{"id":1894,"date":"2023-10-02T07:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecole9ja\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2023-10-02T07:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:10:23","slug":"week-7-ss1-first-term-english-language-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/posts\/week-7-ss1-first-term-english-language-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 – SS1 First Term English Language Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0WEEK SEVEN
\n<\/strong>TOPICS: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT-TRANSPORTATION
\n<\/strong>STRUCTURES: LEARNING ABOUT NOUN CLAUSE
\n<\/strong>SPEECH WORK: INTRODUCTION TO CONSONANT SOUNDS
\n<\/strong>ESSAY WRITING: MORE ON NARRATIVE- A STORY THAT ENDS WITH “IT PAYS TO BE HARD-WORKING”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0A. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT-TRANSPORTATION
\n<\/strong>AIR TRANSPORTATION
\n<\/strong>Taxi-<\/strong> The process of a plane moving slowly along the ground before beginning to run forward for take-off.
\nRunway:<\/strong> This is a wide path from which aircraft take off and on which they land.
\nTarmac:<\/strong> This is a surface of a road, runway at an airport. E,g The plane was waiting on a tarmac.
\nAir hostess<\/strong>: A young woman who looks after passengers in an aircraft.
\nFlight:<\/strong> A journey in a plane.
\nAir borne:<\/strong> In the air. If a plane is airborne, it is in the air.
\nRadar:<\/strong> This is the method of showing the direction and the distance of a plane by means of radio waves.
\nTouch down<\/strong>: A plane touches down when it lands.
\nHangar:<\/strong> This is where aircraft are housed
\nControl tower:<\/strong> This is where air traffic controllers sit and direct plane traffic
\nCockpit:<\/strong> A compartment in which the pilot of an aeroplane sits.<\/p>\n

\u00a0SEA TRANSPORTATION
\n<\/strong>Maritime
\n<\/strong>Mast:<\/strong> a long pole set upright on a ship to support the sail or flag.
\nInternational waters:<\/strong> waters across the country’s water territory. It is called waters- not water.
\nBerth:<\/strong> a place in port where a ship can be moored.
\nBoatyard:<\/strong> this is a place where boats are built or repaired or fasten by rope.
\nHarbor:<\/strong> A place of shelter for ship.
\nQuayside:<\/strong> This is the side or edge of a quay.
\nOcean liner-<\/strong> Ship used to carry passengers and some cargo is across the ocean
\nCruise ship-<\/strong> This type of ship is used for adventurism
\nCabin:<\/strong> This is a private room in a ship
\nYacht:<\/strong> A boat or small ship, usually with sails, often with an engine, built and used for racing or cruising.
\nRow-row ship-<\/strong> This is used to convey cars into the country. Such ship will be widely opened for various cars on the ship to be driven out.
\nDredging: <\/strong>This is the clearing or deepening the river or body of water.
\nDock:<\/strong> This is a platform built on the shore [wharf].
\nCoast:<\/strong> This is land along the sea.
\nCrew:<\/strong> A group of people who works or operates on a ship.
\nCaptain:<\/strong> This is a commander of a ship.
\nOff shore:<\/strong> In or on the sea, not far from the coast. The opposite of this is ‘on-shore’
\nFlag:<\/strong> This is the flag a country mounted on a ship with which it sails.
\nAnchor:<\/strong> This is something, usually a heavy piece of metal with points which dig into the sea-bed, used to hold a boat or a ship. <\/p>\n

\u00a0RAIL
\n<\/strong>Coach<\/strong>: A passenger railway train.
\nFreight:<\/strong> Goods or cargo.
\nLocomotive<\/strong>: Engine that goes from place to place using its own power, especially used to pull railway trains.
\nRailway yard<\/strong>: A place where trains are parked or maintained.
\nCommuter trains<\/strong>: These carry passengers between large cities and the surrounding suburbs.
\nFreight service<\/strong>: This is a service which involves transportation of goods from one place to another.
\nRail tracks<\/strong>. These are tracks on which a train moves. <\/p>\n

\u00a0EVALATION:<\/strong> Form ten sentences using words that are related to aviation industry.<\/p>\n

\u00a0B. STRUCTURE: NOUN CLAUSE
\n<\/strong>CONTENT<\/strong>
\n\t\tNoun clause
\n<\/strong>Functions
\n<\/strong>A noun clause is a subordinate clause that performs the functions of a noun
\nFUNCTIONS
\n(i)As a subject of a sentence<\/strong>.
\nExamples:
\nWhat he said is bitter
\nThat he was insulted pained him a great deal.
\n(ii)As object of a verb<\/strong>:
\nThe cook gave us what we should eat.
\nHe told us that he would come.
\n\t\t(iii)As complement of subject<\/strong>
\n\t\tHonesty is what we need.
\nThe important thing is that he has arrived
\n\t\t(ii)As complement of a preposition<\/strong>
\n\t\tWe call him what he likes.
\n\t\t(iii)As object complement<\/strong>
\n\t\tThe prize will go to whoever wins.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0EVALUATION
\n<\/strong>Write five sentences containing noun clauses. Write the grammatical functions of each noun clause.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0READING ASSIGNMENT
\n<\/strong>Page 221 of Countdown by Evans.. <\/p>\n

