English Language Scheme of Work

Lagos NAPPS(SS1 – SS3)

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English Language scheme of work NAPPS
First Term SS1 English Language Scheme of
Work
WEEKS TOPICS

General Revision of Last Term’s Examination;

Review of the word class
1
-Parts of Speech- Noun, Pronoun, Verb and Adjective.
Spelling; Doubling of Consonants

Comprehension Reading Skills Word Meanings in

Context Structure: Introduction to Phrasal Verbs;
2 More on Parts of Speech- Adverb, Conjunction and
Preposition. Vocabulary Development: Words
Associated with Libraries.

Essay Writing: Types of Essays ;

Speech Work: Monophthongs; Idioms
3
Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with
Entertainment.

Comprehension/ Reading Skills: Skimming and

Scanning- Vocabulary Development: Agriculture.
4
Structure: Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase
Spelling: Words Commonly Misspelt; Unified Test.

Structure: Kinds of Sentences- Simple, Multiple,

Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex
5 Essay Writing: Expository- “Honesty is the Best
Legacy” Vocabulary Development: Stock Exchange
and Insurance.

Comprehension/Oral Skills Figures of Speech- Simile,

Metaphor, Irony, Personification and Rhetorical
Question.
6
Structure: Adverbial Clause
Essay Writing: Descriptive
Speech Work: Diphthongs.

7 Structures: Learning about Noun Clause;

Vocabulary Development: Transportation- Aviation,
 Rail, Road and Maritime.
Speech Work: Introduction to Consonant Sounds
Essay Writing: More on Narrative- A story that ends
with, “It Pays to be Hard-working”.

Comprehension/ Reading Skills. More on Consonant

8 Sounds Structure: Adjectival Clause. Argumentative-
“Patriotism Enhances the Growth of a Nation”

Comprehension / Reading Skills: Introduction to

Answering Comprehension Questions
9 Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with
Religion.
Speech Work: Stress.

Comprehension and Writing Skills:

Vocabulary Development: Introduction to Summary
10
Writing Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes
Structure: Adverbial and Prepositional Phrase

Vocabulary Development: Registers of Judiciary.

Essay Writing: Informal letter- “A letter to the sister
who plans to divorce her husband advising her against
11
the decision”
12
Structure: Definite and Indefinite Articles
Speech Work: More on Consonants.
Revision and Examination

First Term SS2 English Studies Scheme of

Work Lagos State NAPPS
WEEKS TOPICS

1. Comprehension: Reading for Main Points

Structure: Revision on Nominalization of Adjectives and Verbs.

Speech Work: Review of Consonants Followed by /j/ and /u/

Sounds.

Summary: Revision of the Features of Summary.

2. (i) Comprehension – Learning about Main Ideas and Supporting
Details (Textbook).

(ii) Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with the Human Body

System and Functions

(iii) Speech Work: Cluster of Two, Three and Four Consonants

Writing (Expository): Meaning, Features and Examples

3. (i) Comprehension: Reading to Follow Writer’s Ideas;(Textbook)

(ii) Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Health e.g.

diagnosis, contagious etc.

Structure: Noun Phrases: Meaning, Identification and Functions

4. Summary (Reading to Summarise): (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development – Words Associated with Building and

Building Construction.

Writing – (Narrative) Meaning, Features and Examples.

Structure – Relative Pronouns

5. Comprehension: Reading For Main Points – (Textbook) Building,

Speech Work: Unstressed Vowel Sound /ə /

Writing (Argumentative) “Corruption Should be fought from the top to

the bottom”.

6. Comprehension: Reading to Extract the Main Points from a Passage:

(Textbook)

Structure: Sentence Types

Speech Work: Stress of Four Syllable Words

Writing: Descriptive: “Valedictory Ceremony in My School”

7. (i) Comprehension: Reading to Take Notes; (Textbook).

Structure: Adverb – Types (Manner, Place, Time, Frequency, Degree

etc.).

