)	What would you do if you could become invisible?
e)	What uses could an invisibility cloak have?
f)	What do you think of Professor Zhang’s research?
g)	Do you think invisibility is something only from science fiction?
h)	What do you think of the idea of a two-hour invisibility pill?
i)	Would you like a job as a researcher?
j)	Can you remember how the new technology works?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article?
b)	Are you interested in reading about new discoveries in science?
c)	How much would you pay for an invisibility cloak?
d)	How do you think invisibility cloaks would change the battlefield?
e)	What kinds of large objects might people want to hide, and why?
f)	What other huge steps forward have you read about recently?
g)	Do you think other countries will worry about America’s invisibility technology?
h)	Do you think more powerful microscopes will find things we never new existed?
i)	Do you think this new discovery will help in fighting diseases?
j)	What questions would you like to ask Professor Xiang Zhang?

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