ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Third term's scheme of work for SSS 1 and 2


English Lesson Notes for Junior Secondary

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Third term's scheme of work for SSS 1 and 2

Below is third term's scheme of work for SSS 1 and 2. Please, note that SSS 3 don't do third term because of their external exams (WAEC and NECO).
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Third term's scheme of work for SSS 1 and 2

THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 1
Week 1
  • Intonation patterns
  • Words associated with religion (Christianity)
  • Reading comprehension
  • Types of sentences
  • Speech writing
Week 2
  • Oral composition
  • Words associated with advertising
  • Summary writing
  • Types of sentences (Continued)
Week 3
  • Intonation pattern (Continued)
  • Words associated with the stock exchange
  • Reading comprehension
  • Complex sentence (Continued)
  • Oral composition of a descriptive essay.
Week 4
  • Emphatic stress
  • Synonyms of words
  • Reading to summarise
  • Clauses (Dependent and Independent)
  • Article writing
Week 5
  • Simple polite requests; simple greetings
  • Antonyms of words
  • Comprehension: Listening to tell the meaning of words in sentence context.
  • Summary writing (Continued)
  • Noun clause
Week 6
  • Oral composition for expository essay
  • Words associated with investment
  • Reading to make note
  • Adjectival clause
Week 7
  • Speaking to persuade (Argumentative essay)
  • More on Adjectival clause
  • Reading for speed and summary
Week 8
  • Description (Oral presentation)
  • Words commonly misspelt
  • Reading for meaning in context
  • Words associated with photography
Week 9
  • Words associated with photography
  • Reading to answer questions and to identify the speaker's style.
  • Introduction to active and passive verbs.
  • Brutish and American spellings of common words.
Week 10 – 11  
  • Listening to grasp main points or ideas in a speech.
  • Revision on consonants
  • Synonyms
Week 12/13
Revision and Examination


THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR SSS 2
Week 1
  • Listening to speakers and other oral presentations for critical evaluation.
  • Introduction to clauses
  • Words associated with horticulture.
Week 2
  • Listening to debates for main points and passing judgement.
  • Reading to answer questions on a given passage.
  • Words associated with commerce
Week 3
  • Noun clause and grammatical functions
  • Reading to summarise in specific number of sentences.
  • Expository essay
Week 4
  • Emphatic stress
  • Adjectival clauses and their grammatical functions.
  • Reading comprehension for implied meaning
  • Article writing
Week 5
  • Consonant sounds (plosives): /b/ and /p/, /t/ and /d/, /k/ and /g/.
  • Adverbial clauses: Types and functions
  • Reading for meaning in context
  • More on informal letter
Week 6
  • Speaking to persuade
  • Auxiliary verbs
  • Words associated with plumbing
  • Semi formal letter
Week 7
  • Consonant sounds (Nasals): /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/
  • Concord
  • Summarising a given passage
  • Formal letter
Week 8
  • Reading to answer questions on a given passage.
  • Exposition on scientific facts
  • Rhymes
  • Adjuncts
Week 9
  • Consonants: /z/ and /s/, /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
  • Tag questions
  • Using simple sentences in summary writing
  • Argumentative essay
Week 10 – 11
  • Reading comprehension
  • Sibilants
  • Simple, compound and complex sentences (revision).
  • Revision on consonants
  • Revision of guidelines to answering comprehension questions.
  • Idiomatic expressions.
Week 12/13
Revision and Examination