Week 8 – Jss 1 Second Term English Studies Lesson Notes

 WEEK 8
Topic: Speech work: Introduction to Diphthongs
A diphthong is a sequence of two vowels. This means that in order to produce a diphthong, the tongue moves or glides from the position of are simple vowel into the position of another vowel. We have eight (8) diphthongs: /ei/, /Əu/, /iƏ/, /eƏ/, /ƌi/, /ƌv/, /Ɔi/ and /uƏ/. The following are the various examples of words that have these speech sounds in them.
/ei/    /Əu/    /iƏ/    /eƏ/    /ƌi/    /ƌv/    /Ɔi/    /uƏ/
Stay    told    ears    where    hiding    cows    voice    sure
Away    logo    feared    chair    knife    found    boy    poor
Rain    know    theatre    bears    died    bout    spoilt    pure
Late    coat    cheers    wear    buy    around    joyce    tour
Today    close    hero    fare    five    mouth    choice    cure

 EVALUATION
From your NOSEC, flip over to page 82-83 and practice the various sentences using these speed sounds

 ASSIGNMENT
Use the following words in sentences
(i) today    (ii) chose    (iii) hero    (iv) fare    (v) five    (vi)    mouth    
(vii) choice    (viii) cure.

 TOPIC: Making sentences with past tense
The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. We can sentences with past tense for to express completed action in the past e.g.

1. She washed her
2. I saw a movie yesterday

Used to express a series of completed actions

1. I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim
2. He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.

 EVALUATION: Underline the verbs in the following sentences.

1. I studied French when I was a child
2. They never went to school, they always skipped class
3. When I paid her one dollar, she answered my question.

 ASSIGNMENT: Explain the past tense form at a verb?

 TOPIC: Comprehension. (NOSEC – Page 104 – 105)
There is a day that will continue to remain indelible in my memory. It is the day that i learnt a bitter lesson which i will pass on to my children. I was then about eleven. My father and i woke up early so that he could attend the wedding ceremony of one of my aunties taking place in another town. My mother had had, the previous week, been invited by the Chukwus to assist Kelechi in taking care of Chile, the first grandson of my parents. My father expected that i would be eager to accompany him because i always load to go out. (finish it up from your text book)

 EVALUATION: Answer questions 1-6 from your NOSEC – Page 105.

 ASSIGNMENT: Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage.

1. Indelibly
2. Appeasing
3. Prying
4. Emerged
5. Ajar
6. Yelled
7. Profusely