Nouns and Noun Phrases with the Definite Articles

Identify a noun and a noun phrase
Explain what makes for a noun phrase-attaching the definite article.
Build up noun phrases.
Explain the exception in the use of ‘the’ as definite article with nouns.]
identify the two positions of noun phrases in sentences
a)as subject
b)as object of the sentence

Popular Articles for Various Reading Audiences

List the features of a typical newspaper article
Differentiate between the features of a newspaper article and a speech or a letter.
Write a good article suitable for the school magazine or newspaper.

Speech Writing

List the general features of a speech
Write a good speech for any occasion as required.

Record Keeping

Define records
List different kinds of records
State the importance of records and record keeping
Keep records concisely and accurately for future reference.

Semi – Formal letters

What a semi-formal letter is
Types of semiformal letters.
Stating the persons to whom a semiformal letter can be written.
Writing a semi-formal letter using the appropriate layout.
Writing a well punctuated semi-formal letter.

Letter Writing – informal letter

Explaining what an informal letter is
Listing types of informal letters
Writing an informal letting using the appropriate layout.
Writing a well punctuated informal letter to the appropriate persons

Continuous writing – descriptive

Expressing one’s self clearly through a descriptive composition.
Selecting appropriate words and sentences for descriptive composition
Write well-punctuated sentences for effective communication.
Generating enough topic sentences to the developed into a full composition
Using appropriate tense forms for writing descriptive composition.

Continuous writing – Narrative

Expressing clearly through a narrative composition.
Writing well-punctuated sentences for a narrative composition.
Selecting appropriate words for writing a narrative composition
Generating enough topic sentences for a good narrative composition.
Using the appropriate tense form usually the past tense for writing a narrative essay.

Theme

Understanding the Drama: Look back in Anger by J.L Osborne – Literature in English

Register Of Insurance

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to understand Register Of Insurance

Theme

Understanding the Drama: Look back in Anger by J.L Osborne – Literature in English

Reading to make notes

Students should be able to read and comprehend the message of the passage by following the story lines plot.
Identify the main, supporting/secondary point
Identify key words/sentences.
Assign tittles and headings to passages.
Identify the main, supporting points in the individual paragraphs that make up the passage

Reading for Summary

Acquire and develop skills that will help them in summarizing passages – skills such as assigning titles or headings to passages.
Identify topic/theme or key sentences as well as main and supporting ideas.