Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE  

CLASS:  SS1

DATE:

TERM: 3RD TERM

WEEK EIGHT

Comprehension: Summarising in a specified number of sentences .

Speech Work:  Intonation for simple polite rquest, simple greetings that attract quick response

Structure:  Functions of Comparatives

A: Comprehension: Summarizing in a specified number of serntences

Content: Guide to summarizing in a specified number of ‘serntences’

1. Learn to identify the main idea or argument of the passage
2. change the order of the material if it is to your own advantage to do so.
3. as much as possible use your own words to answer the question
4. the explanation in your own words must not change or distort the meaning of the passage
5. do not change the original writer’s facts by wrong choice of words
6. answer to summary question  must  be as shrot as possible and as clear as possible.
7. your answers must be written out in sentences and nto phrases.
8. Do not answer in forms of paragraph each answer must be properly numbered and must appear on a separate live
9. Do not join two points in one sentences
10. Its expedient for you to know that brevity is the essence of summary writing.

EVALUATION

Read the summary passage on pg 29-30 of your Effective English and Answer the Summary question under it.

READING ASSIGNMENT 

Summary writing page 102 – 103 of Countdown by Evans

B:  Speech Work:  Intonation

Content: Simple polite requests 

Simple greetings that attracts quick response

Simple Polite Requests

A stressed syllable is indicated with a  dash while an unstressed one is marked by a dot; a downward curve (,) shows a fall in voice, an upward  (  ) points to a rise.

A request gives a rising intonation e.g

May I see your  passport please

Let me come in

Come here

Get out of the room

May I sit down

I would like to meet your friend

Could I have a look at those pictures

Simple Greetings That Attracts Quick Response

Good morning Res- Morning

Well done

EVALUATION

Study the  conversation in practice 2 page 25 of your Effective English and answer the question in practice 3.

C: Functions of Comparatives 

Content

Meaning

Functions

Comparative is the second degree of comparison of  adjectives.  In the comparative we have the ‘er’ ending added to the plain ( positive ) word which means more so. E.g

Big   bigger

The ‘est’ is the superlative which means more so than anything else.

Functions of comparative

• It expresses a higher degree of the quality
• It compares two things e.g.

1. Tope is stronger than Caleb
2. Our team is more popular than yours.

Regular Comparative : Adding ‘er’ 

Positive            comparative

Poor                poorer

Tall                taller

Fat                fatter

Big                bigger

Short                shorter

Cold                colder.

Add ‘more’

    Positive         Comparative

    Expensive        more expensive

    Important         more important

    Handsome        more handsome

Decreased degree of quality is  usually shown by using less

Positive        comparative

Strong            stronger

Worthy        less worthy

Fortunate        less fortunate

Irregular Comparative:  it changes the whole word to produce comparative and superlative forms.

Positive        Comparative

Good            better

Bad            worse

Little            less

Far            farther .

EVALUATION

Write the comparative of the following adjectives: much, well, many, enviable, loyal.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English by Evans pag 209 -210

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Pg 102 of the effective English  test 1 & 4