Complete Term SS1 English Lesson Note

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These lesson notes cover the following topics for SS1 First, Second and Third Term English Language: 

First Term

WEEK	TOPIC
1	General Revision of Last Term’s Examination; Review of the word class-Parts of Speech- Noun, Pronoun, Verb and Adjective. Spelling; Doubling of Consonants
2	Comprehension, Reading Skills; Word Meanings in Context- Unit 3, pages 54-55 Structure: Introduction to Phrasal Verbs; More on Parts of Speech- Adverb, Conjunction and Preposition. Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Libraries.
3	Essay Writing: Types of Essays ;Speech Work: Monophthongs;  Idioms Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Entertainment.
4	Comprehension/ Reading Skills: Skimming and Scanning- Unit 4. Vocabulary Development: Agriculture. Structure: Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase Spelling: Words Commonly Misspelt; Unified Test.
5	Structure: Kinds of Sentences- Simple, Multiple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex Essay Writing: Expository- “Honesty is the Best Legacy” Vocabulary Development: Stock Exchange and Insurance.
6	Comprehension/Oral Skills- Pages 86-87: Figures of Speech- Simile, Metaphor, Irony, Personification and Rhetorical Question. Structure: Adverbial Clause Essay Writing: Descriptive Speech Work: Diphthongs.
7	Structures: Learning about Noun Clause; Vocabulary Development: Transportation- Aviation, Rail, Road and Maritime. Speech Work: Introduction to Consonant Sounds Essay Writing: More on Narrative- A story that ends with,“It Pays to be Hard-working”.
8	Comprehension/ Reading Skills- Page 60. More on Consonant Sounds Structure: Adjectival Clause. Argumentative- “Patriotism Enhances the Growth of a Nation”
9	Comprehension / Reading Skills: Introduction to Answering Comprehension Questions Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Religion. Speech Work: Stress.
10	Comprehension and Writing Skills: Vocabulary Development: Introduction to Summary Writing         Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes Structure: Adverbial and Prepositional Phrase
11	Vocabulary Development: Registers of Judiciary. Essay Writing: Informal letter- “A letter to the sister who plans to divorce her husband advising her against the decision” Structure: Definite and Indefinite Articles Speech Work: More on Consonants.

 

REFERENCES

• Effective English Book .1-Michael Montgomery et al.
• Countdown English – O. Ogunsanwo et al.
• Goodbye to Failure in English, Book 3 Ken Mebele et al.
• Communication in English – Blessing Dupe el al.

Second Term

WEEK            TOPIC

1                      Revision of Last Term Work and Exams

Homographs: Words that are Spelled the Same. More on Spellings

2                      Comprehension/Listening Skills-Listening to Grasp the Main Points- Unit 6 Section C- Page 111

Structure, Present Tense -Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and   Present Perfect Continuous.

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Government and Politics.

3                      Comprehension: Comprehending Word. Unit 6 Section A Page 104 on ‘Beauty’ Meanings in Context.

Structure: Auxiliaries, “will and would”,

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Photography

4                      Essay writing: Formal Letter, speech work: Contrasting /Ɵ/and /ᵭ/ \ Ɵ\ and/t/ /d/

and /d/, Structure: Participle-Present and Past – Unified Test.

5                      Comprehension/ Writing Skill, Answering Summary Questions.

Structure: Auxiliaries-”shall” and “should”.

Essay Writing: Descriptive- The Evil Effect of Peer Pressure.

6                      Comprehension –Unit 8-Yvonne and Yvette- Pages 139-142

Vocabulary Development- Printing and Mass-media     .

Structure:‘can and could’.Words Commonly Misspell,TheUse ofDictionary

7                      Comprehension- Group Work on Oral and Written TV Interviews, Structure: Past Tense, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

Comprehension/Writing Skills, Paraphrasing a Passage.

Essay Writing: Various Methods of Introducing Writings

8                      Essay writing: More on Argumentative “Child Abuse” Who is to be Blamed, Government or Parents?

Vocabulary /Development: Words Associated with Religion.

Structure: Future Tense: Simple Future Continuous etc

9                      Comprehension – Unit 7 Passage C Pages 125-126.Speech Work: Introduction Syllable Spelling: Homophones: Words that sounds alike.

Structure Punctuation: Question Mark, Apostrophe and Exclamation Mark.

10                    Speech work: Introduction to Stress, essay writing:Writing Minutes of Meetings

Structure: Punctuation-Full Stop, Comma, Dash, Colon, Semi Colon, and quotation marks

11                    Revision and Exams.

12                    Examination.

REFERENCES

Effective English Book 1- Michael Montgomery et al.

Countdown English- O. Ogunsanwo et al.

Goodbye to Failure- Blessing Dupe at al

Third Term

 

TOPIC

Revision of Last Term’s Work and Examination Comprehension- Reading to grasp word meanings in various contexts. Commonly Misspelt Words The Use of Dictionary

Practical Approach to Summary Writing Comprehension: Reading for the main point. “Beauty” Vocabulary Development: Advertising Structure: Adjuncts: explanation and Examples Writing: Narrative Essay: Explanation, Features and Outline of a topic

Comprehension: Fishing in Hausa Land, page 227, Effective English Summary Writing: A Sample Passage, page 152-153. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with home and family life. Writing: Expository Essay: Explanation, Features and Outline of a topic Structure: Introduction to Clauses.

Essay Writing: More on formal letter. Speech Work: Rhymes Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Government and Politics.

Comprehension / Reading Skills: More on Skimming and Scanning. Speech work: Diphthongs /ei/ and /ai/ Structure: Conjuncts and Disjuncts.

Structures: Plural forms of Nouns and Compound Nouns. Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables Essay Writing: Story Writing- A story which illustrates the saying- It is a man’s world”

Comprehension and Reading Skills: Reading for leisure Writing: Semi Formal Letter: Explanation and Features Sentence Structure and formation. Spelling: Dropping (e) and retaining (e)

Comprehension; Summarizing in a specified number of sentences Speech Work: Homophones Structure: Functions of comparatives. Vocabulary Development: Sports and Entertainment.

Comprehension/Reading Skills: Identifying statutory topic, theme and key sentences of a passage. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with journalism and advertising. Structure: Antonyms as words opposite in meaning and nearly opposite in meaning. Informal Letter Writing: Explanation and Features

Comprehension/Speaking skill. Speech work: contrasting /i/  and  /i: /. Essay writing: Argumentative – Indiscipline is Responsible for the Poor Performances of Students in Examinations’ Structure: Pronoun references to the three Persons in English

Comprehension: Summarizing in a specified number of words. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Building. Structure: synonyms: words nearest in meaning

Revision and Examination

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