Week 2 – Jss 2 Second Term English Studies Lesson Notes

WEEK TWO
LESSON 1: SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: INTONATION
SUB – TOPIC: Identification of intonation patterns in statements, questions and commands.
Introduction: Intonation is a feature of speech which affects the understanding of a message. This is the rise and fall of the voice in speech (or the variation in pitch).
Intonation conveys the attitude or mood of the speaker to his listener (audience) he is speaking to. For instance, whether the speaker is doubtful, angry, impatient, polite or impolite is a sign through the intonation pattern he uses. It is the change in the level of pitch (how high or low the voice is) that makes speech interesting.
If there is no change in the level of pitch while we speak, then it will be difficult for others to understand us and it will also be boring to our listeners.
There are two basic patterns of intonation (also known as tunes): the falling tune and the rising tune.
A conventional way of indicating the tune is to use the arrow ↘ for the falling tune and ↗ for the rising tune.
Identification of Intonation
Patterns in statement
Examples: Using statement like:

1. The student are working hard (↘)
2. Bola will be here anytime (↘)
3. The people in the shop stole the car (↘)

Intonation using WH – questions. Examples

1. Why did you come here: (↘)
2. Whose book is this? (↘)
3. How did you get here? (↘)

Intonation used as command or order. Examples

1. Get out of here! (↘)
2. Open the door at once! (↘)
3. Don’t touch the girl! (↘)
4. Be careful! (↘)

Assignment
New Oxford (2) for junior secondary schools. Page 103
Read the passage below aloud varying your intonation. (Exercise K)
A conversation between Garba and Lawrence

 
 LESSON 2: GRAMMAR: Making sentences with preposition
Definition of prepositions:
Prepositions shows the relationship between noun and pronoun in the same sentence. Examples during, towards, without, near, on except, off, from, among, for, at, in, about, with, throughout, beyond, by, through, under, after, to, between, against, into, within etc.

1. Bola prefers black biro to a blue one
2. She was delayed by the traffic
3. A cat is under the table
4. The bird flew through the window
5. He wrote a letter to his father

USES OF SOME PREPOSITION
FOR – This is accompanied by a period of time. Examples

1. I have been here for four years
2. He has been living in this house for eight years

SINCE – It is placed before phrases or words indicating a point of time. Examples:

1. Adeola has been living in this village since 1980
2. I have not seen him since Sunday

FROM – It indicates a point of time. From should be followed by “to” or “till”. Example: Ade worked from eight O’clock till four O’clock without resting.
TO – We can use to for movement from a particular place to an office or school etc. An example: Gbolahan walks to his office everyday.
AT – It is used to indicate position. An example: Jide came at seven O’clock in the morning.

 
 Assignment
Underline the preposition from the following sentences:

1. The dog ran after the mouse
2. He walked into the room after the mid – night
3. I kept the bag under the bed
4. Friday comes before Saturday
5. I bought two loaves of bread
6. The girl was beaten by the boy
7. The man across the dusty road
8. Come with me to the station
9. Please wait for me
10. Switch on the light in the room

Assignment
Reference : progressive English. An elaborate coverage of Grammar .page 103,104
LESSON THREE: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Words Associated with Law and Justices
The following are words that are associated with law and justices

1. Law court
2. Plantiff
3. Sued
4. Defendants
5. Section
6. Agreement
7. Inter – allia
8. Judge adjourned
9. Discharge / acquitted
10. Redress
11. Allegation
12. Appeal
13. Subpoena
14. Evidence
15. Hardened criminals
16. Convicted
17. Judgement
18. Evidence/witness etc.

 Assignment
Use your dictionary to find the correct meaning to the above words

 
 LESSON FOUR: COMPOSITION
Writing A Report –
An Accident I Witness
    I was on my way to school on a good morning, while I witnessed an horrible and heart pained accident at Shagamu road along Oke – Odo, in Alimosho area.
    A little boy ran into the road in front of a lorry. If he had gone on running, he would not have been in danger, but he trod on an old piece of wood that someone had dropped and fell.
    At once, Kunle stopped dreaming of food and he struggled to avoid hitting the child. His right foot press hard on the brake. His arms tured the stearing wheel swiftly to the right. The lorry crashed into the wall of a house. Just at the spot, something hit the boy’s head, there were bruises everywhere with blood gushing our speedily. I held on to my head and pitied the poor little boy.

 
 Assignment
Write a story not less than 200 words on the accident you witnessed
Guidelines

• Introduction – time/date
• Body – the discussion (what happened in the course of the accident)
• The conclusion – your feeling at the end of the scene (story)

 LESSON FIVE: LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH
The use of recommended text

• Themes
• Characterization