ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS1

English Language second term Scheme of work for Nigeria junior secondary school one (JSS1) students.

WEEK 1

Resumption Test (It can also be used for revision of last term’s work).

WEEK 2

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Letter writing (formal and informal).

iii. Conjunction.

iv. Consonant cluster; e.g., respect, sprinkle, attacked, string etc.

WEEK 3

i. Reading comprehension on contemporary issues highlighting knowledge levels.

ii. Elements of composition.

iii. Reading of selected passages for highlighting prepositions.

iv. Consonant cluster; e.g., splash, spread, struggle, streams, strong, scream etc.

WEEK 4

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Importance of composition writing: communication, information, record keeping, entertainment.

iii. Reading of selected passages for highlighting adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions.

iv. Diphthong: /ei/– Mary, day, grey, they, pain etc.

WEEK 5

i. Reading to understand the Author’s mood: Anger, happiness, doubt.

ii. Writing: Arrangement of ideas in logical sequence.

iii. Selected passages for highlighting prepositions, verbs and conjunctions.

iv. Diphthongs: /ou/ — /әu/, e.g., so, go, comb etc.

WEEK 6

i. Reading comprehension to understand Author’s mood.

ii. Writing in full the points (of an essay) in sequential order.

iii. Adjectives.

iv. Diphthongs: /ᴐi/, /әu/

WEEK 7

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Identifying features of Adverbials from a passage in peace and dialogue.

iii. Weak forms — often, after, listen, sister, above, away, later, alone, abound, about etc.

WEEK 8

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Informal letter.

iii. Features of Adverbials from a passage on human rights.

iv. Listening and speaking: Main ideas from the family.

WEEK 9

i. Reading: A passage on market.

ii. Adverbial features from a passage on “Value orientation”.

iii. Listening/speaking: Drug Abuse.

WEEK 10

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Identifying features of tenses from passage on “Peace and Dialogue”.

iii. Listening/speaking: Child labour and trafficking.

WEEK 11

i. Reading comprehension.

ii. Writing: Transport and travelling (road transport).

iii. Tenses (present).

iv. Listening/speaking: Global warming.

WEEK 12/13

Revision/Examination.