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 EIGHT

Topics

• Speechwork: Consonant Contrast /l/ and /r/

• Grammar: Making Requests and Commands

• Writing: Descriptive Essay: My Favorite Teacher

• Topic: Consonants

Content: Consonant Contrast /l/ and /r/

/l/        /r/

lip        rip

lot        rot

lack        rack

lag        rag

loom        room

ply        pry

bleed        breed

blew        brew

flesh        fresh

Evaluation: Write ten words for each sound.

Reading Assignment: Exam Focus English JSCE page 143 – 144

• Topic: The Sentence

Content: Making Request and Commands.

Requests are usually expressed by using please.

e.g.    Please, lend me your pencil. 

Don’t be angry, please.

    It may also be expressed by will/can + infinitive with or without please.

Examples:    Will you pass the salt, please?

        Will you pass the salt?

        Can you hold this for me , please?

        Can you hold this for me?

Using would/ could instead of will/can is more polite.

Examples:    Would you pass the salt (please)?

        Could you hold this for me (please)?

    Other requests are:

    Would you be kind enough to show me the way?

    I wonder if you could lend me your umbrella.

Command

They are used to express an order. There are positive and negative commands. E.g

    Positive Commands

    Go home.

    Touch it.

    Shut the door.

    You are to wait here until I return.

    Will you shut up?

    Negative Commands

    Don’t go home.

    Don’t touch it.

    Do not shut the door.

    Don’t you touch it.

Evaluation: Practice 2 Effective English JS 2 page 95.

Reading Assignment: Effective English JS 2 page 94 – 95

• Topic: Writing

Content: Descriptive Essay 

My Favourite Teacher

Here are some guidelines to help you write this essay.

• Title, Introduction: describe the teacher’s physical attributes – age, height, complexion etc.
• Background/educational qualification, marital status
• Likes/interests/hobbies
• Dislikes
• Achievement/accomplishment
• Intellectual traits: level of intelligence etc.
• Give any other details
• Conclusion

Evaluation: Write a descriptive essay on your favourite teacher.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION

Make negative statements with no, nothing, no one and nobody.

1. Someone heard him.
2. He learned something.
3. I have got some.
4. Somebody asked a question.
5. She had some money.

1. Fill in the blank space in each of the following sentences.

Present progressive Tense, Present Tense, Past tense, Perfect 1

1. I am finding out. I ___ it out. I ___ it out. I ___ it out.
2. We are going out. We ___ out. We ___ out. We ___ out.
3. He ___ it. He gives it. He ___ it. He ___ it.
4. He is weaving. He ___. He ___. He___.
5. He is speeding. It ___. It ____. It_____.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. The underlined sentences contain some tense errors. Give the correct form of the underlined parts of the sentences:

1. My mother have come to see  me.
2. Oh! His mother had died.
3. Bisi and Tundegoes to the same   college.
4. I am understand your problems.
5. The letter had being written.

1. Practice 3,Effective English JS2 page 95.