{"id":1896,"date":"2023-10-02T07:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecole9ja\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2023-10-02T07:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:10:23","slug":"week-8-ss1-first-term-english-language-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/posts\/week-8-ss1-first-term-english-language-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 &#8211; SS1 First Term English Language Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WEEK EIGHT<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>TOPICS: COMPREHENSION\/ READING SKILLS<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>STRUCTURE: ADJECTIVE AND ADJECTIVAL PHRASE<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>ESSAY WRITING: ARGUMENTATIVE: PATRIOTISM ENHANCES THE GROWTH OF A NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>A. COMPREHENSION: Reading Skills:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Reading\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Explanation of the passage Page 60. Section C\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>THE JEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>The passage is about the Jews who looked at Abraham as their father. He made a covenant with God. The Jews were once enslaved by the Egyptians. The Jews moved to their country (Canaan) and later began to travel to other countries where they settled and became successful. Their main belief is that there is only one God.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>EVALUATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>Answer the questions below the passage. Page 61<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>READING ASSIGNMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>Unit 3 page 54 of Effective English <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>B. STRUCTURE: ADJECTIVE AND ADJECTIVAL PHRASE<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Content<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<strong>Definition of Adjective<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Adjective phrases<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Adjective<\/strong>: It is a word which qualifies\/modifies the noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be identified by certain suffixes like:<br \/>\n<strong>able<\/strong>&#8211; drinkable<br \/>\n<strong>ful-<\/strong>  successful <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Adjectival Phrase<br \/>\n<\/strong>It is a phrase that does the work of an adjective in a sentence i.e. It qualifies or describes a noun or pronoun.<br \/>\n<strong>Examples<br \/>\n<\/strong>The man with the red hair is my brother. (Prepositional Phrase \/  an adjective phrase qualifying  man)<br \/>\n The beautiful girl has been kidnapped  (Adjective  qualifying the noun &#8220;girl&#8221;)<br \/>\nA person bringing  goods news is always welcome (Participial phrase  as adjective phrase qualifying  &#8220;man&#8221;)<br \/>\nHe is a man of great wealth. (prepositional phrase as an adjective phrase qualifying man)<br \/>\nThe woman  standing over there is our new principal .  (participial phrase as adjective phrase qualifying  woman)<br \/>\nThe boy selling garri is my brother (Participial phrase as adjective phrase as  qualifying &#8220;boy&#8221;<br \/>\nWe all admire a person of courage  (adjectival phrase)<br \/>\nI know a girl who has strange appetites.  (adjectival phrase qualifying the &#8220;girl&#8221;)<br \/>\nThe student forgot to bring back the bag that I gave her. (Adjectival phrase qualifying  bag)<br \/>\n\t\tThe coat  made of cotton  is very lovely (Adjectival phrase qualifying coat)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Evaluation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Underline the adjectival phrases in the following sentences and state their functions<br \/>\nThe man in the sitting room is my father<br \/>\nI love a student who reads his books.<br \/>\nThe lady whose husband was arrested has gone to the police station.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>READING ASSIGNMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>Countdown in English  page 209<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>C. ESSAY WRITING: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>CONTENT<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<strong>Explanation<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Writing Argumentative<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>ESSAYS:  SCOPE AND METHOD<br \/>\n<\/strong>An argumentative essay is one that requires you to present a subject with a view to persuading your reader to agree with your own point of view against another one.<br \/>\nThe scope and Methods<br \/>\nIt is necessary to give a clear intelligent definition of subject of discussion so that your reader is in no doubt about what you want to write about. Then, proceed to give points to support your view.<br \/>\nConsider the following questions:<br \/>\nWrite an essay setting out your argument either in favour or against the following topic: Co-education should be encouraged in secondary schools<br \/>\nWrite an essay setting out your argument both for and against the following topic: Co-education should be encouraged in Secondary Schools<br \/>\nWrite an essay setting out your argument to justify the following topic: Co-education should not be encouraged in secondary schools?<br \/>\nIn (i) and (ii) you are expected to write on one side of the topic. Although in (i) you are given a choice to make between writing for or against, there is no such in three. On the other hand, (ii) demands that you write on the two sides of the topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>EVALUATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>Write an essay, setting out your argument to justify the following topic: Patriotism Enhances the Growth of a Nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>READING ASSIGNMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>Countdown page 28 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>GENERAL EVALUATION\/ REVISION QUESTIONS:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Choose from the options, the word that has the correct stress.<br \/>\n<\/strong>1.  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0indoctrinate         (a) In-doc-tri-nate            (b) In-DOC-tri-nate          (c) In-doc-TRI-nate  (d) In-doc \u2013tri \u2013NATE<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0refinery         (a) RE-fin-e-ry         (b) Re-FIN-e-ry       (c) re-fin-E-ry       (d) Re-fin-e-RY<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0phenomenal      (a) PHE-no-me-nal     (b) Phe \u2013No-me-nal     (c) Phe-no-ME-nal                      (d) Phe-no-me-NAL<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0consistency      (a) CON-sis-ten-cy        (b) Con-SIS-ten-cy               (c) Cons-sis-TEN-cy  d. Con-sis-tenCY<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0acrobatic      (a) a-CRO-ba-tic     (b) A-cro-ba-tic    (c) a-cro-BA-tic      (d) A-cro-ba-TIC<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.<br \/>\n1. The boxer regained consciousness momentarily in the dressing room. (a) immediately ( b) permanent  (c) permanently  (d) temporarily<br \/>\n2. The thief crept stealthily into   the store (a) fast (b) quietly  (c) loudly  (d) slowly<br \/>\n3. Hussain faced the problem squarely (a) partially (b) roundly  (c) impartially  (d) fully<br \/>\n4. Effiong was meticulous in planning for the future. (a) careful (b) careless  (c) tactful (d) sincere<br \/>\n5. Chinedu was satisfied with the results (a) qualified (b) enraged (c) contented (d) discouraged<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>THEORY<br \/>\n<\/strong>You have been invited to participate in a debate organized by your club.<br \/>\nWrite out your contribution either for or against the following motion:<br \/>\nParticipation of Women in Government Should be Encouraged.            <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEEK EIGHT TOPICS: COMPREHENSION\/ READING SKILLS STRUCTURE: ADJECTIVE AND ADJECTIVAL PHRASE ESSAY WRITING: ARGUMENTATIVE: PATRIOTISM&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","category-first-term-ss1-english-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}