Lesson Note on English Language SS1 Second Term

SCHEME OF WORK

Week One: Revision And Grammar: Prefix and Suffix}

Week Two: Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional And Phrase Vocabulary: Antonyms}

Week Three: Speech Work: Consonant Cluster Grammar: Tense Composition: Formal Letter

Week Four: Speech Work: Stress, Vocabulary: Synonyms And Vocabulary: Words associated with sexuality

Week Five: Grammar: Phrasal Verbs

Week Six: Speech Work: Falling Intonation, Grammar: Will and Would, Vocabulary: Words associated with Photography And Composition: Record Keeping

Week Seven: Speech Work: Rising and Falling Intonation And Vocabulary: Words associated with sports}

Week Eight: Grammar: Shall and Should, Vocabulary: Words associated with transportation And Composition: Speech Writing

Week Nine: Speech Work: Contrasting Consonants, Grammar: Punctuation Marks And Composition: Argumentative Essay

Week Ten: Grammar: Punctuation Marks cont’d And Spelling: Homophones}

Week Eleven: Revision

Week Twelve: Examination

 

 English Language Lesson Note For SS1 (SecondTerm)

Below are the 2022 complete SS1 Second Term English Language Lesson Note 

Week One: Revision And Grammar: Prefix and Suffix

INTRODUCTION:

Prefixes and Suffixes are part of affixes. They are letters or groups of letters added to the beginning and end of a word, respectively, to change its meaning or word class. They are an important aspect of language that helps in the formation of new words.To learn more, click here.

Week Two: Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional And Phrase Vocabulary: Antonyms

INTRODUCTION:

Prepositions are words that show the position of people or things, about other people or things. It is one of the eight parts of speech.

Prepositions are used to show the relationship between words in a sentence. It is used to tell the location, time, place, direction, and relationship between people and things. It tells the position of a person/thing, as it relates with another person/thing. To learn more, click here.

Week Three: Speech Work: Consonant Cluster Grammar: Tense Composition: Formal Letter

INTRODUCTION:

Consonant clusters are a group of consonants that appear together in a syllable in a word, either at the initial, medial or final position, with no vowels between them.

Consonant clusters are a group of consonants that occur together in a syllable, without any vowel occurring between them. It is also known as a consonant blend. To learn more, click here.

Week Four: Speech Work: Stress, Vocabulary: Synonyms And Vocabulary: Words associated with sexuality

INTRODUCTION:

Stress and Syllable are important aspects of language that are used in the pronunciation of words.

A syllable is a single, unbroken unit of the spoken or written word. It is a letter or combination of letters that can be pronounced at once in a word. A syllable contains a single vowel sound. To learn more, click here.

Week Five: Grammar: Phrasal Verbs

INTRODUCTION:

Verbs are words used to depict action or doing and to show the state of being. It is one of the eight parts of speech, and an important aspect of grammar, in the English language.

A phrase is a group of words without a finite verb. A finite verb is a verb that shows agreement with the subject in terms of tense, they are also known as main verbs. To learn more, click here.

Week Six: Speech Work: Falling Intonation, Grammar: Will and Would, Vocabulary: Words associated with Photography And Composition: Record Keeping

INTRODUCTION:

Intonation is an aspect of language that is closely related to Stress. It is used to show the attitude and emotion of speakers.

Intonation is a variation in the pitch level of one’s voice, when speaking, or during articulation. It refers to how the voice rises and falls during a speech to communicate different meanings in expressions of different kinds. To learn more, click here.

Week Seven: Speech Work: Rising and Falling Intonation And Vocabulary: Words associated with sports}

INTRODUCTION:

Intonation is an aspect of language that is closely related to Stress. It is used to show the attitude and emotion of speakers. 

Intonation is a variation in the pitch level of one’s voice, when speaking, or during articulation. It refers to how the voice rises and falls during a speech to communicate different meanings in expressions of different kinds. To learn more, click here.

Week Eight: Grammar: Shall and Should, Vocabulary: Words associated with transportation And Composition: Speech Writing

INTRODUCTION:

Verbs are words used to depict action or state of being. There are two major kinds of verbs, action verbs and auxiliary verbs.

Auxiliary verbs are known as helping or assisting verbs. They are used to help the main verb in a sentence to express tense mood or voice. To learn more, click here.

Week Nine: Speech Work: Contrasting Consonants, Grammar: Punctuation Marks And Composition: Argumentative Essay

INTRODUCTION:

Consonant sounds are sounds that are produced with a partial, or total obstruction in the flow of air, from the vocal tract. There are 24 consonant sounds in the English Language. To learn more, click here.

Week Ten: Grammar: Punctuation Marks cont’d And Spelling: Homophones}

INTRODUCTION:

Punctuation marks are an important aspect of writing that make our writing understandable and clear. Different punctuation marks give a different meaning to a sentence.

Example:

I am going home.

I am going home?

…I am going home.

To learn more, click here.

Week Eleven: Revision

This week, we would be doing a revision of all that we learned during the term.

Week Twelve: Examination

Afterward, we would write an examination, which would test our knowledge of what has been taught so far.