ENGLISH LANGUAGE: First term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3


English Lesson Notes for Junior Secondary

ENGLISH LANGUAGE: First term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3

Below is the scheme of work for Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 - 3.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: First term's scheme of work for JSS 1 - 3

First term's scheme of work for JSS 1

Week 1
Parts of speech: Noun

Week 2
Vowel sounds

Week 3
i. Pronoun
ii. Consonant sounds

Week 4
Long and short vowels

Week 5
Adjectives

Week 6
i. Adverbs
ii. Consonant clusters

Week 7 – 8
Reading Comprehension: The history and aim of FRSC

Week 9
Vocabulary Development: Points from essays (stories and passages)

Week 10
i. Reading Comprehension
ii. Verbs

Week 11 – 12
Revision/Examination

First term's scheme of work for JSS 2

Week 1
i. Reading Comprehension
ii. Writing an outline: Article Writing
iii. Introduction to sounds (Revision)
iv. Nouns, Pronouns and their functions

Week 2
i. Reading Comprehension
ii. Arrangement of ideas/points in a composition
iii. Consonants: /t/, /g/, /k/

Week 3
i. Narrative composition
ii. Descriptive composition
iii. Adjectives
iv. Vowels: /ɪ/, /ɪ:/, /aɪ/, /æ/ and /ʒ:/

Week 4
i. Conjunction
ii. Argumentative composition 
iii. Preposition
iv. Vowels: /ʌ/and /ə/

Week 5
i. Consonant sounds: /f/ and /v/
ii. Tenses: Present, Past and Future

Week 6
i. Letter writing: Informal letter
ii. Consonant sounds: /dʒ/ and /tʃ/

Week 7
i. Letter writing: Formal letter
ii. Consonants: /ð/ and /θ/
iii. Adverbs


Week 8
i. Listening and Speaking: /ŋ/ and /n/
ii. Regular and Irregular verbs

Week 9
Transitive and Intransitive verbs

Week 10
i. Reading Comprehension
ii. Consonant Clusters
iii. Classification of Adjectives

Week 11 – 12
Revision/Examination

First term's scheme of work for JSS 3

Week 1
i. Reading Comprehension: Critical reading
ii. Writing composition: Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative and Expository

Week 2
Consonants: /f/ and /d/

Week 3
i. Consonant clusters
ii. Tenses

Week 4
i. Intonation
ii. Conjunction
iii. Preposition

Week 5
i. Summary writing
ii. Types of letter: Formal, Informal and Semi formal.

Week 6
i. Reading Comprehension
ii. Diphthongs: /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and /au/

Week 7 – 8
i. Word stress
ii. Active and Passive voice

Week 9
i. Regular and Irregular verbs
ii. Interjection

Week 10
Reading Comprehension

Week 11 – 12
Revision/Examination

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