English Language Lesson Plans and Notes for JSS2 First Term

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English Language Lesson Plans and Notes First Term for Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS2/Year 8)

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JSS2 English Language Scheme of Work First Term

WEEK 1

Speech Work: Listening and speaking: Revision of Pure Vowel Sounds

• Describe the production of short and long vowel sounds;
• Contrast short and long vowel in pairs;
• Produce each of the pure vowel sound appropriately;
• Generate words that contrast vowel /i/ and /i:/ sounds.

Grammar: Revision of Parts of Speech -Noun, Pronoun, Verb and Adjective

• Discuss Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs and Adjectives;
• Highlight nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives in a passage;
• Construct sentences using nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives

Comprehension and Reading: Review of the SPQ3R Reading Technique-Survey, Predict, Question, Read, Recite and Review

• Explain reading technique
• Distinguish between the techniques of recite and review

Comprehension: Why the Hippo Lives in Water Part 1

Writing: Narrative Essay

Literature in English: Revisit: Features of Prose-Setting, Theme, and Characterization

• Distinguish between a setting, a theme and characterization;
• Differentiate between a character in a novel / prose and characterization;
• Analyse the characters of the recommended text on Drama
• Write a short play of about 50 pages.

WEEK 2

Speech Work: Revision of Consonant Sounds with Emphasis on Consonant Cluster

• Generate words that contain consonant clusters
• Combine two/three consonant sounds together to form consonant clusters
• Pronounce consonant cluster /kw/, /pl/, /gl/ appropriately in words.

Grammar: Verbs-Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

• Compare and contrast Transitive verb with Intransitive verb
• Distinguish transitive verb from intransitive verb
• Construct sentences using transitive and intransitive verbs

Reading and Comprehension: Reading To Understand the Writer’s Purpose Review

• Read the given passage with rapt attention
• Interpret the writer’s purpose
• Answer questions below the given passage

Comprehension: Why the Hippo Lives in Water?

COMPOSITION: Essay-Descriptive essay

• Distinguish descriptive essay from other types of essay
• Describe places of interest in the city
• Write out an outline on a place of interest I visited
• Write exhaustively on : A Place of Interest I visited

WEEK 3

Speech Work: Listening and Speaking: Diphthongs

• Distinguish between pure vowel and diphthong;
• Produce the sound /iə/ in English words;
• Give adequate examples of words that have /iə/ sound;
• Pronounce correctly those words correctly.

Grammar: Voice – Active and Passive Voice

• Compare and contrast active voice and passive voice
• Distinguish Active voice from Passive voice
• Give adequate examples of active and passive voice
• Construct sentences using active and passive forms

Reading and Comprehension: Identification of words that point to the writer’s intention

• Read the given prose passage with rapt attention
• Highlight the main points in the passage
• Explain the writer’s intention on the given passage
• Answer questions below the passage

Literature in English: Features of Folktales – Didactic, Entertaining and Riddles

• Read Chapter Three and Four of the recommended text on prose
• Discuss the features of folktale
• Differentiate between didactic, entertaining, riddles
• Tell a folktale in a local dialect

WEEK 4

Speech Work: Diphthong /əʊ/ sound

• Describe the production of /əʊ/ sound
• Identify /əʊ/ sound in English words
• Contrast vowels /iə/ and /əʊ/ sounds with adequate examples;
• Pronounce the sound appropriately.

Grammar: Tense- Present, Past and Future

• Explain what a tense is
• Differentiate between present, past and future tense
• Construct sentences in present, past and future tenses

Reading and Comprehension: Critical Reading

• Explain what critical reading is;
• Discuss the steps of critical reading;
• Generate words that are associated with the police;
• Explain the meanings of words in context and use them in sentences.

COMPOSITION: Essay – Descriptive Essay: A Local Festival

• Distinguish descriptive essay rom other types of essays
• Discuss the features of descriptive essay
• Describe a local festival in your village or town;
• Write an outline on ‘ A Local Festival’
• Write freely on a composition on: A Local Festival’

Literature in English: Features of Folktales – Didactic, Entertaining and Riddles

• Distinguish between the themes, characterization and narrative techniques used in the prose/novel;
• Act the major scenes in the novel;
• Write short notes on the hero/heroine in the novel.
• Spell selected words for the week correctly;
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them
• Use them correctly in sentences.

