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Grammatical accuracy

Adverbial, conjunction and preposition Functions of adverbs conjunctions and prepositions.	Teacher guides students to identify the functions of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions and make sentences using adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions.
	Literature	Prose Features of prose e.g. Plot Character Style Setting theme	Teacher guides students to list the features and engage the students in discussion of the story line in short stories.
9.	Reading	Reading for summary Suitable passages/stories that illustrate topic sentences, key ideas and expressions that redirect attention to the main points on: Road traffic management Reading food labels with understanding Safe storage of food	Teacher introduces resource persons and guide students to interact with them, students ask and answer questions from resource persons and write down the key point of the lesson as summarized.
	Writing	Letter writing: (informal) Informal letter-one address: Opening Salutation Body of the letter Closing	Teacher writes a model format sample of informal letter. Guides the students to write informal letter: Friends Parents Brother or sister etc
	Listening/speaking__Speeches:_intonation,_stress_and_rhythm'>Listening/speaking	Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm Passages and poems, highlighting correct intonation, stress and rhythms.	Present sample poems and plays for controlled and intensive practice and recorded materials for controlled practices.
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Identification of active and passive verbs e.g. active verb: “The cat chased the mouse” Passive verb: “The leaves are being eaten by caterpillars”.	Teacher defines active and passive verbs e.g. (a) What is active verb? (b) what is passive verb. Explains to the students.
	Literature	Prose Types of prose Narrative prose a story or a description of event Descriptive prose	Engages the students in discussion of a narrative story and descriptive prose.
10.	Reading	Reading for summary Selected passages on critical reading highlighting: Facts Opinions	Teacher demonstrates how to differentiate between facts and opinions and practice how to differentiate facts from opinions.
	Writing__Composition,_writing,_exposition'>Writing	Composition, writing, exposition Elements of composition: Introduction Body Conclusion Arrangement of ideas in logical sequence	Teacher guides students to list elements of composition and lead students to re-arrange ideas generated in logical sequence, draft of composition, renew the draft (edit, proof read, review and amend) students write a composition.
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: (Phonemes) Consonant cluster e.g. respect, principle, tactile, struggle.	Teacher emphasises the correct articulatory movements in the pronunciation of the sounds.
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Passive verbs Identification of active and passive verbs in given passages on: Dangers of pre-marital sex Consequences of negative peer pressure.	Teacher leads the students to read a given passage and guide them to identify active and passive verbs in passage.
	Literature	Prose Features of prose: Plot-the story of a book Character-a person in a story “Harry is a character in the book”. Style: a particular way a book is written “she has a wonderful style of writing”. Setting: the place or period of time the book is written “she chose Abuja as the setting for her novel”. Theme “The main idea or subject in a book”.	Teacher guides the students to write a story and list features of prose.
11.	Reading	Reading for summary Empowers us to read a lot of materials such as: Newspaper Magazines Cuttings Help us to cultivate the skill of referencing	Students read appropriately various reading materials and answer comprehension questions that demonstrate mastery of selected materials.
	Writing	Various types of composition writing: Narrative Descriptive Expository Argumentative Composition on: motor vehicle parts that need regular care e.g. ‘radiator’, ‘engine’, ‘brake’, ‘fluid’ etc	Diagram of a motor vehicle showing regular activities, regular care material e.g. water brake fluid, engine oil etc. Produce first draft of the composition and guide the students to write.
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: intonation, stress and rhythm Making statements, commands and questions using the correct stress, intonation and rhythm.	Teacher provides sample sentences, paragraphs and passages, poems and plays, tape recorder, students practice different passages to identify the correct points of passes, appropriate rhythm and answer questions respond to commands using different intonation patterns.
	Grammatical accuracy	Modal forms Identification of modals from selected passages based on the following: Patriotism Discipline Benefits of reading newspapers etc	Teacher provides passages from recommended texts, supplementary, readers, read and discuss.
	Literature	Poetry Poetry types e.g. (a) dirge, epic, lyric, dramatic etc	Teacher provides poetry books, read selected poems discuss and explain the content of the poems. Identify and list different types of poetry e.g. Epic – poem about great events or exciting adventure. Lyric – words like a song etc.
