SS2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST TERM WEEK EIGHT

CONTENT

1. Speech Work: Stress – Words with Five Syllables, Stressed on the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Syllable
2. Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Building and Building Construction;
3. Reading Comprehension: Reading to Summarize Longer Selections an Argument: ‘A Carefree Lorry Driver’ (NOSEC, pages 49 – 50)
4. Structure: Nominalization of Adjectives
5. Writing Skills: Letter Writing – Formal Letters (Complaint)
6. Summary: (Use any WAEC/NECO summary question)

ASPECT: Speech Work

TOPIC: Stress – Words with Five Syllables, Stressed on the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Syllable

Definition of Stress

Stress can be defined as the relative degree of force or emphasis given to a particular syllable or word to make it stand out (i.e., be easily noticed) from other syllables or words in an utterance. If syllables have stress, they are said to be stressed syllables (or accented syllables). If syllables do not have stress, they are considered to be unstressed syllables (or unaccented syllables). In this course, we will study two types of stress: word stress and sentence stress.