Literature in English Scheme of Work SS1, SS2, SS3 First Term to Third Term

Scheme of Work for Literature in English Senior Secondary School One to Three (SSS1 – SSS3) for First Term, Second Term and Third Term – Edudelight.com

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 1 FIRST TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1.Introduction to Literature

• What is Literature?
• Various Definitions of Literature.
• Functions/Importance of literature
• Difference(s) between literature in English and English Literature
  Literary Terms
• Discussion on figures of speech such as: simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, Litotes, pun, alliteration, assonance, Paradox, Irony, Euphemism, Hyperbole, Synecdoche, Metonymy, Malapropism, etc
• Various examples of each
• A list of the figures of speech on cardboard sheet.

2. Literary Appreciation I

• Definition of Literary Appreciation
• Discussions on what to appreciate and how:
• Significance of Literary works in context.
• Background and setting of the poet/poem
• Background of the poem subject-matter/summary
• Theme(s) and style
• Analyze the Theme(s) of the poem
• Relate the Themes to personal life encounters
  . Using portions of the text to explain themes

3 Literary Appreciation II

• Effective use of imagery/symbolism
• Effective use of poetic devices/techniques
• Analyze the style
• Professional Terms used in Literary Appreciation such as: Themes, style, setting, tone, mood, symbolism, etc
• A list of literary terms on cardboard paper.
• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works
• A cardboard/print out picture of the subject matter.

4. Genres of literature (General)

• Genres of literature I (Drama)
• Definition of Drama
• Characteristic (features) of drama.
• Types of Drama: tragedy, comedy, tragi-comedy, farce, melodrama, playlet etc.
• Elements of Drama- mime, prologue, action, comic relief, soliloquy, suspense, epilogue, conflict, antagonist.

5. Terms used in Drama

• Professional Terms such as stages, audience, dialogue, soliloquy, aside, character,
• flashback, fore shadowing, prologue, epilogue, prompt, script, backdrop, costume etc
• Draw a chart of terms used in drama

6. African Drama Text: The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

• Reading, summary and analysis
• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7. African Drama Text: The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

• Analysis, interpretation, Themes, setting, language and characterization

8. Genres of Literature II(Prose)

• Definition of prose
• Characteristics (features) of prose.
• Types of prose: epistolary, sociological, political, gothic e.t.c
• Classification of prose: fiction and non-fiction, biography and auto-biography

7.- Elements of prose: plot, setting, narrative technique, characters and characterization, themes etc.

• Narrative Techniques: First Person Narrative/Third Person Narrative etc
• Draw up a chart of Narrative Persons

8. African Prose Text: Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta.

• Introduction- reading and interpretation, themes

9. African Prose Text: Second Class Citizen by BuchiEmecheta

• reading, analysis, interpretation, themes, setting,
• language, style, characters and characterization.

10. Review of Week 1-9 Works

11. Revision

12. Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 1 SECOND TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1. Review of 1st Term Works

-. Genres of Literature III (Poetry)

• What is Poetry
• Various Definitions of Poetry
• Types of Poetry- ballad, epic, lullaby, sonnet, ode, pastoral, dirge or elegy, panegyric
• Characteristics (features) of poetry.

2. Elements of Poetry/ Poetic Devices:

• themes, subject matter, rhyme, rhythm, stanza, metre, poetic license, poetic personae, tone/mood, figures of speech: Irony, metaphor, simile, personification, assonance, synecdoche, euphemism, onomatopoeia, rhetorical question, allusion etc.

• Special Syntax of poetry

3. African Poetry “Black Woman” by Leoplold S. Senghor

• Reading, meaning and interpretation.
• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works

4. African Poetry “Black Woman” by Leoplold S. Senghor

• Poetic devices, analysis and themes

5. Non-African Poetry “Caged bird” by Maya Angelou

• Reading, meaning, interpretation.

