Nasal sounds

Read the comprehension passage on pages 33, unit 4 in NEW OXFORD JS 2

EVALUATION: Do question 1- 10 on page 34 in NEW OXFORD JS 2

ASSIGNMENT: Read the passage on pages 113 and 114, unit12 in NEW OXFORD JS 2 to learn vocabularies associated with Law and Order  and exercises 1- 10 on page 50 in the Workbook.

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC: CONTRASTING VOWELS /i:/ and /i/; /u:/ and  /u/

CONTENT:

Long and short vowel contrasting./i:/ and /i/, /u:/ and  /u/

/i:/                       /i/                                     /u:/                                    /u/

beans                    bins                                     fool                              full

wheel                  will                                       pool                             pull

wheat                  wit                                       food                             foot

beat                    bit                                         cooled                       could

seat                     sit                                         hood                           hewed

feet                    fit                                          wooed                          wood

Evaluation: Do exercise B (1-10) on page 6 in NEW OXFORD JS 2 Workbook.

ASPECT: Structure

TOPIC: Active and Passive Voice

CONTENT:

A verb is said to be in the Active Voice when the subject performs the action described by the verb. E.g.

Paul wrote a letter.

“Paul” is the subject. That is, the performer of the action “wrote”. ”wrote” is the Active Voice since the subject of the verb “Paul” is doing the writing.

Passive Voice: when the object of a sentence takes the place of the subject and the subject is placed in the position of the object while the verb “be” is used with the past participle, then the verb is said to be in the Passive Voice. In order words, when the subject receives the action described by the verb, then the verb is in the Passive Voice.

Mary was slapped by her mother.

“Mary” is the receiver of the action “slap” and so “slap” is in the passive voice.

1. I helped Prudence (Active)
2. Prudence was helped by me.(Passive)
3. Students read some books.(Active)
4. Some books were read by the students.(Passive)

The following changes usually occur while writing the passive voice,

Active                                     Passive

I                                                            me

He                                                         him

She                                                        her

We                                                         us

They                                                    them

The subject pronoun changes to object pronoun

Active                                                 Passive

saw                                                      seen

ate                                                       eaten

wrote                                                   written

drove                                                   driven

sang                                                     sung

The past tense verb changes to past perfect tense

EVALUATION: Change the following sentences from active into passive.

1. Our principal handled the Leadership Study.
2. The students are disciplined for their misdemeanour.
3. Eraiga gave us some challenging questions.
4. They killed the rats.

ASPECT: Composition

TOPIC: Summary Writing

CONTENT:

A summary is an aspect of writing that requires the shortened version of a longer piece of writing. It is also a way of trying to represent accurately but in a reduced manner, important points in a original piece of spoken or written material.

EVALUATION: Read passage on pages 115 and116, unit 12 in NEW OXFORD JS 2 and do the exercise that follows.

ASPECT: Literature

TOPIC: Oral Literature

CONTENT:

Oral literature also known as orature may be in prose or verse. The prose is often mythological or historical and can include tales of the trickster character.

Folk literature, also called folklore or oral tradition, the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language. It is transmitted by word of mouth and consists, as does written literature, of both prose and verse narratives, poems and songs, myths, dramas, rituals, proverbs, riddles, and the like. Nearly all known peoples, now or in the past, have produced it.

Anansi Goes Fishing (A Tale from West Africa)

Foolish Anansi thought he could trick a fisherman into doing his work for him. “Let’s go fishing,” he suggested.

“Very well,” said the fisherman, who was clever and quite wise to Anansi’s tricks. “I’ll make the nets and you can get tired for me.”

“Wait,” said Anansi, “I’ll make the nets and you can get tired for me!” Anansi made nets as his friend pretended to be tired. They caught four fish.

The fisherman said, “Anansi, you take these. I’ll take tomorrow’s catch. It might be bigger.”

Greedily imagining the next day’s catch, Anansi said, “No, you take these and I’ll take tomorrow’s fish.”

But the next day, the nets were rotting away and no fish were caught. The fisherman said, “Anansi, take these rotten nets to market. You can sell them for much money.” When Anansi shouted, “Rotten nets for sale!” in the marketplace, people beat him with sticks.

“Some partner you are,” Anansi said to the fisherman as he rubbed his bruises. “I took the beatings. At least you could have taken the pain.” Anansi never tried to trick the fisherman again!

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT: Change the following passive sentences into the related active sentences.

1. It was broken carelessly by her.
2. Water was brought to the workers in the morning by Chinyere.
3. The bottle was broken by him.
4. Smaller cars are preferred by ladies
5. The farm was harvested by them.