MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SOLWEZI DISTRICT.
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
COMMON SCHEMES OF WORK.
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
GRADE 9. TERM 1. YEAR 2022.

WEEK COMPONENT TOPIC SPECIFIC OUTCOMES METHODOLOGY REFERNCE REMARKS

1. Teacher exposition.
READING Why not visit the Deduce the meaning of 2. Discussion Progress in
1 COMPRHENSION northern province unfamiliar words and 3. Question and answer. English. P.4
idiomatic expressions. 4. Individual work
Answer inferent and
factual questions
1. Teacher exposition.
Structure Tenses. Use present simple tense 2. Discussion Syllabus grade 9
Present simple for for habitual actions. 3. Question and answer page 33
habitual actions

1. Teacher exposition.
Write a note summary 2. Question and answer.
summary Note making 3. Individual work Progress in
English. P.24
1. Teacher exposition.
Structure Tenses. Use the present perfect 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Present perfect tense to correctly express 3. Question and answer. 165
tense. an action 4. Individual work
2 1. Teacher exposition.
Structure Use the present perfect 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Present perfect continuous tense to 3. Question and answer 173
continuous tense. correctly express an action
1. Teacher exposition. Syllabus grade 9
Composition. Write unguided simple 2. Discussion page 31
Writing skills compositions following the 3. Question and answer.
unguided narrative correct layout. 4. Individual work

1
 1. Teacher exposition. Departmental
summary Prose summary. Write a prose summary 2. Dialogue material
Departmental bringing out the required 3. Question and answer.
material information. 4. Individual work

1. Discussion
Structure Tense Use the past perfect tense 2. Question and Zbec book 2 p.
Past perfect tense to correctly express an answer 177
action 3. Individual work
3 1. Teacher
Structure Tense Use the past perfect exposition. Zbec book 2 p.
Past perfect continuous tense to 2. Discussion 177
continuous correctly express an action 3. Question and
answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher
comprehension Adventures in a Deduce the meaning of exposition. Progress in
boat unfamiliar words and 2. Discussion English. P. 16
idiomatic expressions. 3. Question and
Answer inferent and answer.
factual questions 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Write short messages 2. Discussion Progress in
summary Short massages bringing out the required 3. Question and answer. English. P.11
information. 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Determiners. Use determiners such as a, 2. Discussion Zbec book 1 p.
structure an and the to correctly 3. Question and answer.
A, An and The refer to things. 4. Individual work

4
structure Co-ordinators. Construct sentences to Zbec book 2 p.
2
 express correct usage of 194
And and but. and and but

Revision and
assessment
1. Teacher exposition.
Revision and 2. Discussion
assessment 3. Question and answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Use the future perfect 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
5 Structure Tense tense to correctly express 3. Question and answer. 187
Future perfect an action 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
comprehension Early days of space Deduce the meaning of 2. Discussion Progress in
travel unfamiliar words and 3. Question and answer. English. P.30
idiomatic expressions. 4. Individual work
Answer inferent and
factual questions
1. Teacher exposition.
Write a prose summary 2. Discussion Progress in
summary Prose summary bringing out all the 3. Question and answer. English. P. 36
required information. 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Composition. Write formal letters 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Writing skill following the correct 3. Question and answer. 104
Formal letters. standard layout. 4. Individual work
Application letters.
6 1. Teacher exposition.
Tense Use the future perfect 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Structure Future perfect tense to correctly express 3. Question and answer. 187
continuous Tense. an action
3
 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Writing skill Write a curriculum vitae 2. Discussion Progress 9 page
Curriculum vitae following the correct 3. Question and answer. 137
standard layout. 4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Reading Deduce the meaning of 2. Discussion
comprehension Departmental unfamiliar words and 3. Question and answer. Departmental
material. idiomatic expressions. 4. Individual work material
Answer inferent and
factual questions
1. Teacher exposition.
structure Use questions and answer 2. Discussion Zbec 8 bk 1 p.232
Question tags and tags correctly. 3. Question and answer.
short answer 4. Individual work
forms
1. Teacher
7 Identify different types of exposition. Zbec8 bk 1 p.204
Structure Pronouns. pronouns and give 2. Discussion
Types of pronouns. examples 3. Question and
answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Deduce the meaning of 2. Discussion Progress in
Reading Nail biting unfamiliar words and 3. Question and answer. English. P. 41
comprehension moments in the idiomatic expressions. 4. Individual work
qualifiers. Answer inferent and
factual questions
1. Teacher
Writing skill Semi-Formal Write semi formal letters exposition. Zbec book 2 p.
letters. following the correct 2. Discussion 80
Letter to your standard layout. 3. Question and
uncle answer.
4. Individual work
4
 Correctly use pronouns to Zbec book 2 p.
structure Pronouns. avoid repetition 1. Teacher exposition. 205
Using pronouns to 2. Discussion
avoid repetition. 3. Question and answer.
4. Individual work

