Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

TERM: 2nd TERM

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE                                 

CLASS:  JSS 1

REFERENCES

1. Effective English Text Book. J.S.S1 . Michael Montgomery et al.
2. Count Down English. Revised Edition. O. Ogunsanwo et al. 
3. Creative and Guided Composition for Senior Classes. C.O Odetola

WEEK FOUR

TOPIC: SPEECH WORK 

CONTENT: /á´§/ Sound

Short sound /á´§/ as in: cup, love, but, etc.

Common spelling symbols of /á´§/ sound 

u -- dust, but, must

ou – cousin, young, country

o – love, Monday, come

oo – blood, flood

EVALUATION: Sentence for practicing /á´§/  sound

Did you say, ‘Some love onions for breakfast or supper?’ But when one has stuffed oneself with much onions, one isn’t much loved, is one?

TOPIC:  COMPREHENSION 

CONTENT:  The Yoruba Family

Aim: to understand a description and learn from it. Unit 11, page 145. See Effective English.

EVALUATION: Read the description and dothepractice

TOPIC: PAST TENSE

CONTENT:

SIMPLE PAST TENSE: Regular verbs form their past tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the simple form of the tense, while irregular verbs form their past tense in different ways.

Example:  Dada worked in the farm yesterday.  (regular)

                   The boys talked to me this morning. (regular)

                    We ate last night. (irregular)

                     She spoke kindly to me. (irregular)

PAST PERFECT TENSE: The perfective aspect is formed by combining a form of the verb ‘have’ with the main verb in the past participial form. ‘Have’ becomes ‘had’

EXAMPLES:

I  had been to Lagos.

Tunde had eaten his food before my arrival.

PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS TENSE: It is the combination of the progressive and perfective aspect. It must be represented in the past tense.

EXAMPLES: 

I had been coming to this place now for two years.

I had been attending Good Shepherd School since primary school

EVALUATION: Write ten sentences, highlighting the following types of verb tenses: PastTense, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

TOPIC: Vocabulary Development

Content: Words Related to Marriage

1. Love
2. Children
3. Marriage vow
4. Sex
5. Birth control

Evaluation: Use the dictionary to discover the meaning of the following.

TOPIC:  Literature (Types of Poetry)

CONTENT: TYPES OF POEMS

1. Epic :It is a long narrative poem that celebrates real historical events, heroic achievements, civilization, quasi-divine figures and such other subjects.
2. Ballad: This is an anonymous narrative in verse passed from generation to generation by words of the mouth and meant to be sung and danced before a crowd.
3. Ode:  It is a medidative poem which addresses itself to a person or thing in which the good qualities of such a person or object are highlighted and commended.
4. Dirge: It is a poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone’s death
5. Pastoral Elegy: It laments the fate of the shepherd.

Note: Oral poetry are spoken or chanted, written poetry are inscribed on a paper or documented.

EVALUATION:  Write on the following kinds of poetry: panegyric, limerick, lullaby.

GENERAL EVALUATION: 

• Write a short note on five other types of poems

• Write a composition on the title, ‘ The Federal Road Safety Commision

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT:

1. Give the past and past participle of the following verbs.

awake      find     hold      sweep

Beat          leave     swell     forget

Cling         hide      shut        take

1. Use each verb in sentences.