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 FOUR

TOPIC: COMPREHENSION : BUSINESS

The passage centres on the establishment of PZ Cussons and its gradual growth in the nineteenth century. It was formerly known as PZ until 1975 when it acquired Cussons. Thus, in 2002, it was renamed PZ Cussons in order to underline its core product range.

Today, PZ Cussions is a leading public company with interests worldwide.

EVALUATION

Questions, Page 87

Topic: Vocabulary Development: Business

The passage consist two passages on business. Some of the words used in them include trade, entrepreneurs, enterprises, factories, industries, apprentices, labourers, warehouse, stock, manager, export, retail, merchant, e.t.c 

EVALUATION

Vocabulary, Page 88.

Topic: Nominalization.

Nouns formed from adjectives

Adjectives                        Nouns

able                            Ability

holy                            Holiness

lazy                            laziness

clean                           cleanliness

bitter                           bitterness

dark                            darkness

warm                          warmth

wise                            wisdom

young                          youth

strong                         strength

poor                            poverty

ill                                illness

heavy                          heaviness

equal                           equality

Nouns formed from verbs.

Verbs                            Nouns

repeat                            repetition

mix                            mixture

injure                            injury

enjoy                            enjoyment

bond                            bondage

choose                            choice

accuse                            accusation

enter                            entrance

differ                            difference

hate                            hatred

govern                            government

endure                            endurance

satisfy                            satisfaction

think                            thought

EVALUATION

Write the nouns of the following words:

(i) lose (ii) obey (iii) lend (iv) omit (v) give (vi) long (vii) true (viii) deep (ix) hard (x) fertile

TOPIC: Monophthongs and Diphthongs

The vowels in English are classified into two main groups pure vowels (monophthongs) and diphthongs

1. Monophthongs: The monophthongs are sub-classified into short vowels and long vowels.

Diagram showing the English vowel chart.

The monophthongs are listed below with examples of words where they occur.

1. / i: / -    beat, seat
2. / i / -    bit, sit
3. / e / -    bed , hen
4. /æ/ -    cart, part
5. /a:/ -    cart, part
6. / כ / -    Pot, cork
7. /כ:/ -    port, cork
8. /u / -    put, foot
9. /u:/ -    two, woo

10    /л/    -    hut, cut

11. /3:/ -    bird, herb
12. /ə/     akin, baker

1. Diphthongs: The diphthongs differ from the pure vowels (monophthongs) because their articulation involves a glide from one vowel quality to the other. There are eight diphthongs in English and their phonetic symbols indicate the initial and final vowels represented in the articulation.

Diagram showing the diphthongs in English.

The diphthongs are listed below with examples of words where they occur.

1. /ei/ -    pay, again
2.     / əu / - go, home
3.     / αi/ - rice, kite
4. / au  / -    cow, house
5.     / כi/ - toy, voice
6. / iə /       -    ear, here
7. / eə /     -    air, hair
8. / uə  / -    poor, tour

EVALUATION

Exercise 1, Question C, Nos 1 – 10, Page 30. Exercise 2, Question B, Page 31 Oral English for Schools and Colleges.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Adverbs and Adverbials

GENERAL EVALUATION

Comprehension

1. Meteors:- Summarise the passage in three short sentences.

Structure 

      State the grammatical functions of the underlined expressions;

1. Mr John who lost her sight a year ago was elected to the council last week.
2. She gave us direction to the restaurant where we are to meet for lunch.
3.  What are the nouns formed from these verbs: lose, lend, do, omit, injure.

Letter Writing

1. Write a letter to your friend who is in another school about your annual inter-house sports which you celebrated recently.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Exercise 2, Question C, Page 31, Oral English for Schools and Colleges

Revision and Tests, Part 2, Page 46 Effective English.