ENGLISH LANGUAGE SS 2 SECOND TERM

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

WEEK 1
Reading: Comprehension: Reading for main gist.
Structure: Prefixes as word extension .
Vocabulary  Development: Words associated with environment.
WEEK 2
Vocabulary Development: Words associated with building and building construction.
Structure: Preservative prefixes.
Continuous writing: Free writing. 
Structure: Figures of speech.
WEEK 3
Continuous writing: Speech writing.
Structure: Suffixes.
Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Law and Order.
Continuous writing: Argumentative essay.
Summary Writing: Reading to pick out topic sentences in paragraphs and longer sentences.
WEEK 4
Speech: Words stress (monosyllabic  and polysyllabic words).
Vocabulary  Development: Words associated with Medicine.
Structure: Verb forms (participation) active and passive forms of verb:
Reading Comprehension: Reading for specific structural pattern: passage on scientific report or medicine.
Speech: Words of five syllables stressed on the first, second, third and fourth syllables.
WEEK 5
Structure: Adjectives: (i) types of  adjectives (ii) order of  adjectives.
Reading Comprehension: Reading to paraphrase poems and dramatic works.
Vocabulary  Development: Words associated with Government.
Speech: Words with six syllables stressed on the fifth syllable. 
Structure: Adverbs (comparison) and functions.
WEEK 6
Summary Writing: Reading to summarize a given passage.
Continuous Writing: Semi – formal letters: (1) features (2) language:
Speech: Intonation pattern: expressing surprise/disbelief (exclamation).
Vocabulary Development: Words associated with travelling.
WEEK 7
Structure: Sequence of tense.
Reading Comprehension: Reading to answer questions.
Continuous  Writing: Informal letters (1) features (2) language.
Speech: Intonation pattern (falling tone: statement and other types of surfaces).   
Summary Writing: Reading to summarize an argumentative passage.
WEEK 8
Structure: Phrasal verbs with more than one particles.
Vocabulary Development: Words related to sports.
Speech: Rising tune.