LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
- Speech work: Diphthongs: contrasting/uӘ/ and /Әu/
- Grammar: Revision of Nouns and Pronouns.
- Composition: Revise the four types of essays
- Literature-in-English- Figures of speech (i) Euphemism (ii) Pun
KEY VOCABULARY WORDS:
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Wall charts, Pictures, Related Online Video, Flash Cards
CONTENT:
The /uə/ and /əu/ sounds are diphthongs, as they are produced by gliding from one sound to the other.
/uə/: This is produced by gliding from vowel sound /u/ to /ə/. It is almost unnoticed in words, and it appears in words that have “u” before “r”, such as pure, sure.
The /uə/ sound appears in different words, in form of the following letter:
- u- pure, jury,
/әu/ as in go, hoe, home, no, know, coat, goat, rose
/uә/ as in tour, moon, poor, pure, sure, lure
/Ʊə/
The production of /Ʊə/ involves tongue glide from the position for the production of /Ʊ/ towards the position for the production of / /. The shape of the lips changes from rounded to neutral.
Example: boor, poor, sure, tour, yours.
Evaluation
Write five different words that have each of the sounds treated above.
Grammar: Revision of Some Parts of Speech
Content: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives.
As the body of a person has different works or functions, so a sentence is made up of different words performing different functions. Each word is named according to the function it performs in a sentence.
A noun is a naming word which names people, things, animals, places, and ideas e.g. Ade, boy, man, girl, Bisi, woman, child, chief, king, princess, ant, goat, London, school, church, beauty, anger, empathy etc.
A girl was looking for her book.
The book is on the table.
A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence to avoid repetition e.g. she, he, they, we, them, us, her, it, you, herself, whom, that, why etc. She is a good student. I love my dog.
An adjective qualifies a noun, i.e. it tells us more about a noun. E.g. beautiful, ugly, emotional, tall, old, fantastic etc.
Examples:
A beautiful woman.
She is beautiful.
An unkempt hair
Verbs are words that tell the action of the nouns which are usually the subject or objects of the sentence. e.g. beat, sleep, sing, talk, jump, dance, has, have, does, may etc. I talk a lot. She dances well.
Evaluation: Name the different parts of speech and give three examples each.
Reading Assignment: Exam Focus English JSCE p. 41-69
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Topic: Comprehension
Content: Why the Hippo Lives in Water Part 1
This passage discusses the reason why Isantim (hippopotamus) lives in water.
EVALUATION
Answer the questions which accompany the passage page 21. Effective English J SS 2p 22- 23
D. Topic: Writing
Content: Narrative Essay
A narrative essay is an essay that tells or recounts a story, event or an incident. The past tense is used in this type of essay.
Features:
- Title
- Body (an introductory paragraph, paragraphs by points, concluding paragraph)
Writing an Outline for How I Spent My Last Holiday:
- When the holiday started
- Your feelings towards the holiday i.e. happy, unhappy
- Places of interest you visited
- Remarkable things you did or achieved during the holiday
- Conclusion
Evaluation: In not less than 250 words, write a meaningful account of how you spent your last holiday.
Reading Assignment: Exam Focus English JSCE p.15-16
LITERATURE: FIGURES OF SPEECH
Figures of speech refer to expressions used specially for a concise and forceful effect.
LITERATURE: FIGURES OF SPEECH
CONTENT: Euphemism and Pun
Euphemism is an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to something unpleasant or embarrassing to make it seem more acceptable than it really is.
Examples: The man had passed on to glory.
Dupe is put in the family way.
Pun is the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same.
Example: We are banking on them to lend us the money
EVALUATION: Give more examples on each.
Words of the week: foreign, existence, height, library, memento, neighbour, personne, perseverance, publicly, rhythm
