WEEK THREE (3)
SPEECH WORK: Listening and speaking
The /l∂/ sound e.g. /ear, clear, hear).
The articulation of this diphthong involves a gliding movement of the tongue towards the centre as illustrated in the following vowel chart.
If you pronounce the word ‘here’ the shape of the lips remains neutral from the beginning of the articulation of the diphthong to the end while the glide begins with a tongue position/i/ and mores in the direction of /∂/. The spelling symbols for/ld/ are:
‘Ere” as in here.
”ear” as in hear.
‘Eer” as in beer.
‘Eir” as in weird.
A diagram showing the gliding movement of the tongue for the production of /∂/, /u∂ /, /e∂/
ASSIGNMENT
Underline the word that show sound /l∂ / in the following sentences.
- The deer is a herbivorous animal.
- At the appearance of her child, tear of joy flowed down her cheeks.
- Don’t fear a deer, it won’t attack you.
- He took hi dear wife to see a play at the theatre.
- Do you really want dada here?
GRAMMAR : More on active and passive voices.
ACTIVE VOICE: in active voice, the action of the subject on the object is mentioned. The subject of a particular sentence does something to the object. In other words, the subject of the sentences is the doer of the action. The subject of a sentence refers to the person or thing that writer or speaker is talking about, the subject of a sentence is either a noun or a pronoun. Example:
- The man sold his clothes.
- Alake killed a lion.
- The policeman caught the thieves
- The cat killed the rat.
The subject becomes the object and vice versa.
I become me
We becomes us
She become her
He becomes him.
- The verb is changed to the past participle.
The auxiliary verb should agree with the subject.
B) PASSIVE VOICE: the object of the verb is placed in the subject position of the sentence. In other words, the subject of sentence is the receiver of the action. Examples:
The dog was sold by the boy
The lion was killed by Alade.
The house was destroyed by fire.
Thieves were caught by policemen.
More examples on active and passive voice.
Active voice Passive voice
- Bola eats rice Rice is eaten by Bola
- He sells books Books are sold by him
- Bola is eating rice now Rice is being eaten by bola
- Kemi was eating rice Rice was being eaten by Kemi
- Does she eat yam Is yam eaten by her
- Is he writing a letter? Is a letter being written by him?
- Did he steal the book? Was the book stole by him?
- Shall we buy the bag? Will the bag be bought by us?
Assignment
Progressive English (An elaborate coverage of Grammar)
Exercise 15A – pg 128
Instruction: Turn each of the following into passive voice
- The girl opened the door
- Victoria is writing a letter
- I shall hide the book
- The bus carried thirsty passengers
- The farmer killed a snake
LESSON THREE (3)
READING AND COMPREHENSION
Identification of words that points to writer’s intention on contemporary issue like corruption.
New Oxford; Secondary English Course for junior secondary school book 2 (upper basic education).
Unit 2 “The thief”. Page 15 – 17
The writer intention pointing to the contemporary issue on corruption according to the passage.
- Bulgar proofing
- Fright
- Harmful object
- Crackled
- Trod
- Outwit
- Accidentally
Instruction: Read the passage carefully and note the words that points to writer’s intention as listed above.
Answer question 1 – 5 in page 17
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
WORDS ASSOCAITED WITH HOSPITAL
Reference: New Oxford Book 2, page 22. Increase your word power.
Have you been to a hospital either as patient or a visitor? If you have, you will notice the various department that make up hospital. For instance, there is a casuality department that attend and treats accident victims – Also we have the following obsteritircs and gynaecology (treatment of disease). It concerns with birth of children. Paediatrics – it concerned with children. Surgery – for operation. Cardiology – (for the heart) nephorology (dealing with the kidney) neurology – (dealing with the brain) dermatology (slain) and gastroenterology (concern with the stomach organs such as the intestine, liver & spleen). Dentist – treat the teeth, opithalmic optician – who exam your eye etc.
Assignment
Use your dictionary to find out more on (Hospital) vocabulary
- Thermometer
- Temperature
- Stethoscope
- Symptom of measles
- Vaccination
- Immunised
- Inoculation
- Analgestic
- Pharmacy
- Radiology
- Antibiotics
- X – ray
- Orthopaedic
LESSON FOUR
COMPOSITION: elements of composition: pre-writing, writing, edition, body and conclusion.
1. Pre – writing (Introduction): An essay should introduction. Introduction helps to provide enough information for the proper understanding of the body or middle of the essay. An introduction should show what essay is about.
2. The body of the essay: take note of the following points.
a. Write clear and simple English and try to avoid pompous language.
b. Write down the main points and arrange them in order
c. Mind your tenses
d. Pay attention to spellings and punctuations
d. Try to develop paragraph around your main points
Coherence: coherence meant consistence or sticking together of ideas, speech, etc.
3. Conclusion: the essay should have conclusion. The conclusion should draw together the idea and its relationship with the major points. It should be brief and logical.
LESSON FIVE
LITERATURE – IN –ENGLISH
FEATURES OF FOLKTALES
Folktales are stories that were made up long ago. These stories were made up to teach people how to live good lives and how to live wisely. The stories are quite funny, amusing, entertaining and exciting. Many of them teaches moral lessons. Folk tales were told through the world. So we have folk tales from Nigeria, Africa, China etc. human and animalistic image can be use to represent character.
Assignment
Write a short folk tale story example can be seen in a Reference: New focus for junior secondary school 2 pg 116.