Literature in English: Second Term's Scheme of Work for SSS 1 – 3


English Lesson Notes for Junior Secondary

Literature in English: Second Term's Scheme of Work for SSS 1 – 3


Second term's Scheme of Work for Literature
Do I have students and teachers of Literature in English in the house? If yes, below is second term's scheme of work for literature in English for SSS 1– 3.

SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 1
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.

SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 2
Week 1: Introduction to Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri.

Week 2: The themes and styles.

Week 3: Character Analysis 1

Week 4: General Overview of the novel – Unexpected Joy at Dawn.

Week 5: Introduction to Let Me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo

Week 6: The themes and styles.

Week 7: Introduction to Look Back in Anger by John Osborne.

Week 8: Character Analysis.

Week 9/10: Role Play: Let Me Die Alone and Look Back in Anger

Week 11: Revision


SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 3.
Weeks 1 and 2: Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Elison
  • Background of the novelist.
  • Background and setting of the novel.
  • Plot Summary.
  • Themes and style of the novel .
  • Character Analysis: Major and Minor Characters .
Week 3: Revision on "Bat" by D.H Lawrence.

Week 4: Revision on "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

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

Week 6: Revision.