ENGLISH LANGUAGE SS 1 THIRD TERM

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

WEEK 1
Speech: Intonation patterns - Rising and falling tones in sentence stress contexts     
Vocabulary: Words associated religion.
Comprehension/ Summary: Reading passage(s) for words’ meaning in context.     
Structure: Types of sentences - Simple and compound sentences    
Writing: Speech writing - Definition and features of a written speech
WEEK 2
Speech: Oral composition 
Comprehension/ Summary: Summarising a given passage.
Structure: Types of sentences contd.
WEEK 3
Speech: Intonation patterns continued     
Vocabulary: Words associated with the stock exchange 
Comprehension/Summary: Reading a passage on investment/stock broking     
Continuous writing: Oral composition of a descriptive essay
WEEK 4
Speech: Emphatic Stress     
Vocabulary: Synonyms of words     
Comprehension/Summary: Reading for summary     
Structure: Clauses independent and dependent clause 
Continuous writing: Composition on articles     
WEEK 5
Speech: Simple polite requests, simple greetings     
Vocabulary: Antonyms of words     
Structure: Noun clauses     
Continuous writing: Writing articles contd     
WEEK 6
Speech: Oral composition for expository essays     
Vocabulary: Words associated with investment     
Structure: Adjectival clauses
WEEK 7
Speech: Speaking to persuade/convince continued     
Comprehension/Summary: Reading to test speed and accuracy     
Vocabulary development (register): Politics     
Continuous writing: Argumentative essay     
WEEK 8
Structure: Words commonly misspelt.     
Comprehension: Reading for word meaning in context.     
Vocabulary Development: Words associate with photography.     
WEEK 9
Structure: Introduction to Active and passive tenses.
Comprehension: Reading to answer questions.    
Vocabulary development: British and American spellings of common words.