SS1 2nd Term English Language scheme of work

SUBJECT:   ENGLISH STUDIES                                                                  CLASS:  SS1

SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK            TOPIC

1                      Revision of Last Term Work and Exams

Homographs: Words that are Spelled the Same. More on Spellings

2                      Comprehension/Listening Skills-Listening to Grasp the Main Points- Unit 6 Section C- Page 111

Structure, Present Tense -Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and   Present Perfect Continuous.

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Government and Politics.

3                      Comprehension: Comprehending Word. Unit 6 Section A Page 104 on ‘Beauty’ Meanings in Context.

Structure: Auxiliaries, “will and would”,

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Photography

4                      Essay writing: Formal Letter, speech work: Contrasting /Ɵ/and /ᵭ/ \ Ɵ\ and/t/ /d/

and /d/, Structure: Participle-Present and Past – Unified Test.

5                      Comprehension/ Writing Skill, Answering Summary Questions.

Structure: Auxiliaries-”shall” and “should”.

Essay Writing: Descriptive- The Evil Effect of Peer Pressure.

6                      Comprehension –Unit 8-Yvonne and Yvette- Pages 139-142

Vocabulary Development- Printing and Mass-media     .

Structure:‘can and could’.Words Commonly Misspell,TheUse ofDictionary

7                      Comprehension- Group Work on Oral and Written TV Interviews, Structure: Past Tense, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

Comprehension/Writing Skills, Paraphrasing a Passage.

Essay Writing: Various Methods of Introducing Writings

8                      Essay writing: More on Argumentative “Child Abuse” Who is to be Blamed, Government or Parents?

Vocabulary /Development: Words Associated with Religion.

Structure: Future Tense: Simple Future Continuous etc

9                      Comprehension – Unit 7 Passage C Pages 125-126.Speech Work: Introduction Syllable Spelling: Homophones: Words that sounds alike.

Structure Punctuation: Question Mark, Apostrophe and Exclamation Mark.

10                    Speech work: Introduction to Stress, essay writing:Writing Minutes of Meetings

Structure: Punctuation-Full Stop, Comma, Dash, Colon, Semi Colon, and quotation marks

11                    Revision and Exams.

12                    Examination.

REFERENCES

Effective English Book 1- Michael Montgomery et al.

Countdown English– O. Ogunsanwo et al.

Goodbye to Failure- Blessing Dupe at al