JSS2 First Term Scheme of Work for English Studies
| Β | ONDO STATE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: UNIFIED SCHEMES OF WORK FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL | |
| Β | English Studies Scheme of Work for Junior Secondary School 2(JSS2) | |
| Β | Class | J.S.S 2 |
| Β | Subject | English Studies |
| Β | Term | First Term |
| Week | Topic | Breakdown |
| 1 | SPEECH WORK | Listening and Speaking β Revision of pure vowel sound. |
| GRAMMAR | Revision of parts of speech β Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs and Adjectives. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Review of the SPQ3R reading technique. | |
| COMPOSITION | Writing an outline for a Narrative Essay β How l spent my last holiday. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Revisit Features of Prose (setting, theme, characterization,β¦)
II. Figures of speech β Alliteration, Personification. |
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| 2 | SPEECH WORK | Revision of consonant sounds with emphasis on consonant clusters. |
| GRAMMAR | Transitive and Intransitive verbs | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to understand the writerβs purpose | |
| COMPOSITION | Descriptive Essay β Writing an outline on a place of interest l visited. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Use the recommended text on prose. | |
| 3 | SPEECH WORK | Listening and speaking β The / ΙͺΙ / sound as in ear, clear, hear, bear, etc. |
| GRAMMAR | More on Active voice and Passive voice. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Identification of words that to the writerβs intention on contemporary issues like
corruption. II. Vocabulary Development β Word families β in the hospital. |
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| COMPOSITION | Elements of Composition β pre β writing, writing, editing, body and conclusion. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Features of folktales (didactic, entertaining, riddles,β¦)
II. Use the recommended text on prose. |
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| 4 | SPEECH WORK | The / ΙΚ / sound (go, blow, mow, knowβ¦) |
| GRAMMAR | More on Tenses (Present, Past and Future) | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Critical Reading β Meaning and steps of critical reading.
II. Vocabulary Development β Word families β The police officers job |
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| COMPOSITION | Descriptive Essay β A local festival | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Use the recommended text on prose. | |
| 5 | SPEECH WORK | Revision of consonant sounds (t, d, k, g) |
| GRAMMAR | The present continuous tense. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Reading to identify the meanings of word in various contexts.
II. Vocabulary Development β Word families β A place of worship |
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| COMPOSITION | Revisit the format of an informal letter and a formal letter. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama
II. Theme/Setting in the recommended text drama. |
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| 6 | SPEECH WORK | Contrasting consonants / p / and / t / (pan, tan, prim, trim,β¦) |
| GRAMMAR | The Past Perfect Tense | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Reading to identify the facts and opinions in a given passage.
II. Vocabulary Development β The language of sports |
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| COMPOSITION | Narrative Essay β What l do every day. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama.
II. Characterization and plot in the recommended text |
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| 7 | SPEECH WORK | The consonant sounds / f / and / v / β (contrast) β vampire, favour, vanish, famish) |
| GRAMMAR | Making sentences with Conjunctions. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Reading to explain the facts and opinions in a selected passage.
II. Vocabulary Development: Word Families β Journalism. |
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| COMPOSITION | Letter writing β A letter to your father on why you like your new school. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Differentiating between a novella and a novel
II. More of Figures of speech β Onomatopoeia and Personification. |
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| 8 | SPEECH WORK | The consonant / v / and / r /. |
| GRAMMAR | Making requests using will, could, may,β¦ | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Refer to week 2 | |
| COMPOSITION | Descriptive Essay β My favorite teacher | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Retell a folktale and explain its theme
II. Use the recommended text on drama |
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| 9 | SPEECH WORK | The consonant sound / h / |
| GRAMMAR | Direct and indirect speech. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | A review of week 4 | |
| COMPOSITION | Formal Letter β A Letter of Invitation (As a guest speaker) | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Revision of the recommend texts
II. Revision of Literacy term |
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| 10 | REVISION | Β |
| 11 | TESTS | Β |
| 12 & 13 | EXAMINATION | Β |
JSS2 Second Term Scheme of Work for English Studies
| Β | Term | Second Term |
| Week | Topic | Breakdown |
| 1 | REVISION OF LAST TERMβS WORK | Β |
| SPEECH WORK | Revision of Diphthongs. | |
| GRAMMAR | Reported speech: rules guiding the use of reported speech. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to provide alternative words that can fit into the context to replace the
target words. |
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| COMPOSITION | Writing a report β Outline and features | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Use the recommended text on prose. | |
| 2 | SPEECH WORK | Intonation β Identification of Intonation patterns in statements, questions and
commands. |
| GRAMMAR | Making sentences with Prepositions. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading for speed with emphasis on avoidance of vocalizations, regressive
reading and reading words instead of phrases. |
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| COMPOSITION | Writing a report β An accident l witnessed. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on prose
II. Themes / Characterization in the recommended prose text |
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| 3 | SPEECH WORK | Intonation/Stress β Making statements, giving commands and asking questions,
using different Intonation patterns. |
| GRAMMAR | Regular and Irregular Verbs. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Techniques of speed reading β surveying, scanning, skimming.
II. Vocabulary Development β Culture and Tourism |
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| COMPOSITION | Writing an informal letter continued. Letter to a friend about your school inter β
sport. |
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| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama.
II. Themes and plot in the recommended drama text |
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| 4 | SPEECH WORK | Stress: Identification of the correct points of pauses in different words (imβport/ βimport,
βrefuse/reβfuse) |
| GRAMMAR | Reported commands. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Dialogue.