Summary: Reading to Summarise an Argument.

8. Structure: Word Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs.

Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Colours, Smell and

Taste

Comprehension (Listening); (Textbook).

Writing: A Report

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9.. Structure: Plural Forms of Nouns

Speech Work: Stress of Five Syllable Words

Writing – Creative Writing: Features of a Short Story.

Summary Writing – Identifying Topic Sentences: Agriculture; Technical

Aid Corps Proposed for Africa.

10. Comprehension: Reading to Paraphrase a Prose Passage;

Structure: Phrasal Verbs.

Writing: Features and Format of an Informal Letter.

11. Revision

12.Examination

First Term SS3 English Studies Scheme of

Work of Work Lagos State NAPPS
WEEKS TOPICS

1 Revision of Last Term’s Examination:

Spelling: British and American English

Basic Differences as Reflected in Common Words.

2 Comprehension: Textbook

Vocabulary Development: Festivals

Structure: Review of Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses,

Adjectival Phrases and Adjectival Clauses.

Writing: Review of Narrative and Descriptive Essays

3 Speech Work: Review of Sentence Intonation Patterns.

Writing: Argumentative Essay: “The Home Is Responsible for the Unruly

Behaviour of Teenagers in the Society”

Comprehension: Government (Textbook)

Summary: Party Systems

4 Comprehension: Business (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development: Business

Structure: Nominalization
Speech Work: Monophthongs and Diphthongs

5 Essay Writing: Formal and Informal Letters.

Summary: Novel Extract

Structure: Adverbs and Adverbials

6 Comprehension: Irrigation (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development:

Structure: Sequence of Tenses.

Speech Work: Clusters of Two Consonants Which Occur Initially and

Finally.

7 Comprehension: Textbook

Vocabulary Development:

Writing: Article: “The Good Effects of Accountability and Transparency”

Figures of Speech

8 Comprehension: Law Enforcement (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development: Justice Delayed

Structure: Lexical and Auxiliary Verbs

Speech Work: More on Consonants

9 Comprehension: Law and Order (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development: Justice

Structure: More on Modals

Writing: More on Report Writing

10 Comprehension: Addition (Textbook)

Vocabulary Development: Addition

Speech Work: Stress in Words of Seven Syllables and in Compound

Words.

11 Revision

12 Examination.

Second Term SS1 English Language scheme

of work NAPPS
1. Revision of last term’s work and examination questions

Structure prefixes and suffixes

2. i) Comprehension Listening summary through identifying key words,

key sentences and to summarise a passage

ii) Structure: Prepositions and prepositional phrases

iii) Vocabulary: Antonyms words exactly opposite in meaning and words

nearly opposite in meaning

3. i) Writing: Formal Letter to the Chairman of your Local Government

area or any government agency requesting some amenities needed in
your community.

ii) Spoken English; Consonant cluster. Words with /kw/ e.g. quiet,
quarter, question etc; words with /j/ with /u/ due, dew, cue, stew etc.
and other words with consonant clusters

iii) Structure: Tense, Simple – Present, Simple past, present perfect,

continuous

4. i) Comprehension (Reading to comprehend the meaning of words

in a context)

ii) Summary identification of the main points in a passage

iii) Vocabulary synonyms words exactly the same meaning and words
that are nearly the same in meaning

iv) Spoken English: Words with stress on first syllable

v) Vocabulary Development on sexuality and religions, types and

different religions, views on sexuality.

5. i) Comprehension (writing)

ii) Comprehension (listening), Dialogue-

pupils listen to a dialogue

Mention the main points or ideas

Mention the speaker’s mood, tone, purpose

Mention the key words and sentences

Give their own opinions on the subject matter

iii) Structure: Phrasal verbs, identification of and relationship with

adverbial particles e.g. correct, across, away, out, around, through etc.

