THE POWER OF UNITY

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A story by Henry Ogude

JSS 2 student of THE ENTREP ACADEMY

Once in a town, there lived a man whose name was Daniel. Daniel was a part of the Military in that town. He led so many battles and never lost, because he and his men were in unity and co-operated with one another.

It was time for the General to choose who would be second in command after him and after thinking hard, he decided to choose Daniel. When the Parade Master heard about it, he kicked against it, but the General had already made up his mind and made it clear to the Parade Master;

“If you want to be second in command you must learn how to control your temper”.

 “Sir, but I have what it takes”, said the Parade Master.

Just as they spoke, they received a message that their enemy had come for revenge, and that same minute the General was hit by a stray bullet and fell down dead.

There was confusion everywhere, because the General did not succeed in choosing a second in command before he died. Everyone began to run in all direction, as there was no one to coordinate them. Some ran into the forest, some into river, while some ran into the hands of their enemy. Even the ones who were in the river and bushes were at more risk than the ones who ran into the hands of their enemy. The Parade Master tried to show some authority, but everyone ignored him as they were all running to find a safe place.

Daniel was confused, but he remembered one of the training they had, when the General said; “if you are being attacked unknowingly, disguise yourself to find out the strategy of your enemy and fight back.”

So, Daniel disguised himself, went into the camp of their enemy and learnt their strategy. By the time he came back, he was ready to attack. He noticed however, that he had just one hundred men to go to battle with, compared to a thousand from their enemy. He was informed that the Parade Master had gone ahead for the battle and that he was almost killed.

The Parade Master returned from the battle and thought hard. After narrowly escaping death, he knew what to do. He looked for Daniel. He asked for his forgiveness and together they discussed the strategy of their enemy. They came up with their own plan and fought back their enemy. They finally defeated their opponent and won the battle, because they were united. 

MORAL LESSON

United we stand divided we fall.

The Brave Promise

A story by Promise Miller

JSS 2 student of The Entrep Academy

Once upon a time, in a village called Afia, was a twelve -year- old boy, called Promise. Promise was obedient, honest and a peaceful boy. The other part of Afia village was a forest known as ‘The Fearful Kingdom’. In that forest, were three notorious boys, who moved between Afia village and The Fearful Kingdom, stealing people’s things.

The villagers complained to the local police in the village, but the police made light of it. They tried to make the villagers feel comfortable by telling them that nothing like that was happening. One day, Promise went to fish in a river that was a boundary between Afia village and The Fearful kingdom. As he was waiting for his hook to catch a fish, he saw three boys swimming and moving things as they moved. He looked closely and saw that some of the things they were moving were household things.

Promise ran quickly to the local police station to complain, but the policemen on duty took it as the complaint of a child who doesn’t know what he was saying. Promise got upset and ran out quickly. As he ran, he saw two of the boys whom he saw moving things. They had a big sack in their hands. Promise quietly followed them and saw that they were moving towards the chief’s house in the village. The boys felt someone was watching them and stopped to look around, but Promise hid himself behind a tree. The two boys spoke to themselves and quickly walked away from the chief’s house.

Promise came back home, but didn’t say anything to anyone. He wanted to have evidence. He remembered his uncle bought a camera for his father about a year ago. His father did not mind if he used it, so Promise went to the shelf in the sitting room and took the camera.

He ran back to the river and hid himself while he waited. After a while, he heard footsteps. He knew the thieves were back. He watched again as they moved things across the river. Promise quietly brought out the camera and took a quick shot, then quickly went down before he would be noticed. As the thieves got to the other side of the river and were about to get into the forest with the stolen items they had, Promise took another shot of them and started running. The three boys heard the sound of running footsteps at the other side of the river but were not sure if it was a human being.

Promise ran straight to the police station again and this time, he just showed them the pictures from the camera. The police saw that he was telling the truth and apologised to him, for not believing him earlier. They went with him to the river side and raided The Fearful Kingdom. The thieves were caught and arrested.

When the chief of Afia village heard of the brave acts of Promise, he inquired of his parents and sent for them. The chief appreciated the brave boy’s parents with the sum of fifty thousand naira. Promise was happy. He knew his school fees would be paid.

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The Rising Star by Uche Osondu

A Chapter by Chapter summary

Chapter 1

The result of the first school leaving certificate of the primary six pupils in Itutu Educational Destrict is out. The news of the result spreads and is everywhere, some pupil did well while some did not.  The district head, Mr Akpabio, promises a scholarship of one hundred and fifty thousand naira to any pupil who does well in all the papers. Bassey who  is from  Ikot Ansa primary school, was the lucky pupil who wins the scholarship with his brilliant performance, as a result of his determination.

Chapter 2

Bassey is at home with his friends when his mother calls him. He spends some time joking with his mother before his father joins in on their joke. Bassey ‘s mother tells Bassey how  his father worked so hard to marry her. They all talk for a while about uncle Richard’s visit to the village with his new wife. When Ekaete, Bassey’s mother left. Ubong continues to talk with his son, and he advises him about women.

Chapters 3

Bassey’s parents are not in agreement of Bassey  travelling with his uncle to the city. They both argue about it. Bassey however doesn’t agree with his mother because he wants to go to the city. Finally his father decides that Bassey would go and he advices  Bassey to behave well and keep good company.  Bassey’s mother is sad about it.

Chapter 4

Bassey’s father  unfolds the visit of Bassey’s uncle to the village with his wife. Uncle  Richard  gifts for a lot of people and promises to buy a bicycle for Bassey, because of his excellent performance in the first school leaving certificate examination.  Bassey cannot  wait to go to the city where he would see many things.  His uncle spends ten days in the village before leaving the village.  

