TOPIC: SPEECH WORK
CONTENT: /ᴧ/ Sound
Short sound /ᴧ/ as in: cup, love, but, etc.
Common spelling symbols of /ᴧ/ sound
u — dust, but must
ou – cousin, young, country
o – love, Monday, come
oo – blood, flood
EVALUATION: Sentence for practicing /ᴧ/ sound
Did you say, ‘Some love onions for breakfast or supper?’ But when one has stuffed oneself with much onions, one isn’t much loved, is one?
TOPIC: COMPREHENSION
CONTENT: The Yoruba Family
Aim: to understand a description and learn from it. Unit 11, page 145. See Effective English.
EVALUATION: Read the description and do the practice
TOPIC: PAST TENSE
CONTENT:
SIMPLE PAST TENSE: Regular verbs form their past tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the simple form of the tense, while irregular verbs form their past tense in different ways.
Example: Dada worked in the farm yesterday. (regular)
The boys talked to me this morning. (regular)
We ate last night. (irregular)
She spoke kindly to me. (irregular)
PAST PERFECT TENSE: The perfective aspect is formed by combining a form of the verb ‘have’ with the main verb in the past participle form. ‘Have’ becomes ‘had’
EXAMPLES:
I had been to Lagos.
Tunde had eaten his food before my arrival.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE: It is the combination of the progressive and perfective aspect. It must be represented in the past tense.
EXAMPLES:
I have been coming to this place for two years.
I had been attending Good Shepherd School since primary school
EVALUATION: Write ten sentences, highlighting the following types of verb tenses: Past Tense, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
TOPIC: Vocabulary Development
Content: Words Related to Marriage
- Love
- Children
- Marriage vow
- Sex
- Birth control
Evaluation: Use the dictionary to discover the meaning of the following.
TOPIC: Literature (Types of Poetry)
CONTENT: TYPES OF POEMS
- Epic: It is a long narrative poem that celebrates real historical events, heroic achievements, civilization, quasi-divine figures and such other subjects.
- Ballad: This is an anonymous narrative in verse passed from generation to generation by word of mouth and meant to be sung and danced before a crowd.
- Ode: It is a meditative poem that addresses itself to a person or thing in which the good qualities of such a person or object are highlighted and commended.
- Dirge: It is a poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone’s death
- Pastoral Elegy: It laments the fate of the shepherd.
Note: Oral poetry are spoken or chanted, written poetry is inscribed on paper or documented.
EVALUATION: Write on the following kinds of poetry: panegyric, limerick, lullaby.
GENERAL EVALUATION:
- Write a short note on five other types of poems
- Write a composition on the title, ‘ The Federal Road Safety Commision
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT:
- Give the past and past participle of the following verbs.
awake find hold sweep
Beat leave swell forget
Cling hide shut take
- Use each verb in sentences.