WEEK THREE (3)
LESSON ONE: SPEECH WORK:
TOPIC: CONSONANT SOUNDS / ò//and
/ò/- in the production of this sound, it involves the tip blade and sides of the tongue. The contact between the sides of the tongue and the upper sides create the groove through which the air stream escapes with a frictional noise.
The blade of the tongue is raised toward the hard palate while the font part makes a light contact with the alveolar ridge. There is no vibration of the vocal as the consonant is produced. /ò/ is therefore, a wireless palate – alveolar fricative and it has many spelling symbols which are listed below:
“sh” as in shop
“s” as in sure
“ci” as in special
“c” as in ocean
“ch” moustache
“ti” as in nation
“ss” as in mission
/ò/ at initial and final position
Initial position final position
Shack cash
Shall lash
Shop posh
Shore passion
Sure douche
Champagne bash
/ / this consonant is voiced palate- alveolar fricative which has the same process of articulation as /s/ except that the vocal cords vibrate as it is produced.
In other words, / / is the voiced counterpart of the voiceless /ò/. It is important to note that, / / does not usually occur at the beginning or end of a word except in a few words of French origin. The spelling symbols for / / are as follows:
” S” as in usual
“Z” as in seizure
“Si” as in vision.
/ / occurs at the medial position
Usual, vision
Measure leisure
Seizure evasion
Cohesion decision
Erosion confusion.
Assignment
Identify the following sounds. Write appropriate symbols. See the examples
Word Initial Consonant
e.g barn / b/
Now do the following pure: , chassis,ship , march,pig ,chip .
LESSION TWO: GRAMMAR
TITLE: USES OF HAVE, HAS, AND HAD
These are primary auxiliary verbs.
A. HAS: It is used with the third person singular in sentences in the past participle.
The past tense is had. e.g
1. He has eaten the food
2. She has swept the room
3. Mr. Okoro has bought a car
4. The director has travelled.
B. HAVE: It is used with the pronouns such as: I, we, you, they, and plural nouns in sentences involving past participle. The past tense is had. Example:
1. I have gone there
2. All girls have slept
3. We have just arrived
4. Have you done the work?
HAD: It is the past tense of has and have. This is the singular and the past form of Have and Has: It also involved the use of past participle e.g (1) He had an urge meeting with the board of directors.
(ii) She had a terrible accident yesterday
(iii) If she had not been disobedient, he wouldn’t have got himself into trouble.
(iv) Mr. Okoro had failed as a teacher.
Assignment
Form two sentences each using has, have, and had.
LESSON THREE: COMPOSITION
TOPIC: “PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL”
There lived a king in Agala village who love to give her daughter out in marriage. Many suitor has volunteered to do whatever the king will ask them to do in order to win the princess as a golden wife.
The first test was that all man who had proposed to the princess should come to the place and dance to the village common drum beat”. From ten competitive, only two came out successful.
One of them is a hunter while the other one is a porter. The hunter brags with the porter that he will win the next competition. The porter was quiet, believing God is the only one that grants success.
The hunter went round the village to please come to his house to celebrate with him in advance, because he is very sure that the next competition will be won by him. He spent virtually all he had to cook and give people food to eat. On the other hand, the porter was calm; some even mock the porter as a poor non-entity man, who is trying what cannot be possible to him ever in life. Some even advised him to resign or give up for the hunter. The porter says nothing, but rather believes in God for his achievement
On the final D-day, in the king palace, the king on its own before any man arrival, covered up two big items with white clothes and no man, know what is there.
After little entertainment by the cultural group of the village, the king called out “Abike” her daughter to move near the two objects covered and stand there.
The king then informed the villagers that today’s competition is simple, that whatever is under the clothes “Abike” will open will be her husband. Abike was ordered by her father to please open, luckily for the “Porter”, Abike open the cloth and everyone sees a big pot well designed and so, the king pronounced the porter a winner. So the hunter was ashamed and went to his house disappointed, but the porter jubilates for his victory and there conclude that “It is good to be humble because pride goes before a fall.
LESSON FOUR: Reading and comprehension
Reading to infer the author’s intention in a selected passage.
Reference: New Oxford English for Junior Secondary School 2. Bu Ayo Banjo et at.
Unit 8, Page 74 – 75.
TITLE : THE ATMOSPHERE
INSTRUCTION : Answer the comprehension questions below.