WEEK 5

Speech Work: Revision of Consonant sounds ( /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/ sounds

• Differentiate between voiced and voiceless consonant sounds
• Discuss the production of consonant( /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/ sounds
• Generate words / sentences that have consonants /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/ sounds
• Answer questions on same consonant sounds

Grammar: Verb – The Present Continuous Tense

• Explain what present continuous tense is ;
• Identify present continuous tense in given expressions;
• Distinguish present simple from present continuous tense and present perfect tense;
• Describe what they are doing at the present moment in different sentences.

Reading and Comprehension: Reading To Identify the Meanings Of In Various Contexts

• Read and discuss a short passage on ‘A Place of Worship’;
• Highlight words that are associated with a place of worship;
• Generate sentences that contain words that are associated with a place of interest

COMPOSITION: Revisit – The Format of an Informal Letter and Formal Letter

• Distinguish a formal letter from an informal letter
• Analyse different informal letter and a formal letter
• Write a letter to your father, telling him why you prefer your new school to former school

 

Literature in English: Features of Folktales – Didactic, Entertaining and Riddles

• List the features of drama
• Explain all the features of drama with reference to the text on drama
• Read Act 1and 2
• Act the scenes in Act 1 and 2
• Summarize the major themes.

WEEK 6

Speech Work

Consonant sound: Contrasting consonants

• Describe the production of consonants /p/ and /t/ sounds;
• Identify words that contain consonants /p/ and /t/ sounds in English words;
• Give adequate examples of words where consonant /p/ and /t/ sounds are produce at the beginning, middle or final positions;
• Contrast consonant /p/ and /t/ sounds.

Grammar

Tense – The Present Perfect

• Explain what present perfect tense;
• Analyse present perfect tense in given expressions;
• Distinguish present tense from present perfect tense;
• Construct sentences using present perfect tense

Reading and Comprehension: Reading to identify the facts and opinions in a given passage

• Read the given passage;
• Distinguish between facts and opinions in a given passage;
• Develop points from the facts and opinions given in the passage;
• Summarise the given facts and opinions in simple sentences

COMPOSITION: Essay – Narrative Essay: What I Do Every Day

• Explain what narrative essay is;
• Distinguish narrative essay from other types of essay;
• Discuss the features of narrative essay;
• Outline the content of a composition on: what I Do Every Day;
• Write a composition on: What I Do Every Day.

Literature in English: Use the recommended text on drama

• Act all the scenes in acts 1 and 2;
• Compare the roles of major characters with the minor characters;
• Tell us why they prefer a character to another.

WEEK 7

Mid Term Test

 WEEK 8

Speech Work: Consonant sound: Contrasting consonants/f/ and /v/

• Describe the production of consonant /f/ and /v/ sounds;
• Identify words that have consonants /f/ and /v/ sounds in English words;
• Give examples of words where consonants /f/ and /v/ are pronounced either at the beginning, middle or final positions;
• Contrast consonants /f/ and /v/ with copious examples.

Grammar: Conjunction – Coordinating and Making Sentences with Conjunction

• Explain what conjunctions are;
• Distinguish between coordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions;
• Construct sentences using coordinating and correlative conjunctions.

Reading and Comprehension: Reading to explain the facts and opinions in a selected passage – Vocabulary Development: Journalism

• Distinguish between facts and opinions;
• Highlight words that are association with journalism;
• Explain the meanings of those in context and use them in sentences;

COMPOSITION: Letter Writing – A letter to your father on Why You Like Your New School

• Analyse the differences between a formal letter and informal letter;
• Compare your former school with new school;
• Recommend your school to your friend in another town;
• Write a letter to your father on why you prefer your new school to former one.

Literature in English: Figures of speech – Onomatopoeia and Irony

• Differentiate between a novella and a novel;
• Write short notes on these figures of speech (a) Irony (b) Onomatopoeia ;
• Write a short story or drama.
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them

WORDS FOR THE WEEK

WEEK 9

Speech Work: Consonant sound: Contrasting consonants/l/ and  /r/

• Distinguish between the production of consonants /l/ and /r/ sounds;
• Contrast these sounds using copious examples;
• Pronounce them appropriately.

Grammar: Modal Verb – Modal auxiliary:Present and past

• Explain what modal verb is;
• construct sentences using modal verbs in present and past forms;
• Generate sentences using the modal auxiliary of ‘shall’, ‘should’ ,‘may’, ‘might’, ‘can’ could’, used to, etc.

