Language Focus:

Words: drought, drop, soil, directly, leaf, flood, prevent, northern, wide, blow, sand, towards, farmland, point

Phrases: hear of, run away, in this way, point to, far away, thanks to

Sentences: The more, the better.

The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometers long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometers wide.

Forests help to keep water from running away.

The Great Green Wall will stop the wind from blowing the earth away.

Many more trees must be planted.

Those mountains will be covered with trees too.

Grammar: the use of modal verbs together with the passive voice

The future tense of the passive voice

Teaching Objectives

1.    Read the passage and try to understand it. Make sure to answer all the questions in the Workbook.

2.    Read the passage fluently and correctly.

3.    Master the new language points.

 Properties: Recorder; Overhead Projector; Pictures.

Teaching Procedures:

I. Organization of the class

Today, we are going to talk about the Great Green Wall.

II. Revision

1. Yesterday, we talked about planting trees. On what day do people usually plant trees?

Ss: Tree Planting Day

What clothes do people wear when they plant trees?

Ss: In their old clothes.

How do you plant a tree?

Ss: The ground must be just right. It’s best to plant trees in spring. Dig a hole; knock …into …; make sure…; so that… ;tie…to…

2. Let the students use “should” and “must” to make sentences.

III. Leading in

Ask the students to look at the pictures and tell the students that it’s about the Great Wall, There are many trees - forest just like a wall to protect something. Ask: Do you know why the Great Green Wall was built? Give the students a few minutes to discuss. Then collect their information. Then say : Your opinions are very good. Some are right, but they are not enough or exact. Shall we find the answer from the text?

Get the students to read it quickly, and see who can find the answer first.

IV. Reading

Part 1

Keep …from doing sth.;

run away;

drought;

drop, a drop of water; rain drops;

hit the soil directly, directly: go to a place directly= go straight to a place, answer directly;

wash away;

prevent, prevent sth.,prevent sb. from doing sth.= keep sb. from doing sth.

Part 2

…long, …wide计量的表达：…高／深／厚

　　　　　　　　　　　　…tall/ high/ deep/ thick

stop …from …= keep …from = prevent …from;

blow…away;

towards, The door is towards the south. He is coming towards us.

Must be built情态动词与被动语态结合

Part 3

The more, the better.

Will be covered被动语态的一般将来时

Point to

Far away;

Thanks to= because of = with the help of

V. Practice

Listen to the tape, pay attention to the stress and intonation. Listen again and read the passage after the tape sentence by sentence, then let the students practise reading by themselves. While they are reading, the teacher may ask some questions.

VI. Teaching Language Focus

 Let the students grasp the following phrases and notes.

 1. stop. . . from doing something

 She stopped me from telling the secret to her parents.

 We must stop him from doing such a thing.

2. among the young tree

“Among” is used for more than two; “Between” is used for two .

3. The more, the better

4. Point to, Point at

VII. Workbook

 Do Exercise 2 in class. “The answers are: 1. prevent 2. desert 3. towards 4. farmland 5. among 6. direct 7. flood

Do Exercise 3 in class. The answers are: built, across, long, wide, from, sand, towards, farmland.

VIII. Consolidation

Get the students to ask and answer questions according to the text. Let them really

understand the passage, then ask them to retell it.

IX. Homework

A. Recite it.

B. Finish off the exercises in the workbook.