LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1 - 3

First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1

Week 1

The meaning, history and functions of Literature.

Week 2

Types of Literature:

i. Oral Literature.

ii. Written Literature.

Week 3

i Types of Oral Literature.

ii. Categories of Written Literature.

Week 4

The genres of Literature:

i. Prose

ii. Drama

iii. Poetry

Week 5

Genre of Literature: Prose

i. Features

ii. Types

iii. Elements

iv. Other aspects of Prose

Week 6

Genre of Literature: Drama

i. Features

ii. Types

iii. Terms used in Drama

Week 7

Genre of Literature: Poetry

i. Features

ii. Types

iii. Elements

Week 8

Poetic devices

Week 9 – 10

Figures of Speech

Week 11 – 12

Revision/Examination

First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 2

Week 1

Revision on last session's work

Week 2

Short stories/Novelettes based on effects of climate, e.g., floods, depletion of ozone layer, environmental pollution etc.

Week 3

Short stories/Novelettes on any relevant topic or incidence.

Week 4

Folktale: Nigerian and African folktales

i. Meanings and examples.

ii. Features.

Week 5

Popular Myths and Legends: African and non African

i. Meanings and examples.

ii. Features.

Week 6 – 8

Reading of books for the term: Prose

Week 9 – 11

Reading of books for the term: Drama

Week 12 – 13

Revision/Examination.

First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 3

Week 1

Non African folktales

Week 2 – 3

Revision on Figures of speech.

Week 4

Figurative expressions

i. Meaning

ii. Characteristics

Week 5 – 7

Reading of books for the term: Prose

Week 8 – 10

Reading of books for the term: Drama

Week 11 – 12

Revision/Examination.