Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 2

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: SS 2

REFERENCE

• Montgomery et al: Effective English for SS 2 ( Main Text) Evans Publishers, Ibadan
• Ogunsanya et al: Countdown to SSCE, Evans Publisher, Ibadan.
• Onuigbo S.M: Oral English for Schools and Colleges, Africana Publishers, Enugu.
• Ayo Banjo et al: New Oxford Secondary English Course SS 2. University Press PLC, Ibadan
• FoluAgoi: Towards Effective Use of English. A grammar of Modern English
• Ayo Akano: Maclimillan Mastery English Language for Senior Secondary Schools, Macmillan Nigeria Publishrs limited, Ibadan
• Ken Mebele et al: Goodbye to Failure in English for Senior Schools, Book 2, Treasure Publishers LTD, Lagos.
• Benson O. A Oluikpe et al: Intensive English for Senior Secondary Schools, 2 Africanal Publishers LTD, Onitsha.
• Oxford, Advanced Learners Dictionary.
• WAEC Past Questions.

WEEK ONE

• Revision of Last Term’s Work and Examination

• Topic: Comprehension – Basketball. Effective English. Pg 19, 

The passage centers on Hakeem Olajuwon’s playing record and character.

EVALUATION

Read and answer the questions (see Effective English, page 19)

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English, page 19

• Topic: Review of Nomination of Adjectives and Verbs.

Content: Meaning of Nominalization, Examples of Nominalized Adjectives and Verbs.

Nominalization is the process by which words other than nouns are made to function and behave as nouns. The parts of speech that are usually nominalized are verbs and adjectives.

They become nouns through the following processes:

1. Suffixation
2. Conversion

Suffixation

Verbs and adjectives become nouns by taking noun suffixes.

1. Verbs take suffixes like the following

-or/-er        -tion/-ation        -age

-ant        -ment            -ice

-ee        -al            -ance.

Examples

endow – endowment.

endure – endurance

acquit    - acquittal

defend – defendant.

teach – teacher.

create – creator.

1. Adjectives takes suffixes such as :

-ness        -y        -cy

-ty        -ism        -hood

-ity        -ist        -th

Examples:

good – goodness

false – falsehood

ideal – idealist/idealism.

certain – certainty.

deep – depth.

clear – clarity.

Conversion

Verbs and adjectives become nouns by taking on the definite article: the

• Verbs

Examples

Verbs: They payme well. 

Noun: The pay is good.

Verb: He was injured during the match.

Noun: The injured were taken to the hospital

Note that verbs in the present participle (verb+ing) can be used as nouns e.g.

    Weeping does not solve the problem.

    Fighting is prohibited in our school.

• Adjectives

Examples

Adjectives: Tunde is an honest man.

         Noun: The honest receive their reward in the end.

Adjectives: Obi is taller than Chisom.

         Noun: The taller of the two is a better athlete.

Adjective: He is the strongest boy in the group.

       Noun: The strongest will emerge as the champion.

EVALUATION

Change the following verbs and adjectives into nouns

Verbs: break, drain, arrive, continue, submit

Adjectives; free, real, safe, inferior, tender

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English, page 209

• Revision of the Features of Summary

Content: Definition, Notes.

A summary is a brief account of what has been read or heard, it requires giving short but concise information about something without giving all the details.

Features of a Summary

1. Brevity: The answer to any summary question must be brief and precise.
2. Clarity: The answer must be clearly written down.
3. Relevance: This calls for a student’s answers to be relevant to the points mentioned in the passage.
4. Coverage: Every aspect of the passage must be read and understood.

Useful Hints on Summary Writing

1. Read the passage at least twice to ensure thorough understanding.
2. Proceed to read the questions based on the passage and then try to spot relevant portions.
3. Try to identify the these statement in the passage and the topic sentences in the paragraphs so that you can follow the line of discussion.
4. Adhere strictly to the instruction(s) given, e.g.  “state in ………….. sentences”…….. Do not write your answers in phrases unless otherwise stated.
5. Do not write more or less than the number of sentences required.
6. Do not lump two points in one sentence.
7. As much as possible write the answers in your own words. Avoid mindless lifting.
8. Avoid illustrations, repetition and poor expression.
9. Keep strictly to the contents of the passage, and do not try to correct any piece of information given in the passage.

EVALUATION

Mention five useful hints in summary writing.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read page 26, Effective English: NnamdiAzikwe Stadium

• Topic: Consonants Followed by /j/ and /u/ sounds.

Content: Notes, Examples.

When we speak, we produce vowels and consonants which are individual contrastive sound units of the language. Learners of English, particularly in Nigeria, have difficulty in pronouncing some words. One major cause of this problem is that it is difficult to point out the presence of some sounds by merely looking at the written form of the words. Such words show the presence of other sounds only when they are pronounced. Most of such words are consonants followed by /j/ and /u:/ sounds. Look at the following examples:

    Words                    Correct Pronunciation.

    New                    /nju:/

    Few                    /fju:/

    Cute                    /kju:t/

    Tune                    /tju:n/

    View                    /vju:/

    Hew                    /hju:/

    Stew                    /stju:/

    Skew                    /skju:/

    Stupid                    /stju:pid/

    Student                /stju:dәnt/

    Human                    /hju:mәn/

    Cure                    /kju:ә/

Note: these words form a cluster (a cluster is the occurrence of two or more consonants without an intervening vowel). See notes on CONSONANT CLUSTERS for more points

EVALUATION

Write the correct pronunciation of the following words: dew, humor, due, beauty, future.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English language, page 293

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISIONAL QUESTIONS

1. What are the basic features of summary writing?
2. Give three examples of consonant clusters that have /w/ e.g queen /kwi:n/

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Section A

Instruction: from the list of options, choose the most appropriate. 

1. There ……..news about your application   A. are good  B. is a good  C. is some good
2. The recent rainstorm did …….. to our farm   A. much damage  B. many damage   C.  damages
3. The students were punished for bad ……..A.conduction   B.conductC.  conducts
4. The policemen received …… about the robbers’ hideoutA.many information  B. some information    C. an information
5. There …….. in Lagos last Wednesday.A. was much traffic B. were many traffic   C. were plenty traffic.

Section B

Complete the gaps in practice 2, page 22.