Review of /stress/ Intonation JSS2 English Studies Lesson Note

LESSON ONE: Review of /stress/ Intonation. Reference to weeks 3 and 4 

LESSON TWO

GRAMMAR: Adverbials and the present tense

The basic function of adverbials is that of modification. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Examples

Adverbials as modifiers of the verb.

1. John ate hurriedly (modifies ate)
2. The children were playing in the field (modifies were playing)

As modifiers of adjectives e.g.

1. We watched a very funny film (modified funny)
2. This work is good enough (modifies good)
3.  The man is highly intelligent (modified intelligent) 

Other adverbs that can modify adjectives are: very, pretty, rather, unusually, quite, unbelievable deeply.

As modifies other adverbs. Examples:

1. Amina cooks really well (modifies well)
2. They walked fast enough to get there on time (modifies fast
3.  Our new neighbor drinks very heavily (modifies heavily)

Assignment 

Write five adverbial expressions and state their functions.

LESSON THREE

READING AND COMPREHENSION

More on week One (1)

Title: Reading to provide alternative words that can fit into the context to replace the target word.

Reference: New Oxford secondary English course, for junior secondary school. Book 2.

Unit 13, Pages 123 – 124

Reading to identify the meaning of a word in contexts.

Instruction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Title: Money – A Medium of Exchange 

Assignment

Use your dictionary to look for the meaning of the following words:

1. Purchase
2. Adverts
3.  Tedious
4. Medium
5. Able-bodied
6. Simultaneously 
7. Symbols

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

TITLE: Science and Technology

Introduction: You must have been introduced to science and technology in your school through integrated science and introductory technology (Basic Technology). You must have also felt the impact of science and technology in your daily activities.

So consider the following by using your dictionary to find the correct meaning of each.

Words Associated with Science and Technology 

1. Apparatus 
2. Satellite
3. Regent
4. Microscope
5. Mercury
6. Laboratory 
7. Telescope
8. Astronauts
9. Combustible 
10. Fizz
11. Eclipse of the sun
12. Comet
13. Orbit
14. Galaxy
15. Photosynthesis etc.

LESSON FOUR

COMPOSITION: Expository Essay

TITLE: Entrepreneurship 

Introduction: The Expository is a detailed explanation. It is a writing that explains a process, an idea, or a feeling. It is somewhat like a descriptive essay in that it contains a great deal of description and also it explains how things work or operate and shows their relation with other things.

The expository essay aims to inform, instruct, or bring someone else to see one’s points of view.

ESSENTIAL TIPS

Useful guides on Expository Writing

1. Do not write an exposition on a topic you are not familiar with.
2. Be clearer and go straight to the point 
3. Follow ideas in a logical sequence
4. Use good linkers to connect your ideas in a sequential order
5. Remember to write in paragraphs

Ideally, one idea should be presented in a paragraph and fully explained.

Assignment 

Write an expository essay of 200 words on Entrepreneurship

e.g. Definition

This is a person who makes money by starting or running a business, especially when this involves taking financial risks.

LESSON FIVE

LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH 

TITLE: Distinguish between Irony, Euphemism and Hyperbole

1. IRONY: This refers to the art of saying one thing and meaning its opposite. An irony is either verbal or dramatic. The former means intentionally saying the opposite of what we mean. Examples: 

(i) Ade studied hard, and so he failed his examination woefully

(ii) I saw a woman laughing for sorrow

2. HYPERBOLE: This is a gross exaggeration. Examples: 

(i) When my father died, I spent three hundred and sixty billion naira on a burial ceremony

(ii) I drank ten buckets of water yesterday 

(iii) I saw a man who was taller than an Iroko tree

3. EUPHEMISM: This is the opposite of hyperbole. When the truth is disagreeable (unpleasant) euphemism endeavours to make it pleasing. Examples:

(i) She has kicked the bucket (meaning she died)

(ii) She has just put to bed (meaning giving birth to a new baby)

(iii) He is at rest (meaning he is dead)

(iv) The manager put the student in a family way (he impregnated the student)

Assignment

Give two sentences each to show the following figures of speech learned in lesson

1. Irony 
2. Hyperbole
3.  Euphemism