ENGLISH LANGUAGE: First term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3

Below is the scheme of work for Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 - 3.

First term's scheme of work for JSS 1

Week 1

Parts of speech: Noun

Week 2

Vowel sounds

Week 3

i. Pronoun

ii. Consonant sounds

Week 4

Long and short vowels

Week 5

Adjectives

Week 6

i. Adverbs

ii. Consonant clusters

Week 7 – 8

Reading Comprehension: The history and aim of FRSC

Week 9

Vocabulary Development: Points from essays (stories and passages)

Week 10

i. Reading Comprehension

ii. Verbs

Week 11 – 12

Revision/Examination

First term's scheme of work for JSS 2

Week 1

i. Reading Comprehension

ii. Writing an outline: Article Writing

iii. Introduction to sounds (Revision)

iv. Nouns, Pronouns and their functions

Week 2

i. Reading Comprehension

ii. Arrangement of ideas/points in a composition

iii. Consonants: /t/, /g/, /k/

Week 3

i. Narrative composition

ii. Descriptive composition

iii. Adjectives

iv. Vowels: /ɪ/, /ɪ:/, /aɪ/, /æ/ and /ʒ:/

Week 4

i. Conjunction

ii. Argumentative composition 

iii. Preposition

iv. Vowels: /ʌ/and /ə/

Week 5

i. Consonant sounds: /f/ and /v/

ii. Tenses: Present, Past and Future

Week 6

i. Letter writing: Informal letter

ii. Consonant sounds: /dʒ/ and /tʃ/

Week 7

i. Letter writing: Formal letter

ii. Consonants: /ð/ and /θ/

iii. Adverbs

Week 8

i. Listening and Speaking: /ŋ/ and /n/

ii. Regular and Irregular verbs

Week 9

Transitive and Intransitive verbs

Week 10

i. Reading Comprehension

ii. Consonant Clusters

iii. Classification of Adjectives

Week 11 – 12

Revision/Examination

First term's scheme of work for JSS 3

Week 1

i. Reading Comprehension: Critical reading

ii. Writing composition: Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative and Expository

Week 2

Consonants: /f/ and /d/

Week 3

i. Consonant clusters

ii. Tenses

Week 4

i. Intonation

ii. Conjunction

iii. Preposition

Week 5

i. Summary writing

ii. Types of letter: Formal, Informal and Semi formal.

Week 6

i. Reading Comprehension

ii. Diphthongs: /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and /au/

Week 7 – 8

i. Word stress

ii. Active and Passive voice

Week 9

i. Regular and Irregular verbs

ii. Interjection

Week 10

Reading Comprehension

Week 11 – 12

Revision/Examination

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