Correctly use the subject 1. Teacher

Pronouns. and object pronouns in exposition.
Structure Subject and object sentences. 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
8 pronouns. 3. Question and 206
answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher
Structure Pronouns. Construct sentences that exposition. Zbec book 2 p.
Possessive, correctly express 2. Discussion 207-209
reflexive pronouns possessive and reflexive 3. Question and
etc. pronouns. answer.
4. Individual work

Revision and
assessment
Revision and
assessment
5. Teacher Syllabus grade 9
9 Structure Adverbs. Construct sentences that exposition. page 34.
Hardly scarcely etc express correct use of 6. Discussion Departmental
adverbs such as hardly and 7. Question and materials
scarcely. answer.
8. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Deduce the meaning of
5
 comprehension The man who unfamiliar words and 2. Discussion Progress in
loved forests idiomatic expressions. 3. Question and answer. English. P. 56
Answer inferent and 4. Individual work
factual questions

Write a guided descriptive 1. Teacher exposition.

Composition. composition following the 2. Discussion
correct layout 3. Question and answer. Departmental
Writing skill Guided descriptive 4. Individual work materail
writing.
1. Teacher exposition.
structure Use appropriate structure s 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Reason to express reason. 3. Question and answer. 203.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition.
Direct speech. Punctuate sentences in 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
10 Structure direct speech correctly. 3. Question and answer. 198
Punctuation rules 4. Individual work

1. Teacher
exposition.
Writing skill Formal letters. Write formal letters 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Letter to the press. following the correct 3. Question and
standard layout. answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher
Reported speech. Transform sentences from exposition. Zbec book 2 p.
Structure direct to reported speech 2. Discussion 220.
Involving tense taking note of the verb, 3. Question and
changes. pronoun and time changes. answer.
4. Individual work

1. Teacher exposition. Departmental

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 Reading Departmental Deduce the meaning of 2. Discussion material
comprehension material unfamiliar words and 3. Question and answer.
idiomatic expressions. 4. Individual work
Answer inferent and
factual questions
11 1. Teacher exposition.
Structure Reported speech. Transform sentences from 2. Discussion Zbec book 2 p.
Involving pronouns direct to reported speech 3. Question and answer. 222
taking note of the verb, 4. Individual work
pronoun and time changes.
Deduce the meaning of 1. Teacher exposition.
unfamiliar words and 2. Discussion
comprehension Mwansa’s dream idiomatic expressions. 3. Question and answer. Progress in
Answer inferent and 4. Individual work English. P.101
factual questions 5.

1. Teacher exposition.
summary Tabulation Tabulate information from 2. Discussion Progress in
a given passage. 3. Question and answer. English. P. 45
4. Individual work

Transform sentences from 1. Teacher exposition.

Reported speech. direct to reported speech 2. Discussion
Structure Involving changes taking note of the verb, 3. Question and answer. Zbec book 2 p.
in time and place pronoun and time changes. 4. Individual work 222

1. Teacher exposition.
12 Use phrasal verbs 2. Discussion Syllabus grade 9
Structure Phrasal verbs appropriately 3. Question and answer. page 35
4. Individual work

1. Discussion
Let get it right. Construct sentences to 2. Question and answer. Zbec book 2
Forget and leave, express correct usage of p. 72-73.
Structure their and their, forget and leave, etc P. 37
Its and it’s 3. Individual work
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 Passed and past.

Revision and 1. Discussion

assessment. All covered topics Competently answer all the 2. Question and answer.
questions 3. Individual work

Revision and Competently answer all the 1. Discussion

assessment. All covered topics questions 2. Question and answer.
3. Individual work

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All covered topics Competently answer all the Question and answer.
END OF TERM questions
ASSESSMENT