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 NINE

TOPICS: COMPREHENSION: READING SKILLS: INTRODUCTION TO ANSWERING COMPREHENSION.

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH RELIGION.

SPEECH WORK: FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONVERSATION  (EMPHATIC STRESS)

1. COMPREHENSION/ READING SKILLS: 

INTRODUCTION TO ANSWERING COMPREHENSION 

CONTENT 

Introduction 

Basic Guide

Comprehension simply means understanding 

Basic Guide 

Carefully check the instructions you are given.

Read the passage through very quickly to grasp the general sense idea 

Quickly look at the questions thoroughly and keep them in mind. 

Read through the passage again more slowly trying to understand details as well as meanings of most of the words

Answer the questions 

Limit your answer only to the information provided in the passage. Avoid including materials not found in the passage i.e. extraneous materials.

 Test on Synonyms or equivalent meaning 

Synonyms to the word costly include: expensive; extravagant, precious

The substitute must fit into the passage perfectly if original word is removed. 

A plural noun or verb, requires a plural substance, and a singular noun or verb requires a singular substance e.t.c. The substitute, you provide must be of the same grammatical category with the original word or phrase e.g.

The car gets (singular present tense) here at 3.00p.m.

The correct substitute is arrives (also singular present tense) not arrived   

Put down a number with five digits.

The correct substitute for digits is  figures  and not  figure. 

Evaluation 

Read the comprehension passage on the comprehension page 68-71 of Effective English and answer the questions under.

Reading Assignment 

More on comprehension, page 81 of Countdown in English Language by Evans 

1. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH RELIGION 

CONTENT

Definition 

Relevant words

Religion is the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them. 

Relevant words 

Others are: trinity, denomination, inter-denomination, creed, pew, benediction, monotheism, processional hymn, recessional hymn, warden, protestants, orthodox churches, Pentecostal churches.  

EVALUATION 

Choose words of religion and use them in correct sentences.

READING ASSIGNMENT 

More on religion unit 3of Effective English page 54

1. SPEECH WORK: FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONVERSATION: EMPHATIC STRESS 

CONTENT 

The emphatic stress 

Examples 

The stressing of a particular word more than other words in a sentence is referred to as EMPHATIC STRESS 

EXAMPLES

Consider the following sentences and notice how its meaning changes according to the word that has been stressed 

JAMES borrowed the novel (i.e. James, not anybody else borrowed the novel.)

James BORROWED the novel (i.e. James didn’t, for example, steak or buy the novel; he borrowed)

James borrowed the NOVEL. ( i.e. James borrowed the novel, not the magazine, not the journal e.t.c.

Test on emphatic stress requires the candidate to select the question to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer. An example is given below:

Example: My mother’s FRIEND hates pets.

Does your mother’s boss hate pets?

Does your mother’s friend love pets?

Does your mother’s friend hate pets?

Does your father’s friend hate pets?

The correct answer is A.

Evaluation 

Choose the correct answer 

The man likes COFFEE on Sunday mornings 

Does the man like coffee on Monday?

Does the man like tea on Sunday morning? 

Adamu OPENLY disagrees with his principal.

Did Adamu secretly disagree with the principal?

Did Adamu openly agree with the principal?  

READING ASSIGNMENT 

More on emphatic stress page 310 of Countdown by Evans 

GENERAL EVALUATION/ REVISION QUESTIONS:

From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

1. The guest of honour urged the contestants to show the spirit of sportsmanship, either in victory or  in------------  (a) defeat (b) success (c) suffering  (d) failure
2. The reply of the accused to the question was cautious rather than ------- (a) attentive  (b) scrupulous  (c) hasty  (d) thoughtful
3. The bride carried a bouquet of natural flowers  (a) artificial  B local  C. imported D. genuine
4. Musa is a giant  of a man, but his brother is more or less a  --------- a. diminutive  b. dwarf  c. huge man  d. pigmy  e. robot
5. In many ways, my parents are very conservative but there are times when they surprise me with their --------------- ideas of family planning.  A. critical  b. liberal  c. modern  d. new  e. orthodox

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Complete each of the following sentences with one of the words in the brackets: (secular, ethics, denomination, doctrine, pilgrimage, fanatics, worship, Bible, monotheist)

1. The Catholic  ______ is very conservative 
2. The ______ I made last year cost me a lot of money
3. The _____ destroyed cars and house 
4. A place of _____ should remain sacred 
5. The Muslims are _____ they believe in one God.
6. The ______ is the holy book of Christians 

Theory 

Write a letter to your friend who is abroad telling him about the political changes that have happened in your country.