Demonstration:

Water never stops moving. Snow and rail fall to the earth from the sky. That water runs down into rivers and lakes, and sometimes it makes waterfalls. Finally, the water runs our into the sea. How does water get up into the sky? It evaporates from the ground. The sun changes water into gas, and it goes up to make clouds. There, the cycle begins again… begins again…

Write out the meanings of words:

1. sky_____________             2. waterfall___________         3. evaporate _________

4. gas_____________             5. cycle____________

Week 3 Materials in Junior English (Book III)

Material 1

Purpose: Use the word-building to guess the new words.

Instruction: Read through the passage to guess the underlined words.

Procedures. First of all, read the passage, paying a little attention to the underlined word. Then, guess the meanings of the underlined compound words. At last, write the meanings out.

Demonstration:

Stamp collecting is perhaps the most popular hobby in the world. For more than 160 years, it has been the hobby of film stars, sportsmen, kings, salesmen, businessmen, and presidents...Why do so many people like stamps?

1. sportsman ___________       2. salesman ___________            3. businessman ________

Material 2

Purpose: Use the word-building to guess the new words.

Instruction: Read through the passage to guess the underlined words.

Procedures. Firstly, read the passage, paying a little attention to the underlined words. Then, guess the meanings of the underlined compound words. At last, write the meanings out.

Demonstration:

Most of the time Edison taught himself. He was a good reader and quick learner. He also loved working on machines and making experiments. When he was twelve, he worked as a newsboy on a railroad. He sold newspapers, magazines and candy on the trains. During his free time he did experiments in the backyard of their house.

Write out the meanings of the words:

1. Reader_____________              2. learner_____________              3. newsboy____________

4. railroad____________         5. newspaper__________              6. backyard___________