ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS3 FIRST TERM

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

Week 1

Theme 1: Reading for critical evaluation 

Theme 2: Writing Revision on composition writing 

Theme 3: Listening and speaking Speeches (phonemes) 

Theme 4: Grammatical accuracy Adverbials and tenses 

Theme 5: Literature. Non-African folktales 

Week 2

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for critical evaluation. 

Theme 2. Writing:  Composition writing 

Theme 3. Listening and speaking Speeches. 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy. 

Theme 5.  Literature Non-African folktales: 

Week 3

Theme 1. Reading: Reading for critical evaluation 

Theme 2. Writing:Composition writing Arrangement of ideas in logical sequence. 

Theme 3. Listening and speaking: 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy: 

Theme 5. Literature:  Non-African folktales - Features of Non-African folktales:

Week 4

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for critical evaluation Reading for speed techniques - 

Theme 2. Writing:  Composition writing 

Theme 3. Speeches : (Phonemes) Intonation, stress and rhythm 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy : Adverbials and tenses Adverbs

Theme 5. Literature: Lesson from myths/legends 

Week 5

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for Summary Importance of reading for speed: -

Theme 2. Writing: Letter writing Types of letter writing (informal and formal) 

Theme 3. Listening and speaking: Speeches (Phonemes) Listening to speeches 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy: Adverbial, conjunctions and prepositions 

Theme 5. Literature:  Lesson from myths/legends 

Week 6

Theme 1.  Reading:  Reading for critical evaluation. 

Theme 2. Listening/speaking:  Speeches (phonemes) Diphthongs 

Theme 3. Writing:  Formal letter 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy:  Adverbial and tenses Identification and use of tenses 

Theme 5. Literature:  Prose Types of prose: 

Week 7

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for summary 

Theme 2. Writing Letter writing: formal Letter 

Theme 3. Listening/speaking Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy: Adverbial, conjunction and preposition 

Theme 5. Literature:  Prose Features of prose 

Week 8

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for summary 

Theme 2. Writing Letter writing: (informal) Informal letter 

Theme 3. Listening/speaking Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm 

Theme 4.  Grammatical accuracy:  Active and passive verbs. 

Theme 5. Literature:  Prose Types of prose 

Week 9

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for summary 

Theme 2. Writing:  Composition writing. 

Theme 3. Listening/speaking:  Speeches: (Phonemes) Consonant cluster 

Theme 4.  Grammatical accuracy:  Active and passive verbs 

Theme 5. Literature:  Prose; Features of prose: 

Week 10

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for summary. 

Theme 2. Writing:  Various types of composition writing:

Theme 3. Listening/speaking Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy: Modal forms 

Theme 5. Literature:  Poetry types 

Week 11

Theme 1. Reading:  Reading for speed. 

Theme 2. Writing: Summary Writing. Identification of topic sentences from given paragraphs/passages 

Theme 3. Listening/speaking: Speeches: Intonation, stress and rhythm 

Theme 4. Grammatical accuracy: Active and passive verbs 

Theme 5. Literature: Poetry. Poetry language