LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1 - 3


English Lesson Notes for Junior Secondary

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1 - 3

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1 - 3

First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 1

Week 1
The meaning, history and functions of Literature.

Week 2
Types of Literature:
i. Oral Literature.
ii. Written Literature.

Week 3
i Types of Oral Literature.
ii. Categories of Written Literature.

Week 4
The genres of Literature:
i. Prose
ii. Drama
iii. Poetry

Week 5
Genre of Literature: Prose
i. Features
ii. Types
iii. Elements
iv. Other aspects of Prose

Week 6
Genre of Literature: Drama
i. Features
ii. Types
iii. Terms used in Drama

Week 7
Genre of Literature: Poetry
i. Features
ii. Types
iii. Elements

Week 8
Poetic devices

Week 9 – 10
Figures of Speech

Week 11 – 12
Revision/Examination


First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 2

Week 1
Revision on last session's work

Week 2
Short stories/Novelettes based on effects of climate, e.g., floods, depletion of ozone layer, environmental pollution etc.

Week 3
Short stories/Novelettes on any relevant topic or incidence.

Week 4
Folktale: Nigerian and African folktales
i. Meanings and examples.
ii. Features.

Week 5
Popular Myths and Legends: African and non African
i. Meanings and examples.
ii. Features.

Week 6 – 8
Reading of books for the term: Prose

Week 9 – 11
Reading of books for the term: Drama

Week 12 – 13
Revision/Examination.

First Term's Scheme of Work for JSS 3

Week 1
Non African folktales

Week 2 – 3
Revision on Figures of speech.

Week 4
Figurative expressions
i. Meaning
ii. Characteristics

Week 5 – 7
Reading of books for the term: Prose

Week 8 – 10
Reading of books for the term: Drama

Week 11 – 12
Revision/Examination.