WEEK 1.

SPEECH WORK: Revision of vowel sounds.

COMPREHENSION: Reading for understanding

STRUCTURE: Revision of verb tenses

WRITING SKILLS: Formal Letter

LITERATURE: Literal and figurative language

General/ Lesson Information

Subject: English Studies

Class: JSS 2 ---

Week: 1

Date: 9th - 13th January, 2023.

Period: 5 periods per week.

Duration: 225mins

Entry Behavior: Students are familiar with vowel sounds.

Students use verb tenses in their daily conversation.

Students are familiar with literal and figurative language.

Behavior Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

a. Identify their vowel sounds in words and spellings.

b. Use different verb tenses to construct sentences of their own.

c. Identify the specific type of tense used in sentences.

d. Differentiate one tense from the other based on its features.

Instructional material(s): Sample from the students’ text; A video projection of selected vowel sounds.

Reference Material(s): E.O Okonji; B. Fagbule (2020): New Excellence in English for junior secondary
student’s book 2 (New edition), United Kingdom; Cambridge University Press.
TEACHING PROCEDURE:

SPEECH.

Step 1: Teacher guides the students into identifying vowel sounds.

Step 2: Teacher guides the students into differentiating between the short and long vowels.

Step 3: Teacher guides the students into articulating the sounds.

Step 4: Teacher allows the students to identify the vowel sounds.

Step 5: Teacher displays instructional materials to enhance the understanding of the topic.

Step 6: Teacher guides the students through the class activities and make necessary corrections.

GRAMMAR.

Step 1: Teacher guides the students into explaining verb tenses.

Step 2: Teacher allows the students to give types and examples of verb tenses.

Step 3: Teacher guides the students into identifying the tenses from a given passage.

Step 4: Teacher displays instructional materials to enhance the understanding of the topic.

Step 5: Teacher guides the students through the class activities and make necessary corrections.

WRITING.

Step 1: Teacher guides the students into defining and explaining a formal letter.

Step 2: Teacher guides the students on how to write a formal letter.

Step 3: Teacher allows the students to suggest topics.

Step 4: Teacher allows the students to practice in groups.

Step 5: Teacher asks and also entertains questions from the students.

LITERATURE.

Step 1: Teacher guides the students into defining literal and figurative language.

Step 2: Teacher guides the students into differentiating between literal and figurative language.

Step 3: Teacher allows the students to discuss some common types of figurative language.
Step 4: Teacher allows the students to identify the figurative languages used in a given text.

Step 5: Teacher asks and also entertains questions from the students.

ASPECT: SPEECH
TOPIC: Revision of vowel sounds.

Monophthongs are vowels that has a single perceived auditory quality.

The 12 monophthongs are:

/i:/ as in meat, sleep, etc.

/ɪ/ as in market, pick, etc.

/e/ as in bed, head, etc.

/æ/ as in bank, slack, etc.

/a:/ as in class, shark, etc.

/ɒ/ as in pot, shot, etc.

/ᴐ:/ as in north, thought, etc.

/ʊ/ as in book, shook, etc.

/u:/ as in pool, blue, etc.

/ʌ/ as in cut, love, etc.

/ɜ:/ as in shirt, nurse, etc.

/ə/ as in above, apple, etc.

The 8 diphthongs are:

/eɪ/ as in place, late, etc.

/oʊ/ as in home, global, etc.

/aʊ/ as in mouse, brown, etc.

/ɪə/ as in clear, fear, etc.

/ɔɪ/ as in boy, enjoyable, etc.

/aɪ/ as in find, bite, etc.

/ʊə/ tour, mature, etc.

ASPECT: WRITING
TOPIC: Formal Letter.

What is a Formal Letter?

A formal letter is a letter that is written in the formal language with a specific format for business or
official purpose.

A formal letter is written for official purposes.

The tone of the letter is formal and structured. The agenda is to send official information.

Formal letters may be written to institutions, government departments, business letters, etc.

Format of writing a Formal Letter.

1. Sender’s Address
2. Date
3. Receiver’s Address
4. Topic (Purpose of writing the letter)
5. Salutation
6. Body of the letter
7. Ending (Yours faithfully,)

Signature line→ signature and sender’s name.

1) Address

The first thing as part of the Formal Letter Format is the Address of the sender and the receiver:
Sender's Address - Always write your address on the right-hand corner, you need to mention your street
address, city, state, pin code, and contact number.

Receiver's Address - Always mention the receiver’s address in the left-hand corner just below the date.

2) Date

The date should always be placed just below the sender's address. 

3. Salutation - "Dear Sir/Madam" suffices, if you know the name of the person, address them
directly but ensure that you address them formally using "Rev.", "Dr.", "Mr.", "Mrs.", or "Ms.",
and include their full name.
4. Topic

The topic is the agenda or purpose of writing the letter. Write the topic, keep it brief, and preferably, in
one line only.

5. Body
Always organize the writing into paragraphs, the writing should include sophisticated
vocabulary, standard spellings, and punctuation. The reason behind using paragraphs is to
separate one point from another, it's always about giving as much clarity as possible to the
reader.

ASPECT: LITERATURE
TOPIC: Literal and figurative language.

Literal language is saying exactly what you mean while figurative language is more

What is Literal Language?

This is the type of language we speak most of the time. The words in a literal sentence, give out their
dictionary meaning. Literal language expresses thoughts and ideas in a clear and specific manner. They
do not deviate from the accepted meaning. Thus, it is easy to understand literal language.

What is Figurative Language?

Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from
the literal interpretation. For example, look at the sentence ‘raining cats and dogs’. This does not mean
that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. This actually means that it’s raining heavily.
Some examples of figurative language and the figures of speech are given below:

 Idiom (an expression that has a figurative meaning unrelated to the literal meaning of the
phrase.)

“She drowned her sorrows in alcohol.”

 Metaphor (a figure of speech used in comparison)

“He is the apple of her eye.”

 Oxymoron (two words having opposite meanings are used together)

“She felt that it was time for this bittersweet relationship to end.”

 Hyperbole (exaggeration)

“You scared me to death.”

 Simile (compares two things)

“Her eyes were like the deep pools to her soul.”

 Personification (giving human characteristics to a non-living thing)

“The old man waited for Death to come to him.”  

EVALUATION:

Teacher evaluates the lesson through the following questions:

Speech: Identify the vowel sounds in the following words:

Stare, Strip, Peak, Bend, Park, Sun, Socks, Saw, Class, etc.

Grammar: Explain the following verb tenses with two examples each:

Simple Present

Past Perfect

Simple Future

Present Continuous

Writing: Write a letter to your school principal giving him a full report of your participation in a chess
competition that took place over the weekend.
Literature: What differentiate literal language from figurative language.

CONCLUSION

Teacher lays emphasis on the topics taught in the classroom.

ASSIGNMENT

Grammar: New Excellence in English JSS 2, Page 43, no 14-17.

Voc: New Excellence in English JSS 2, Page 61, no 10-11.