SS1- SS3 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK

SS 1:SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1: Introduction to Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta.

• Background of the novelist.
• Background and setting of the novel.
• Plot summary.

Week 2: Themes and Style of the novel.

Week 3: Character Analysis –Major characters(roles and significance).

Week 4: Character Analysis 2 – Minor characters (roles and significance).

Week 5: General Overview of the novel.

Week 6: Introduction to The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka.

• Background of the dramatist.
• Background and setting of the play.
• Plot summary.

Week 7: Themes and Styles.

Week 8: Characterization: Major characters (roles and significance).

Week 9: Characterization: Minor characters

Week 10/11: Revision

Week 12: Examination.

SS2:SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1: Introduction to Faceless by Amma Darko.

Week 2: The themes and styles.

Week 3: Character Analysis 1

Week 4: General Overview of the novel –Faceless.

Week 5: Introduction to The Blood of a Stranger by Dele Charley.

Week 6: The themes and styles.

Week 7: Introduction to She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith.

Week 8: Character Analysis.

Week 9/10: Role Play: The Blood of a Stranger and She Stoops to Conquer.

Week 11: Revision

Week 12: Examination. 

SS3 :SCHEME OF WORK

Week 1: “The Proud King” by William Morris.

• Background of the poet and poem.
• The subject matter of the poem.
• Themes.
• Language and structure of the poem.
• Relating the poem to life experience.

Week 2: “The Anvil and the Hammer” by Kofi Awoonor.

Week 3: “Birches” by Robert Frost.

Week 4: “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?”(Sonnet 105) by William Shakespeare.

Week 5: Answering questions and general revisions: Attempting objectives or multiple choice questions in WAEC and NECO Examination.

Week 6: Revision.