consonant /s/, /z/, /ð/

/s/, /z/ and /ð/ are consonant sounds./s/ is a voiceless alveolar fricative while /z/ is a voiced alveolar fricative.

/ð/ and /Ɵ/are called “th” sound.

/Ɵ/ is voiceless dental fricative while /ð/ is a voiced dental fricative.

Word examples of /s/, /z/ and /Ɵ//

/s/- sank, pass, salt,

/z/- breeze, sues, lays

/ð/- the, that, leather, with, breathe, father, mother, clothes, soothe, there etc.

/Ɵ/ – thank, thin, think, thought, path, breath, cloth, third, north, health, earth.

ASPECT: STRUCTURE

TOPIC: The WH Question

CONTENT:

These are the questions beginning with the wh-words what, who, when, where etc. and how Examples:

1. Who is waiting for me?
2. What are you doing to achieve your goals?
3. When Jesus returns, will you be found ready and worthy?
4. How long is your school from your house?

Wh- questions require answers other than yes or no. they require answers like:

1. It was a boy in our class.
2. He ate rice.
3. I returned yesterday.
4. It happened by chance.

Formation of wh- question

The wh- item usually has to come first in the wh-question, and then the auxiliary in the statement is used in the question. However, when there is no auxiliary at all in the statement, an appropriate form of DO (do, does, or did) is used in question. Examples:

A-They have called for some reasons.

Q-Why did they call?

A-They met somebody.

Q-Who did they meet?

However, note that when the verb in the statement is verb TO BE (am, are, is, was and were) there is no need for the auxiliary DO

A- Moses is somewhere now.

Q-Where is Moses now?

A-They are in my library.

Q-Where are your journal?

EVALUATION:

1. Give five wh- questions
2. Form wh- questions for these statements.
3. She is here.
4. I was doing my assignment.

• My name is Rose Johnson.

ASPECT: COMPOSITION

TOPIC: Features and Outline of an Informal Letter

CONTENT:

Informal letters also known as private letters are letters written to your close friends, classmates and relations who are younger than you or about your age.

Features of an Informal Letter

• The writer’s address and date
• The salutation(opening greeting)E.g. My dear Mike, Dear Jenifer
• The opening paragraph(concerned with greetings and pleasantries)
• The main body of the letter
• The concluding paragraph
• The subscript or complimentary close. e.g. Yours ever, Yours affectionately, Yours sincerely (is the most appropriate) .

Note the following with respect to the language of the informal letter

• The use of shortened form e.g. it’s, you’d, shouldn’t etc.
• The use of slangs
• The use of proverbs and jokes
• A general relaxed and pleasurable atmosphere created by the use of simple, chatty language.

EVALUATION:

Write a letter to your friend telling him about a quiz competition that will take place in your school of which you will participate in and inviting him to witness it.

ASPECT: Literature in English

TOPIC: Figures of Speech(Alliteration and Assonance)

CONTENT:

Alliteration: It is a sound device which involves the repetition of the same consonant sound in sequence. E.g.

Mummy, make indomie for me.         (Repetition of /m/ sound)

Some students saw Smith stone the squirrel. (Repetition of /s/ sound)

She gave birth to a Bouncing baby boy

Dusk demand day light

Private personal preparation prevents poor public performance. (repetition of /p/)

Assonance: It is a device involving the repetition of the same vowel sound in words which occur in succession e.g.

The boy wet his bed and his belt.       (Repetition of /e/ sound)

Phoebe beats the tree with a key.(repetition of /i:/ sound)

EVALUATION:

1. What is alliteration and assonance?
2. Give two examples of alliteration and assonance.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT: Choose the word that contains the same sound as the sound represented by the underlined letters in the given word.

1. dogs
2. loose
3. shout
4. zeal
5. James
6. cease
7. rose
8. call
9. quick
10. student
11. those
12. cloth
13. smooth
14. wealthy
15. healthy
16. breathe
17. throw
18. them
19. width
20. mirth
21. bats
22. works
23. boys
24. debris
25. dogs