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English Language JSS3 Second Term - Comprehension, Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from, Writing: Narrative Essay, Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/, Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

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English Language JSS3 Second Term

WEEK 1

English Language JSS3 Second Term - Comprehension, Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from, Writing: Narrative Essay, Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/, Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

Performance Objectives

  1. Comprehension: This is Lagos
  2. English Comprehension Exercise - This Is Lagos | Week 1
  3. Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from.
  4. Writing: Narrative Essay
  5. Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/
  6. Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

 

Content

TOPIC1: Comprehension: This is Lagos

  • Summary of the passage
  • Evaluation 

English Language JSS3 Second Term - Comprehension, Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from, Writing: Narrative Essay, Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/, Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

This is Lagos

It was a moment of jubilation for Zuma when she learnt that she was going to Lagos to further her education. Zuma had completed her Junior Secondary Education in the only secondary school in her village, Mokwsi Community Junior School, Mokwsi, but there was no Senior Secondary School where she could continue her education. The neighbouring villages of Ojoku and Daku also had no Senior Secondary Schools. She had longed to go to Lagos of all the cities she had heard of. Her Social Studies teacher had taught her many fascinating things about Lagos – its streetlights, its ports, its high-rise buildings, its industries, its lagoon, its ocean and so on. Lagos therefore held so much attraction for her that she usually dreamt of going there.

When she got the information that she would be proceeding to Lagos, where she had a very strict uncle, Chief Mewoyeka, to live with, she became quite excited. Indeed her excitement made her lose her sleep the night before her journey to Lagos. She told all her friends that she was going to Lagos. Her friends began to call her ‘Lagos girl’ not because they admired her but because of envy.

And so the day came. She was leaving for a city of her dream. She woke up as early as 4:30 am and packed all her belongings – clothes, books, shoes, etc. into two bags. At 7am, she was accompanied to the bus station. Her bags were kept in the luggage compartment of the bus and she boarded it. Not long after the bus left the station, she fell asleep. That was precisely why she did not know when a passenger mistakenly took away one of her bags. The bus eventually got to Lagos. She alighted from the bus only to discover that one of her bags was missing. A thorough search yielded no positive result. She was quite disturbed but then she endured it, after all she was already in Lagos. Her uncle’s househelp, Dana, who was to guide her home had been waiting at the bus station for hours on end.

She got the first shock when she reached her uncle’s house. She knelt down, as she had been taught to do, in her excitement to greet her uncle, expecting a warm reception. Her uncle in reply asked her what foodstuff her parents had sent him. She replied in the negative. Her uncle then began to rant: “Are you going to feed on ‘air’ here? Do your parents not know that I have my own burden? I doubt if they want you to stay in Lagos”. Zuma was quite embarrassed and her excitement gave way to tears which rolled down her cheeks.

The passage is about Zuma, who had completed her junior secondary education in the village, Makwsi Community Junior High School. Her social studies teacher had taught her many fascinating things about Lagos. 

Evaluation 

Do exercise 1- 12 

Reading Assignment: New Oxford English, Page 49 Book 3 by Ayo Banjo et al.

Reference: New Oxford English Book 3 

 

Comprehension Exercise – This Is Lagos

1. What was the name of Zuma’s village?

  1. Ojoku
  2. Lagos
  3. Village
  4. Mokwsi
  5. Daku

2. What was Zuma going to do in Lagos? She was going ______

  1. for sightseeing
  2. to visit her uncle
  3. to see what her Social Studies teacher taught her
  4. to relax
  5. to continue her education

3. Why did Zuma dream of being in Lagos? She dreamt of being in Lagos because of ….

  1. the journey she would undertake
  2. her uncle
  3. the fascinating features of Lagos she had learnt in her Social Studies class
  4. the love she had for Lagos
  5. the streetlights of Lagos

4. Why was Zuma not able to sleep the night before she travelled to Lagos? It was because ….

  1. she was very excited.
  2. her parents were telling her how to behave in Lagos.
  3. she was dreaming of Lagos.
  4. she was packing her load.
  5. sleep eluded her.

5. What were the things in Zuma’s bags?...

  1. her shoes
  2. her clothes
  3. her belongings
  4. her books
  5. her make-up

6. What did she lose in the bus? She lost ….

  1. one of her two bags.
  2. her bags.
  3. her load.
  4. her belongings.
  5. her sleep.

7. Why did she lose what she lost? It was because she ….

  1. was careless.
  2. fell asleep in the bus.
  3. was excited.
  4. was thinking of Lagos.
  5. was eager to get to Lagos.

8. How did she lose the thing she lost?

  1. It was taken by mistake by a passenger.
  2. It fell off the bus.
  3. The thing got missing.
  4. It disappeared from the bus.
  5. Somebody threw it away.

9. Why did Dana wait for Zuma at the bus station in Lagos? She waited ….

  1. to welcome Zuma.
  2. to lead Zuma to her uncle’s house.
  3. so that she would be the first to see Zuma.
  4. to help Zuma carry her load.
  5. to keep Zuma company.

10. Dana ‘waited for hours on end’ means she ….

  1. waited a long time.
  2. waited for an hour.
  3. was eager to see Zuma and the one hour she waited seemed not to end.
  4. kept waiting and standing for one hour.
  5. waited for an hour which did not end.

11. What was Zuma’s reaction to her uncle’s anger? She ….

  1. was quite excited.
  2. begged her uncle.
  3. knelt down.
  4. was smiling.
  5. began to weep.

