Rhymes, Essay writing and Vocabulary development

RHYMES

Content

• Definition
• Rhyme pairs

Rhyme is two letters that have the same ending sound. Rhyme is also used in poetry to refer to a pair of lines that ends with the same sequence of sounds.

Rhymes Pairs

1.   Should                    Would

2.   Food                        Sued

3.   Bird                         Word

4.   Laugh                       Calf

5.   Ride                          Site

6.   Buy                          Sky

7.   Head                        Said

8.   Fail                           Sail

9.   Hair                          Bear

10. Breeze                       Please

11. Know                        Hoe

12. Crave                        Grave

13. Shock                       Rock

14. ball                          call

15. dove                         love

EVALUATION 

From the words lettered A-D, chosen the word has the same VOWEL sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

	A	B	C	D
Lock	Work	Port	Talk	Nurse
Best	Regale	Vehicle	Many	Legal
Grew	Sew	Who	Pull	Know
Hill	Chief	Hike	Saw	Fit
Hunt	Rough	Cough	Huge	Burnt

READING ASSIGNMENT

More on Rhyme Standard Speech 10 page 32

ESSAY WRITING: More on Formal Letter

Content

• Definition
• Features

Another name for formal letters is official letters. They are letters we write to people in official positions.

Features

1. Writer’s Address

This should be written at the top right hand corner of the page like this:

199, Airport Road,

Kano,

Nigeria.

15^th July, 2010.

2. Receiver’s Address: This is written on the line following the date on the left hand side of the page.

e.g.

The Director,

Fola Associated Enterprises,

P.M.B.  10016,

Akure.

3. Salutation

The salutation is the greeting, which comes after the receiver’s address.

 “Dear Sir” or “Dear Madam”. The “S” or “M” must be in capital as in the following.

Dear Madam,

Dear Sir,

There is also a compulsory comma after the salutation.

4. Heading or Topic or Title

This comes directly after the salutation but not on the same line. It is only official letter that has a heading and it is normally short e.g.

• Invitation to a religious seminar
  • Complaints about the lack of facilities in my area.

The heading should either be written in capital letter all through or underlined when the first word of every lexical item is in capital letter

5. Body of the Letter

No room for exchange of pleasantries matters. Slang and contracted forms like won’t, can’t. Use polite and formal words

6. Subscript (Complementary close)

Formal letters end mostly with

“Yours faithfully,

     signature

Kingsley Effiong,

EVALUATION

Write a letter to the Commissioner for Education in your state, informing him of your council’s plan and how the council intends to implements its aid programme to school.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English page 54-57

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

Content

• Definition
• Relevant words

Definition

Government: It is a form of system of government or the act or process of governing

Politics: It is an idea and activities that are concerned with the gaining and using of power in a country, city e.t.c.

	Relevant words	Meaning
1	Ballot box	Box into which voters put their ballot paper
2	Constituency	Voters in a district or area; the district or area itself
3	Democracy	Government that is run by all the people, directly or through representatives.
4	Despot	Ruler who does what he likes and oppresses the people directly or through representatives
5	Electoral College	Group of people who have already been voted in as members of house, who now may vote in the president
6	Nomination	Act of naming a candidate for a post or office
7	Political Party	Group of persons or an association formed for the purpose of practising politics.
8	Voting Age	Minimum age at which one is eligible to vote
9	Election	An occasion when people vote to choose someone for an official position;

EVALUATION

Choose five vocabularies of government and politics and use them in sentences.

Use them in sentences

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English by Evans 147-148

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with one of the words in the brackets (democracy, executive, despot, legislature, voting, ballet, electoral, booth, party, vote, constituency, candidate, nominate, election)

In a ___________ system of government an ________ president can very easily become a _________ unless his __________ refused to _______ him for another term. Usually, ___________is by ___________ . Each is usually nominated in his _________by his party.

THEORY

Write a letter to your father who is in another country telling him about the political situation of your country.