Complete SS2 English Lesson Note

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These lesson notes cover the following topics for SS2 First, Second and Third Term English Language: 

First Term

1. Comprehension:Reading for Main Points

• Structure: Revision on Nominalization of Adjectives and Verbs.
• Speech Work: Review of Consonants Followed by /j/ and /u/ Sounds. Summary: Revision of the Features of Summary.

2. (i) Comprehension – Learning about Main Ideas and Supporting Details Unit 1:

     Basketball, pg 19

(ii) Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with the Human Body System and Functions

(iii) Speech Work: Cluster of Two, Three and Four Consonants

(iv) Writing (Expository): Meaning, Features and Examples 

3. (i) Comprehension: Reading to Follow Writer’s Ideas; Unit 2: Insurance, pg 33

(ii) Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Health e.g. diagnosis, contagious etc.

(iii) Structure: Noun Phrases: Meaning, Identification and Functions

4. Summary (Reading to Summarise): NnamdiAzikwe,pg 26

Vocabulary Development – Words Associated with Building and Building

Construction.

Writing – (Narrative) Meaning, Features and Examples.

Structure – Relative Pronouns

5. Comprehension Reading For Main Points – 2; Unit 4; Building,pg 66

Speech Work: Unstressed Vowel Sound /ə /

Writing (Argumentative) “Corruption Should be fought from the top to the bottom”

6. Comprehension:Reading to Extract the Main Points from a Passage: Unit 6; On the Road pg 90

Structure: Sentence Types

Speech Work: Stress OfFour Syllable Words

Writing: Descriptive: “Valedictory Ceremony in My School”

7. (i) Comprehension: Reading to Take Notes; Unit 7; Technology, pg 104

Structure: Adverb – Types (Manner, Place, Time, Frequency, Degree etc.)

Summary: Reading to Summarise an Argument

8. Structure: Word Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Colours, Smell and Taste

Comprehension (Listening); Unit 8; Uganda’s National Resistance Army, pg 119

Writing: A Report

9. Structure: Plural Forms of Nouns

Speech Work: Stress of Five Syllable Words

Writing – Creative Writing: Features of a Short Story.

Summary Writing – Identifying Topic Sentences: Agriculture; Technical Aid Corps Proposed for Africa.

10. Comprehension: Reading to Paraphrase a Prose Passage; Unit 5; Nazruddin, pg 80

Structure: Phrasal Verbs.

Writing: Features and Format of an Informal Letter.

11. Revision
12. Examination

REFERENCE

• Montgomery et al: Effective English for SS 2 ( Main Text) Evans Publishers, Ibadan
• Ogunsanya et al: Countdown to SSCE, Evans Publisher, Ibadan.
• Onuigbo S.M: Oral English for Schools and Colleges, Africana Publishers, Enugu.
• Ayo Banjo et al: New Oxford Secondary English Course SS 2. University Press PLC, Ibadan
• FoluAgoi: Towards Effective Use of English. A grammar of Modern English
• Ayo Akano: Maclimillan Mastery English Language for Senior Secondary Schools, Macmillan Nigeria Publishrs limited, Ibadan
• Ken Mebele et al: Goodbye to Failure in English for Senior Schools, Book 2, Treasure Publishers LTD, Lagos.
• Benson O. A Oluikpe et al: Intensive English for Senior Secondary Schools, 2 Africanal Publishers LTD, Onitsha.
• Oxford, Advanced Learners Dictionary.
• WAEC Past Questions.

Second Term

1. (i) Revision of Last Term’s Work and Examination Questions

(ii) Structure – Use of Possessive Apostrophe

(iii) Comprehension (Reading to Grasp Main Points): Unit 9; Stock Exchange, Effective English, pg. 134 – 136

Writing (Narrative) “My SS 1 Experience.”

2. Comprehension: (Reading to Grasp Sentence Paragraph Transition): Unit 10 – Nothing Gets Done. Effective English, page 150

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with the Press

Structure: Punctuation Marks (Comma, Semi-colon, Question Mark, Colon)

3. Essay Writing (Formal Letters) Letter of Complaints

Structure – Sentence Types According to Functions

Speech Work – Diphthongs

Summary – How to Answer Summary Questions

4. Essay Writing: (Informal Letters) Letters to a Friend in Another Town.

Speech Work: Diphthongs /ei, ai, au, ᴐi/

Comprehension (Reading for Implied Meaning): unit II – Moral Behaviour, Effective English, page 168

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Environment.

