Week 1 – Jss 1 First Term English Studies Lesson Note

ENGLISH STUDIES
ENGLISH STUDIES
SCHEME OF WORK FOR J.SS 1
WEEK 1. INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH, ORGANS OF SPEECH
WEEK 2. GRAMMAR. PARTS OF SPEECH. FUNCTION OF NOUN
WEEK 3. TYPES OF NOUNS AND THEIR USE IN SENTENCES
WEEK 4. ESSAY WRITING, MEANING AND DEFINITION/ TYPES OF ESSAY
WEEK 5. LITERATURE IN ENGLISH, INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
WEEK 6. PART OF SPEECH, PRONOUNS/TYPES AND FUNCTION
WEEK 7. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/ MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/THE SCHOOL SUBJECTS
WEEK 8. ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION/ HOW I SPENT MY LAST HOLIDAY
WEEK 9. SPEECH SOUNDS/ LONG AND SHORT VOWELS
WEEK 10. PART OF SPEECH, ADJECTIVES/TYPES AND COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
WEEK 11. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/REGISTER ON FARMING

 
 
  WEEK 1
CONTENT:
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH
Speech involves language sounds which are associated with meaningful sounds that come out of the mouth (human mouth) and they are known as speech sounds. What is articulation? Articulation is the movement of the vocal organs to produce speech sounds the vocal organs are then referred to as “articulators”

 
 
 
 
 ORGANS OF SPEECH

 
DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ORGANS OF SPEECH

 PURE VOWEL SOUNDS (MONO THRONGS)
There are 44 sound segments in English comprising 20 vowels and 24 consonant. We shall be covering vowel sounds and their classifications are:

                Pure vowels            short vowel
Vowels
                Dipthongs     long vowels

 
 The vowels in English are classified into two main groups: pure vowels (also called mono thongs) and dipthongs the pure vowels are sub- classified into short vowels and long vowels. Dipthongs are vowel sounds that are made up of two speech sounds
Close front centre back

 
 
        I: u:
         I                 u

          e     3:
             a
            ae              c:
                 ^        
                 a:         D
Diagram showing the English vowel chart

 
 EVALUATION:
Answer the following questions:

1. What is articulation?
2. Mention 10 organs or speech

3a. how many vowel sounds do we have?
b. how many consonant sounds do we have in English?

 ASSIGNMENT:

1. How many long vowels do we have?
2. How many short vowels do we have?
3. What are pure vowels?
4. What is a dipyhong sound?

MORAL OBJECTIVE(S):
We must learn to speak night and become a good orator like Apostle Paul to defend the gospel of Christ.