6. i) Spoken English Intonation Falling tune.

ii) Comprehension/Vocabulary: words associated with photography

iii) Structure: Auxiliaries ‘Will and Would’

iv) Writing: Record-Keeping Meaning, types, uses and record books

7. i) Comprehension/Vocabulary Development

Words associated with sports

ii) Summary: writing summary – use a passage from the

recommended text

iii) Spoken English Rising tone and falling tone e.g.

8.i) Writing: Speech Writing Speeches for occasion send forth,
welcome address, prize giving day, vote of thanks.

ii) Structure: Auxiliaries ‘shall’ and ‘should’

iii) Vocabulary words associated with ‘transportation’

iv) Spoken English contracting consonants /z/, /Z/, /ts/ and /?/etc

9. i) Writing: Argumentative Essays: ‘indeed’, ‘Democracy

is better than Military Rule”

ii) Structure: Punctuation question marks, comma and

full stop

10.i) Spelling: words that sound alike ‘Homophones’

ii) Structure: Punctuation continued, apostrophe, colon,

semi-colon and inverted commas

11. Revision

12. Examination

Second Term SS2 English Language scheme

of work NAPPS
1. (i) Revision of last term’s work and examination questions

(ii) Grammar the use of possessive apostrophe

(iii) Comprehension Reading to grasp main points

2.(i) Comprehension/Vocabulary Development reading top grasp

sentence paragraph tradition

(ii)Register: words associated with press

(iii) Structure: Punctuation marks

3. (i) Essay Writing; Formal letter; letter of complaint

(ii) Structure sentence types 9Declarative, imperative etc

(iii) Speech Work: Intonation expressing surprise, disbelief 9

exclamation)

4. (i) essay Writing: Informal letter, Letter to a friend in another

town

(ii) Speech work: Falling tone, statements realization

(iii) Comprehension and vocabulary development words associated with

environment. Reading for implied meaning

5. (i) Summary writing: answering summary questions. How to

answer summary questions

(ii) Structure: Kinds of pronouns, personal and relative pronouns

(iii) speech work: Rhyme Scheme

6. (i) Comprehension and Vocabulary development (reading for

critical evaluation)

(ii) Vocabulary associated with nation building (extracts from newspaper

and magazines)

(iii) structure: introduction to sequence of tenses

(iv) speech work: rising tone, intonation patterns in polite statements

7. (i) Comprehension: (reading and summarizing)

(ii) Vocabulary Development: Technology

(iii) Lexis and Structure: phrasal verbs, verbs with more than one particle
eg. Go out with, put in for.
(iv) speech work: comparison of /ts/ and /s/, /dz/ and /tz/

8. (i) Essay Writing Articles

(ii) Structure: Active and Passive sentence

(iii) Register: words associated with cultural environment`

9. Revision

11&12 Examination

Second Term SS3 English Language scheme

of work NAPPS
SSS 3

WEEK 1; REVISION
WEEK 2; Reading for inference
WEEK 3; Giving the meaning of idiomatic expression and identifying
figures of speech from the passage structure.
WEEK 4; Reading to infer the thought of the water.
WEEK 5; Learning tips on how to operate summary writing in
examination.
WEEK 6; COMPREHENSION: Hints in answering comprehension
questions WEEK 7; Further hints on how to answer the
comprehension question.
WEEK 8; REVISION
WEEK 9 – 12; MOCK/EXAMINATION.
Third Term SS1 English Language scheme of
work NAPPS
001 SS 1

WEEK ENGLISH LANGUAGE

– Revision of last term’s work and examination questions.

1
– Words commonly misspelt and the use of the dictionary

– Summary: practical approach to writing a good summary.

The dos and don’ts of summary writing
– Vocabulary: words associated with advertising.
2
– Structure: Adjuncts
– Spoken English oral composition Narrative: The day I will
never forget.

– Comprehension (Listening) Identifying a speaker’s style.

– Summary: Identification of writer’s purpose (continued)
3
– Vocabulary: Words associated with stock exchange.
– Writing (expository) The merits and demerits of peer groups.

