SS3 First Term English Language Lesson Note – The schwa /∂ / as Final Unstressed Syllable

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WEEK 1

CONTENT:

SPEECH WORK: The schwa /∂ / as final unstressed syllable

COMPREHENSION/SUMMARY: General Guidelines. (NOSEC. Pages 2-3)

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: Words associated with Culture (Ceremonies)

STRUCTURE: Nouns: Types and Irregular forms

WRITING SKILLS: Expository Essay (Use WAEC/NECO questions)

ASPECT: Speech Work

TOPIC: The schwa /∂ / as final unstressed syllable

A stressed vowel is one that is said with more energy, is no longer, and more prominent. There is no better way than to use examples (the stressed syllables are written in capital letters).

BETter            GARDen

HOTly             STRONGly

SEcond            SEcondly

WANTed        MANner

PAtience         COMfort

/∂ /: This sound is a neutral vowel. It is used to represent the week form of other vowel sounds.

Examples: fever, manner, labour, breakfast, hundred, wonder, purpose, anxious, future, etc.

Sentences for practicing the /∂ /: sound

The picture of William was a failure. The clever painter was not the right man to do the job. The nose was good and so was the mouth, but William’s handsome figure was made to look smaller and shorter. The painter was a man that made excellent pictures of children and girls, but not of men.

EVALUATION: Identify the words which contain the /∂ /sound in the short passage above.

ASSIGNMENT: Identify, write down, and answer related questions on the /∂ / sound from WAEC/ NECO previous examination question papers.

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