SS1- SS3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK

English Language first term Scheme of work for Nigeria senior secondary school (SS1 – SS3) students.

SS 1: SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1

• The consonant sounds: /j/ and /z/.
• Revision of common nouns.
• Uses of capital letters.
• Narrative composition/essay.
• Reading comprehension.

Week 2

• The consonants :/ᵭ/ and /θ/
• Vocabulary development: Words related to agriculture.
• Sentences.
• Expository essay.
• Reading comprehension.

Week 3

• The consonant /w/
• Noun Phrase.
• Reading comprehension.

Week 4

• Summary writing.
• Countable/uncountable nouns.
• Writing: Popular article for various reading audience.

Week 5

• Syllabic consonants.
• Reading comprehension.
• More on summary writing.

Week 6

• Pronouns (Introduction)
• Vocabulary development.

Week 7

• Words of two syllables, with stress on the second syllable.
• Possessive pronoun.
• More on summary writing.

Week 8

• Words associated with religion.
• Regular and irregular verbs.
• Reading comprehension.

Week 9

• Consonant clusters.
• Pronouns (other types).
• Formal letter.

Week 10

• Speech writing.
• Semi formal letter.
• Differences between phrases and clauses.
• More on summary writing.

Week 11 – 12

• Revision/Examination.

SS 2: SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1

• Speech work.
• Vocabulary development: Medicine.
• Noun phrase: position and functions.

Week 2

• Listening skills; recording work.
• Vocabulary development: Words associated with health.
• Pronouns.
• Expository essay.

Week 3

• Nominalisation of adjectives.
• Speech writing.

Week 4

• Argumentative essay.
• The unstressed vowel: /ә/.

Week 5

• Consonant cluster.
• Adjectives and adverbs.
• Summary writing.

Week 6

• Consonant cluster in word initial position.
• Adjectival phrases and their grammatical functions.
• Sentences.
• Creative writing.

Week 7

• Narrative essay.

Week 8

• Adverbial phrases and functions.
• Formal letters.
• Vowel sounds: /u/, /u:/, /i/, /i:/, /e/ and /ʒ:/
• Reading comprehension.

Week 9

• Diphthongs: /ei/, /ai/, /au/ and /uә/

Week 10

• Reading comprehension.

Week 11 – 12

• Revision/Examination.

SS 3:SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1

• Revision on:
• Noun and Noun phrase.
• Expository essay.
• Consonants.
• Reading comprehension.

Week 2

• Intonation

Week 3

• Vocabulary development: Words associated with administration and government.
• Listening to oral presentation.
• Sentence analysis – simple, compound and complex sentences.

Week 4

• Summary writing.
• Idioms/idiomatic expressions.

Week 5

• Word stress/stress pattern.

Week 6

• Words with three consonant cluster.

Week 7

• Reading comprehension
• Grammatical names and functions.
• Concord.

Week 8

• Emphatic stress.

Week 9

• Collocation.

Week 10

• Revision.

Week 11 – 12

• Examination.