WEEK 5
SPEECH WORK:
TOPIC: NASAL SOUND / m n, ɳ/
CONTENT: These sounds are described as nasals because air flows out through the nose as they are produced. They are peculiar in the sense that their sounds come out entirely through the nasal cavity.
/m/ /n/ /ɳ/
Man neat sing
Mock new ring
Some snow wrong
Bossom annoy long
Summer can hanging
Mess cleaner shrunk
GRAMMAR:
TOPIC: PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVES PRONOUN
CONTENT
The pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and monotony in speech or writing. In replacing the noun however, the pronoun must reflect gender and number of the noun.
TYPES OF PRONOUN
Pronouns replace noun perfectly and perform the roles the nouns they replace and perform.
- PERSONAL PRONOUN: These refers to the person or thing that is involved in the action either as subject or object. The pronouns also have singular and plural forms while they also reflect the first person, second person and third person.
Singular plural
First person I, ME WE, US
Second person YOU YOU
Third person HE/SHE/IT THEY
HIM/HER/IT THEY
Example: She scolded them
I kicked him
They surprise me with their conduct.
- POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: These show possession or ownership of items. These pronouns also have two forms. One form functions as adjectives and are known as pronominal adjective while the other functions as pronouns and are known as such.
Pronoun adjective pronoun / adjective
1st person MINE MY OURS OUR
2ND person YUORS YOUR YOURS YOUR
3RD person HIS/HERS HIS/HER/ITS THEIRS
Example: This pen is mine (pronoun ‘mine’ is subject complement)
This is my pen (adjective ‘my’ modifies the noun ‘pen’).
COMPOSITION:
TOPIC: FORMAL LETTER
CONTENT
EVALUATION: What are the features at formal letter?
ASSIGNEMT: Write a letter to your class teacher stating three reasons why you won’t be in school neat week.
WEEK 6
SPEECH WORK
TOPIC: VOWEL /ӕ/ and /ӡ:/
CONTENT:
/ӡ:/ /ӕ/
BIRD BAD
SHIRT SAT
SEACRCH CASH
STERN STAND
TURN TALL
EVALUATION: Write out 10 words each for the following sounds /ӕ/ and /ӡ:/
ASSIGNMENT: TRASCRIBE TEN WORDS OF YOUR CHOICE AND IDENTIFY THESE TWO PHONETIC SYMBOLS /ӕ/ and /ӡ:/
COMPREHENSION
TOPIC: READING AND ANSWERING QUESTION IN NEW OXFORD ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS 3
GRAMMAR
TOPIC: REFLEXIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS
The pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and monotony in speech or writing. In replacing the noun however, the pronoun must reflect gender and number of the noun.
TYPES OF PRONOUN
Pronouns replace noun perfectly and perform the roles the nouns they replace and perform
REFLECTIVE PRONOUN: These pronoun refers to reflect the subject of the sentence and also shows emphasis. They have ‘self’ ending for the singular and ‘selves’ for the plural.
Singular plural
First person MYSELF OURSELVES
Second person YOUSELF YOURSELVES
Third person HIMSELF/HERSELF/ITSELF THEMSELVES
Example: The man killed himself
I did the work myself
People sometimes talk to themselves
RELATIVE PRONOUN: The relative pronoun are used to describe or modify an antecedent noun and also to introduce the subordinate clause to the main clause. The pronouns include WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, WHICH, THAR, WHERE, WHEN AND HOW.
Example:
- The man who helped him has come.
- The boy whom I told you about is crying.
- The girl whose father died in an accident wanted to assist me.
- I saw the book which he wrote.
- She knows the boy that stole the money.
- We suspected how it must have happened.
- That was the time when I came in.
- Mama went to the place where she first met father
EVALUATION: USE THESE PRONOUNS IN SENTENCES
I THEY OURS HERS YOURS
ASSIGNMENT
NEW OXFORD ENGLISH JSS3 PAGE
CONTENT:
EVALUATION: list out the examples of reflexive and relative pronouns and use them in sentences.
COMPOSITION:
TOPIC: EXPOSITORY ESSAY
EVALUATION: What arte the steps to good expository essay.
ASSIGNMENT: Write a composition on why student fail examination.