English Language is a core subject SS2 students are required to offer in first term. The Unit of Instruction for SS2 English Language 1st Term is carefully developed from the Scheme of Work, which in turn is, based on NERDC current curriculum and SSCE syllabus.
Parts of speech, Diphthongs, determiners and writing skills, Conjunctions, formal letter and poetry, Word forms, informal letter and writing exposition, Word stress, punctuation and speech writing, Argumentative essay, active/passive voice and word stress, Nominalisation of adjectives and verbs, Relative pronoun, Speech work: Unstressed vowels, ETC
SUB TOPICS: Vocabulary Development
Welcome Test
Vocabulary Devevelopment on Human Internal Body System
Comprehension Passage on Human Internal Body System
Structure – Noun Phrase
Dictation and recount of topics
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1 Acquire new words on Human Internal Body System.
2 Identify the sounds in words.
PERIOD 1: GRAMMAR – CONSONANT CLUSTER AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END OF WORDS, PHRASES AND SENTENCES
Learning Objectives – By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Define consonant cluster.
Presentation
A consonant is a group of consonants with no vowels between them. At the beginning of a syllable (the smallest unit of speech that can be pronounced), the possible clusters are 1 to 3. While at the end of a syllable, the possible clusters are 2 to 4.
The longest possible cluster in English is three consonant sounds at the start, such as ‘splash’, and four at the end, as in ‘twelfths’.
SUB TOPICS: Vocabulary Development on Health
Vocabulary Development on Health
Comprehension Passage on Health (Reading for Content)
Structure – Adverbial Phrase
Informal Letter Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
Work in Progress
SUB TOPICS:
Vocabulary Development on Library
Comprehension Passage on Library
Structure – Noun Clause
Formal Letter Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
What is nominalisation? Nominalisation simply means changing one part of speech to another so that it can be used in a sentence. The following video explains how nouns can be created from verbs and adjectives.
PERIOD 2: STRUCTURE –> DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Learning Objectives – By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Use demonstrative pronouns to replace nouns or noun phrases.
Presentation
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun used to point out (or demonstrate) a noun. They point to specific things. They include this, that, these and those. They represent distance, singular or plural things.
For example: (Source: Ref E2-01, Pg 34)
1 Is that yours? (Far and Singular)
2 This is my pencil. (Near and Singular)
3 That is your book. (Far and Singular)
4 Those are their oranges. (Far and Plural)
5 These are good children. (Near and Plural)
SUB TOPICS:
Vocabulary Development on Sports (Football)
Comprehension Passage on Sports
Structure – Adverbial Clause
Expository Essay Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
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SUB TOPICS:
Vocabulary Development on Military
Comprehension Passage on Military
Structure – Direct and Reported Speech
Argumentative Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
SUB TOPICS:
Vocabulary Development on Banking
Comprehension Passage on Banking
Nominalization
Summary Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
SUB TOPICS:
Vocabulary Development on Communication
Comprehension Passage on Communication
Practice on Nominalization
Argumentative Writing
Dictation and recount of topics
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