Contents:
- Speech Work: Vowel sound /e/
- Grammar: Comparison of Adjectives
- Elements of Drama
Speech Work: Vowel sound /e/
This vowel sound is called short vowel, the mouth is partially open when pronouncing this vowel sound. This sound could be seen in the following words. Pronounce these words and pay attention to the vowel sound.
- Met
- Get
- Pet
- Tell
- Net
Grammar: Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison adjectives are used to compare a noun to another noun such as this truck uses more gas than this car.
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Here are examples of comparative and superlative adjectives that kids might enjoy and find familiar.
The adjective is listed first, followed by the comparative adjective and then the superlative adjective:
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
| Big | Bigger | Biggest |
| Fast | Faster | Fastest |
| Small | Smaller | Smallest |
| Broad | Broader | Broadest |
| Smart | Smarter | Smartest |
Absolute Adjectives: Absolute adjectives are adjectives that cannot lend themselves to degrees i.e. it cannot be compared. This type of adjectives cannot be modified by intensifying adverbs such as very, extremely etc. Examples of such adjectives are; ultimate, perfect, superior and inferior.
Assessment
Write the Comparative and Superlative of these words
- Fat
- Great
- Nice
- Weak
Reading and Comprehension: Differentiating between Main and Supporting Idea in a Given Passage
My name is Bunmi Akinluyi, and I am twelve years old. I attend C.M.S. Grammar school, Bariga. I live in Igbobi, a suburb of Lagos.
I live with my father, my mother, my younger brother Dele and my baby sister, Ayo. Dele is nine and Ayo is two and half. She is quite small, but she talks a lot already. My aunt Bola and her eight year old son Ojo also live with us. Dele and Ojo go to Igbobi primary school.
My father is train driver. He works for the Railway cooperation. He is away from home quite often because he has to drive trains to Kaduna. My mother is a nurse, she works at a hospital not far from home.
My favourite hobbies are reading and playing volleyball. I am also very interested in music. The thing I enjoy most of all is talking with my friends.
Main idea: This is the main point or the specific thing the passage is all about or centered. The main idea in this passage is about ‘Bunmi Akinluyi’
The supporting idea is about the other members of her family she talked about ‘My aunt Bola and her eight year old son Ojo also live with us. Dele and Ojo go to Igbobi primary school.’
Composition
Paragraph Writing: Arrangement of ideas into sequence with introduction and conclusion
From the sentence above, we can see that the sentences are in groups, these groups are what we call paragraphs. A paragraph is group of sentences on one subject or topic. The topic is the main idea the writer has in mind when writing a particular topic. You can see that the main idea or the first topic of the first paragraph is ‘my self’. Identify the main idea in the other three paragraphs.
Literature –in-English
Elements of Drama
- Plot : series of events that comprise the whole story that is told
- Dialogue: the lines spoken by characters in a drama
- Character: the people in a drama, play or movie.
- Audience: a gathering of spectators or listeners
- Stage Craft: the act of craft on establishing the physical environment
- Genre: an artistic work that follow a particular technique
- Convention: A set of practice or characteristics within a drama
- Theme: the unifying idea that is reflected through recurrent ideas
Types of Drama
- Comedy
- Tragedy
- Farce
- Melodrama
- Fantasy
Characterization and Theme in the Recommended Prose Text
Theme: theme is the authors message in particular piece of writing. The central message in a work of art is referred to as the theme.
Character: Character refers to the persons involved in a particular work or art, be it a prose, drama or poetry.