Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 2

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: JSS 2

REFERENCES

1. Oral English for Schools and Colleges (Revised Edition) by San Onugbo, M.A. Ife
2. Basic English Book 4 HarbensKaur
3. Silver Burdett English Centennial Edition by Betty G. Gray et al
4. Contemporary English Grammar by JayanthuDakshina Murthy, ed by Indu mala Ghosh et al.
5. Exam  Focus English for JSCE by Bolajiaremo et al.
6. Evans Effective English JSS 2 Revised Edition by Michael Montgomery et al.
7. New Oxford Secondary English Corse book for JS 2 by Ayo Banjo et al.
8. New Student’s Companioned by Chris Talbot.

WEEK FOUR

Topics:

• Speechwork: Vowel  Contrast /әu/ and /au/

• Grammar: Tenses

• Comprehension: Planting

• Vocabulary Development: Armed Forces

• Writing: Descriptive Essay

1. Topic: Vowel Contrast

        Content:    /әu/     and     /au/

                cloak        cloud

                boat        bow

                crow        crowd

                load        loud

Evaluation: Write out ten pairs for the sounds.

Reading Assignment: Exam Focus English JSCE p143

• Topic: Tense

Content: Present, Past, Future

Tense occurs only in verbs. It refers to the change that takes place in the form of the verb to indicate time.

THE PRESENT TENSE

Present tense expresses an action taking place now. Except in the case of the verb ‘be’, the only change that takes place in the form of the verb to indicate the present tense occurs when the verb agrees with a third person singular subject.

Examples:     Sule always reads after meals.

    The bus arrives at 8a.m

    The sun sets in the West.

    Sugar is sweet.

In the case of the verb ‘be’, one more change takes place in the form of the verb to indicate the present tense.

The examples given above are in the simple forms. Other present tense forms include the present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous.

Examples:

Present Continuous: E.gI am working.

Present Perfect: E.gI have worked.

Present Perfect Continuous:E.g I have been working.

THE PAST TENSE       

The past tense is used to talk about a past action.

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

Examples: Regular

Irregular

There are four past tense forms in English. The past simple, past continuous:

Past Simple:E.g I worked.

Past Continuous:E.g I was working.

Past Perfect: E.gI had worked.

Past Perfect Continuous:E.g I had been working.

THE FUTURE TENSE

Future Tense is used to express a future action by using the modal auxiliary verbs ‘shall’ and ‘will’ e.g

I shall travel soon.

You will see the manager when he arrives.

Or by using the form ‘be going’ and ‘to’ infinitive or by using the present progressive and an expression indicating the future:

Examples: Emekais going to succeed.

It is going to rain today.

Adamuis leaving tomorrow.

The future tense is also used to refer to a future action in a conditioned sentence; used to give command or provide explanations, used in the passive form. Examples:

If you fail your exams, father will scold you.

The meeting will start at eight sharp.

You will dowhat I say.

The fried rice will be cooked in a few minutes.

The swimming pool will be closed next week for renovations.

Evaluation: Write out the past tense and past participle forms of these verbs: split, swing, fight, drive choose, grind, make, mean, sew, shut, talk, put, see weep, taste.

Reading Assignment: The Student’s Companion by Chris Talbot, pages 84 – 94

• Topic: Comprehension

Content: Planting

This passage discusses the process of planting rice after the field to be used has been prepared thoroughly.

Evaluation: Effective English JS 2 p

40 practice 3 and 4

• Topic: Vocabulary Development

Content: Register on the Armed Forces

The armed forces include: the army (for fighting on the land), the navy ( for fighting at sea) the air force ( for fighting in the air. The army, navy and air force are sometimes called the services. Let us look up the words on page 193. Effective English J S 2

Evaluation: Effective English J S 2 Practice 2p 196

• Topic: Writing

Content: Descriptive Essay ( A Local Festival )

A descriptive essay is written to give the reader a mental picture of a person, place or object. That is to say, given a descriptive essay on a person. Place, object, the reader should be able to have a good picture of the person, place or object in his or her mind.

To write good descriptive essays, one must be a good observer and also must be able to choose specific details that recreate for the reader specific images.

The descriptive essay must cover different aspects of the subject or object of description e.g physical traits, hobbies, likes, dislikes, psychological traits character, social traits, location whendescribing an event or place, time etc.

Features include the title, introduction, body and conclusion.

An Outline for A Local Festival

• Paragraph 1 – introduction – brief description of festival and the particular one to be described.
• Paragraph 2 – state what the festival is about , time and location
• Paragraph3 – describe the events such as people in attendance.
• Paragraph 4 – describe the attires worn, food prepared and any spectacular thing observed.
• Paragraph 5 – summarise and conclude.

Evaluation: Develop the outline into a comprehensive essay.

Reading Assignment: Effective English JS 2, page 74 – 75

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION

Fill in the blanks using the present tense forms of the verbs suggested in brackets:

Most Cigarette – smokers who __(switch) to cigars __ ( believe) that they __ ( not, inhale) and therefore __ (be) safe from the hazards of tobacco smoke. But a study by doctors at central hospital, London ___( show) that heavy cigarrete smokers (tend0__ to inhale deeply even when they ___(inhale), the hemoglobin in his blood ___(combine ) with some carbon monoxide in the smoke to form a substance which __ (prevent ) blood from performing its normal function; carrying oxygen.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Complete each of the following sentence with the best option from the alternatives lettered A to E

1. All the following except ____can be found in a court of law.a. judges b. police officers c. magistrates d. moderators e. persecutors
2. A country’s Armed Forces are made up of its ____ a. Army, Navy and Airforce b. Police, Army and Airforce c. Judge, Airforce and Police Forces d. Army, Magistrates and Air Force e. Navy, Army and Police Force
3. The statement ‘The accused was acquitted and discharge means that the accused was ____ a.found guilty and set free b. found guilty but severely warned c. found innocent and set free d. found guilty and jailed e. found guilty but conditionally set free
4. The accused has ____ against the judgment. a. written b. spoken c. decided d.register e. appealed
5. Someone complained against in a court of law is the ___ a. lawyer’s client b. defendant c. defence d. plaintiff e. accused

SECTION B

Effective English page 41 Practice 2; page 52, Tests 2 and 3