THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 1
Week 1
Resumption test
on/Revision of second term's work.
Week 2
- Reading
comprehension.
- Writing
a story or passage, highlighting main points and supporting ideas.
- Tenses
(Future tense).
- Word
boundaries.
Week 3
- Reading
to interpret maps and sentences accurately.
- Writing:
writing appropriate introduction and conclusion (of a given composition).
- Identifying
features of adverbials from passages on Peace and Dialogue.
- Compound
words.
Week 4
- Reading
comprehension.
- Writing
formal letters on different topics.
- Adverbs.
- Phrases.
Week 5
- Reading:
Identifying how a given diagram or map clarifies or complements written
materials.
- Informal
letter: One address, opening, salutation, body of the letter and closing.
- Identification
of active and passive verbs from passages on "Preventing
HIV/AIDS".
- Questions
and their tags (Question tags).
Week 6
- Reading
comprehension.
- Identification
of active and passive verbs from a passage on "War against
cultism".
- Listening/speaking:
Listening for main ideas from a selected passage on
"Cleanliness".
Week 7
- Reading
comprehension: Identifying key words in the passage that signals
direction.
- Making
sentences using active and passive verbs.
- Listening
and speaking: Making conversational sentences with question tags and
responses to the questions.
Week 8
- Reading
comprehension.
- Identification
of active and passive verbs from passages on "Dangers of examination
malpractice".
- Listening
and speaking: Listening for main ideas from a selected passage on Malaria,
Polio, Cleanliness etc.
Week 9
- Reading
comprehension.
- Identification
of active and passive verbs from passages on drug abuse.
- Listening
and speaking: Positioning of main ideas in given passages: beginning,
middle or end.
Week 10
- Reading
comprehension.
- Discussions
on choice of words and punctuation of writing perfect letters.
- More
practice on identification of conjunctions from a given passage.
Week 11
Revision.
Week 12/13
Examination.
THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 2
Week 1
Resumption test on/Revision of second term's work.
Week 2
- Reading
comprehension: Identifying topic sentences; identifying key ideas;
identifying words/expressions that redirect attention to main points in
paragraphs and passages that reflect on issues of national concern, e.g.
population explosion, youth management etc.
- Summary
writing.
- Adverbial
clauses.
- The
vowels /æ/ and /a:/
Week 3
- Summary
reading techniques
- More
on Summary writing.
- Adverbial
clause: Forms of expressing condition, e.g. if, unless, provided, as long
as etc.
- Intonation:
Rising tone.
Week 4
- Reading
to identify facts and opinions.
- Writing
speeches on "The family", "Discipline in schools",
"Our environment", "Examination malpractice" etc.
- Tenses:
Present perfect tense and Past perfect tense.
- Intonation:
Falling tone.
Week 5
- Reading
comprehension.
- Writing
speeches on different topics.
- Tenses:
Past continuous tense.
- Intonation:
Rising and falling tones.
Week 6
- Reading
comprehension.
- Writing
a composition.
- Tenses:
Present continuous tense.
- Question
tags.
Week 7
- Reading
for the contextual meanings of words.
- Writing
a composition on a given topic.
- Conditional
statements.
- More
on Question tags.
Week 8
- Reading
to acquire new words.
- Writing:
Organising main ideas correctly into paragraphs.
- Qualifiers:
Adjectives.
- The
vowel /əʊ/ --- know, go, sow, bone etc. Sentences, paragraphs, passages,
poems and plays should form the content for highlighting the sounds
indicated.
Week 9
- Reading
selected passages to identify facts and opinions.
- Writing
a composition on either of the topics: "Why I chose to become a
doctor", "Why I chose to become a teacher". Make out an
outline for introduction, body and conclusion as regards the these essay
topics.
- Turning
sentences into questions.
- Oral
comprehension: Listen to speech or recorded material on a selected topic.
Week 10
- Reading
to acquire new words.
- Writing
an essay on the topic, "My school".
- Modifiers:
Adverbs.
- Identifying
adverbs, making sentences with adverbs and functions of adverbs.
Week 11
- Reading
to obtain main substance in selected text.
- Format
for writing a formal letter and an informal letter.
- Direct
statements and Indirect statements.
- Contrasting
the following sounds: /f/ and /p/, /r/ and /l/, /tʃ/ and /ʃ/.
Week 12
Revision.
Week 13
Examination.
THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 3
Week 1
Resumption test on/Revision of second term's work.
Week 2
- The
consonants /θ/ and /ð/.
- Using
modal verbs and other forms to express permission.
- Identifying
active and passive verbs.
- Composing
a simple poem in a concise, unique but high language.
Week 3
- Consonants
and sound usage: The consonants /s/ and /ʃ/ contrasted in words like
"save/shave", "suit/shoot", "sleep/ship"
etc.
- Reading
to grasp meanings in various context.
- Using
modal verbs to express obligation or necessity. e.g. ought, might, should
etc.
- Writing
a descriptive composition on "Ways to describe accurately".
Week 4
- Speaking
and listening: The consonants /p/ and /b/ contrasted in word usage, e.g.
peace/beat, purse/bus, parch/batch etc.
- Modal
verbs for expressing possibility.
- Reading
for evaluation.
- Expository
composition: Techniques of writing exposition.
Week 5
- Speaking
skills: Conversation among students.
- Modal
verbs for expressing ability.
- Writing
a farewell speech.
- Reading
for comprehension.
Week 6
- Listening
and speaking: Asking and answering questions.
- Reading
comprehension.
- Summary
writing.
- Modal
verbs for expressing ability.
Week 7
- Intonation:
Rising and falling tone.
- Writing
skills: Dairy and record keeping.
- Reading
skills: Reading for maximum retention and recall.
- Adverbials:
Modes of expressing restriction using adverbials.
Week 8
Revision.
Week 9 - 12
Examination.