English Language Scheme of Work

Weekly Lesson Breakdown

1. W1

   Vocabulary Development (Culture, festivals, rituals, chieftaincy, title-taking, installation). Words Institutions and associated with institutions: social norms, morality, customs, Ceremonies) social class, marriage, family life. Words related to African arts,

   Words associated with culture: ceremonies (child naming,sculpture, lyrics, age groups
2. W2

   Spoken English - Revision of Intonation practice with examples. Patterns

   Falling tone in statementsrising tone in yes/no questions
3. W3

   Grammatical Structures - Nouns and Noun formation (regular and irregular); use in sentences. Phrases

   Types of nouns (common, proper, collective, abstract)plural
4. W4

   Writing - Continuous Writing (Expository) issues: external examinations, elections, plane crash, excursion,

   Writing expository essays (not more than 400 words) on currentdrug abuse, corruption
5. W5

   Midterm Examination

6. W6

   Comprehension - Silent Reading unemployment, youth restiveness, being your brother's keeper,

   Reading on topical issues: population explosion, youthexamination malpractice, corruptionDiscussion of meaning ofwords in context and answering questions of varying difficulty
7. W7

   Midterm Break

8. W8

   Summary Writing - Summarizing a population, corruption, environmental issues, values Talk/Lecture orientation; answering relevant summary questions.

   Summarizing talks/lectures on topics such as HIV/AIDS,
9. W9

   Spoken English - Consonant Clusters tasks, exist, thrusts); words with three consonants (scripts,

   Words with two consonants at final position (banks, sacks,crafts, twelfth)words with four consonants (sixths, twelfths,prompts, glimpsed)
10. W10

    Vocabulary Development - Motor fuel gauge, alternator, wiper, rear lights, side lights, windscreen. Vehicles

    Vocabulary: chassis, bonnet, trafficators, carburetor, radiator,
11. W11

    Grammatical Structures Def - Pronouns demonstrative, indefinite), uses in sentences.

    inition, types (personal, possessive, reflexive, relative,
12. W12

    Listening Lis Comprehension identifying main ideas; note-taking techniques; practice with selected passages.

    tening to speeches, radio broadcasts, recorded talks
13. W13

    Spoken English - Words The with Schwa /ə/ mother, daughter, sister, enter. SSS3 ENGLISH STUDIES SCHEME OF WORK

    schwa as final unstressed syllable in words like teacher,