English Language Lesson Note for JSS3 (1st, 2nd & 3rd terms)

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English Language Scheme of Work for JSS3 First Term

WEEK	THEME	CONTENT
1.	Resumption Test	Resumption Test
2	Reading	Reading for critical evaluation Reading for critical evaluation Meaning of critical reading and aspect of critical reading
	Writing	Revision on composition writing Types of composition Narrative Descriptive Argumentative Expository
	Listening and speaking	Speeches (phonemes) Long and short  vowels e.g, /i/ and /i/ bee/be, head/hid, heat/hit, beat/bit
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbials and tenses Identification and use of adverbials such as frequency
	Literature	Non-African folktales Features of non-African folktales: didactic, entertaining and archaic.
3.	Reading	Reading for critical evaluation Essence of critical reading and selected passages on critical reading highlighting: –          Facts –          Opinions –          Deductions
	Writing	Composition writing Types of composition Narrative, descriptive, argumentative and expository
	Listening and speaking	Speeches (Phonemes) Consonants e.g. fall/vim, fish/van; four/love, Mathematics and Machine.
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbials and tenses (a)  Course or reason e.g. so that, in order, so as, (b)  Purpose e.g. because, for (c)  Condition e.g. unless, if, until, provided (d)  Contrast e.g. yet, though, although
	Literature	Non-African folktales Features of non-African folktales: –          Didactic –          Entertaining –          Archaic
4.	Reading	Reading for critical evaluation Explanation on the meaning of –          Danger signs on our roads, –          Types of danger, –          Signs on the roads –
	Writing	Composition writing Arrangement of ideas in logical sequence
WEEK	Listening and speaking	Speeches (Phonemes) Consonant clusters: e.g. respect, principle, tactile, struggle.
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbials and tenses Identification and use of tenses e.g. present, past and future using such topics as: (a)  Importance of peace education (b)  Need for computer literacy (c)  Indiscipline among youths
	Literature	Non-African folktales Features of Non-African folktales: (a)  Didactic (b)  Entertainment (c)  Archaic
5.	Reading	Reading for critical evaluation Reading for speed techniques –          Surveying/scanning for main to read a lot of materials, read non-text materials quickly and to cultivate the skill of referencing.
	Writing	Composition writing Composition on motor vehicle parts that need regular care e.g. radiator, brake, fluid, engine.
	Listening and speaking	Speeches (Phonemes) Intonation, stress and rhythm Listening to speeches on the following: (a)  Human rights (b)  Gender issues (c)  Value re-orientation (honest, respect for elders, punctuality)
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbials and tenses Adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions Examples of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions in a given passage e.g. (a)  The ideal family size (b)  Effects of adulterated drugs (c)  The dangers of examination mal-practice (d)  Effects of corruption in a society.
	Literature	Lesson from myths/legends African and non-African tales comprising of myths and legends
6.	Reading	Reading for Summary Importance of reading for speed: –          The link between reading for speed and comprehension –          Scanning, skimming and normal rate reading.
	Writing	Letter writing Types of letter writing (informal and formal)
	Listening and speaking	Speeches (Phonemes) Listening to speeches on the following: (a)  Peace education (b)  Conflict resolution (c)  Drug abuse (d)  Road safety
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbial, conjunctions and prepositions Functions of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions.
	Literature	Lesson from myths/legends Moral lessons from given myths/legends Myths-Story about ancient gods and heroes and monsters. Legends-An old traditional story that is usually not true.
7.	Reading	Reading for critical evaluation Suitable passages/stories that illustrate topic sentences, key ideas and expressions that redirect attention to main points on: (a)  Road traffic management (b)  Reading food labels with understanding (c)  Safe storage of food
	Listening/speaking	Speeches (phonemes) Diphthongs e.g. /ei/ rail, sail, date, late. /ou/ load, road, coat, boat /i/ fierce, theatre, hero, serious /ai/ child, wild, mild, might /au/ stout, rout, drought, bout
	Writing	Formal letter (a)  Opening (b)  Salutation (c)  Correct heading (d)  Body of the letter (e)  Closing (f)   Signature
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbial and tenses Identification and use of tenses e.g. present, past and future using such topics as: (a)  Inter-ethnic marriages (b)  Global warming (c)  Drug abuse
	Literature	Prose Types of prose: (a)  Narrative (b)  Descriptive
8.	Reading	Reading for summary Suitable passages/stories that illustrate topic sentences, key ideas and expressions that redirect attention to main points on: (a)  Road traffic management (b)  Reading food labels with understanding (c)  Safe storage of food
	Writing	Letter writing: formal Letter writing formal conventional form of two addresses: (a)  Opening (b)  Salutation (c)  Correct heading (d)  Body of the letter (e)  Closing (f)   Signature
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm Listening to speeches on the following: Inter-ethnic Marriages, highlighting. Correct intonation, stress and rhythm
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbial, conjunction and preposition Functions of adverbs conjunctions and prepositions.
	Literature	Prose Features of prose e.g. (a)  Plot (b)  Character (c)  Style (d)  Setting theme
9.	Reading	Reading for summary Suitable passages/stories that illustrate topic sentences, key ideas and expressions that redirect attention to the main points on: (a)  Road traffic management (b)  Reading food labels with understanding (c)  Safe storage of food
	Writing	Letter writing: (informal) Informal letter-one address: (a)  Opening (b)  Salutation (c)  Body of the letter (d)  Closing
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm Passages and poems, highlighting correct intonation, stress and rhythms.
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Identification of active and passive verbs e.g. active verb: “The cat chased the mouse” Passive verb: “The leaves are being eaten by caterpillars”.
	Literature	Prose Types of prose (a)  Narrative prose a story or a description of event (b)  Descriptive prose
10.	Reading	Reading for summary Selected passages on critical reading highlighting: (a)  Facts (b)  Opinions
	Writing	Composition, writing, exposition Elements of composition: (a)  Introduction (b)  Body (c)  Conclusion Arrangement of ideas in logical sequence
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: (Phonemes) Consonant cluster e.g. respect, principle, tactile, struggle.
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Passive verbs Identification of active and passive verbs in given passages on: (a)  Dangers of pre-marital sex (b)  Consequences of negative peer pressure.
	Literature	Prose Features of prose: (a)  Plot-the story of a book (b)  Character-a person in a story “Harry is a character in the book”. (c)  Style: a particular way a book is written “she has a wonderful style of writing”. (d)  Setting: the place or period of time the book is written “she chose Abuja as the setting for her novel”. (e)  Theme “The main idea or subject in a book”.
11.	Reading	Reading for summary Empowers us to read a lot of materials such as: (a)  Newspaper (b)  Magazines (c)  Cuttings Help us to cultivate the skill of referencing
	Writing	Various types of composition writing: Narrative Descriptive Expository Argumentative Composition on: motor  vehicle parts that need regular care e.g. ‘radiator’, ‘engine’, ‘brake’, ‘fluid’ etc
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm Making statements, commands and questions using the correct stress, intonation and rhythm.
	Grammatical accuracy	Modal forms Identification of modals from selected passages based on the following: (a)  Patriotism (b)  Discipline (c)  Benefits of reading newspapers etc
	Literature	Poetry Poetry types e.g. (a) dirge, epic, lyric, dramatic etc
12	Reading	Reading for speed Surveying/scanning for main points
	Writing	Summary Writing Identification of topic sentences from given paragraphs/passages
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: Intonation, stress and rhythm Making statements, commands and questions and questions using the correct stress, intonation and rhythm
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Making sentences with active and passive verbs e.g. ‘The cat chased the mouse’ (active verb) “The leaves are being eaten by caterpillars” (passive verb)
	Literature	Poetry Poetry language (a)  Concise (b)  Unique (c)  High
13.	Revision	Revision
14.	Examination	Examination

