FIRST TERM 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION J.S.S.

2
SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH STUDIES
WEEKS ASPECTS TOPICS
1. Scheme writing of scheme of work
Reading Reading to understand the
writer’s purpose HIV/AIDS
Structure Revision of parts of speech.
Writing Narrative Essay “How I spent
my last holiday.”

2. Reading SPQ3R
Listening & Revision of vowel and
Speaking consonant sounds.
Structure Revision of parts of
speech(contd.)
Literature Figures of Speech
3. Reading Identification of words that
point to the writer’s intention
on contemporary issues
“Bribery and Corruption”.
Structure Tag questions
Listening & Sound contrast /Ι/ and /e∂/
Speaking
Vocabulary Word families “In the hospital”
Development
Literature Folktales: Features of folktale.
4. Reading Critical Reading” Exclusive
Breastfeeding”
Listening & Sound /∂υ/
Speaking
Vocabulary Register of Marriage
Development
Writing Descriptive Essay.
“A local festival I witnessed”.
Literature Reading of recommended text.
5. Reading Reading to identify the meaning
of words in various context.
“Computer”.
Structure Adverbs
Listening & Consonant sounds /t/, /d/, /k/,
Speaking /g/.

Literature Reading of recommended text.

6. Structure Tenses (Present, Past and

Future)
Listening & Contrasting Consonants. /p/
Speaking and /t/.
Test Mid-Term-Test

7. Correction Correction of mid-term-test

Holiday Mid-Term-Break
8. Reading Reading to identify the facts
and opinions in a given passage
“The civil service”
Structure The past perfect tense
Listening & Sound /ɔ/, / ɔ:/, /∂υ/
Speaking
Vocabulary Words related to religion.
Development
Literature Folktales
Reading of recommended text.
9. Reading Reading for speed ”Africa”
Structure Adjective (Possessive Adjectives
& Pronouns)
Listening & Sound contrast /аυ/, /∂υ/,/ӕ/
Speaking
Writing Letter Writing
(Formal & Informal letters)

10. Structure Adjectives

(Demonstrative Adjectives &
Pronouns)
(Interrogative Adjectives &
Pronouns)
 Vocabulary Dev. Words related to marriage
Literature Turning Simile to Metaphor
and vice-versa

11. Revision Revision of weeks’ work

12. Examination First-Term-Examination
SECOND TERM 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION J.S.S. 2
SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH STUDIES
WEEKS ASPECTS TOPICS
1. Scheme Writing of
Revision scheme of work.
Revision of
previous
examination
questions
Writing Writing an
Literature outline.

2. Reading Replacing words

in a passage “
Space
Structure Exploration”
Active and
Listening and Passive verbs.
Speaking Sound /l/ and
Writing /r/

Expository Essay
Literature “My favourite
food”.
Types of
Literature
3. Listening and Sound /h/
Speaking
Reading Flood
(summary)
Vocabulary I.C.T.
Dev. Finite and non-
Structure finite verbs
Features of
Literature Drama.
4. Reading Reading to
identify the
meanings of
words in various
context :
Structure “Agriculture”
 Listening and Sentences based
Speaking on their
Writing structure.
/m/ and /n/

Literature Argumentative
Essay.
Reading of
recommended
text.
5. Reading Reading to
identify the main
and supporting
ideas in a
Structure selected passage.
Sentences based
on their
Vocabulary functions
Dev. (features)
Listening and Entertainment.
Speaking Sounds /ŋ/ and
/n/

6. Test Mid-Term-Test.
7. Correction Correction of
Mid-Term-Test
Structure Punctuation
Marks
8. Reading Drug Trafficking
Structure Antonyms
Listening and Consonant
Speaking clusters
Writing
Descriptive
Essay
9. Reading Malnutrition
Structure Synonyms
Listening and Consonant
Speaking clusters (contd.)
Literature Reading of
recommended
text.
10. Reading The voyage
Structure Homonyms
Literature Poetry: Features
11. Revision
12. Examination Second Term
Examination
THIRD TERM 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION J.S.S. 2
SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH STUDIES
WEEKS ASPECTS TOPICS
1. Revision Correction of
examination questions.
Vesico-vaginal Fistula
Listening (VVF)
Comprehension Homonyms.
Structure
2. Reading Uthman Dan Fodio
Structure Forming adjectives from
nouns.
Listening and Description of /ɔI/
Speaking sound.
Literature Poem “Racism”
Listening Consumer awareness
3. Comprehension and protection in
Nigeria.
Forming verbs from
Structure nouns
Register of Banking
Vocabulary
Development
Description of
Listening and /Ι∂/sound
Speaking
Reading of
Literature recommended text.
4. Reading The Buffon and the
Comprehension country man
Structure Modal auxiliaries
Listening and Description of the /υ∂/
Speaking sound
Writing Format of writing an
formal
Literature “The thief is one of us”
5. Reading Cleaning up Nigerian oil
Comprehension pollution
Concord
Structure Sound contrast /θ/ and
Listening and /ð/sounds
Speaking
 Reading of
Literature recommended text
Register of Building
Vocabulary
Development
6. Structure Punctuation marks
Literature Analysis of the poem
“Racism”
Test Mid-Term Test

7. Correction Correct ion of Mid-Term

Test
Holiday Mid-Term Break
8. Reading The Apes and the two
Comprehension travellers
Structure Concord(continuation)
Listening and Description of /t∫/ and
Speaking /dz/
Literature Reading of
recommended text

9. Structure Concord(continuation)
Listening and Intonation
Speaking Format of writing an
Writing informal letter.
Literature Poem “Patriotism”

10. Vocabulary Register of mass media

Development
Structure Reported Speech
Literature Reading of
recommended text
Writing Article writing

11. Revision Revision of weeks’

works

12. Examination Third-Term

Examination