Week 6 – Jss 2 Second Term English Studies Lesson Notes

WEEK SIX
LESSON WORK: Review of /stress/ Intonation. Reference to week 3 and 4
LESSON TWO
GRAMMAR: Adverbials and the present tense
The basic function of adverbials is that of modification. Adverbial modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Examples
Adverbials as modifiers of the verb.

1. John ate hurriedly (modifies ate)
2. The children were playing in the field (modifies were playing)

As modifies of adjectives E.g.

1. We watched a very funny film (modifies funny)
2. This work is good enough (modifies good)
3. The man is highly intelligent (modifies intelligent)

Other adverb that can modify adjectives are: very, pretty, rather, unusually, quite, unbelievable deeply.
As modifies of other adverbs. Examples:

1. Amina cooks really well (modifies well)
2. They walked fast enough to get there on time (modifies fast)
3. Our new neighbour drinks very heavily (modifies heavily)

Assignment
Write five adverbial expressions and states its functions.

 LESSON THREE
READING AND COMPREHENSION
More on week One (1)
Title: Reading to provide alternative words that can fit into the context to replace the target word.
Reference: New Oxford secondary English course, for junior secondary school. Book 2.
Unit 13, Page 123 – 124
Reading to identify the meaning of word in contexts.
Instruction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows:
Title: Money – A Medium of Exchange

 Assignment
Use your dictionary to look for the meaning of the following words:

1. Purchase
2. Adverts
3. Tedious
4. Medium
5. Able – bodied
6. Simultaneously
7. Symbols

 VOCALBULARY DEVELOPMENT
TITLE: Science and Technology
Introduction: You must have been introduced to science and technology in your school through intergrated science and introductory technology (Basic Technology). You must have also felt the impact of science and technology in your daily activities.
So consider the following by using your dictionary to find a correct meaning to each.
Words Associated with Science and Technology

1. Apparatus
2. Satellite
3. Regent
4. Microscope
5. Mercury
6. Laboratory
7. Telescope
8. Astronauts
9. Combustible
10. Fizz
11. Eclipse of the sun
12. Comet
13. Orbit
14. Galaxy
15. Photosynthesis etc.

 LESSOON FOUR
COMPOSITION: Expository Essay
TITILE: Entrepreneurship
Introduction: Expository is detailed explanation. It is a writing that explains a process, an idea or a feeling. It is some-what like a descriptive essay in that it contains a great deal of description and also it explains how things works or operates and show their relation with other things.
The aim of expository essay is to inform, to instruct, or to bring someone else to see one’s points of view.
ESSENTIAL TIPS
Useful guides on Expository Writing

1. Do not write an exposition on a topic you are not familiar with.
2. Be clearer and go straight to the point
3. Follow ideas in a logical sequence
4. Use good linkers to connect your ideas in a sequential order
5. Remember to write in paragraphs

Ideally, one idea should be presented in a paragraph and fully explained.

 Assignment
Write an expository essay of 200 words on Entrepreneurship
e.g. Definition
This is a person who makes money by starting or running business, especially when this involves taking financial risk.
LESSON FIVE
LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH
TITLE: Distinguish between Irony, Euphemism and Hyperbole
1. IRONY: This refers to the art of saying one thing and meaning its opposite. An irony is either verbal or dramatic. The former means intentionally saying the opposite of what we mean. Examples:
(i) Ade studied hard, and so he failed his examination woefully
(ii) I saw a woman laughing for sorrow

 2. HYPERBOLE: This is a gross exaggeration. Examples:
(i) When my father died, I spent three hundred and sixty billion naira on burial ceremony
(ii) I drank ten bucket of water yesterday
(iii) I swa a man who was taller than an Iroko tree

 3. EUPHEMISM: This si the opposite of hyperbole. When the truth is disagreeable (unpleasant) euphemism endeavour to make it pleasing. Examples:
(i) She has kicked the bucket (meaning she died)
(ii) She has just put to bed (meaning giving birth to a new baby)
(iii) He is at rest (meaning he is dead)
(iv) The manager put the student in a family way (he impregnated the student)
Assignment
Give two sentences each to show the following figures of speech learnt in the lesson

1. Irony
2. Hyperbole
3. Euphemism