JSS2 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Types and Feature of Prose

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WEEK 1

SPEECH WORK:         Revision of Sounds- a, e, i, o, u

GRAMMAR:    Revision of Parts of Speech-Noun, Pronoun, Verbs and Adjective

COMPREHENSION/VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT – Reading to understand the writer’s purpose: “How we spent the Holiday”

COMPOSITION: Writing an outline for the Narrative Essay – Topic “How I Spent my Last Holiday”

LITERATURE: Types and Feature of Prose

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC : PURE VOWELS

The vowels in English are classified into two main groups: pure vowels (also called monophthongs) and diphthongs. The pure vowels are sub-classified into short vowels and long vowels. These pure vowels are listed below with examples of words where they occur:

1. /i: / long vowels e.g. beat, seat, neat, feet.
2. /I/ short vowel e.g. bit, sit nymph, village.
3. /e/ short vowel e.g. bed, bread, said, bury.
4. /æ/ short vowel e.g. cat, lack, pack, rat.
5. /a: / long vowels e.g. car, dart, calm, heart.
6. / ɒ / short vowel e.g. pot, what, gone, wash.
7. /ᴐ:/ long vowels e.g. war, pork, saw, bought.
8. /u/ short vowel e.g. put, foot, book, could.
9. /u: / long vowels e.g. pool, blue, screw, shoe.
10. /Ʌ/ short vowel e.g. cut, come, blood, country.
11. /з: / long vowels e.g. first, purse, earn, bird.
12. /Ә/ short vowel e.g. about, baker, sailor, teacher.

EVALUATION

1. What is a vowel sound?

• State the classification of pure vowels.

ASSIGNMENT:

Write out five pure vowels with two examples each.

ASPECT: COMPREHENSION/VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

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