English Language Lesson Note for JSS3 First Term

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English Language Scheme of Work for JSS3 Second Term

WEEK	THEME	CONTENT
1	Resumption test	Resumption test
2	LISTENING/SPEAKING Intonation, stress and rhythm	1. Listening to speeches on the following: – Human right – Gender issues – Value orientation (e.g. honesty, punctuality etc.) – Peace Education – Drug Abuse – Global warming etc, high light correct intonation, stress 2. Making statements, commands and questions using correct stress, intonation and rhythm.
	WRITING Composition	Types of composition: narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository etc.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Speech adverbial	Adverbial and tenses, adverbial of: manners, purpose, frequency, reason etc.
	READING Reading for speech and accuracy	Reading techniques such as surveying, scansion and skimming.
	LITERATURE Prose	Types of prose (fiction/non fiction): narrative and descriptive
3	LISTENING/SPEAKING Phonemes	1. Long and short vowels /i/ Bee         /i/ be     Heed        hi     Heat         hit 2.  consonants and clusters e.g. four/vim, fish/van Clusters= respect, principle, struggle, etc. 3. diphthongs e.g. /ei/ = rail, sail, date, late, etc. /ou/ = coat, boat, road, …… /ai/ = child, wild, might, mild, ……
	WRITING Summary writing	Essentials in summary writing – identification of topic sentences – identification of key ideas from different passages
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY	Identification of weak forms, word boundaries e.g. above, alone abound
	READING Reading critical evaluation	1. Meaning of critical reading. – Aspects of critical and its essence – select passage in critical work.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading of the recommended text (Prose)
4	LISTENING/SPEAKING	i. Phrases and question tags ii. Phrases =e.g. a crop of ideas, a queue of traffic etc. iii. Question tags e.g. – Dapo is a naughty girl, isn’t she? (No, she isn’t)
	WRITING Writing skills	1. Summary writing 2. Essentials of summary
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Modifiers (Adjectives & adverbs)	Use of words that modify (adjective & adverbs) “smell, colour” etc.
	READING Reading to grasp meaning	Reading composition passages from selected text
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading recommended prose text
5	LISTENING/SPEAKING Composition passage	Reading a descriptive composition aspects of descriptive
	WRITING Writing skills	Narrative composition
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Grammatical structure and usage	Introduction to synonyms. Words that mean nearly the same or exactly the same.
	READING Chanting a poem	Chanting a poem: observing the metric pattern, rhyme and other sound effects
	LITERATURE Reading Prose	Reading the recommended prose text.
6	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Speaking skills (conversation among students)
	WRITING Writing skills	Summary writing
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Model verbs and adverbials.	Using modal verbs and adverbials to express willingness and unwillingness.
	READING Reading for points	Reading selected passages for main points
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading recommended prose text
7	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Asking and answering questions
	WRITING Letter writing	Informal letters: – Letter to parents – Letter to friends – Close relations etc.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Word building	Using suffixes to form new words from root words
	READING Critical evaluation	Reading to analyze, judge and give opinion.
	LITERATURE Prose reading	Reading the recommended text (prose)
8	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Consonant sounds /h/ in h- occurring and non – occurring words.
	WRITING Letter writing	Informal letter its (futures) Address, date, salutation, body, complementary, close, first name of the writer only.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Conjunctions	The use of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.
	READING Summary	Summarizing in a number of sentences.
	LITERATURE Prose reading	Reading the prose text for themes, characters and plot structure.
9	LISTENING/SPEAKING Intonation pattern	Intonation stress pattern on speeches involving conflict resolution, gender issues, giving instructions.
	WRITING Letter writing	Writing informal letters, letters of appreciation, letter of complaint
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Use of parts of speech	The use of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections
	READING Comprehension	Listening to comprehension passage taken from students’ prescribed text.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading the text for mood, tone, symbolism and imagery.
10	LISTENING/SPEAKING Consonant sounds	Contrasting the voiceless /ɵ/ and the voice /ə/.
	WRITING Writing skills in letter writing	Revising formal letter Types: = letter to business organization, = letters of application for employment = letter of query etc.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Verbs	Modal verbs and other forms of expressing a wish
	READING Reading for points	Reading for major and minor points. Selected passage from the students’ prescribed text.
	LITERATURE Poetry study	Reading the recommended poem for theme, structure and symbolism.
11	Revision	Revision
12	Examination	Examination

