Consonant Sounds /h/; /w/ and /j/,Punctuation Marks (Full Stop) and Formal Letters (Letter to the School Principal)

FIRST TERM 

LEARNING NOTES

CLASS: JSS 2 (BASIC 8)

SCHEME OF WORK WITH LESSON NOTES 

Subject: 

ENGLISH STUDIES 

Term:

FIRST TERM 

Week:

WEEK 4

Class:

JSS 2 (BASIC 8)

Instructional Materials:

• Wall charts
• Pictures
• Related Online Video
• Flash Cards

Methods of Teaching:

• Class Discussion
• Group Discussion
• Asking Questions
• Explanation
• Role Modelling
• Role Delegation

Reference Materials:

• Scheme of Work
• Online Information
• Textbooks
• Workbooks
• 9 Year Basic Education Curriculum
• Workbooks

Previous lesson: 

The pupils have previous knowledge of

 Triphthongs, Adverbials: Types (Cause and Reason, Purpose, Condition) and Argumentative Essay (Guided Composition) “Civilian government is Far Better than Military Government”.

that was taught as a topic during the last lesson.

Content

TOPICS

 Speech Work: Consonant Sounds /h/; /w/ and /j/.

Structure: Punctuation Marks (Full Stop)

 Comprehension/Vocabulary Development: The Postal Service. Reading to Understand the Writer’s Purpose –  The Dictionary (NOSEC. Pages 108-109).

 Composition: Formal Letters (Letter to the School Principal)

 Literature: Characters and Characterization in the text: Precious Little Darling

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC: Consonants / h/, /w /and /j/

/h/: This is a voiceless glottal fricative which is produced as the air stream passes through an open glottis to the mouth. The following words contain the sound.

/h/ as in: hat, house, horse, hen, hospital, who, how behave, behind, hit, hide etc

NOTE: The sound is silent in the following words therefore it will not be pronounced.

Hour, honour, heir, vehicle, exhibit, exhaust.

/w/: This is a semi-vowel consonant sound. It does not occur at the end of the word. The following words have the sound.

/w/ as in: win, way, wed wet waist, waste, quick, question, quest, dwell, choir, queen, square dwell, swim, etc

NOTE: This sound /w/ is silent in sword, therefore it should not be pronounced.

/j/ This sound is also a semi-vowel sound. It represents the letter”y” both in writing and pronunciation. It is a voiced palatal consonant sound. The following words have the sound:

/j/ as in: yet, yam, yoke, yes, year, few, new, tune, beauty, suit, yellow, queue, human, use, you, ewe, feud, fuse, view, hew, etc

NOTE: Do not be confused by using / j / for/ d3/

EVALUATION

Give five examples of words with each of these sounds /w /, / j/ and /h/

ASPECT: Structure

TOPIC: Punctuation

SUB-TOPIC: The Use of Full Stop

Meaning of Punctuation

Punctuation is the use of certain signs or marks to make a piece of writing easy to understand. E. g full stop, quotation mark, question mark, comma, colon, hyphen, exclamation mark, semi-colon etc.

The Full Stop

This is used at the end of the sentence and for abbreviation. E.g.

1. We saw Felix at eight ‘o clock.
2. I see him every day.
3. They have done the word.
4. The birds sing .

Abbreviations

O.A.U. – Obafemi Awolowo University

U.N. – United Nations

W.A.E.C. – West African Examinations Council

N.E.C.O. – National Examinations Council

E.F.C.C – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

NOTE: The abbreviations may or may not have full stop.

EVALUATION

1. What are punctuation marks?
2. When is the full stop used?
3. Write five sentences and punctuate them appropriately.

ASPECT: READING AND COMPREHENSION/VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

TOPIC: The Dictionary (NOSEC Pages 108-109)/The Postal Service

The Dictionary is very useful. book which should be highly treasured. Indeed, it is a priceless book. Some people do not know that it is not only for English Language that there are dictionaries …

EVALUATION

Look up the meanings of the following words and use them in sentences (one for each)

ASPECT: COMPOSITION

TOPIC: Letter Writing

SUB-TOPIC: Formal Letters

A formal letter is an official or business letter that is written to the people in important positions, e.g. a Principal, Governor, Chairman, President, Commissioner of Police, etc.

Features of a Formal Letter

1. It has two addresses and one date.ie the address of the writer and the address of the addressee.
2. The salutation is Dear Sir/Madam,
3. It has a title or topic.
4. The content of the letter.
5. The conclusion
6. Subscript is Yours faithfully with signature and full name of the writer, surname first.
7. The language must be formal and contraction form of word is not allowed.

Sample of a Formal Letter (address)

NOTE: Do not use capital letters throughout when you are writing your address.

EVALUATION

1. What is a formal letter?
2. List the features of the formal letter.