Grammar, Oral, Comprehension, Vocabulary Development SS3 English Studies Lesson Note

READING SILENTLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

Comprehension is defined as the ability to understand something.

Silent reading is defined as’ reading alone silently or done without speaking the words being read. Reading silently is considered remarkable. Then, topical materials for reading are those materials that one treats as a subject topic of discussion.

Importance of silent reading

1. It improves students’ understanding.
2. It helps them concentrate on reading rather than pronunciation.
3. It helps children to read faster and improve learning.
4. It helps to develop reading skills.
5. It helps them concentrate on understanding the content.
6. It improves writing skills.
7. It builds vocabulary.

Examples of topical materials

1. Election
2. Education
3. Examination malpractice. 

WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVELLING

Specific (behavioural) objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. briefly explain what travelling is,
2. list at least five (5) words associated with travelling, 
3. state the meanings of those words,
4. Form sentences with them.

Words associated with travelling

1. Boat: small vessel for travelling on water .
2. Trip : visit, journey of relatively short duration.
3. Transit: public transportation.
4. Transportation: conveying of somebody or something.
5. Submarine: warship that can travel underwater.
6. Route: regular journey, track or direction.
7. Pedestrians: foot travellers.
8. Journey: travel to a place or over a particular distance.
9. Ferry: type of ship and boat used to carry weight/passengers across a river.
10. Congestion: excessive traffic.
11. Commuter: regular traveller from home to work
12. Booking: advance reservation.

EVALUATION.

1. Explain what travelling is.
2. List at least five (5) words associated with travelling.
3. State the meanings of some words associated with travelling.
4. Form sentences with them.

ASSIGNMENT: Students are to engage in exercise 1 & 2 on pages 42 & 43(New Concept, Book

REFERENCE MATERIALS.

• F Ademola-Adeoye ettal (2012). New Concept English for Senior Secondary Schools, Book 3, Learn Africa Plc, Lagos.
• TeachingBanyan.com
• New Oxford English Language Book 3 Fourth Edition.

REVISING LETTER WRITING

Letter writing is the art of communicating by writing one’s request, feelings, ideas, opinions and so on to someone, as if the person were physically present.

 Formal letter

Another name for formal letters is official letter. They are letters we write to people in their official positions. Even when we know them personally, the rule demands that we still write them impersonal or official letters.

Formal letters can be in the form of applications for admission or employment requests for casual leave by staff in offices, official queries and replies to them, letters to local government Chairmen, Commissioners or Minister of Education requesting for changes in the school system and other such topics.

 Features of a Formal Letter

Writer’s Address: This should be written at the top right hand corner of the page like this:

Federal Government College

P.M.B. 1075,

Owerri,

Imo State

15th July, 2002.

Receiver’s Address

This is written on the line following the date on the left hand side of the page. Other names for the receiver are: (1) the recipient

(11) The addressee e.g.

The Director,

Adebisi Associated Enterprises,

P.M.B. 10016,

Akure.

3. Salutation: The salutation is the greeting which comes after the receiver’s address: Dear Sir,or Dear Madam,.

There are some people who are greeted in special ways like this:

4. Heading or Topic or Title

This comes directly after the salutation but not on the same line. E.g. Complaints about the lack of facilities in my area.

5. Body of the letter: Here, you go straight to what the question states you should do. There should be no room for exchange of pleasantries or personal matters, slang, colloquialism, abbreviations and contracted words like won’t, I’m, You know, Yea, Whats up, US, NAFDAC are not allowed.

6. Subscript (Complimentary close)

The most correct way of ending a formal letter is Yours faithfully, at the right hand corner of the page immediately after the letter. It’s followed by the writer’s signature and full names written under the signature:

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)

EzeChima

NOTE- Capital letter “Y” and a small letter “f” while your signature must come before your name.

Evaluation: Write a letter to the chairman of your local government complaining to him about the lack of facilities in your area.

Reading Assignment: Page 203 of Effective English.

THE SCHWA /ə/ AS FINAL UNSTRESS

There is no better way than to use examples (the stressed syllables are written in capital letters).

/∂ /: This sound is a neutral vowel. It is used to represent the weak form of other vowel sounds.

Examples: fever, manners, labour, breakfast, hundred, wonder, purpose, anxiety, future, etc.

Sentences for practising the /∂ /: sound

The picture of William was a failure. The clever painter was not the right man to do the job. The nose was good and so was the mouth, but William’s handsome figure was made to look smaller and shorter. The painter was a man that made excellent pictures of children and girls, but not of men.

EVALUATION: Identify the words which contain the /∂ / sound in the short passage above.

ASSIGNMENT: Identify, write down, and answer related questions on the /∂ / sound from WAEC/ NECO previous examination question papers.