English Language Lesson Note for JSS3 Second Term

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English Language Scheme of Work for JSS3 Third Term

WEEK	THEME/SKILL	TOPIC	CONTENT
1	Resumption test	Resumption test	Resumption test
2	Listening and speaking	Consonant sounds	Consonant /Ѳ/ and /ā/ contrasted in words and sentence contexts. E.g. cloth/clothe, breath/breathe, thanks/then
	Grammatical accuracy	Verbs	Using model verbs and other forms to express permission.
	Reading	Identifying active and passive verbs	Reading passages on (a) Dangers of premarital sex (b) the right to education (c) consequences of negative peer pressure.
	Writing	Skills in writing a poem.	Composing a simple poem in a concise, unique but high language.
	Literature	Drama	Introduction to the prescribed dramatic text e.g. ‘trafficked victims’, dinner for promotion.
3	Speech (listening and speaking)	Consonant sounds usage.	Consonants/s/ and/S/ contrasted in word and sentence contexts. Eg. Save /shave, suit/shoot, sleep/ship etc.
	Reading	Reading to grasp meaning	Reading passages to grasp meaning in various context.
	Grammatical accuracy.	Correct use of verbs.	Using modal verbs to express obligation and necessity. Eg ought’, might.
	Writing	Writing skills	Descriptive composition  ways to describe accurately
	Literature	Biography	Biography of the playwright (the prescribed drama text)
4	Speaking and listening (speech work)	Consonant sounds	Consonant sounds /p/ and /b/ contrasted in word and sentence usage. Eg. Peace/beat, purse/bus, parch/batch etc.
	Grammatical accuracy	Verbs	Modal verbs for expressing possibility.
	Reading	Reading for evaluation	Reading form student text for evaluation.
	Writing	Writing Skills	Expository composition: Techniques of writing exposition.
	Literature	Drama	Introduction to the theme, setting and plot of the prescribed drama txet.
5	Speech	Speaking & listening	Speaking skills: conversation among students. Conversation between senior and senior etc.
	Grammatical accuracy	Ability	Modal for expressing ability.
	Writing	Writing skills	Writing a fare well speech
	Reading	Reading for comprehension	Listening/Reading to comprehend. Selected passage form student text.
	Literature	Review	Discussion of the text and summary of it.
6	Speech	Listening and speaking	Asking and answering questions
	Reading	Comprehension	Reading selected passage form student text for comprehension.
	Writing	Writing skills	Summary writing: summarizing points.
	Grammatical accuracy	Ability	Modals for expressing ability
	Literature	Reading	Highlight of the main characters and events in the text.
7	Speech (listening/speaking)	Intonation	Rising and falling tone. Speaking in high temper and low temper.
	Writing	Writing skills	Diary and record keeping
	Reading	Reading skills	Reading for maximum retention and recall (form students text).
	Grammatical accuracy	Adverbials	modes of expressing restriction using adverbials.
	Literature	Reading	Revision of treated literature texts.
8	Revision	Revision	Revision work
9 – 12	Examination	Examination	Examination

English Language Lesson Note for JSS3 Third Term

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