Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: SS 1

REFERENCES

• Effective English Book .1-Michael Montgomery et al.
• Countdown English – O. Ogunsanwo et al.
• Goodbye to Failure in English, Book 3 Ken Mebele et al.
• Communication in English – Blessing Dupe el al.

WEEK TEN

TOPICS: COMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS: INTRODUCTION TO SUMMARY WRITING 

SPELLING: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

STRUCTURE: ADVERBIAL AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

1. COMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS

Introduction to Summary Writing 

Content 

The Procedure 

Useful Hints

The Test: Summary section seeks to test the candidate’s ability to extract or pick relevant information from a longer passage and present that information in clear, concise language.

The Procedure

Read over the passage once or twice for thorough understanding 

Read the questions based on the passage 

Read the passage once again making notes or jotting down points that will help you to answer the questions.

Write out your answers. 

Read over the questions and your answer to ensure there is no error.

EVALUATION 

Read the passage on page 77 of Effective English and answer the summary questions on page 79

READING ASSIGNMENT 

Read the passage on page 113 of Countdown on English language 

1. SPELLING: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES 

Content

Prefixes 

Suffixes 

Prefixes are words or syllable placed before a root-word to form another word; e.g. un, non, dis, mis, super, trans, ex e.t.c

SUFFIXES are words or syllables placed after a root word to form another word e.g. –ness, -ment, er, ship, -ation, ant, less, e.t.c. 

EVALUATION 

Form five new words by adding prefixes to the root words. 

Look up the meaning of each of the following morphemes and form five words with it.

Pseudo-

Across-

Intra-

De- 

Dis-

Hyper- 

Hypo- 

READING ASSIGNMENT 

Read more on suffixes and prefixes

1. ADVERBIAL AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

Content 

Adverbial Phrases 

Prepositional Phrases 

Adverbial Phrases: The main function of adverbs and adverbial phrases is to modify verbs, answering the following questions 

How? When? Why? Where? To what extent?

They also modify adjectives, other adverbs and prepositional phrases. Any group of words containing no verb and performing those functions is an adverbial phrase.

Types of Adverbial Phrases

Adverbial phrase of manner e.g. 

He does the work with zeal/ very well.

Adverbial phrase of time e.g.

I saw him in the morning.  

Adverbial phrase of place e.g.

I met him at the supermarket 

Adverbial phrase of contrast 

Despite her promise, she behaved differently.

In spite of  the good advice, she did not change her behaviour.

His strength notwithstanding, he lost the fight.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE 

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun phrase or pronoun e.g. 

To him 

For the man 

At the bank 

About what he did

Functions of a prepositional phrase:

The prepositional phrase is used

(i)As an adverbial phrase e.g. 

The police caught the thief in the garden.

At a later date, we confronted him.   

(ii)As an adjective:

The man with a hat is our teacher. 

The news of his death shocked everyone 

(iii)As complement of a verb 

We believe  in what he says.  

(iv)As complement of an adjective

We are sure of his arrival. 

EVALUATION

Indicate the adverbial phrases in the following sentences.

The car moved slowly towards the church. 

My sister eats more slowly. 

For all his experience, he was easily deceived by the students. 

He worked hard to pass the examination. 

READING ASSIGNMENT 

Read more on Adverbial page 248-250 of Countdown by Evans 

GENERAL EVALUATION/ REVISION QUESTIONS:

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. I have ----- some money for my surgical operation next month  (a) put out  (b) put in (c) put by  (d) put down
2. I am much ----- to listen to you now. (a) busy  (b) too busy  (c) more busy  

(d) extremely busy    

1. ----- can all come to the party  (a) you two (b) the three of you  (c) both of you  

(d) Simbo and Jide

1. She advised her son against ---------- (a) goodwill (b) haggling  (c) insubordination  (d) obedience ( e) subordination
2. The Governor paid a -------- call on the Oba.  (a) courtesy(b) crank  (c) farewell  (d) roll  (e) wake up

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words 

1. They decided to turn him down (a) refuse him (b) deny him (c) discredit him
2. She gave her candid opinion on every issue (a) good (b) frank (c) vague 
3. The commentator described the recent event as catastrophic (a) disastrous (b) unfortunate  (c) evil 
4. The boy was proficient in whatever he did (a) inept (b) skilled  (c) contented 
5. I was warned against his erratic nature (a) immoral (b) insane  (c) unpredictable 

THEORY 

Write five sentences and underline the adverbial phrases in them.

Write five sentences and underline the prepositional phrases in them.