\u00a0B. INTRODUCTION TO CONSONANT SOUNDS.
\n<\/strong>CONTENT<\/strong>
\n\t\tConsonant sounds
\n<\/strong>The 24 consonant sounds
\n<\/strong>The consonants are sounds realized when the air that comes from the lungs is obstructed.
\nThe 24 consonant sounds
\nVoiced bilabial Nasal stop \/m\/
\n<\/strong>As in many, summer, bomb, damn
\nVoiceless bilabial plosive\/p\/
\n<\/strong>The upper and the lower lips are pressed together.
\nAs in picture, apple, tripper
\nVoiced bilabial plosive \/b\/
\n<\/strong>\/b\/ – baby, robber, baboon
\nVoiceless labio-dental fricative \/f\/
\n<\/strong>As in firm, rough, physics
\nVoiced labio-dental fricative\/v\/
\n<\/strong>As in vigour, Stephen, of, Volkswagen
\nVoiceless dental fricative\/ \u03b8 \/
\n<\/strong>As in “th” \u2013 thank, author, path,
\nVoiced dental fricative \/\u00f0\/
\n<\/strong>The sound is made the same way the sound \/ \u03b8<\/strong> \/ is produced.
\n“th” \u2013 than, that, gather
\nVoiced alveolar nasal stop\/n\/
\n<\/strong>As in: new, banner, pneumonia , known , gnash
\nVoiceless alveolar plosive \/k\/
\n<\/strong>As in “t”- two, attack, Thomas smashed, missed
\nVoiced alveolar plosive \/d\/
\n<\/strong>As in: Standard, breed, sudden
\nVoiceless alveolar fricative \/s\/
\n<\/strong>As in: Saturday, miss, grass, rice, axe science
\nVoiced alveolar fricative \/z\/
\n<\/strong>As in: zero, dizzy, please, scissors examples
\nVoiced alveolar lateral \/l\/
\n<\/strong>As in lip, hello
\nVoiced alveolar \/r\/
\n<\/strong>As in rain, carrot, write, wrinkle, rhetoric
\nVoiceless post alveolar fricative \/\u0283\/
\n<\/strong>As in sure, schedule, shabby, mission, machine, precious, nation
\nVoiced post alveolar fricative \/\u04e0\/
\n<\/strong>As in: measure, treasure, pleasure, confusion, beige, Jean
\nVoiceless post alveolar affricative\/t\u0283\/
\n<\/strong>As in cello, change, question, pasture
\nVoiced post alveolar affricative \/d\u04e0<\/sub>\/
\n<\/strong>\/d \u0417\/ is a voiced sound
\nAs in jug, George, ginger, gym, educate
\nVoiceless palatal Approximant \/j\/
\n<\/strong>As in yam, halleluyah, unity, Europe
\nVoiced velar nasal stop\/\u1d51<\/sub>\/
\n<\/strong>As in sing, bank, anchor, include, anxious
\nVoiceless velar plosive \/k\/
\n\t\t\t\t<\/sub><\/strong>As in cat, crack, chemical king, queue, account \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nVoiced velar plosive \/g<\/strong>\/
\nAs in goat, haggle, ghost
\nVoiced labio velar \/w\/
\n<\/strong>As in wear, where, whistle
\nVoiceless, Glottal Fricative \/h\/
\n<\/strong>As in hope, whole, Llanfair<\/p>\n

\u00a0Evaluation
\n<\/strong>Write 10 consonants sounds and give two examples for each
\nReading Assignment
\nStandard Speech Book 10: Diction in English Course page 1-10<\/p>\n

\u00a0C. WRITING NARRATIVE
\n<\/strong>A narrative essay is the one that requires you to relate an event or incident as an eye-witness would. It requires imagination
\nStudy the following short passage:
\nIt was pitch-dark outside the bedroom. It must have been that the security light was not switched on before we went to bed. There was some movement outside one of the windows. I listened. As I got up from bed to check at the windows, a flash of light through the window dazzled my eyes. I shouted “thief” and the next thing I heard was a gun shot.
\nNote:
\nThe writer is here trying to paint a picture in words. It is only by your own imagination that this picture can be made more beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u00a0EVALUATION
\n<\/strong>Write a narrative essay that ends with “It pays to be hardworking”<\/p>\n

\u00a0READING ASSIGNMENT
\n<\/strong>Page 5-6 of Countdown by Evans <\/p>\n

\u00a0GENERAL EVALUATION\/ REVISION QUESTIONS:
\n<\/strong>From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
\n<\/strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0was\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a. girls .b. raise c. rice d. sing
\n\t\t\t<\/strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Insure \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a. pleasure b. cheap c. vision d. ocean
\n\t\t\t<\/strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mixed \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a .pumped b. thronged c. climbed d. sponged
\n\t\t\t<\/strong>4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gear \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a. gesture b .near c. fair d. neighbour
\n\t\t\t<\/strong>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Drink \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a. strength b. dent c. snag d. enough
\n\t\t\t<\/strong>
\n\u00a0WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
\n<\/strong>Question 41-50 page 275-276 of Countdown by Evans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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