WEEK: Four

CLASS: Basic six

SUBJECT: English Grammar

TERM: 1^st Term 

TOPIC: Pronunciation, stress and intonation practice; Grammar: pronoun: Definition and types 

Writing: Features of formal and informal letters

BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;

1. Read with the correct intonation and stress pattern ii.Define pronouns and mention the types iii.State the features of formal and informal letters

BUILDING A BACKGROUND: Pupils are familiar with intonation, pronouns and letters

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, charts and textbook

REFERENCE MATERIAL: Nigeria Primary English Pupils’Book to

CONTENT:

PRONUNCIATION STRESS AND INTONATION PRACTICE

Remember that stress is the force or loudness with which a part of a word is pronounced. Many words of two syllables come from one-syllable words. For example, the word ‘singer’ comes from the word ‘sing’ and the word ‘enlarge’ comes from the word ‘large’. In these two-syllable words, the stress is on the syllable of the original word. In the examples below, O and/or capital letters can be used to show the stressed syllable and o the unstressed syllable.

Here are some more examples: 

Nouns and adjectives (Oo)                                                           Verbs (oO) 

Boy      –   BOYhood    Own      –   disOWN 

Star      –   STARdom    Take      –   reTAKE 

friend                                                                    –                              FRIENDship  

 miss                                                                       –                             dismiss

Most two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the first syllable, even if they are not formed from an original one-syllable word. For example, ‘pastor’ is not formed from the original word ‘past’, but it still has the stress pattern Oo.

GRAMMAR PRONOUNS AND TYPES

A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. Examples are: he, she, they, my, their, our e.t.c

WRITING FEATURES OF A FORMAL AND INFORMAL LETTER

FORMAL LETTER

 INFORMAL LETTER

EVALUATION: Pupils are evaluated thus:

1. State four features each of a formal letter and an informal letter
2. What are pronouns? Mention four types with examples.
3. Write a letter to your headmaster requesting for a new school uniform.