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 NINE

Topic: Structure – Making Uncountable Nouns Countable. 

The focus here is to see how uncountable nouns can be made countable. Countable nouns are those we can count, they usually have singular and plural forms 

Example:   

• girl – girls
• box – boxes 
• man – men 
• ox – oxen 

Uncountable nouns are those that cannot be counted, and they therefore have only the singular form. 

Examples: sand, rice, sugar, water, soup, advice, information, furniture, equipment, blood, knowledge, etc. 

Uncountable nouns can however be made countable in the following ways:

Using partitives

A partitive is a word or phrase that indicates a part or quantity of something as distinct from a whole. Also called noun partitive. Partitivesappear before noncount nouns as well as count nouns. 

Example:    

• a piece/chunk of meat 
• abottle of wine 
• acube/pack of sugar.
• a plate/pot of soup
• a tin of milk.
• a fit of anger
• a glass/cup of water
• a drop/pint of blood 
• a loaf of bread
• a bar of chocolate 
• a piece of furniture 
• a clove of garlic 

Using Quantifiers

Quantifiers like partitives are used before nouns to indicate the amount or quantity. They can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. 

Example:    

• Step out for some fresh air 
• Did you bring any luggage to the hotel? 
• Add a little flour to the dough 
• We had a lot of fun on our trip 

Using the Indefinite Article

An uncountable noun becomes countable when used with the indefinite article to suggest a kind of

Example:           

• bread 
• clay   
• wine
• behaviour

Pluralisation

Singular and plural forms related in meaning 

Plural Form            Meaning

Cakes                      units of cakes 

Foods                      kinds of foods

Difficulties                instances of difficulties 

Singular and plural forms remarkably different in meaning. 

Example 

    Plural Form            Meaning 

    Works            factories/books

    Lights            camps/torches 

EVALUATION

Make the following uncountable nouns countable: 

• mucus       
• news       
• petrol       
• darkness 
• butter       
• information 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English, pg 205

Summary – Writing Answers to Model Summary Passage – Food and Nutrition in Practice by J. Anazonwu – Bello, Effective English, pg 228. 

According to the passage, food is necessary for quick recovery from ill health. Every individual must acquire knowledge of nutritional values and meal preparation

EVALUATION

Answer the questions which accompany the passage. 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English, pg 228 

Vocabulary Development – Words Commonly Misspelt

Wrong Spelling             Correct Spelling

Millenium                Millennium 

Delibrate                Deliberate 

Priviledge                Privilege 

Curiousity                Curiosity 

Neccessary            Necessary 

Occurence            Occurrence 

Begining                Beginning 

Arguement            Argument 

Truely                Truly 

Occassion                Occasion 

Recieve                Receive 

Possesion                Possession 

Disatisfaction            Dissatisfaction            

Dinning                 Dining 

Goverment            Government 

Supplementery            Supplementary 

Questionaire            Questionnaire 

Billionnaire            Billionaire 

EVALUATION 

Correct the following misspelt words 

aggresive    secretray    believe (noun)        sergaent    paralell

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English, pg. 82 

Writing – Semi-formal Letter

This refers to a letter written to a distant adult relative, an adult family friend, distant pen-pal or an adult acquaintance. It has a lot in common with the informal letter, but also differs from it in many respects, which makes it semi-formal.

Features of a Semi-formal Letter.

1. Only one address i.e. writer’s address.
2. Salutation – This comes after the address and it depends on the level of familiarity e.g. ‘Dear Uncle Wale’ 
3. Introduction – (Par. 1): Exchange of pleasantries and reason for writing the letter.
4. Body of the letter. Paragraph 2, 3 and 4    Here, at least three or more points are discussed. The focusshould be the purpose for writing, be it to seek advice, ask for favour, show appreciation for help rendered etc. 
5. Conclusion (Par. 5)    Sending of greetings is allowed here. 
6. Subscription:    This is usually ‘Yours sincerely’ as it is in informal letter. No signature isrequired. 

Note that the tone has to be respectful. Use of colloquial expressions must be limited to the barest minimum and use of slang is not allowed. The language should be direct, rather than wordy and circumlocutory as in an informal letter. 

EVALUATION

You were travelling on a long journey when you got to a point midway on your journey and the vehicle in which you were travelling broke down. It was getting dark and you were anxious to get to the nearest town. Fortunately, somebody whom you had never met, came along and offered you a lift in his car. You also put up with him or her for the night until the second day when you continued your journey and you eventually reached your destination. Write a letter of gratitude to him/her.

READING ASSIGNMENT 

Countdown in English, pg 68 – 69.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISIONAL QUESTIONS

Give the past and past participle forms of the following verbs: 

awake        find        hold        sweep

beat        forget        leave        swell

cling        freeze        shut        swing

drink        grind        sow        take

feel            hide        stand        wring 

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets 

1. The child had __________ the entire bottle before I came in (drink)
2. After I told Kola of the accident, he _____________ to cry (begin)
3. When prices __________ consumers feel happy (fall)
4. The wind has __________ away my shirt (blow)

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT 

Section A

Select the correct answers from the brackets.

1. A (little/few) boys are still eating in the dining hall
2. There is (few/little) water for Akin to drink: Please get (a/some) more. 
3. Do you know there are (less/lesser) days in February than January.
4. The rain this year is (fewer/lesser) than that of last year. 
5. You know there is a (few/little) space we can only stay for a (few/little) minutes.
6. We have (many/much) men, yet there isn’t (much/many) to be done 
7. Just put in (little/few) salt and give me (a/some) biscuits and a (few/little) orange juice. 
8. Go and cook (few/some) rice and prepare (a/an) stew with the fresh fish I bought.
9. You make (many/much) noise. I hope you will talk (little/less) when you finish serving the punishment. 
10. Sade has put into the soup (many/much) pepper. The rice even contained (much/many) stones and (much/many)salt. No wonder I couldn’t eat it. 

Section B 

Practice 2, Effective English page 205

WEEK 10

REVISION

WEEK 11 & 12

EXAMINATION