ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Second term's scheme of work for SSS 1 - 3

Below is second term's scheme of work for English language (SSS 1 - 3). High/secondary school students and teachers of English language should use it to prepare ahead of time.

SECOND TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 1

WEEK 1

i. Words of three syllables with stress on the second syllable.

ii. Phases: Meaning, types and examples.

iii. Reading comprehension.

WEEK 2

i. Words of three syllables with stress on the first syllable.

ii. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Islamic religion.

iii. Introduction to phrasal verbs.

iv. Creative writing.

WEEK 3
i. Listening to grasping main points in a poem.
ii. Writing of report.

WEEK 4
i. Four syllabic words with stress on the first syllable.
ii. Adjunct of place and time.
iii. More on informal letter.

WEEK 5
i. Listening to grasp main points in expository essay.
ii. Words associated with medicine.
iii. More on phrasal verbs.

WEEK 6
i. Stress timing.
ii. Adjunct of manner and reason.
iii. Synonyms.

WEEK 7
i. Reading comprehension.
ii. Antonyms.

WEEK 8
i. Listening to grasp ideas in a debate.
ii. Reading comprehension.
iii. Adverbial clause.
iv. Article writing.

WEEK 9
i. Dialogue.
ii. Concord.
iii. More on formal letter.
iv. Words associated with advertising.

WEEK 10
i. Speaking to persuade.
ii. Reading comprehension.
iii. Determiners/Articles.
iv. Vocabulary development.

WEEK 11/12
Revision/Examination.

SECOND TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 2

WEEK 1

i. Reading comprehension

ii. Prefixes.

iii. Words associated with environment.

WEEK 2

i. Listening to poetry for comprehension.

ii. Words associated with building.

iii. Preservative prefixes.

iv. Free writing: short stories, poems and short plays (the teacher, after teaching the students how to write short stories, poems and plays, should allow them write theirs in order to ascertain whether they understood the lesson).

WEEK 3

i. Listening comprehension to summarize (the student should read a comprehension passage and summarize afterwards).

ii. Figures of speech.

iii. Reading comprehension.

iv. More on speech writing.

WEEK 4 AND WEEK 5

i. Oral presentation: Argumentative essay/debate on the following topics:

• Capitalism is better than communism.
• We need health education and inspectors, not doctors.
• University education should be compulsory.

ii. Suffixes.

iii. Words associated with law and order.

iv. Argumentative essay:

• Military rule is better than civilian rule.
• Should female circumcision be abolished?

v. Reading to pick out topic sentences in paragraphs.

WEEK 6

i. Words of five syllables with stress on the first syllable.

ii. Words of five syllables with stress on the second syllable.

iii. Words of five syllables with stress on the third syllable.

iv. Words of five syllable with stress on the fourth syllable.

v. Adjectives: Meaning, types and order (of adjectives).

vi. Words associated with Government.

WEEK 7

i. Six-syllabic words with stress on the fifth syllable.

ii. Adverbs (comparison) and functions; e.g., much, more & most.

iii. Summary writing (reading to summarize a given passage in number of sentences).

iv. Semi-formal letter: Meaning, features, format and written examples.

WEEK 8

i. Intonation pattern

ii. Words associated with Travelling.

iii. Reading to paraphrase a poem (e.g. dirge, epic, lyric etc.)

iv. Summary writing.

WEEK 9

i. Rising tone.

ii. Sequence of tenses.

iii. Informal letter.

iv. Reading comprehension.

WEEK 10

i. Phrasal verbs with more than one particles.

ii. Words associated with sports.

WEEK 11

Revision.

WEEK 12

Examination.

SECOND TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 3

WEEK 1

Revision of WAEC, NECO, SSCE general instructions and requirements.

WEEK 2

i. Vowels and consonants in minimal pairs.

ii. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with law and order.

iii. Comprehension/Summary.

iv. Argumentative essay.

v. Revising pronouns and their uses.

WEEK 3

Four consonant words occurring at the final position.

WEEK 4

Report writing.

WEEK 5

i. Speech writing.

ii. Register of ICT.

iii. Differentiating between phrases and clauses.

WEEK 6

Revision.

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