Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 3

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: SS 3

REFERENCES

• Effective English for Senior Secondary
• Schools, Book 3 by Montgomery, et al
• Countdown to English by Ogunsanwo, et al
• Oral English for Schools and colleges by Sam Onuigbo
• Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Past Questions in English Language

WEEK ONE

SPELLING: BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

Some American spellings are quite different from the British spellings. Americans believe that a word should be spelt as it is pronounced.

These differences are notable in the following examples:

          BRITISH                            AMERICA

A              ‘s’                                        ‘z’

        specialisation                            specialization

        colonise                            colonize

        summarise                            summarize

        organise                            organize

        mechanise                            mechanize

        economise                            economize

        pressurise                            pressurize

        centralise                            centralize

B        ‘our’                                ‘or’

        habour                                habor

        honour                                honor

        labour                                labor

        neighbour                            neighbor

        favour                                favor

        vapour                                vapor

        odour                                odor

C        ‘re’                                ‘er’

        centre                                center

        metre                                meter

        kilometre                            kilometer

1. ‘amme’                            ‘am’

        gramme                            gram

        kilogramme                            kilogram

        programme                            program

       2. ‘ogue’                                ‘og’

        dialogue                            dialog

        catalogue                            catalog

In verbs which end in ‘l’ and are not stressed on the final syllable, the ‘l’  is not doubled in the – ing form and the past participle.

        British                                American

        travelling                            traveling

        equalled                            equaled

        cancelling                            canceling

There is also the usual practice to replace ‘ae’ or ‘oe’ in words by ‘e’ (Words of Greek and Latin origin). The original spelling is however retained by the British.

    British                                    American

    Haemoglobin                          hemoglobin

    Diaerrhoea                             diarrhea

    Encyclopaedia                         encyclopedia

EVALUATION

Give ten words that have different spellings in the British and American spellings.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Phrases and Clauses.

GENERAL EVALUATION

Comprehension 

Death and the King’s Horseman   

1. In three short sentences, summarise the play extract.
2. List the four main points on which Elesin contradicts Pilkings.
3. In what two ways has Pilkings interfered with Elesin’s life?

Structure

1. Use the information provided on page of your Effective English to write a sentence each with hardly, scarcely or barely.

Essay

1. Write an article to illustrate this saying, “A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed”

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Revision and Tests Part 1, Page 33, Effective English.