Junior Secondary 2 | English Language Arts

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1. Identify all vowels

2. Identify all consonants

3. Produce all vowels

4. Produce all consonants

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1. Identify and explain the main ideas from materials presented

2. Accept or reject ideas presented based on prior experiences

3. Identify the writer's mood and intention

4. Identify the possible interpretations based on what has been listened to

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1. Identify intonation patterns for statements, questions and commands

2. Make statements, questions and commands using different intonation patterns

3. Identify the correct points of pauses in different sentences

4. Identify and describe appropriately the rhythm in poems listened to

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1. Identify and produce different speeches with reference to long and short vowel sounds

2. Identify and produce different speeches with reference to consonants

3. Identify and produce different speeches with reference to vowels

4. Identify and produce different speeches paying special attention to consonant clusters

5. Identify and produce different speeches with particular reference to diphthongs

6. Identify and produce different speeches with particular reference to weak forms

7. Identify and produce different speeches paying attention to word boundaries

8. Identify and produce different speeches with special reference to compound words

9. Identify and produce different speeches paying attention to phrases

10. Identify and produce different speeches with particular reference to questions and their tags

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1. Identify the use of certain expressions/keywords that point to the author's purposes

2. Identify the different expressions used by the author to point the reader towards his intentions

3. Recount prior experience to infer the author's intention

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1. Explain the intended meaning of a word by using clues provided by the surrounding words to arrive at the meaning of the target word

2. List other possible words that can fit into the context

3. Recall past experiences with the target words

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1. Explain how to differentiate between facts and opinions

2. Explain what is required of critical reading

3. Engage in extensive critical reading practice

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1. Explain the need for flexibility in reading

2. Write notes on techniques and importance of fast reading

3. Practice different techniques of fast reading

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1. Identify topic sentences from paragraphs/passages

2. Identify key ideas from different paragraphs

3. Identify words and expressions that redirect attention to the main point

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1. Identify the features of nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives in the passage

2. List the form, positions and functions of nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives in the passage

3. Write sentences with nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives in the passage

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1. Identify the features of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions in the given passage

2. List the form, positions and functions of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions in the passage

3. Write sentences with adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions

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1. Identify the adverbs in the passage

2. Write sentences with these adverbs

3. Identify the different tenses in the passage

4. Write sentences using the tenses

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1. Identify the active and passive verbs in the passage

2. List the active and passive verbsin the passage

3. Write sentences using these active and passive verbs

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1. Read through a topic

2. Jot down main and supporting ideas as they occur

3. Arrange the ideas in a logical sequence

4. Write appropriate introduction and possible conclusion in an outline format

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1. Identify various types of composition writing

2. List the elements of composition

3. Write different types of composition

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1. Identify the types and format of letters

2. Write different types of letters to suit different situations

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1. Identify topic sentences from given passages

2. Identify key ideas from different paragraphs

3. Summarize and write passages/paragraphs

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1. Identify different types of prose

2. List the features of prose

3. Participate in a discussion of a story line

4. Write a story

5. Identify the moral lesson of the story

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1. Identify features of folktales

2. Retell folktales and explain the theme of folktales

3. Identify the moral lesson to be learned from folktales

4. Narrate folktales

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1. Identify features of myths and legends

2. Explain the themes of myths/legends

3. Identify the moral lessons to be learned from myths/legends

4. Narrate myths/legends

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1. Read selection of poems (oral and written poetry)

2. Discuss and explain the contents of poems

3. Explain the meanings of selected poems

4. Explainthe language of poetry

5. Write simple poems of your own

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1. Read and dramatize a given text

2. Identify the themes and features

3. Identify the messages

4. Identify essential props of plays

5. Write a simple play