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In today’s class, we will be talking about essay writing: more on the formal letter, etc. Enjoy the class!
Essay Writing: More on the formal letter.
Speech Work: Rhymes.
Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Government and Politics.
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Speech work: Rhymes
Rhyme is two letters that have the same ending sound. Rhyme is also used in poetry to refer to a pair of lines that ends with the same sequence of sounds.
Rhymes pairs
- Should Would
- Food Sued
- Bird Word
- Laugh Calf
- Ride Site
- Buy Sky
- Head Said
- Fail Sail
- Hair Bear
- Breeze Please
- Know Hoe
- Crave Grave
- Shock Rock
- Ball call
- Dove love
Evaluation
From the words lettered A-D, chosen the word has the same VOWEL sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.
| A | B | C | D | |
| Lock | Work | Port | Talk | Nurse |
| Best | Regale | Vehicle | Many | Legal |
| Grew | Sew | Who | Pull | Know |
| Hill | Chief | Hike | Saw | Fit |
| Hunt | Rough | Cough | Huge | Burnt |
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Essay writing: more on formal letter
Content
- Definition
- Features
Another name for formal letters is official letters. They are letters we write to people in official positions.
Features
- Writer’s address:
This should be written at the top right-hand corner of the page like this:
199, Airport Road,
Kano,
Nigeria.
15th July, 2010.
- Receiver’s address: This is written on the line following the date on the left-hand side of the page.
e.g.
The Director,
Fola Associated Enterprises,
P.M.B. 10016,
Akure.
- Salutation:
The salutation is the greeting, which comes after the receiver’s address.
“Dear Sir” or “Dear Madam”. The “S” or “M” must be in capital as in the following.
Dear Madam,
Dear Sir,
There is also a compulsory comma after the salutation.
- Heading or topic or title:
This comes directly after the salutation but not on the same line. It is only an official letter that has a heading and it is normally short e.g.
- Invitation to a religious seminar
- Complaints about the lack of facilities in my area.
The heading should either be written in capital letter all through or underlined when the first word of every lexical item is in capital letter
- Body of the letter:
No room for exchange of pleasantries matters. Slang and contracted forms like won’t, can’t. Use polite and formal words
- Subscript (Complementary close):
Formal letters end mostly with
“Yours faithfully,
Signature
Kingsley Effiong.
Evaluation
Write a letter to the Commissioner for Education in your state, informing him of your council’s plan and how the council intends to implement its aid programme to the school.
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Vocabulary development
- Government: It is a form of a system of government or the act or process of governing
- Politics: It is an idea and activities that are concerned with gaining and using power in a country, city etc.
| Relevant words | Meaning | |
| 1 | Ballot box | Box into which voters put their ballot paper |
| 2 | Constituency | Voters in a district or area; the district or area itself |
| 3 | Democracy | A government that is run by all the people, directly or through representatives. |
| 4 | Despot | A ruler who does what he likes and oppresses the people directly or through representatives |
| 5 | Electoral College | Group of people who have already been voted in as members of the house, who now may vote in the president |
| 6 | Nomination | Act of naming a candidate for a post or office |
| 7 | Political Party | Group of persons or an association formed for the purpose of practising politics. |
| 8 | Voting Age | Minimum age at which one is eligible to vote |
| 9 | Election | An occasion when people vote to choose someone for an official position; |
Evaluation
Choose five vocabularies of government and politics and use them in sentences. Use them in sentences
Weekend assignment
Fill in the blanks in the following passage with one of the words in the brackets (democracy, executive, despot, legislature, voting, ballet, electoral, booth, party, vote, constituency, candidate, nominate, election)
In a ___________ system of government an ________ president can very easily become a _________ unless his __________ refused to _______ him for another term. Usually, ___________is by ___________ . Each is usually nominated in his _________by his party.
Theory
Write a letter to your father who is in another country telling him about the political situation of your country.
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