6. Non-African Poetry “Caged bird” by Maya Angelou

• Themes, analysis and poetic devices.
• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7. Non-African Drama Look back in Anger by John Osborne

• Reading and summary.

8. Non-African Drama Look back in Anger by John Osborne

• Analysis and themes, character and characterization

9. Non-African Poetry “The Grieved Lands of Africa” by Agostinho Neto

• Introduction, reading, meaning and interpretation.

10. Non-African Poetry “The Grieved Lands of Africa” by Agostinho Neto

• Themes, analysis and poetic devices

11. Revision

12. Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 1 THIRD TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1. General Overview of the Literary Genres

• Distinct features of each of the genres
• Differentiate between drama, prose and poetry
• Similarities between drama, prose, and poetry

2 Plot

• Definition of plot
• Difference between plot and story

3. Poetry: “The Journey of the Magi” by T. S. Elliot

• Introduction, reading, meaning and interpretation

• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works

4. Poetry: “The Journey of the Magi” by T. S. Elliot

Themes, analysis and other poetic devices

5. Non-African Prose: The Invinsible Man by Ralph Ellison

Reading, analysis and interpretation.

6. Non-African Prose: The Invinsible Man by Ralph Ellison

Themes, setting, language.

• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7. Non-African Prose: The Invinsible Man by Ralph Ellison

Style, character and characterization.

8. African Poetry “Raider of the Treasure Trove” by Lade Wosornu

Introduction, reading, interpretation.

9. African Poetry: “Raider of the Treasure Trove” by Lade Wosornu

Themes and analysis and poetic devices.

10. Review of Week 1-9 Works

11 Revision Revision
12 Examination Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 2 FIRST TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1 Review of Last Session Works.

Non-African (Shakespearean) Drama: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare,

• Reading,(1st half of the Text), Meaning, Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.

2 Non-African (Shakespearean) Drama: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare,

Reading, (2nd half of the Text), Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.

3 Non-African (Shakespearean) Drama: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare,

Final Reading, Summary, Analysis Etc

• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works

4 Non-African (Shakespearean) Drama: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare,

Quotations to be used in answering context questions

5 Introduction to African Poetry: “The Song of the Women of my Land” by Omar Farouk Sesay.

• Background and setting of the poet/poem
• Background of the poem-subject-matter/summary

6 African Poetry: “The Song of the Women of my Land” by Omar Farouk Sesay.

• Effective use of poetic devices/Techniques
• Effective use of imagery/symbolism
• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7 African Poetry: “The Song of the Women of my Land” by Omar Farouk Sesay.

• Mood, Tone, Imagery, Symbolism etc.
• A cardboard/print out picture of Women of my Land

8 Introduction to Non-African Poetry “Bats” by David Herbert Lawrence.

• Background and setting of the Poet/Poem
• Background of the Poem-subject- matter/summary

9 Non-African Poetry “Bats” by David Herbert Lawrence.

• Effective use of poetic devices/Techniques
• Effective use of imagery/symbolism

10 Non-African Poetry “Bats” by David Herbert Lawrence.

• Mood, Tone, Imagery, Symbolism etc.
• A cardboard/print out picture of Bats

11 Revision
12 Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 2 SECOND TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1. Review of Last Term Work

Introduction to: African Drama: Let Me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo

• Background of the Dramatist (Playwright)
• Background and setting of the play
• Reading,(1st half of the Text), Meaning, Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.

2 African Drama: Let Me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo

• Reading, (2nd half of the Text), Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.
• Discussions on the theme(s) in the text
  — Analysis of the Theme, Setting, Style, etc

3 African Drama: Let Me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo
Characterization

• Discussions on the major/minor characters
• Analysis of their roles and significances
• How are the characters related?
  Role play (Drama)
• Role-play on the actions of the minor/major characters in the play/text.
• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works

4 African Poetry: “A Government Driver on His Retirement” by Onu Chibuike:

Introduction, Reading, Meaning, Analysis.