12	Reading	Reading for speed Surveying/scanning for main points	To correctly survey and scan while reading selected reading.
	Writing	Summary Writing Identification of topic sentences from given paragraphs/passages	Identifying accurately topic sentences from paragraphs in selected newspaper/magazine cutting and course books. Summarize given passages or paragraphs.
	Listening/speaking	Speeches: Intonation, stress and rhythm Making statements, commands and questions and questions using the correct stress, intonation and rhythm	Teacher makes statements, ask questions, gives commands using appropriate intonation patterns.
	Grammatical accuracy	Active and passive verbs Making sentences with active and passive verbs e.g. ‘The cat chased the mouse’ (active verb) “The leaves are being eaten by caterpillars” (passive verb)	Teacher makes correct sentences using active and passive verbs
	Literature	Poetry Poetry language Concise Unique High	Identify two aspects of the language of poetry and write two simple poems.
13.	Revision	Revision	Revision
14.	Examination	Examination	Examination

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

J S S 3 SECOND TERM

WEEK	THEME	CONTENT	ACTIVITIES
1	Resumption test	Resumption test	Resumption test
2	LISTENING/SPEAKING Intonation, stress and rhythm	1. Listening to speeches on the following: - Human right - Gender issues - Value orientation (e.g. honesty, punctuality etc.) - Peace Education - Drug Abuse - Global warming etc, high light correct intonation, stress 2. Making statements, commands and questions using correct stress, intonation and rhythm.	1. Identify correct intonation patterns for statements, questions and commands. 2. recite poems using appropriate rhythms
	WRITING Composition	Types of composition: narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository etc.	Practice writing on practically given topics, e.g. narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository etc.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Speech adverbial	Adverbial and tenses, adverbial of: manners, purpose, frequency, reason etc.	1. Read given passages to identify adverbial and tenses 2. Use adverbials and correct tenses in sentences.
	READING Reading for speech and accuracy	Reading techniques such as surveying, scansion and skimming.	1. Explain different methods of foster reading. 2. Write notes on techniques of fast reading 3. Practice reading fast
	LITERATURE Prose	Types of prose (fiction/non fiction): narrative and descriptive	Students to: 1. Read short stories 2. List features of prose and explain themes in the read stories.
3	LISTENING/SPEAKING Phonemes	1. Long and short vowels /i/ Bee /i/ be Heed hi Heat hit 2. consonants and clusters e.g. four/vim, fish/van Clusters= respect, principle, struggle, etc. 3. diphthongs e.g. /ei/ = rail, sail, date, late, etc. /ou/ = coat, boat, road, …… /ai/ = child, wild, might, mild, ……	1. Identifies/produces materials for the correct pronunciation of the target sounds in context. 2. Practice the articulation of the sounds.
	WRITING Summary writing	Essentials in summary writing - identification of topic sentences - identification of key ideas from different passages	1. Reading selected passages for summary. 2. Identify at least two main ideas from a passage.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY	Identification of weak forms, word boundaries e.g. above, alone abound	1. Write out words with weak forms, order of merit e.g. butter and bread, leader of etc.
	READING Reading critical evaluation	1. Meaning of critical reading. - Aspects of critical and its essence - select passage in critical work.	1. Select passages and practice reading for critical evaluation.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading of the recommended text (Prose)	1. Read and explain the recommended prose.
4	LISTENING/SPEAKING	i. Phrases and question tags ii. Phrases =e.g. a crop of ideas, a queue of traffic etc. iii. Question tags e.g. - Dapo is a naughty girl, isn’t she? (No, she isn’t)	1. Practice more of the question tags from the text book. 2. Call students out to converse on tags and answers.
	WRITING Writing skills	1. Summary writing 2. Essentials of summary	1. Select and read appropriate materials for topic sentences and main ideas.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Modifiers (Adjectives & adverbs)	Use of words that modify (adjective & adverbs) “smell, colour” etc.	1. Select and bring colours to class for recognition and discussion.
	READING Reading to grasp meaning	Reading composition passages from selected text	1. Select a relevant passage. 2. Read in class, answer questions and explain content.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading recommended prose text	Class room reading of the prescribed text
5	LISTENING/SPEAKING Composition passage	Reading a descriptive composition aspects of descriptive	Teacher selects a descriptive passage for reading in class. - Identify the features that make it descriptive. Describe your classmate.
