Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 2

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE                                    

CLASS: SS 2

TERM: 2ND TERM

REFERENCE

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

WEEK SIX

Comprehension – Reading for Critical Evaluation; Unit 12: Communication, Effective English pg 181.

The passage reveals the main criticism of Nigerian film and television. It explains that most programmes have no relevance to the Nigerian culture. More so, the funds generated for the Nigerian film industry are usually in the wrong hands. 

EVALUATION

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English, pg 169

Structure – Introduction to Sequence of Tenses

Sequence of tenses is the principle which requires all the verbs in a sentence or a number of sentences to be in the same tense all through.

Example: 

1. Today is my happiest day. At last, I have completed my project. I am now free to do anything I like – Present tense 
2. The match had already begun when we got there, so we decided to wait and watch the second half which started an hour after – Past tense 

It is however sometimes possible to have a mixture of past and present tenses in a sentence especially if a fact or generally acceptable notion is referred to here. 

Example:   

• The teacher taught us that the earth goes round the sun. 
• My father told me that character is strength. 

EVALUATION

Choose either of the options in bracket in each of the following sentences bearing in mind the rules of sequences of tenses. 

1. The police (has/have) arrived and (is/are) checking all vehicles on the road. 
2. Segun and Adeleke ate some food but (they were not feeling/did not feel/ are not feeling) satisfied.
3. Segun lived in Osogbo, so he (is/was) seen in a taxi, (waving/waved) to them. 

READING ASSINGMENT 

(Countdown in English, pages 232 – 235)

Speech Work – Diphthongs /Iə/, /eә/and /Ʊə/

The articulation of these diphthongs involves a gliding movement of the tongue towards the centre.

/Iə/

For this sound, the glide begins with a tongue position for /I/and moves in the direction of /ə/

Example:    here, hear, beer, weird. 

/eə/

To produce /eə/, the glide begins from the front of the tongue towards the centre. The shape of the 

lips is neutral throughout the production. Some words with /eə/ may have a final ‘r’ in the spelling but the ‘r’ is not pronounced unless it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel. 

Example: hair, hare, their, there, swear 

/Ʊə/

The production of /Ʊə/ involves tongue glide from the position for the production of /Ʊ/ towards the position for the production of / /. The shape of the lips changes from rounded to neutral.

Example: boor, poor, sure, tour, yours. 

EVALUATION

From the words lettered A – D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol. 

1. /Iə/        A. pear        B. near        C. herd        D. marry 
2. /eə/    A. cart        B. face        C. vary        D. idea 
3. /aƱ/    A. low        B. through    C. height    D. about 
4. /əƱ/    A. board    B. mat        C. stew    D. below
5. /eI/        A. said        B. mat        C. male     D. key

READING ASSIGNMENT

Oral English for Schools and Colleges; pg 26 – 28

Vocabulary Development – Words Associated with Nation Building.

Nation – building is constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. It aims at the unification of the people within the state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run. 

According to Harris My Lonas,legitimateauthority in modern national states is connected to popular rule, towhich majorities are constructed. 

Nation builders are those members of a state who take the initiative to develop the national community through governmentprogrammes including military conscription. Nation – building can involve use of propaganda or major infrastructure development to foster social harmonyand economic growth. 

EVALUATION 

1. Find the meaning of the words written in bold. 
2. Make sentences with five of them.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English, pg 177 – Positionof Adverbs.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISIONAL QUESTIONS.

• State the grammatical names and function of the following phrases: 

• The woman in the next apartment is a drug peddler 

• The girl left the principal office, beaming with satisfaction. 

• The man to succeed the king has not been born
  

• What processes are involved in nominalizing adjectives and verbs. (showexamples).

READING ASSIGNMENT

Read Countdown page 217 

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Section A

Choose the option that has a different stress pattern. 

• (a) commit        (b) compare        (c) complete        (d) column

• (a) afraid        (b) allow        (c) always        (d) attempt 

• (a) decision    (b) continue        (c) plantation        (d) continent 

• (a) monitor    (b) register        (c) possible        (d) promotion 

• (a) leader        (b) judgment        (c) money        (d) report 

Section B

Complete the sentences in practice 2, page 43, Effective English