THIRD TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 1 (BASIC 7)
Jss1 English Language Curriculum – Edudelight.com
Lagos State Secondary School Curriculum
Week 1:Punctuation marks – Hyphen, colon, Brackets and apostrophe, Vocabulary associated with Islamic religions
vowel (3)
Week 2:Complex Sentences relative clauses
Register associated with government and polities
Consonant /o/ and / /
Tears of a bride
Week 3:Future Tenses
Vowel /e/
Apostrophes ( )
The police
Tears of a Bride continued
Week 4: Report writing
Consonants / / and / /
Vocabulary associated with corruption Poetry my mother
Week 5:Preposition in phrases of time
Capital letters
Reading from main ideas Wrong decision
Week 6: Duration -while+ clauses, until + phrases
Vocabulary associated with cultism The taxi driver
Week 7: Complex sentences adverbial clauses vowel / /
Vowel / /
The use of semi colons c: y Dramat : C prose
Week 8 – 10: Consonants / / and / /
Writing a diary Obedience
Week 11: Revision
Week 12: Examination
JSS 1 English Studies Curriculum for Third Term – Modified 1
WEEK 1: Speech Sounds: Diphthongs and Vowel Sounds
WEEK 2: Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Air transport, Air travel and the Kitchen
WEEK 3: Active Voice and Passive Voice
WEEK 4: Syllable: Monosyllabic words, Bi-Syllabic words, Tri-Syllabic words
WEEK 5: Writing Composition- Different Types
WEEK 6: More on Types of Pronouns and Making Sentences
WEEK 7: Register; The job of Teaching
WEEK 8: Diphthongs – Contracting
WEEK 9: More on Diphthongs – Grammar Revision, Parts of Speech.
JSS 1 English Studies Curriculum for Third Term – Modified II
WEEK 1
REVISION
Speech Work: Diphthong
Grammar: Verb—Introduction
Comprehension: Unit 15, pages 194-195
Vocabulary Development: Air Transport
Composition: Descriptive Essay
Literature: Use of Recommended Text
WEEK 2
- Speech Work: /Iᶕ/ and /aI/
Grammar: Tenses of Active and Passive Voice
Comprehension: Page 16
Composition: Elements of Descriptive Essay
Literature: Use of Recommended on Prose: Setting and Plot
WEEK 3
- Speech Work: Introduction to Consonant sounds (twelve)
Grammar: The Use of Active and PassiveVoice with examples
Comprehension: Unit 3, Page 54
Composition: Argumentative Essay: Male Child is More Useful than a Female Child
Literature Poetry (Identification in a Poem).
WEEK 4
- Speech Work:Two,Three&Four Syllables
Grammar: The Use of Active and Passive Voice with example
Comprehension: Unit 4, Page 54
Composition:Argumentative Essay: AMale Child is More Useful than a Female Child
Literature:Myths and Legend with moral Moral lessons from a legend.
Vocabulary Development:Words Associated with the Sick Bay
WEEK 5
- Speech Work: Syllables Continued
Grammar: Exercises on Active andPasive Voice
Comprehension: Refer to Week 7 of 2nd Term
Composition: Formal Letter
Literature: Analysis of a Poem
Vocabulary Development: WordsAssociated with Cooking Page 156
WEEK 6
- Grammar: Statements/ Tag Questionsand Responses
Speech Work: Consonant Clusters
Comprehension: Page 106; Unit 9
Composition: Narrative: An Accident I Witnessed
Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Teaching
Literature: Drama Text
WEEK 7
Speech Work: Contsonanants (contd)
Grammar: Differences between Polar and Tag Questions
Comprehension: Revisit Week 8 0f 2nd Term
Vocabulary Development: Spelling Drills
Composition: Expository Essay
Literature: Recommended Text on Prose And Poetry
WEEK 8
Speech Work: /ᶕu/, /ai/ and /ei/
Grammar: Exercises on Verbs
Comprehension: Revisit Week 9 of 2ndTerm
Composition: (Oral) School Rules
Vocabulary Development: Spelling Drills
Literature:Changing Similes to Metaphors
WEEK 9
Grammar: Revision of Nouns, Pronoun, Verbs and Adjectives
Speech: Diphthongs (contd) exercise
Comprehension: Activity on Passage
Composition: Review all types of Essays
Literature: Figures of Speech
10 REVISION
11-12 EXAMINATION
