SS2 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Words associated with Health

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WEEK 4

Speech Work: Contrast of Monophthongs: /u/ and /u:/; /L/ and /æ/; Vocabulary Development; Words associated with Health; Reading Comprehension: Reading to summarize an Argument: ‘The Trial of a Hardened Criminal’ (NOSEC, pages 27 – 28); Structure: Pronouns: Types, Functions and Usage (Personal, Possessive, Reflexive; Writing Skills: Argumentative Writing (Guided Writing) – “Sexual Abuse is as a result of exposure to foreign films”; Summary: Exercise: NEPA (National Electric Power Authority) (NOSEC, pages 52 – 53).

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC: Contrast of Monophthongs /u/ and /u: / and /ᴧ/ and/æ/

/u/ – This is a short, back, half close, rounded vowel sound.  This vowel has the following spelling symbols.

‘o’ –  e.g.; wolf, woman, bosom

‘oo’ –  e.g.; cook, good, wood, foot, hook, shook e. t. c.

‘ou’  –  e.g.;  courier, could, should, would

‘u’    –  e.g.; put, sugar, cushion, butcher, bush e. t. c.

Note:  In most cases, when ‘oo’ comes before a ‘k’, as well as‘t’ and‘d’, it represents /ʋ/.  However, in ‘food’, ‘oo’ represents /u: /.

/u: / –   This is a long, back, close, rounded vowel sound.  The common spelling symbols are listed below:

‘o’    e. g.  lose, womb, tomb, who, more, prove e. t. c.

‘oo’  e. g. boot, spoon, mood, fool, loose, school, e. t .c

‘ew’  e. g. threw shrewd, crew, new, screw, nephew, chew, e. t. c.

‘eu’   e. g. Zeus, pseudonym, rheumatic, pneumatic, feud, e. t. c.

‘u’     e. g. rude, June, lucid, truth, flute, education, e. t. c.

‘ue’   e. g. queue, glue, value, venue, virtue, true, due, e. t. c.

‘ui’    e. g.  cruise, bruise, suitable, lawsuit, juice, fruit, e. t. c.

‘oe’   e. g.  shoe, canoe, wooed, e. t. c.

‘ou’  e. g.  rouge, coup, youth, troupe, soup, you, louvre, e. t. c.

‘eau’  e. g.  beauty, beautify, beautiful, e. t.c.

‘iew’ e. g. view, e. t. c.

Differentiating between /u/ and /u: /

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