TOPIC2: Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from.

What are Exceptions?

Exception means when someone or something is not included or a case where a rule does not apply. 

Exception can be expressed in different forms

Words as, except for, but and apart from express exception 

Examples are:

  1. The library is open all week apart from Sundays
  2. They are all rogue except Muhamed
  3. All the vehicles were painted except for those ones out there.
  4. The secretary is present except for my elder brother.
  5. But for my niece everyone is present 
  6. She is officious but very wicked at home 
  7. Apart from the saggy roof, the cottage is in phoning shape
  8. You have done everything I said except planting the garden. 

Evaluation 

Make use of the following in sentences: apart from, except for, but, except, but for 

TOPIC3: Writing: Narrative Essay

Narrative Essay is the act of telling a story or giving an account of something that happened or something you witnessed. 

Features 

  1. Title 
  2. Good and interesting beginning
  3. Body/content of the narration 
  4. Good construction

Evaluation:

Write an essay on “I Wish I had listened to my Mother”

Reading Assignment:

Essay Guide to Colleges by P.O. Olatunbosun

Reference: 

Essay Guide to Colleges by P.O. Olatunbosun.

TOPIC4: Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/

Consonants /s/ and /θ/ are voiceless sounds

/θ/ is produced when the tip of the tongue is wedged between teeth and /s/ is produced respectively when the tip and the state of the tongue make light contact with the upper teeth.

Examples /θ/

Thin

Thigh

Three

Threw

Earthly

Oath

Thick

Thank

Wresthly

Think

Health 

Path

/s/

Gas

Same

Centre

Rose

Arrest

Press

Chess

Voice

Loss

Slice

Trace

Preface

Word contrast with /s/ and /θ/

/s/

/θ/

Sin

thin

Sick

thick

Miss

myth

Sank

thank

Evaluation: Write 5 words each on consonant /s/and/θ/

Assignment: Oral English for Schools and Colleges page 33-34

Reference: Oral English for Schools and Colleges by Sola Aregbe

TOPIC5: Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

English Language JSS3 Second Term - Comprehension, Structure: Expressing Exception using except for, but, and apart from, Writing: Narrative Essay, Speech work: Consonants /s/ and /θ/, Vocabulary Development: Health and Medicine

It is a common saying that health is wealth. Hence it is important to take proper care of our health. Here is a list of words associated with health and their definitions.

Word

Definition 

Cardiology 

The care and treatment of heart diseases 

Casualty ward

Where accident victims are treated 

Dentist 

A doctor that treats teeth problems 

Dermatology

Concerned with skin diseases

ENT

Ear, nose, throat

Gynecology 

The treatment of diseases and disorders in women

Matron 

A woman who is the head of the nursing staff in an hospital

Mortuary

A room or building where dead bodies are kept until they are taken to be buried or cremated 

Neurology

The study of brain disorders.

Orthopedic

The treatment of bone related diseases or disorder.

Pediatrics 

Concerned with treating children’s diseases.

Obstericts

Deals with the birth of children 

Patient 

Somebody who receives medical treatment

Pharmacist 

A person trained to prepare and sell medicines 

Pharmacy

A shop or part of the hospital where medicines are prepared and sold.

Physiotherapy

The treatment of injury or diseases of the joints or muscles 

Radiology 

Deals with X-ray

Surgery 

Treatment involving cutting open of the body to remove or replace some parts. Where operations are performed (operating theatre).

Evaluation: Make use of the following words in sentences: patient, matron, radiology, surgery, dentist 

Reference: NewConcept English 

Reading Assignment: New Comprehensive English for Schools, page 14 

Weekend Assignment

New Concept English Book 3 by F. Ademola et al.

Exercises I, II, III, Page 48-49

A Handbook on objective Text in English Page 11 (Nos 60 -100) by Dr. (Mrs) Etukeno, E.A.

Assessment & Evaluation

1. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. rough
  2. tough
  3. cough
  4. bought

2. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. fight
  2. afflict
  3. of
  4. sphere

3. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. thick
  2. this
  3. these
  4. that

4. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. sick
  2. basic
  3. assume
  4. his

5. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. thorn
  2. worthy
  3. broth
  4. length

6. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. choose
  2. fuse
  3. purse
  4. lose

7. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. leather
  2. weather
  3. mother
  4. broader

8. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. clot
  2. forth
  3. both
  4. path

9. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. vast
  2. avail
  3. have
  4. half

10. Choose the word with a different consonant sound.

  1. cruise
  2. curse
  3. pulse
  4. lapse

11. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

Phoenix

  1. peck
  2. zero
  3. checks
  4. exam

12. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

xylophone

  1. Zion
  2. extent
  3. taxi
  4. extreme

13. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

pharmacy

  1. parasite
  2. apple
  3. defer
  4. appear

14. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

Stephen

  1. Stephanie
  2. visit
  3. phone
  4. graph

15. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

Further

  1. lengthy
  2. healthy
  3. wealthy
  4. worthy

16. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

tenth

  1. teeth
  2. tent
  3. either
  4. neither

17. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

Assess

  1. resume
  2. accuse
  3. curse
  4. pose

18. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

resolve

  1. peace
  2. cease
  3. scent
  4. deserve

19. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

theme

  1. Theresa
  2. thermal
  3. Thomas
  4. Thames

20. From the options below, choose the word that has the same constant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) in bold/underlined.

Thine

  1. dine
  2. thanks
  3. thing
  4. them