5. Summary Writing: Wole Soyinka, Effective English, pg 158 – 159

Structure: Kinds of Pronouns

Speech Work: Rhyme Scheme

6. Comprehension: (Reading for Critical Evaluation) Communication; Effective English page 181

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Nation Building

Structure: Introduction to Sequence of Tenses

Speech Work: Diphthongs /Iә, eә, әƱ, Ʊә/

7. Structure: More About Phrasal Verbs

Comprehension: unit 12 Advancement in Technology, Effective English, pg 109 – 111

Vocabulary Development: Technology

Speech Work: Comparison of /tᶘ/ and /ᶘ/, /ʤ/ and /ʒ/

8. Essay Writing: Articles

Structure: Active and Passive Structures

Register: Words Associated with Cultural Entertainment

9. Structure: Making Uncountable Nouns Countable

Summary: Writing Answers to Model Summary Passage

Vocabulary Development: Noting Words Commonly Misspelt.

Writing: Writing Semi-Formal Letter.

10. Revision
11. & 12 Examination

REFERENCE

1. 1. Montgomery et al: Effective English for SS 2 ( Main Text) Evanz Publishers, Ibadan
   2. Ogunsanya et al: Countdown to SSCE, Evans Publisher, Ibadan.
   3. Onuigbo S.M: Oral English for Schools and Colleges, Africana Publishers, Enugu.
   4. Ayo Banjo et al: New Oxford Secondary English Course SS 2. University Press PLC, Ibadan
   5. FoluAgoi: Towards Effective Use of English. A grammar of Modern English
   6. Ayo Akano: Maclimillan Mastery English Language for Senior Secondary Schools, Macmillan Nigeria Publishrs limited, Ibadan
   7. Ken Mebele et al: Goodbye to Failure in English for Senior Schools, Book 2, Treasure Publishers LTD, Lagos.
   8. Benson O. A Oluikpe et al: Intensive English for Senior Secondary Schools, 2 Africanal Publishers LTD, Onitsha.
   9. Oxford, Advanced Learners Dictionary.
   10. WAEC Past Questions.

Third Term

1. Revision of the Last Term’s Examination Questions, Resumption Test,

Revision of Tenses in Grammar

Narrative: My Holiday Experience  

2. Conditional Clauses; Complex Sentence

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Publishing

Essay Writing: Speech Writing, Meaning and Features

3. Speech Work: Stress Patterns

Structure: Active and Passive Voice 

Vocabulary Development: Prefixes

Essay Writing: Article Writing; Explanation and Features

4. Structure: Prepositional Phrase

Vocabulary Development: The Use of Dictionary 

Grammar: Rules of Concord

Comprehension: Bullying (pg 84, Countdown English)

5. Speech Work: Stress Placement on Two or More Syllable Words

Essay writing: Story Writing

Comprehension: Reading for the Writer’s purpose

Vocabulary Development: A Manufacturing Industry

6. Summary writing: Agriculture Technical Aid to Africa p.85

Structure: Adjectival Clause

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Films and TV

7. Speech Work: Vowels /I/ & /I:/

Essay Writing: Expository: Raising a Total Child

Comprehension: Reading to Identify Sentence Types in a Passage

Structure: Adverbs

8. Vocabulary Development: Hotel & Catering

Summary Writing: Summarising to get Implied Meaning

Structure: Prepositional Phrases

9. Comprehension: African Plucked Lutes

Structure: Idioms

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Politics and Government

Writing: Essay Writing; Descriptive Essay: A Festival I Like.

10. Structure: Affixation: Suffixes

Speech Work: Nasal Sounds (/m/ /n/ and /h/)

Comprehension/Register: Vocabulary Associated with Transportation

11. Structure: Clauses- Subordinate and Insubordinate

Speech work: Stress on the 5th and 6th syllable

Comprehension: Reading for Implied Meaning and Interpreting Examples

12. Revision
13. Examination

REFERENCES

1. Montgomery et al: Effective English for S.S 2 (Main Textbook) Evans PublishersIbadan.
2. Ogunsanwo et al: Countdown to SSCE Evans Publishers Ibadan.