	WRITING Writing skills	Narrative composition	1. Write a narrative essay in the fight you witness recently.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Grammatical structure and usage	Introduction to synonyms. Words that mean nearly the same or exactly the same.	Select and practice words and their synonyms.
	READING Chanting a poem	Chanting a poem: observing the metric pattern, rhyme and other sound effects	1. Select poem to be read out aloud 2. Reciting a poem that rhymes.
	LITERATURE Reading Prose	Reading the recommended prose text.	3. Students should read in turns as directed by teacher.
6	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Speaking skills (conversation among students)	Students should ask and answer question among them to show a pattern of conversation.
	WRITING Writing skills	Summary writing	Students to summarize a passage in a given number of words sentences or paragraphs.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Model verbs and adverbials.	Using modal verbs and adverbials to express willingness and unwillingness.	1. Use modals and make correct sentences. 2. Express willingness and unwillingness. 3. Give further examples of modal forms
	READING Reading for points	Reading selected passages for main points	A passage to be selected and read.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading recommended prose text	1. Class room reading of the prescribed text. 2. An assignment on the prose text
7	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Asking and answering questions	Students to be paired to ask and answer questions on general academic issues.
	WRITING Letter writing	Informal letters: - Letter to parents - Letter to friends - Close relations etc.	1. Sample letters be studied from the main text. 2. Features of informal letter be further emphasized.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Word building	Using suffixes to form new words from root words	Practice formation of new words using suffixes e.g. Time – timely, advantage – advantageous etc.
	READING Critical evaluation	Reading to analyze, judge and give opinion.	Selected passages to be read and criticized..
	LITERATURE Prose reading	Reading the recommended text (prose)	1. Paired reading to be done 2. Explanatory notes be given.
8	LISTENING/SPEAKING	Consonant sounds /h/ in h- occurring and non – occurring words.	Words to consider such as Home (Hour), House (Honour) etc.
	WRITING Letter writing	Informal letter its (futures) Address, date, salutation, body, complementary, close, first name of the writer only.	1. Sample of informal letters be considered from the text. 2. Students to practice informal letter.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Conjunctions	The use of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.	Students to practice using “and”, “because” etc. Hello etc.
	READING Summary	Summarizing in a number of sentences.	A selected passage to be read and summarized.
	LITERATURE Prose reading	Reading the prose text for themes, characters and plot structure.	The recommended prose text be read and explained in class.
9	LISTENING/SPEAKING Intonation pattern	Intonation stress pattern on speeches involving conflict resolution, gender issues, giving instructions.	A suitable topic be chosen for discussion to show intonation pattern.
	WRITING Letter writing	Writing informal letters, letters of appreciation, letter of complaint	A model letter from the students’ text be reviewed.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Use of parts of speech	The use of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections	1. Make sentences using conjunctions 2. Make sentences using prepositions and interjections.
	READING Comprehension	Listening to comprehension passage taken from students’ prescribed text.	A passage be treated in class.
	LITERATURE Prose	Reading the text for mood, tone, symbolism and imagery.	Read the presented text to get the techniques and explain their usage.
10	LISTENING/SPEAKING Consonant sounds	Contrasting the voiceless /ɵ/ and the voice /ə/.	1. Practice the use of /ɵ/ in words such as: thought, think, through etc,
	WRITING Writing skills in letter writing	Revising formal letter Types: = letter to business organization, = letters of application for employment = letter of query etc.	1. Class work to write an application letter for employment as a clerk or teacher.
	GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Verbs	Modal verbs and other forms of expressing a wish	1. Indicate correctly modals from selected passages. 2. Give own examples of direct and indirect modals e.g. ” I may see you tomorrow” (Direct) “He said he might see you the following day” (Indirect)
	READING Reading for points	Reading for major and minor points. Selected passage from the students’ prescribed text.	Students to read and draw out the points from given passages.
	LITERATURE Poetry study	Reading the recommended poem for theme, structure and symbolism.	1. Read and explain the recommended poem. 2. Assignment (Home work) to analyze the theme(s) and bring the symbols used.
11	Revision	Revision	Revision
12	Examination	Examination	Examination