– Comprehension (Reading) Differentiating between main and

supporting ideas in a prose passage.
4
– Summary: Giving a befitting title to a selected passage.
– Vocabulary: Words associated with Government and politics.

– Comprehension: (Reading) Skimming and scanning a

selected passage.
– Spoken English: Speaking to persuade or convince (debate)
‘Why I must be made the school time keeper’ or any other
suitable topic.
5 – Structure: conjuncts and disunites.
– Spoken English: Oral composition/Expository ‘How to cook
and serve my favorites food’ or how to get to my house.
-Writing the story that ends in….. ‘if I had known, I would not
have gone out with him or if I had known, I would have
listened to my mother.

6 – Spoken English: Stress timing in sentences.

– Structure: Plural forms of Nouns including compound words
e.g. attorney general, sister-in-law, man-of-war.
 – Writing: characteristics of different writing styles, develop
paragraphs reflecting different styles

– Comprehension: (Reading for leisure) relationship between

the purpose and tone of the writer.
– Structure: Pronouns references to the three person, i.e. 1st
person, 2nd person and 3rd person pronouns.
7
– Spelling: dropping e and retaining ‘e’ e.g. argue argument
Pronounce pronunciation etc.
– Writing semi formal letters between semi formal and
informal letters.

– Vocabulary: Words associated with sports and

entertainment (continued)
8 – Structure: complex sentences (features) subordinating and
types of clauses – Spelling: Homophones words that sound
alike e.g. broach/brooch, chord/cord, principal/principle

– Spoken English consonant sounds followed by know in

words
9 – Writing: Article and features Language and style.
– Structure: Punctuation sentences difference between
compound and complex sentences

(i) Comprehension (Listening) Listening to a dialogue (ii)

10. Summary (iii) Writing Article Writing An article and speech or
letter Differences).

11. Revision

12 Examination
Third Term SS2 English Language scheme of
work NAPPS
001 SS 2

WEEK ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1 (i) Revision of 2nd term’ work (ii) Grammar-revise tenses

(i)Sentences-Conditional clause) likely conditions, unlikely

condition & impossible condition) and complex sentences.
2 (ii) Essay writing Speech writing for special purpose
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with
publishing and printing

(i) Article Writing Article for publication in a local magazine

(ii) Prefix as word extension.
(iii) Summary writing summarizing a talk or lecture.
3
(iv) Verb forms active and passive forms
(v) Vocabulary Development industries: Words associated
with publishing and printing

(i) Essay Writing Argumentative Debate

(ii) Comprehension Listening to recorded speeches
4
(iii) Speech work: using the dictionary spelling of words
(iv) Grammar: Rules of concord

(i) Essay Writing speech writing

(ii) Register: vocabulary development associated with banking
5 (iii) Grammar Inflectional prefixes e.g cast, recast, elect re-
elect
(iv)speech work. Stress placement on two syllables words

(i) Summary writing Summarising by taking notes

(ii) Structure Afflixation suffixes
6
(iii) Vocabulary Development: Words associated with
Engineering

7 (i) Essay Writing: Expository: How to improve family

functioning through love, co-operation, communication and
son on.
(ii) Structure: Adverbs
(iii) Vowel sound comparison of /i/ and /i/
 (iv) Comprehension Reading for specific structural patterns
(identification of types of sentences in a given passage).

(i) Structure: – Prepositional phrases.

8 (ii) Vocabulary Development on Hotel and Catering Industry
(iii) Summary Writing summarizing to get implied meanings.

(i) Comprehension/Vocabulary Reading for critical evaluation

(Look for faulty reasoning, misleading statements,
inconsistency
9
(ii) Structure: Idioms
(iii) Vocabulary: Word associated with politics/ Government)
use newspaper extracts or magazine extracts

(i) Speech work: Nasal consonants

(ii) Structure: Adjective clause
10.
(iii) Comprehension Register: vocabulary associated with
transportation Use related passage on transportation

11. Revision

12 Examination

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