Speech Work: Consonant Sound /p/ and /t/ JSS2 English Studies Lesson Note

SPEECH WORK

•             Speechwork: Consonant Contrast /p/ and /t/
•             Grammar: PastTense Aspects
•             Reading Comprehension: The Lorry Trip
•             Vocabulary Development: Sports
•             Writing: Narrative Essay

•  Topic: Consonants

Content: Consonant Contrast /p/ and /t/

/p/     /t/

pit     tip

pat     tap

pip     tip

pot     top

part     tart

peep     team

pea     tea

Evaluation: Write ten examples for each of the consonant sounds above.

•             Topic: Tense

Content: Past Tense Aspects

The past tense is used to show that an action was completed or done in the past.

Examples: He went to Ibadan yesterday.

Paloma died four years ago.

We were in Ekiti last year.

They stayed in a hotel for weeks.

It was hot yesterday.

The past tense is divided into four classes namely simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect-continuous tense.

1.  The Simple Past Tense: It shows that an action was completed in the past. It expresses an action that was taken in the past; used in conditional statements used to express habitual past action and to change a direct to indirect speech.

Example:   I went to school in Ogbomosho.

We waited for her.

You sing a song.

He learned English.

She wrote a letter.

It rained heavily.

They built the house.

2.  Past Continuous Tense: It is used to show that an action was in progress or incomplete in the past. It is made up of was or were + verb + ing, i.e was singing or were playing

Example:

  I was reading a novel.

We were waiting for her.

You were singing a song.

He was learning English.

She was writing a letter.

It was raining heavily.

They were building the house.

While I was reading, my maid was washing the plates.

As he was walking to the station, he tripped and fell.

3. Past Perfect Tense: It is used to show a past action that took place before another. It is made with had+past participle i.e. had eaten, had goneetc.

Example: I had read a novel.

We had waited for her.

You had sung a song.

He had learned English.

She had written a letter.

It had rained heavily.

They had built the house.

After I had said my prayers, I played the piano.

Everyone had gone to bed when she came home.

He told us that they had bought a new television set.

1.    Past Perfect Continuous Tense: It is used to show that an action had been in progress up till another action began.

It is made with had+been+past participle i.e, had been singing, etc.

Examples: I had been reading a novel.

We had been waiting for her.

Evaluation: Write the tense of each verb below:

Will embark, floats shall have docked flowed, have changed, has navigated, had steered, announced, will have cleared departed, is walking, were fighting.

Reading: Student’s Companion Junior High School by Cihrus Talbot pages 84 – 92

•  Topic: Reading Comprehension

Content: The Lorry Trip Page 79 – 80

The passage discusses a trip by a lorry and how some of the passengers slipped and fell onto an oily road while trying to settle down in the lorry. 

Evaluation: Answer the questions in Practice 3 and 4. Effective English JS 2 pages 80 – 81

•   Topic: Vocabulary Development

Content: Sport is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as an activity that one does for pleasure and which requires physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules. Words associated with the sport are player, competitor, athlete, medalist, score, defender, attacker, referee, coach, basketball, athletics, football, netball, volleyball, boxing, table, items, swimming, wrestling, stadium, field, tracks, gymnasium, penalty, goal, competition, race, match, cut, jab, break, record, team, etc.

Evaluation: Write out other words to do with sports.

• Topic: Writing

Content: Narrative Essay

A narrative essay is an essay that tells or recounts a story, an event, or an incident. The past tense is used in this type of essay. Writing an Outline for A frightening Experience 

Evaluation: Develop the outline into a full essay

GENERAL EVALUATION/ REVISION

Each sentence contains an error involving a form of be, have, or do. Write the sentences correctly.

1.         The weather was beautiful all summer long.
2.         Wasn’t you an expert on canal trips?
3.         We have always waited to travel on a canal boat.
4.         The boat leaves ripples in its wake.
5.         Did you see what she threw into the water?
6.         People had spread out on deck to get some sun or to take a nap.