Reading and Comprehension: Reading to understand the writer’s purpose

• Read a given comprehension passage;
• Explain what writer’s purpose is;
• Develop reading skills to understand the writer’s purpose;
• Answer questions below the comprehension passage.

COMPOSITION: Argumentative Essay/ Debate – ‘ Boys are more useful at school than Girls’

• Differentiate between argumentative essay and other types of essays;
• Argue for or against a given topic;
• Arrange their points in an orderly manner;
• Write for or against the topic: ‘Boys are more useful at school than Girls”.

Literature in English:Retell a Folktale- Explain its Theme

• Tell a folktale;
• Draw out the moral lessons from the folktale;
• Narrate a folktale in their local dialects and interpret in English Language.
• Spell selected words for the week correctly;
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them

WEEK 10

Speech Work: Consonant sound: Contrasting consonants/ɵ/ and /t/

• Contrast the production of consonant /ɵ/ and /t/ sounds;
• Generate copious examples of words where the sounds could be pronounced;
• Pronounce the sounds appropriately.

Grammar: Modal Verb – Making requests using will, could, may, might…

• Differentiate between a polite request and a command;
• Distinguish between the uses of will, could and may;
• Make polite request using will, could and may.

Reading and Comprehension: Vocabulary Development: Word Families: Farming

• Read a given comprehension passage;
• Relate the different part of the passage to draw inferences;
• Sort out from a given jigsaw puzzle words associated with nuclear family and extended family;
• Generate sentences using those words in context.

COMPOSITION: Expository Essay – ‘My Favourite Teacher’ or ‘Drug addiction on Youth’

• Differentiate between expository essay and argumentative essay;
• Develop and write an outline on the given composition;
• Write a composition on any of the these topics; My Favourite Teacher’Or ‘Drug addiction on Youth’.

Literature in English: Themes and Characters

• Revise the themes and characters in Act 1 and 2;
• Write short notes on the major character and two minor characters;
• Act the humorous scenes in the play.
• Spell selected words for the week correctly;
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them

WORDS FOR THE WEEK

WEEK 11

Speech Work: The Consonant sound /h/

• Contrast the production of consonant /ɵ/ and /t/ sounds;
• Generate copious examples of words where the sounds could be pronounced;
• Pronounce the sounds appropriately.

Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech

• Analyse the differences between direct and indirect speech;
• Explain the rules that guide changing direct speeches to indirect speeches;
• Construct different sentences using direct speech and indirect speech.

Reading and Comprehension: Meaning and steps of Critical Reading

• Read a given comprehension passage;
• Explain what critical reading is;
• Discuss the steps of critical reading;
• Summarise the main idea in a given passage.

COMPOSITION: Formal Letter – A letter of Invitation  (As a Guest Speaker)

• Discuss the basic features of a formal letter;
• Develop and write out an outline on the content of the letter;
• Write a letter of invitation to any dignitary.

Literature in English: Revision of Literary Terms

• Act the scenes in Act 3 and 4;
• Examine the roles of the major characters and their contributions to the play;
• Answer questions on characters and themes of the recommended texts on prose and drama.
• Spell selected words for the week correctly;
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them.

WORDS FOR THE WEEK

WEEK 12

Speech Work: Revisit Vowel and consonant sounds

• Compare the place of production of vowel and consonant sounds;
• Pronounce vowel and consonant sound appropriately.

Grammar: Revisit Direct and Indirect speech

• State the rules of direct and indirect speech;
• Compose sentences in direct speech and change them to indirect speeches.

Reading and Comprehension: A Short passage on Sports- Development: The Language of Sports

• Read a given comprehension passage;
• Generate words that are associated with sports;
• Distinguish between different sporting activities;
• Analyse the economic importance of sports.

COMPOSITION: Informal Letter – A letter to a friend in another town

• Differentiate between the formats of formal letter and informal letter;
• Write a letter to a friend in another town, narrating your experience during the last holiday.

Literature in English: Revision of the recommended text on Prose -Themes, Characterization, Setting and Narrative techniques

• Act the major scenes in the novel/ prose;
• Develop at least three major themes derived from the novel;
• Write short notes on any the theme, setting and characterization.
• Spell selected words for the week correctly;
• Explain the meanings of the words that are new to them

WORDS FOR THE WEEK

WEEK 13 and 14

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