SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: JSS 3

TERM: 2ND TERM

WEEK THREE

TOPIC: Vocabulary Development: Suffixes: Noun derivatives, Verb derivatives, and Adjective derivatives

CONTENT

A suffix refers to a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to make or form another word. Derivatives are words that have been developed from other words. Study the following examples to see how nouns, verbs and adjectives are formed by adding suffixes to certain other words.

NOUN DERIVATIVES

Words Suffixes Derivatives

Child hood Childhood

Neighbour hood Neighbourhood

Friend ship Friendship

Inhabit ant Inhabitant

Shy ness Shyness

Dry ness Dryness

Establish ment Establishment

Nourish ment Nourishment

Teach er Teacher

Sell er Seller

Sail or Sailor

Approve al Approval

VERB DERIVATIVES

Words Suffixes Derivatives

Dignity ify Dignify

Code ify Codify

Beauty ify Beautify

Popular ize Popularizes

Synthesis ize Synthesize

Terror ize Terrorize

Industrial ize Industrialize

Sympathy ize Sympathize

Dark en Darken

Sad en Sadden

Quick en Quicken

ADJECTIVE DERIVATIVES

Words Suffixes Derivatives

Faith ful Faithful

Delight ful Delightful

Detriment al Detrimental

Fate al Fatal

Fool ish Foolish

Child ish Childish

Noise less Noiseless

Use less Useless

Care less Careless

Attention ive Attentive

Attract ive Attractive

EVALUATION

Form five adjectives from the following words:
Intention, fruit, watch, educate, use.
Form five nouns from the words below:

nourish, dismiss, kind, apply, woman

REFERENCE

Exam Focus: English for JSCE; Oxford Advanced Learner’ Dictionary

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read page 89-92 of English Grammar.

TOPIC: Structure: Interjections

CONTENT

Interjections are also known as “Exclamations”. They are words that we normally use when we express strong feelings e.g. Surprise, anger, excitement, joy, disgust, e.t.c.

Exclamations are indicated by exclamation mark (!)

Examples: oh! I have forgotten the name!

Wow! What a day!

What a beautiful woman she is!

How wonderful the message was!

FORMATION OF EXCLAMATIONS

An exclamation can be formed from a corresponding sentence or statement.

Examples:

They were nice

How nice they were!
God is wonderful.
How wonderful God is!
You are a kind man
What a kind man you are!

EVALUATION

Change the following sentences to exclamations.

She is a stupid girl

The day is beautiful
You are a brave hunter.
Adisa is a poor man.
She is a pretty lady.

REFERENCE

Countdown English by Ogunsanwo; Exam Focus: English for JSCE

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read page 81 (Exclamations) of Exam Focus: English for JSCE

TOPIC: Poem: In praise of a young man

CONTENT

The subject matter of the poem
Figure of speech used.

The poem is about praising a young man. It is highly metaphorical analyzing the strength and the might of a young man.

The figure of speech that is used through out the poem is metaphor, comparing the man with a hare, a rope, a lion, a head, and a log.

EVALUATION

Compose a poem of about 8 lines in praise of your father.

REFERENCE

Effective English for JSCE bk3

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read section c (speech) on page 101 of Effective English bk3

TOPIC: Speech work: Consonant Constrast \ Ê \ and \ Ê \

CONTENT

Consonant \ Ê \ is a voiceless palatal-alveolar fricative while consonant \ Ê \ is its voiced counterpart.

Now, study the words below noting the differences in their pronunciations.

\ Ê \ \ Ê \

Pressure treasure

Mission vision

Flash pleasure

Splash camouflage

Mansion casual

Machine occasion

Possession confusion

Attention decision

Aggression garage

Cashew mirage

Sure measure

Auction explosion

Avalanche avenge

EVALUATION

Identify the sounds underlined in words below:

Champagne allusion

Vicious

Nation

Conclusion

Measure

Chef

REFERENCE

Countdown English by Ogunsanwo; Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary; Exam Focus: English for JSCE

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read pages 143&144 of Exam Focus: English for JSCE

TOPIC: Writing: Article Writing

CONTENT

An article is an essay you write for publication in a newspaper or magazine. In an article, you may be required to compare and contrast, discuss causes and effects of something or give a thorough definition of something.

FEATURES OF AN ARTICLE

An article must have a title
Text of the article(body of the article)

iii. Conclusion

Writer’s full name and class.
Simple present tense is the dominant tense used in articles.

Note: An article may take the form of a descriptive essay, argumentative, essay etc. Therefore, the content and organization of the article should be the same as those of the essay type it is related to.

EVALUATION

Write an article for publication in your school magazine on the topic “Indiscipline Among Students”

REFERENCE

Countdown English by Ogunsanwo; Exam Focus: English for JSCE

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read pages 21&22 of Exam Focus.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

Form a noun from each of the following adjectives, silent, intelligent, great, sweet, wise, long, wide, young, true.
Change these sentences to exclamations

God is good.
She is a beautiful girl.
The man is brave.
The books were interesting.
The day is bright

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Do practice exercise ten, pages 49&50 (no 3 only) and practice exercise twenty- four on page 98 (1-10) of English Grammar

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