ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS1 1ST TERM

IN THIS TERM, LEARNERS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING IN DETAIL:

WEEK 1:

• Theme 1 - Reading for maximum recall
• Theme 2 - Highlighting supporting ideas
• Theme 3 - The English Vowels
• Theme 4 - Nouns
• Theme 5 - Types of oral literature: Categories of written literature 

WEEK 2: 

• Theme 1 - Reading from passages for maximum recall.
• Theme 2 - Story or passage highlighting supporting ideas and arrangement of ideas in logical sequence.
• Theme 3 - Adjectives.
• Theme 4 - Consonant sounds.
• Theme 5 - African and non- African tales: features and themes.

WEEK 3: 

• Theme 1 - Identifying main and supporting idea
• Theme 2 - Verbs
• Theme 3 - Long and short vowels
• Theme 4 - Didactic lessons of literature

WEEK 4: 

• Theme 1 - Differentiating between main and supporting ideas in a given passage.
• Theme 2 - Informal Letters
• Theme 3 - Adjectives: types
• Theme 4 - Sentences, paragraphs, passages, plays, poems.
• Theme 5 - Consonants e.g. Black/Pack
• Theme 6 - Folktales: entertainment, magical features 

WEEK 5:

• Theme 1 - Positioning main ideas in a given passage.
• Theme 2 - Informal letters- Guided Writing
• Theme 3 - Pronouns
• Theme 4 - Consonants clusters e.g. desk, asks, sickle
• Theme 5 - African and non-African tales: fables, myths and legends. 

WEEK 6:

• Theme 1 - Reading and answering specific questions on knowledge level.
• Theme 2 - Formal letters
• Theme 3 - Adverbs
• Theme 4 - Listening to speeches on school, places of worship. 

WEEK 7: 

• Theme 1 - Reading and answering specific questions- translation level
• Theme 2 - Distinction between formal and informal letters
• Theme 3 - Adverbs: other types
• Theme 4 - Features/themes of myths and legends: magic, supernatural, superstition 

WEEK 8: 

• Theme 1 - Reading and answering specific questions that addresses different kinds of questions on issues highlighting: interpretation level and projection level
• Theme 2 - Narrative Prose
• Theme 3 - Prepositions
• Theme 4 - Reading and Analysis of One Week One Trouble 

WEEK 9:

• Theme 1 - Writing an outline
• Theme 2 -. Highlighting  the long and short vowel sounds.
• The-me 3 - Types of prose:  descriptive, features and plot. 
• Theme 4 - Parts of speech noun verbs and adjectives.