Syllables: Words of two, three, four syllables

Speech work: Syllables

A syllable is one or more letters representing a unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound. Adjective: syllabic.

A syllable is made up of either a single vowel sound (as in the pronunciation of oh) or a combination of vowel and consonant(s) (as in no and not).

A syllable that stands alone is called a monosyllable. A word containing two or more syllables is called a polysyllable.

• Stress on the first syllable:
  ’popular, ’telegram, ’atmosphere, ’mechanism, ’
• Stress on second syllable:
  in’volvement, la’boratory, a’rrangement, ex’periment, in’
• Stress on the third syllable:
  availa’bility, communi’cation, under’stand, integ’ration

Reading and Comprehension

Reading to make meaning from a spatial description

Vocabulary: Words associated with Sickbay

• Sick berth
• infirmary
• medic
• nurse
• ward
• clinic
• nursery
• bay
• dispensary
• belowdecks
• guardroom
• Troopship

Composition: Tribalism is more evil than cultism

Literature-in-English: Identification of moral lessons learned from a legend

The Tattoo Candy

Legend has it that one day; a little boy in Primary school had N20 and decided to buy sweets for himself.

When he got to the school’s shop, he looked around at all the sweets they had and decided to pick a sweet which had temporary/fake tattoo stickers inside.

When the little boy got home, he opened up the sweet and begun to lick it. Just as he was about to put the tattoo sticker on his hand, his mother stopped him and cautioned him to never put tattoos, fake or real, on his body. As legend has it, the little boy didn’t understand why his mother was against the tattoo sticker and so later that night; he neglected the warnings of his mother and put the tattoo sticker on his arm. Happy with his decision and how the green snake tattoo looked on his arm, the little boy danced happily, had fun with his new tattoo, and then went to bed. Now as the little boy slept, he dreamt of a green snake slowing wrapping around his body trying to kill him. Quickly, he woke up in shock…only to meet a terrifying reality. The snake on his arm had come to life and was wrapping itself around the little boy, trying to squeeze him to death. The little boy screamed and screamed and suddenly his mother burst into the room, awoken by the sounds of her screaming son, to see the gruesome sight.

The mother quickly grabbed a broom and begun to hit the snake but the snake wasn’t dying. The distraught mother who did not know what else to do turned to the only thing she could think of: the anointing oil in her room. Legend has it that she sprinkled some of the anointing oil on the broom, blessed the broom, and went ahead to flog the snake once again. Upon flogging the snake with the anointed broom this time around, the snake slowly but surely died and as the snake varnished, so also did the snake tattoo varnish from the little boy’s skin.

Since that day, the little boy never ever bought any sweet which had tattoos inside and warned his friends against it as well.

Moral lesson:

The moral lesson learnt here is that we should be obedient. If the boy had obeyed his mother, he would not have had that terrible experience with the snake.

ASSESSMENT

Rewrite the following sentences so that the verbs will be in the active voice.

1. We are taught grammar by Ms Sullivan.
2. He was praised by the teacher.
3. The injured were taken to the hospital by the firemen.
4. The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
5. The teacher was pleased with the boy’s work.
6. The building was damaged by the fire.
7. By whom were you taught French?
8. You will be given a ticket by the manager.
9. The streets were thronged with spectators.
10. We will be blamed by everyone.
11. The trees were blown down by the wind.
12. The thieves were caught by the police.
13. The letter was posted by Alice.
14. We were received by the hostess.
15. The snake was killed with a stick.
16. The minister was welcomed by the people.
17. He was found guilty of murder.
18. This house was built by John Mathews in 1991.

ANSWER

1. Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar.
2. The teacher praised him.
3. The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
4. An earthquake destroyed the town.
5. The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
6. The fire damaged the building.
7. Who taught you French?
8. The manager will give you a ticket.
9. Spectators thronged the streets.
10. Everyone will blame us.
11. The wind blew down the trees.
12. The police caught the thieves.
13. Alice posted the letter.
14. The hostess received us.
15. They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
16. The people welcomed the minister.
17. They found him guilty of murder.
18. John Mathews built this house in 1991.