5 African Poetry: “A Government Driver on His Retirement” by Onu Chibuike:

Theme, Setting, Style, Mood, Tone, Imagery, Symbolism etc.

6 Non-African Poetry: “The Good Morrow” by John Donne:

Introduction, Reading, Meaning, Analysis etc.

• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7 Non-African Poetry: “The Good Morrow” by John Donne:

Theme, Setting, Style, Mood, Tone, Imagery, Symbolism etc.

8 Non-African Drama: Fences by August Wilson

Reading,(1st half of the Text), Meaning, Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.

9 Non-African Drama: Fences by August Wilson

Reading,(2nd half of the Text), Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis.

10 Non-African Drama: Fences by August Wilson

Final Reading, Summary, Analysis Etc
Thematic Pre-occupation, Character and Characterization

11 Revision Revision
12 Examination Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 2 THIRD TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

1. Review of Last Term Work

Introduction to New Texts.
Introduction to/Reading of an African Prose:
Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri

• Background of the Novelist (Author)
• Background and setting of the Novel

2 African Prose: Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri

• Plot summary/Plot
• Discussions on the theme(s) and style in the text
• Analysis of the style

3 African Prose: Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri

Character Analysis, Discussions on the major/minor characters in the Novel

• Analysis of their roles and significances
• Relationship between the characters.
  General overview of the Novel
• General discussions/compete with /project work, or pair students up for discussions.
• Question and answer sessions on the text.
• First Summary Test Based on Weeks 1 -3 Works

4 African Poetry: “The Leader and the Led” by Niyi Osundare

Reading, Meaning, Interpretation,

5 African Poetry: “The Leader and the Led” By Niyi Osundare

Background, Analyses, Themes Etc.

6 Non-African Poetry: “Bisney Poplar” by G. M. Hopkins

Reading, Meaning, Interpretation,

• Mid-Term Test Based on Weeks 1 -6 Works

7 Non-African Poetry: “Bisney Poplar” by G. M. Hopkins

Background, Analyses, Themes, Poetic Devices Etc.

8 Non-African Prose: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte:

Reading,(1st half of the Text), Summary, Analysis,

9. Non-African Prose: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte:

Reading, (2nd half of the Text), Summary, Analysis,

10 Non-African Prose: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte:

Plot/Plot Summary, Analysis,
Background, Theme, Characterization, Setting, Style etc

11 Revision Revision
12 Examination Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 3 FIRST TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

WEEK 1 Revision of 3rd Term SS2 Examination
WEEK 2 Revision of Literary Appreciation- Prose
(Reference to Recommended Texts is Essential)
WEEK 3 Revision of Literary Appreciation- Drama
(Reference to Recommended Texts is Essential)
WEEK 4 Revision of Literary Appreciation- Poetry
(Reference to Recommended Texts is Essential)
WEEK 5 Revision of Literary Appreciation- Figures of Speech
WEEK 6 Revision of Studied Materials- Prose
WEEK 7 Revision of Studied Materials- Drama/Play
WEEK 8 Revision of Studied Materials- Poetry
WEEK 9 Revision of Unseen Prose & Poetry
WEEK 10 Revision of How to Answer Literature Questions
WEEK 11 Revision
WEEK 12 Examination

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH SS 3 SECOND TERM

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT -ACTIVITIES

WEEK 1 Revision of Marking Scheme WAEC/NECO
WEEK 2 Treatment of Past Questions – 2013
WEEK 3 Treatment of Past Questions – 2014
WEEK 4 Treatment of Past Questions – 2015
WEEK 5 Treatment of Past Questions – 2016
WEEK 6 Treatment of Past Questions – 2017
WEEK 7 Treatment of Past Questions – 2018
WEEK 8 Treatment of Past Questions – 2019
WEEK 9 Treatment of Past Questions – 2020
WEEK 10 Treatment of Past Questions – 2021
WEEK 11 Revision
WEEK 12 Examination