II. Vocabulary Development β ICT |
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| COMPOSITION | Formal letter β Write to the local government chairman about the bad roads in your area | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama
II. Language, setting and characterization in the recommended drama text |
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| 5 | SPEECH WORK | Rhythm β Identification of the appropriate rhythm in a given poem |
| GRAMMAR | Reported Requests | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Dialogue continued | |
| COMPOSITION | Argumentative Essay β Herbal medicines of more potent than orthodox
medicines. |
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| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Identification of some figures of speech in the recommended prose text. | |
| 6 | SPEECH WORK | Review of stress/Intonation, Refer to week 3 and 4 |
| GRAMMAR | Adverbials and the Present Tense | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. More on Week 1 topic
II. Vocabulary Development β Science and Technology |
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| COMPOSITION | Expository Essay β Entrepreneurship | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Distinguish between Irony, Euphemism and Hyperbole.
II. Write a short play on the reward of truancy. |
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| 7 | SPEECH WORK | Consonants / s / and / z / (sip/zip, stone/zebra, this/these,
lloos/lose) |
| GRAMMAR | Introduction to punctuation marks. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to summarize a selected passage. | |
| COMPOSITION | Narrative Essay β My last birthday | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Summary of the recommend prose text. | |
| 8 | SPEECH WORK | Consonant sounds / k / and / g / as in cup /gulp and chaos/alligator. |
| GRAMMAR | Punctuation marks β The full stop and the comma. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to identify the main and supporting ideas in a selected passage | |
| COMPOSITION | Writing a story β The Meeting. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Summary of the recommend drama text | |
| 9 | SPEECH WORK | Consonants / m /, / n / / s / as in man, nanny, singer, etc. |
| GRAMMAR | Punctuation marks continued. The question mark, the colon and the semi β colon | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | As in week 8 | |
| COMPOSITION | Review the Types of Letters and Essays | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Review the Literacy terms. | |
| 10 | REVISION | Β |
| 11 &12 | EXAMINATION | Β |
JSS2 Third Term Scheme of Work for English Studies
| Β | Term | Third Term |
| Week | Topic | Breakdown |
| 1 | REVISION OF 2nd TERMβS WORK AND EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. | Β |
| SPEECH WORK | Revision of stress/Intonation. | |
| GRAMMAR | The use of conjunctions β Although and whereas as contrasts. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to understand the writerβs purpose by identifying the keywords in a
selected passage. |
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| COMPOSITION | A review of Formal Letters and Informal Letters. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Review of Literacy terms and figures of speech. | |
| 2 | SPEECH WORK | Consonants / t / and / d / or / p / & / b / at the initial, middle and final position of words. |
| GRAMMAR | Using despite and inspire with adequate examples. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to summarize the key ideas from different paragraphs. | |
| COMPOSITION | Β | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on prose.
II. More on myths and Legends themes in popular myths / Legends. |
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| 3 | SPEECH WORK | Consonant Sounds / tΚ / and / Κ / as in sheep/cheap and mash /march |
| GRAMMAR | The uses of have, has and had. | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Reading to infer authorβs intention in a selected passage. | |
| COMPOSITION | A composition on the topic β pride goes before a fall | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Characterization, Theme and Diction in the recommended prose text.
II. Write a simple story on Honesty and fair play. |
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| 4 | SPEECH WORK | Consonant sounds / ΞΈ / and / Γ° / as in think/father and mouth/lathe |
| GRAMMAR | Synonyms using adequate examples | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. Reading to identify words/expressions that signal or redirect attention to main point | |
| COMPOSITION | A composition on the topic β The Responsibilities of Government. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on prose.
II. Writing simple poem on laziness |
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| 5 | SPEECH WORK | Consonants / w / and / j / as in wonder/university and win /yellow. |
| GRAMMAR | Antonyms β using adequate examples | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. As in week 1
II. Vocabulary Development β Conflict resolution |
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| COMPOSITION | A topic on β A memorable journey l once made | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Identification of the moral import in the recommended prose text.
II. Setting / Plot in the recommended prose text. |
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| 6 | SPEECH WORK | Contrasting vowels / u / and / u: / as in Look/youth and book/food. |
| GRAMMAR | The use of causative Verbs. For example, blacken β to cause to become black | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | I. As in week 2
II. Vocabulary Development β Words associated with Religion. |
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| COMPOSITION | Writing a Dialogue | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama
II. Figures of speech in the recommended drama text |
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| 7 | SPEECH WORK | Contrast between vowels / Ι: / and / Κ / ( caught/come and lawn/love) |
| GRAMMAR | Adverbs of place β by the gate, in the school, on the field,β¦ | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | As in week 3 | |
| COMPOSITION | Composition on the topic β The day l would not like to remember | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Use the recommended text on drama
II. Dramatization of some from the recommended text on drama |
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| 8 | SPEECH WORK | Consonant and vowels differentiated |
| GRAMMAR | Review of prefix and suffix | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Refer to week 4 | |
| COMPOSITION | Write a composition on the topic β The Rich also Cry | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Characterization, Diction, Plot and Theme in the recommended text on drama | |
| 9 | SPEECH WORK | Review of the consonant sounds with emphasis on / ΞΈ / and / Γ° / |
| GRAMMAR | More on Questions Tags | |
| READING AND COMPREHENSION | Review the language skills | |
| COMPOSITION | Review the components of Letter writing and Essay writing. | |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | I. Review the prose text in use
II. Review the drama text in use |
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| 10 | REVISION | Β |
| 11 | EXAMINATION | Β |
