LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: Third term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3


English Lesson Notes for Junior Secondary

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: Third term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3

THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 1
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: Third term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3

Week 1
Revision/Resumption test

Week 2
Types of drama
--Tragedy
--Comedy
--Tragicomedy

Week 3
Features of drama
--Theme
--Stage
--Costume

Week 4
Features of drama (Continued)
--Play director
--Audience
--Performance

Week 5
Reading and explanation of a drama text

Week 6
Definition of Figures of speech

Week 7
Use of comparison
--Simile and Metaphor

Week 8
Literary appreciation of a poem

Week 9
Poetry
--Definition
--Types
--Features
--Analysis of a poem

Week 10
Emphasis on using elevated language for writing poems to differentiate it from prose literature

Week 11
Revision

Week 12 - 13
Examination


THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 2

Week 1
Revision/Resumption test

Week 2
Types of poetry
--Epic
--Lyric
--Ballads
--Dirge

Week 3
Language of Poetry
--Concise
--Unique
--High

Week 4
Poetry
i. Narrative poem
ii. Ballads
---The teacher should identify each of these poems and the language used in each of them.
---The teacher should also identify the theme of each of the poems.

Week 5
Drama
--Types (Comedy and Tragedy)
--Features of drama: Theme, stage costumes etc.

Week 6
Reading of the recommended drama texts.
--Identifying the message of the text.
--Roles of the characters (minor and major)

Week 7
i. Reading and explanation of the recommended prose text(s)
ii. Identifying the type of prose
iii. Discuss the features of the prose text: Plot, characterisation, style, setting, language and theme

Week 8
Reading of drama text (short play)
--Identify the essential language features of the play
--Identify the major character(s)
--Act out the play

Week 9
Irony
--Definition
--Identify irony in literature text
--Construction of correct sentences with irony.

Week 10
Figures of speech (Hyperbole)
--Identification of hyperbole in literature text
--Construction of correct sentences with hyperbole

Week 11
Characterisation and summary of the Literature texts

Week 12 - 13
Revision/Examination

THIRD TERM'S SCHEME OF WORK FOR JSS 3

Week 1
Revision/Resumption test

Week 2
Introduction to the prescribed drama texts, e.g. Trafficked Victims, Dinner for Promotion.

Week 3
Biography of the playwrights of the prescribed drama texts.

Week 4
Introduction to the Theme, Setting and Plot of the prescribed drama text(s).

Week 5
Discussion and summary of the drama text

Week 6
Highlight of the main characters and events in the text.

Week 7
Revision of the treated Literature texts

Week 8
General revision

Week 9 - 13
Examination

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