  

Chapters 5 Bassey is packing  excitedly to go to the city. He spends  some time  with his friend Mfon, and they both talk about the city. Mfon  tells Bassey how his uncle Udofia went to the city and forgot about the village.  Bassey’s mother is sad that Bassey is going away, she advices ...

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The Kind Girl

A story by Udo Sunday Emmanuella, a JSS 1 student of The Entrep Academy School.

Once upon a time, in a village called Uju, there lived a farmer and his wife Mr and Mrs Okon. They had no child of their own for many years. One day on his way to the farm, Mr Okon, met an old woman who gave him a golden box and some instructions. He took the box home with so much faith, and followed the instructions of the old woman.

Three months later, his wife Mrs Okon, got pregnant and gave birth to a lovely baby girl, who was adored by everyone in the village. Her name was Sira. Sira grew up to be a humble respectful and hardworking young girl.

On her way to the farm one day, Sira met a man who by chance was travelling across the village and was robbed of his money, cloth and water. Sira saw him and out of compassion for the stranger, got some food and water and went home to get a cloth for him. He thanked her and went away. That was the beginning of Sira’s kindness.

Sira grew up with the habit of kindness and was shocked by a surprise visit from the first man she ever helped who was now in search of a wife. He visited with some gifts which she taught she didn’t deserved. It was then that the man told her of his intension to marry her.

So for a start, with her parents’ consent, Sira followed the man whose name was John to his home to meet with his parents, who fixed a date for the discussion of the planned marriage. Both parents met and set a date for the traditional marriage. After the marriage, Sira and John lived as husband and wife and Sira gave birth to a set of twins and they lived happily after.

Moral Lesson: There is a reward for being good

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT BY NELSON AYODELE

 

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The 21st century educators are those ones who move with time in the academic system, and strive to find modern ways of teaching and impacting knowledge. Below is a summary of some of the ways a teacher could effectively improve on his or her teaching in the classroom.

IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

1. Most times when a subject appears to be too concentrated, it takes a longer time for a teacher to be able to drive home his point to the students put under his care to impact on, this is where identifying the similarities and differences comes in, in  teaching any given subject. Being able to break a subject down and taking the parts in turn goes a long way to making it simple for students to understand what a teacher is passing across.

2. SUMMARISING AND NOTE TAKING

Until a student understands and is able to put in his or her own words what has been taught, it cannot be said that a teacher has succeeded in transferring knowledge. This is because most times, students do not go back to their notes, but if they are able to form their notes using their own words, what is taught sticks because it is from their understanding of the subject. This doesn’t mean however that a teacher should not prepare his or her own notes.

3. REINFORCING EFFORT AND PROVIDING RECOGNITION

Every student needs to be motivated to work, and as result not just the students that do well should be appreciated, but even the ones that are believed to be backward. Introducing a kind of incentive for good performance, as well as driving other students by awarding them gifts, even when academically, they may not deserve it, would go a great length to helping a teacher achieve a positive result with his work.

4. HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE.

Apart from keeping a child busy outside school with homework, a teacher should also ...


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THE GREAT WHALPHIN

 

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A story written by  Odu C. Raymond JSS 2 student from The Entrep Academy School

Once upon a time, there lived two dolphin parents, they had a baby dolphin which was addressed as Dumbo. Dumbo was different from other dolphins, because he was half dolphin and half whale. At a point in time, a particular blue whale was attacking their territory and the sea community nicknamed it the ‘Monster’. So with nowhere else to go to, Dumbo followed his destiny without knowing where it was leading him. So many incidents happened during Dumbo’s life time.

One particular day, Dumbo wandered about in a part of his territory that had less water creatures, because he wanted to be alone. As Dumbo was moving, he nearly passed the territory boundary, when a blue whale, the particular one which was terrorizing other sea creatures, came up and was observing him without his knowledge. He examined Dumbo and was convinced that Dumbo was a whale, so he tried to push him over, but Dumbo had half the swimming power of both dolphins and whales, so he swam very well and went back to his territory. 

This event made the blue whale to attack the dolphins more to the extent that Dumbo was made to live in the central area of the sea where he was more oppressed One day Dumbo decided to face his destiny, so, he decided to take a long journey to land, despite all the dangerous whales and long distance. He did everything that he could have done to prepare himself, before going away trickily without his parents’ knowledge. 

As he traveled on the surface of the water, he saved a drowning crew of marine workers, and with his great speed of swimming and whale strength, Dumbo flipped up five men on board a ship, with his powerful tail. Finally, the captain of the crew who had fallen a meter above sea level held his breath, as he was about to release it, Dumbo dived into the water and saved him. The crew remembered that they were the ones who mixed male and female gametes of dolphins and blue whales, and accidentally poured the blue whales gametes on the dolphins own, and had to quickly exit because of a shark attack. So the marine workers, moved Dumbo and his community of dolphins to a better and a more peaceful part of the sea, where they all lived. 

All other sea creatures who oppressed him, asked for his forgiveness and Dumbo forgave them all. News spread like wide fire and within a short time, a large multitude of people knew about Dumbo. Dumbo was awarded with a great title known as the “The Great Whalphin”. 

 MORAL LESSON: Discover your uniqueness. 

 QUESTIONS

1. What made Dumbo special? 

2. What is the name of the animal that was attacking the dolphins? 

3. Which set of people did Dumbo rescue? 

4. Why was Dumbo awarded a title? 

5. In your own words, explain what you think is the moral lesson in the story?