Contents:
- Speech Work: Vowel /ae/
- Grammar – Adverb
- Descriptive Essay
A. Speech Work: Vowel /ae/
This sound is a short sound. When you pronounce the sound your mouth is more open and the lips are spread. Pronounce the following words and notice the sound of the /ae/ vowel in the words: cap, bag, black, plaits, man. Apart from the word plait, the /ae/ sound is always spelt the same way.
Pat
Pan
Sad
Sat
Sand
Man
B. Grammar: Adverb
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb, expressing manner, time place or degree. Some adverbs can also be used to modify another adverb.
- Adverb of Manner: Angrily, happily, easily, sadly, rudely ( it describes the manner of an action, describes how something happens)
- Adverb of Place: Near, there, here, somewhere, inside, outside etc.(it expresses the place of the occurrence of an action)
- Adverb of time: yesterday, now, then, tomorrow, today etc.(it shows the time of an action)
- Adverb of Frequency: often, sometimes, usually, frequently, seldom, daily (it tell how often or how many times)
Assessment
Identify the adverbs and the types.
- Faith walked quickly in order to meet up with the Bus
- Go to bed now
- He went near the pool
- Chika sometimes wets the bed
Answers
- Quickly – Adverb of Manner
- Now – Adverb of Time
- Near – Adverb of Place
- Sometimes – Adverb of Frequency
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to Answer Specific Questions
The New School Year
When the new school year begins, there are many new faces. In our state most of the new comers are from different middle basic schools. They are usually rather frightened and shy when they first arrive. Upper basic is usually different from their last school.
Usually, our upper basic schools are different from middle basic schools. So it takes new comers several days to find their way around.
Assessment
- Where did the new comers come from?
- How do the new comers usually feel when they come to their new school?
- Why do they find it hard to find their way around?
Read the above passage carefully, and answer the questions. Make sure you pay attention to the passage and the question to interpret correctly
Composition: Descriptive Essay
Unlike a narrative essay, a descriptive essay is used for explaining or describing a place, a person, or even an emotion. A writer can use sensory information such as the sight, the sound, touch, smell, and taste of a particular object in order to fully describe something. The diction used for these essays is very extensive and highly descriptive. In some cases, descriptive essays fail to present this totality of sensory information and only confine the description to one or two dimensions. A well-written descriptive essay usually has the potential for building a connection with the reader as it allows the reader to immerse in the described ambiance.
Write a descriptive essay on the topic: A Market place
Outline
- Start with the introductory paragraph or introduction; introduce the topic you are going to be talking about.
- Body of the essay: you talk about your point paragraph after paragraph in topic sentences
- Conclusion: In the conclusive paragraph, you restate your introduction by finally bringing the essay to an end, by summarizing your point.
Literature-in-English
- Use the recommended text on drama
- Plot and setting in the recommended drama text
Plot: Plot refers to the sequential arrangement of events that takes place in a piece of work
Setting: setting refers to the place (physical environment) in which a piece of work is done, it could be geographical, historical and economical as the case maybe.