THIRD TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS1
Lagos State Senior Secondary School Curriculum – edudelight.com Curriculum
SS1 Third Term English Studies Curriculum
WEEK 1 REVISION OF LAST TERM’S EXAM
WEEK 2 Vocabulary and Oral skill Development;
Words Associated with Profession
- Advertising
- Some Selected Consonant sounds
• Class Exercise
- Sentence Stress
- Consonants followed by /J/
WEEK 3 Words Associated with Advertising
Selected Consonant sounds
Speech writing Class exercise Sentence stress
WEEK 4 Selected consonant sounds
Words Associated with stock exchange
Types and functions of subordinate clauses
Class exercise
Consonants followed by K + W
WEEK 5 First Continuous Assessment
WEEK 6 Words commonly miss pelt
Stress Articles Class Articles
WEEK 7 Reading comprehension
Stress of words of two syllables Consonants followed by l
WEEK 8 Summary Writing
Stress of Words of three syllables Sentence stress
WEEK 9 Stress of Words of three syllables and
above
Emphatic stress Summary Writing Class exercise
WEEK 10 Syllabic consonants / L /
Syllabic consonants / n /
Class exercise
SS1 Third Term English Studies Curriculum – Modified II
WEEK 1:The Use of the Dictionary and Words commonly miss pelt.
WEEK 2: Words associated with Advertising. (Register)
WEEK 3: Adverbs: Adjunct, Conjuncts and Disjuncts
WEEK 4: Narrative Essay or a Recount
WEEk5:The Dos and Don’ts of story writing
WEEK 6:plural forms of nouns – includes compound words
WEEK 7: pronouns – Reference to the three person i.e. 1st person, 2nd person and 3rd person
WEEK 8: questions tag
WEEK9:words associated with sport and entertainment – some
relevant words.
WEEK 10: Comprehension: Reading from NOSEC or Goodbye To Failure
SS1 Third Term English Studies Curriculum – Modified II
WEEK 1
Revision of Last Term’s Work and Examination
Comprehension- Reading to grasp word meanings in various contexts.
Commonly Misspelt Words
The Use of Dictionary
WEEK 2
Practical Approach to Summary Writing
Comprehension: Reading for the main point. “Beauty”
Vocabulary Development: Advertising
Structure: Adjuncts: explanation and Examples
Writing: Narrative Essay: Explanation, Features and Outline of a topic
WEEK 3
Comprehension: Fishing in Hausa Land, page 227, Effective English Summary Writing: A Sample Passage, page 152-153. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with home and family life. Writing: Expository Essay: Explanation, Features and Outline of a topic Structure: Introduction to Clauses.
WEEK 4
Essay Writing: More on formal letter.
Speech Work: Rhymes
Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Government and Politics.
WEEK 5
Comprehension / Reading Skills: More on Skimming and Scanning.
Speech work: Diphthongs /ei/ and /ai/
Structure: Conjuncts and Disjuncts.
WEEK 6
Structures: Plural forms of Nouns and Compound Nouns.
Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables
Essay Writing: Story Writing- A story which illustrates the saying- It is a man’s world”
WEEK 7
Comprehension and Reading Skills: Reading for leisure
Writing: Semi Formal Letter: Explanation and Features
Comprehension and Reading Skills: Reading for leisure
Writing: Semi Formal Letter: Explanation and Features
Sentence Structure and formation. Spelling: Dropping (e) and retaining (e)
Sentence Structure and formation. Spelling: Dropping (e) and retaining (e)
WEEK 8
Comprehension; Summarizing in a specified number of sentences
Speech Work: Homophones
Structure: Functions of comparatives. Vocabulary Development: Sports and Entertainment.
WEEK 9
Comprehension; Summarizing in a specified number of sentences
Speech Work: Homophones
Structure: Functions of comparatives.
Vocabulary Development: Sports and Entertainment.
WEEK 10
Comprehension/Reading Skills: Identifying statutory topic, theme and key sentences of a passage.
Vocabulary Development: Words associated with journalism and advertising.
Structure: Antonyms as words opposite in meaning and nearly opposite in meaning.
Informal Letter Writing: Explanation and Features
WEEK 11
Comprehension/Speaking skill. Speech work: contrasting /i/ and /i: /. Essay writing: Argumentative – Indiscipline is Responsible for the Poor Performances of Students in Examinations’
Structure: Pronoun references to the three Persons in English
WEEK 12
Comprehension: Summarizing in a specified number of words. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Building. Structure: synonyms: words nearest in meaning
WEEK 13
Revision and Examination
