John Ishaya

 LITERACY COMPOSITION TOPIC: BIOGRAPHY

 LITERACY GRAMMAR TOPIC: More on Phrases 

 LITERACY COMPREHENSION TITLE: Your Place in The Universe

 LITERACY PHONICS TOPIC: The Vowel /au/ 

 LITERACY COMPOSITION TOPIC: FICTION AND NON FICTION

 LITERACY COMPREHENSION TOPIC: Stagecraft (Cambridge text:51) 

 LITERACY PHONICS Topic: The Vowel /au/ 

 Composition Topic: More on Formal Letter  REMINDER!!! A formal letter has two addresses A salutation :Dear Sir, or Dear Ma, A title of what you are writing story on. The body where you discuss on what you are writing and  The closing : Yours faithfully, your signature and your full name.    Read the note on Formal letter to better remind yourself on the steps to follow.  EXERCISE You have been elected the new library prefect, write a letter to your Head of Section, stating the things that are required in the library. Not less than 150 words..

 Grammar Topic: Phrase    Phrase is a group of words without a subject and a verb combination. That is , any group of words that do not have a subject nor a verb is a phrase and cannot communicate a complete thought.  Examples 1. A blackboard 2. Beautiful peacock 3. Are sleeping 4. In the rain.    The above examples are phrases and are incomplete expressions which cannot be called sentences.            TYPES OF PHRASES  1. NOUN PHRASE : A group of words having a noun as the main word. E.g a tree , the book on the table,  some people... 2. Verb phrase: a group of words having an auxiliary verb and a main verb. E.g are sleeping, will have gone, was reading... 3. Adjectival phrase: a group of word having an adjective as a key word. E.g Beautiful woman, very tall man, quite big... 4. Prepositional phrase:  a group of words that begin with a preposition. E.g in a minute, to the  bank, behind the school...

 Comprehension Title: The Mighty Oceans KEY FACT  There are five mighty Oceans.  The pacific  Atlantic Indian  Antarctic and the Arctic ocean.  Images of oceans.  Read the passage carefully again, then you answer the question below. 

 Phonics  Topic: Primary Stress  A syllable is the smallest unit of a word that can be pronounced. E.g Pro-nun-CIA-tion ; ma-na-ger.     Stress refers to the syllable of  a word that is pronounced with the greatest force. The syllable with the loudest pronunciation is the primary Stress. The syllable usually takes an apostrophe (') in the dictionary or when written, it is in capital letter.  E.g Fan 'TAS tic  Examples  A. All monosyllabic words (1 word) are stressed. E.g 'go, 'bag, 'eye... B. Most bisyllabic words are stressed in the first syllable. E.g 'NE- phew, 'BIS -cuit, 'PEO ple. C. A word ending with "tion" has its primary Stress on the syllable before the "tion". E.g com mu ni 'CA tion , in for 'MA tion...  D. When 2 words are joined to form a word, the stress falls on the first word. E.g 'GLASS cup, 'TEA cup, 'BLACK board.  E. Abundance= a 'BUN dance F. graduation = gra 'DUA tion G. table = 'TA...

 LITERACY COMPOSITION Topic: Narrative Essay     Narrative Essay is a type of composition that tells a story. They are usually about stories of past events and are to be written in past tense.  The story can be fiction or nonfiction. It could be a place you visited, a wedding you attended, an accident you witnessed, a party, a journey, a festival or any event that has happened in the past.  A narrative essay is divided into 3 parts namely:  1. The introduction 2. The body  3. The conclusion    At the introduction, you state the title of the story, then you state how it all started . (Day, time, place...) .   In the body, you discuss every bit of the event. (The people and all the things that happened) .    At the end, you are to state how the story ended.  EXERCISE Think of an event that has happened in the past and write about it.  Note that it could be real or imaginative.  Start with a draft before the story....

 Grammar Topic: Noun Phrase  Definition A. Noun : This refers to a name of a person, animal, place, things, or idea.. E.g Ali, book, cat. B. Phrase : this is a group words that do not have a subject and a verb and cannot express a complete thought.  E.g The man .   A big tree.   was in the car.                       Noun Phrase      A noun phrase is a group if words having a noun as the main word. It is modified by an article (a, the , an) or determiner.  E.g The boy. (Noun phrase)  The brave hunter ... Several cheetah... The plate with the food... Now study this sentences below to identify the noun phrase (NP)   1. The book is on the table. (Sentence)  The book (noun phrase);  the table (noun p) 2. The man gave his wife a new wrist watch.  The man (NP)  ; his wife (NP)  3. The children of the poor widow are obedient and kind. (Senten...

 Comprehension Title: Snakes  KEY FACT  * Snakes are reptiles like lizard but do not have legs.  * They are referred to as cold blooded animal for their preference of cold weather. * Their body is covered with scales which can be used as leather for shoes, handbags amongst others.  Image of snakes  Now, read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Test 1 Snakes are reptiles without legs. They are closely related to lizards. Some lizards have no legs too and look very much like snakes. But snakes are different from lizards in that they have no eyelids and no external ears. They also have long tongues which appear to be cut into two like forks. A snakes body is covered with scales. This makes the skin very valuable as leather for shoes, handbags and gloves. The snake does not use its tongue to bite, as many people think. Rather, it uses it to pick up particles, which it eats, from the ground. Even though snakes do not have external ears or...

 B5 Phonics  Topic: Primary Stress  Introduction:  A syllable is the breaking down of words into smaller units. E.g con-gra-tu-la-tion (5syllables); con-duc-tor (3 syllables).  Primary Stress is the syllable of a word that is pronounced louder and longest than other syllables. The syllable with the highest stress is written in capital letter but in the dictionary, it takes an apostrophe (') .  E.g con gra tu la tion= con gra tu 'LA tion Con duc tor =con DUC tor.  EXAMPLES  A. All monosyllabic words (1 word) are stressed. E.g 'go, 'bag, 'eye... B. Most bisyllabic words are stressed in the first syllable. E.g 'NE phew, 'BIS cuit, 'PEO ple. C. A word ending with "tion" has its primary Stress on the syllable before the "tion". E.g com mu ni 'CA tion , in for MA tion...  D. When 2 words are joined to form a word, the stress falls on the first word. E.g 'GLASS cup, 'TEA cup, 'BLACK board.  E. Abundance= a 'BUN dance F. g...

 Subject: English Language Topic: Tenses  Definition: Tense refers to the duration of an action.  Types: There are basically two types of tenses namely; present tense, past tense and future tense.  Click here to watch a video