Speech Work: Listening And Speaking The/əʊ/ Sound JSS2 English Studies Lesson Note

SPEECH WORK: The /əʊ/ sound e.g. /go, blow, mow, know/

At the production of /əʊ/, the tongue glide starts at a point between the centre and the back with a closing movement of the lower jaw.

The gradual tongue glide towards /ʊ/ agrees with the closing movement of the jaw. The shape of the lips changes from neutral to a rounded few spelling symbols which are:

‘ow’ as in cow, how, blow

‘ou’ as in out, cloud, out

‘ough’ as in plough, drought

In addition, to produce /əʊ/, tongue movement is from /a/ to /ʊ/. This diphthong is heard as shown in colour in the following utterances; e.g. to browse on your computer, you should use the mouse.

LESSON TWO

GRAMMAR: MORE ON TENSES (Present, Past and Future)

Tense is the change that takes place in the structure (i.e. form) of the verb to show time.

The Simple present tense: It is used to show an action that occurs always or an occupation.

1. Examples:
2. I eat beans every day
3. He sells bread
4. They work hard
5. My father is a trader
6. The sun shines during the day

The simple past: This is used for an action that took place in the past.

Example:

1. Yesterday I ate rice
2. Last year, Badmus spent his holiday in Jos
3. They worked hard
4. She sold bread a week ago.

The future tense: it is used to show an event that will take place in the future.

Example:

1. I shall write a letter to my father
2. They will attend the meeting
3. She will sell bread in the evening
4. She will meet the  principal in his office
5. They will work hard next week

LESSON THREE (3)

Reading and Comprehension – Critical reading (Reading skill) Unit 4. Page 43.

The writer’s purpose – is to identify the meanings of words in various contexts.

Reference: New Oxford, Secondary English Course (2) for Junior Secondary Schools.

Instruction: Read the following passage carefully and do the exercise on it

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

A word associated with police increases your word power (law & order)

Introduction: For a nation to have progress and development there has to be peace in the nation. It is for this purpose that laws are made. The maintenance of these laws to ensure peace and orderliness in society is the responsibility of certain agencies and arms of government such as the police, the judiciary, etc. The police ensure that the laws that make for peace are not broken and where the laws are broken, they apprehend the lawbreakers and charge them then perform their functions. It is a useful idea to be familiar with some of the words used in this sphere.

Associated word with police (i) Gun (ii) Handcuffed (iii) cell (iv) jail (v) crime/offense (vi) arrest (vii) robbery with violence etc.

LESSON FOUR (4)

LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH

A recommended prose text.

(i)     Reading

(ii)    Explanation