Consonants

TOPIC: HOW to Make Candle Stand Up

Read NEW OXFORD JS 2 page 13 in unit one.

EVALUATION: Read the passage and answer questions 1 to 6 on page 14

Vocabulary Development: Increase Your Word Power – “Health” in NEW OXFORD JS 2 page 3 and 4 in unit one

ASSIGNMENT: Read the passage and answer questions 7 to 12 on page 14

TOPIC: SPEECH SOUND

SUB-TOPIC: CONSONANT / g, k, l, p, s /

CONTENT:

/ g, k, l, p, s / are consonant sounds.

/g/ -voiced velar plosive

e.g. goggle, dog, good, green

/k/- voiceless velar plosive

e.g. key, catch, school,

/l/- lateral sound

e.g. love, tall, fellow,

/p/- voiceless plosive

E.g. price, puppy, pot.

/s/- voiceless alveolar fricative

e.g. crease, purse, peace

EVALUATION: Give word examples of these consonant sounds.  /S/, /l/, /p/, /k/

ASPECT : STRUCTURE

TOPIC: Verb-Transitive and Transitive Verb

CONTENT:

Verbs are used to say what people do. They express an action. E.g. laugh, walk, run, sleep, and take .g. some verbs do not express an action. They just say people or things are something. E.g. the verb to be – am, is, are, was, were. Others are have, has, had, can, will, may, shall etc.

Transitive verb:

Before we discuss transitive verb there is the need to discuss object.

Object: Object is the receiver of the action. It shows somebody or something involved in the subject. It is what the verb is done to. e.g.

I took the book.(“book” is the object while “I” is the subject-the performer of the action)

Direct Object: refers to a person or thing affected by the action of the verb.

He opened the door (“door” is the direct object)

Transitive Verbs: they are verbs that take direct object. When a verb has an object that receives the action of the verb, that verb is transitive. E.g.

1. I sold some books.
2. Ngozi took the pen.
3. I understand her question.
4. The woman slapped the boy because he was rude.

The verbs “sold, took, understand, slap” in the above sentences are transitive because they take the direct objects “books, bus, question, the boy”

Other examples of transitive verbs are have, broke, sold, bought, love, throw, develop, kick, eat, see etc.

Intransitive verb: They are verbs that do not take object. So, a verb is intransitive when it does not have an object after it. E.g.

1. I slept at 7pm yesterday.
2. The students in the class are singing.
3. The pawpaw tree fell this morning.
4. She coughed.

The verbs”slept, singing, fell, coughed” are intransitive because they do not take verb what we find after the verbs in 1 and 2 are adverbs.

Other examples of intransitive verbs are run, cry, rise, live, result, dwell, swim, improve, sing etc.

EVALUATION:

1. What is transitive verb?
2. Give five (5) examples of intransitive verb and make sentences with two of them.

ASSIGNMENT: Do exercise a and b on page 30 of the NEW OXFORD JSS 2.

ASPECT: COMPOSITION

TOPIC: Types and Elements Of Composition

CONTENT:

The types of Composition are narrative, descriptive, argumentative and expository.

NARRATIVE COMPOSITION:  Is an essay in which you tell the story or give an account of what has happened. The story could be a true one or could be made up yourself. Whichever way, however, it is important that it should be true to life i.e. it should be believable because it is possible in real life. E.g. “My First Day in Deeper Life High School”.

DESCRIPTIVE COMPOSITION: This is an essay written to give the reader a mental picture of a person, object or place. The composition should be written in such a way that the reader will have a good picture of the person, place or object in his mind. E.g. ”Describe your school hall for someone who has not been there”.

ARGUMENTATIVE COMPOSITION: It is a composition written to argue that an opinion is superior to some other opinion. It is an essay written to persuade the reader to accept one opinion and reject some other opinion. E.g, “Females are better leaders than males”

EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION: This is an essay that describes how something is done, planned or organized, made, how something works etc. E.g. “Describe how your favourite meal is prepared”, or ” The Game I like best”.

Elements of Composition: The elements of composition are the different parts that make up an essay.

These include: Heading/title, introduction, body/ content, conclusion.

An award winning composition should ensure these processes; pre-writing, writing, arrangement of ideas, editing.

EVALUATION:

1. List and explain the types of composition.
2. ‘Describe your best teacher in your school’. What type of composition is this?

ASSIGNMENT:

Describe your best teacher in your school in not more 200 words.

ASPECT: LITERATURE

TOPIC: FIGURES OF SPEECH

CONTENT: Simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole

SIMILE: This is the comparison between two things with the use of comparison words such as  “as” or “like” e.g.

1. Dennis stood fluttering like a leaf.
2. He talks like a parrot.
3. She is as gentle as a dove.

METAPHOR: It is a direct comparison between two things without the use of comparison words such as “as” or “like.  E.g.

1. I am the angel of this community.
2. Mercy is a dove.

PERSONIFICATION: Inanimate objects are treated as human beings. Human attributes are given to inanimate objects e.g.

1. The sky is weeping profusely.
2. My car is coughing.

HYPERBOLE: This is an overstatement or exaggeration for emphasis, comic effect or satirical effect. E.g.

1. Bamax is a glutton, he can finish an elephant.
2. I will fly to the moon to prove my love for you.

EVALUATION:

Identify the figures of speech used in the sentences below.

1. This is the season the sky cries all day.
2. She came looking for you a million times.
3. Make this earth an Eden
4. God make our homes heaven on earth.
5. I will not leave my wife in a million years.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT:

Choose from the options lettered A-E the one that contains the given phonetic symbol

1. /s/ a. chicken b.        easy c. essay d. husband  e.    sure
2. /k/ a. charity b. cheat c.        chemist d.       chest e.            knight
3. /p/ a. Alpha b.          Page c. Orphan d.        Phone e.          Physics
4. /l/ a. Psalm b.          Walk c.            Salmon d.        Talk e. Shelter
5. /g/ a. manage b. gnat c. grove d. George e. malign
6. Do exercise (a -d) in the NEW OXFORD JS 2 on page 12