Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE  

CLASS:  SS1

DATE:

TERM: 3RD TERM

WEEK 9

Comprehension: Identifying statutory topics, theme, and key sentences of a passage

Vocabulary Development : Words Associated with Journalism and Advertising.

Structure :  Antonyms as words opposite in meaning.

A: Comprehension: Identifying statutory topic, theme, and key sentences of a passage

Content.

A: Statutory Topics

Theme

Key Sentences.

Statutory topics are the main topics of a passage.  They are topics fixed for a particular passage. For example, we have passages that their topics are based on statutory topics, like, Law, Jounrnalism, Fishery, Photography etc.

The theme of a passage is the subject or main idea of a passage

Key sentences is the sentences comprises the main idea or what a particular  paragraph is all about.

Let’s analyse the passage on page 125 of the Effective English.

- the fixed or statutory topic for the passage is  nutrient supply to plant or sufficient nourishment to plants.

-  the theme are :  Plants growth, Eradicating plants  Deficiency.

-  Key sentences are the topic sentences, they are the sentences that give birth to other contribution in a paragraph, for example; the first sentence of paragraph one : “ Undernourishment is the cause of many failures in vegetables, growing is  the key sentences in paragraph one.

“Most plants obtain some of their food from the air …………..” is the key sentence for paragraph 2.

“ Extra supplies of essential chemical ……….” Is the key sentence for the last paragraph

EVALUATION

Read the passage on page 152 of the Effective English and analyze the statutory topics, themes, and the key sentences.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Comprehension passage pg 125 of the Effective English

B:  Vocabulary Development :  Words Associated with Journalism and  Advertising

Content:

Advertising and Journalism

Relevant words.

Advertising is a form of selling . It is a means of passing across messages from manufacturer and advertisers to reach the customers.

Relevant Word

1. Mass Media  - the means of communication such as television, newspapers , and radio that reach large number of people
2. Journalism ; the profession of collecting, writing and publishing news through the newspapers and magazines or radio or television.
3. Press Conference :  An interview for reporters  given by a politician or film stars
4. Press Gallery : An area of newspaper reporters, especially in a  legislative assembly.
5. Advertisement :  any public announcement designed to sell goods or publicize an event
6. commercial 
   1. A radio or television advertisement 
   2. Sponsored or paid for by an advertiser
7. Copy – writer :- a person who writes the words contained in an advertisement 
8. Mass communication : art of reaching a great number of people with information at the same time

Other words to check

Advertisement space, yellow journalism, stickers, media, articulation, information, press release, junk news, print media, journals, direct mail, periodicals, newspaper, magazine, television, radio .

EVALUATION

Choose five vocabularies of advertisement and sue them in sentences.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Unit 5 Advertising ;g 85-86 of the Effective English.

1. Antonyms as Words Opposite  in meaning

Content

Definition

Formation of Antonyms

Antonyms are words which have opposite meanings.  Sometimes, the antonyms are completely different fin form (friend: enemy, seldom, often, fertile: barren ) at the other times, they are partially similar inform (superior: inferior, regular:  irregular )

Study the following antonyms.

1. antonyms that are completely different in form:

    fertile        barren

    friend        enemy

    opaque        transparent

    victory        defeat.

1. Antonyms formed by adding a prefix ( a prefix is a word – elements added in front of a word)

    adequate    inadequate

    legal        illegal

    loyal        disloyal

    possible    impossible

    regular        irregular

    respect        disrespect

iii. Antonyms formed by changing the prefix:

    ascend        descend

    construction     destruction 

    encourage    discourage

    export        import.

1. Cheerful        cheerless

  pitiful            pitiless

  sinful            sinless.

EVALUATION 

Write the antonyms of the following  words

Cowardice, fertility, careful, protagonist , relevant

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English by Evans. Antonyms  pg 161

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Practice 2 pg 86 of the Effective English

Practice 3 pg 88 of the Effective English.