WEEK SIX (6)
LESSON ONE: SPEECH WORK:
TOPIC: CONTRASTING: VOWEL/U/ AND /U:/
/U/: This is a short vowel which may be described as a back vowel even though the tongue part used fr the articulation is nearer the centre than the back of the tongue. The lips are rounded while the jaw is in a “close” position. This vowel has the following spelling symbols.
“O” as in woman
“OO” as in foot
“OU” as in could
“U” as in put.
/U:/ : The long /U:/ is articulated with the back of the tongue raised to a height just below the close “position while the lips are rounded. If you pronounce “WOO”, the oral cavity become narrow as the lips are rounded while the back of the tongue is raised. It is not difficult to pronounce this vowel because many Nigerian languages have a vowel that can be approximated to the English /U:/. However, it is not easy to identify the spelling symbols for the long /U:/ because the vowel has many spelling symbols. The various spellings symbols are listed below:
“O” as in do
“OO” as in spoon
“ew” as in chew
“eau” as in beauty
“U” as in rule
“Ue” as in fruit
“iew” as in view
“Oe” as in shoe
“Ou” as in you.
Contrast between /U/ and /U:/
/U/ /U:/___
Foot food
Could cooled
Full fool
Pull pool
Hood hewed
Wood wooed
Assignment
Indicate the shape of the lips when you pronounce the vowels in the following words.
(i) took
(ii) wood
(iii) dog
(iv) pet
(v) teach
Example: pit
LESSONTWO: COMPREHENSION
TOPIC: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT (WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH RELIGION)
INTRODUCTION: What is religion? This is the belief in worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
There are many words that is associated with religion, these are: doctrine, worship, Animism denomination, fanatical, atheist, shrine, church, Mosque, bible Quaran, temple, synagogue, pulpit, congregation, Pastor, Imam
Assignment
Use your dictionary to find appropriate meaning the above words associated to religion mentioned in the class.
LESSON THREE: COMPOSITION
TOPIC: WRITING A DIALOGUE (A Play)
The Arrest of Prince Aole.
REFERENCE: New Oxford for Junior Secondary Schools Bk. 2, page 189 – 192.
Assignment
Answer the question based on the story read, in page 193 No. 1 – 7b.