10.

composition (Narrative Essay)

JSS1 English Language Lesson Notes 11. Grammar : The Past Continuous Tense
12. Vocabulary Building- Child Labour and Trafficking
First Term 13. Literature in English - Drama
14. Speech work: Contrasting Vowel /e/ and /3:/
1. Parts of speech
15. Topic: Argumentative Essay
2. Noun
16. Grammar: making sentence with present and past tense
3. Pronoun
17. Topic : Expository essay
4. Introduction speech
18. Literature in English - Myths and legends
5. ORGANS OF SPEECH
19. Contrasting vowel /e/ and /3:/
6. Essay Writing: Meaning, Definition, and Types of Essay
20. Grammar: making sentences with future tense will and
7. Literature in English: Introduction
shall
8. Pronoun
21. topic: vocabulary development on prefixes
9. Vocabulary Development Members of the family
22. Speech work : Introduction Diphthongs
10. Elements of compositions
23. Making sentences with past tense
11. SPEECH SOUNDS/ LONG AND SHORT VOWELS
24. Comprehension
12. PART OF SPEECH, ADJECTIVES/TYPES AND
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
13. Register 3rd Term
2nd term
1. Diphthongs , Monophthong
1. Contrast of Pure Vowels |u| |u:| and |D| 2. Comprehension
2. Adverbials (frequently and Manner) 3. Vocabulary Development: Air Transport
3. Comprehension passage 4. Grammar: Tenses of Active and Passive voice
4. Literature in English 5. Speech work /ia/ & /ai/
5. Grammar- Tenses- vocabulary 6. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICES ( To Keep)
6. Introducing Poetry ( Literature) 7. Vocabulary Development: Fishing
7. Speech work: Contrast of Pure Vowel |p| |d| 8. Composition
8. Composition- Formal letter 9. Speech Work : Consonant sounds
9. Grammar- The present continuous Tense
10. Vocabulary development : kitchen 36. Vocabulary Development -
11. The Use of Active Voice and Passive Voice 37. Diphthong cont’d
12. Literature in English 38. Revision: Noun, verb , pronoun and Adjective
13. Speech work : syllables words of two, three and four 14. 39. Figure of speech : Pun and Euphemism
Comprehension passage
15. Adjectives
16. Drama
17. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with Sick
Bay
18. Question Tag
19. topic: Argumentative Essay
20. Comprehension passage
21. Vocabulary Development: Words associated with
kitchen
22. Composition : Argumentative Essay
23. Consonant Clusters
24. Poetry : The tune of Adaowa
25. Vocabulary Development: words associated with
Teaching
26. Narrative Essay - An accident I witnessed Essay
27. Statement/Tag Questions and Responses
28. Statement/Tag Questions and Responses
29. Composition: Expository Essay (How to Plant a Tree)
30. Literature: Use of simile and Metaphors in Sentence
31. Phonetic Symbols of Consonants
32. Polar question and question Tags
33. Guided Composition (Narrative)
34. Turning Similes into Metaphors in Literature
35. Vowel Sounds /au/, /ia/, /ai/, and /ei/
JSS2 English language Lesson Notes Consonants /h/ 36. Grammar: Direct and Indirect Speech 37.
Revision on vowel sounds
1st term

1. Revision of consonant sounds with Emphasis on 2nd term

Consonants Cluster. 2. Grammar: Verb (Transitive and
Intransitive Verb ) 3. Compréhension passage : why the 1. speech work revision consonants
hippopotamus lives in water 4. Writing: Descriptive Essay 5. 2. Comprehension passage from CHILD LABOUR AND
Figure of speech 6. Speech Writing Topic: Review on CHILD TRAFFICKING
Consonant Sounds and Vowel Contrast /ia/ and /ea/7. 3. Literature in English-Introduction to prose, features of
Grammar: Cont’D on Active and Passive voice 8. prose,
Comprehension Passage: The Calabash and the Kolanut9. 4. Grammar : Adjectives
Vocabulary Development: Understanding Health and 5. Summary- Consumer
Related Vocabulary 10. Speech Writing : Vowel contrast 6. Diphthongs - continuation
/au/ /au/ 11. Tense 12. Vocabulary Builder : kitchen 13. 7. Grammar : TENSES
Vocabulary build: Armed forces 14. Descriptive essay 15. 8. COMPOSITION - ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
Speech work: Review of Consonants /t, k, b, d, g/16. Present 9. Literature in English- Drama
tense (Aspect)17. Comprehension Passage: Religion 18. 10. Speech Work - Triphthongs
Lexis and structure 19. Comprehension Passage20. Format 11. COMPREHENSION PASSAGE
of informal and formal letter 21. consonants /p/, /t/22. Past 12. Adverbials: Adverbials of Cause, Reason, Purpose, and
Tense Aspects23. Comprehension Passage: A Journey by Condition
Lorry24. Vocabulary Development on Sports25. Narrative 13. Composition - argumentative Essay cont'd
Essay 26. Speech work consonants /f/, /v/27. Grammar: 14. Literature: Understanding Drama
Conjunction 28. Comprehension Passage from the extract of 15. Comprehension Tips
things fall a part.29. vocabulary on words associated with 16. Speech Work: An In-depth Study of Consonants /h/, /w/,
newspaper and magazine.30. INFORMAL LETTER31. and /j/
Figure of speech 32. consonants contrast /I/, /r/33. Grammar: 17. GRAMMAR- PUNCTUATION MARK
Making Requests and Command.34. Descriptive Essay 35. 18. Letter writing - Formal letter
19. Comprehension Passage- '' the interview''
20. Comprehension Passage- '' Televison'' 11. Composition - Writing (Narrative Essay) Pride Comes
21. Topic: Sounds of Consonants (/P/, /b/, / t/, /d/) Before a Fall
22. Grammar- Comma 12. Speech Work: Distinguishing /ʧ/ and /∫/
23. writing skills - narrative essay 13. Literature in English- Sunrise Poetry
24. Speech work - consonants /k/ and /g/. 14. Grammar: Synonyms
25. Grammar - Sentences 15. Speech Work: Consonant Contrast /ð/ and /d/, and /θ/
26. topic: Synonyms, antonyms, and idiomatic expressions and /t/.
27. SPEECH WORK - Contrasting /f/ and /v/; /s/ and /z/ 16. Oral Comprehension - cultural practices
28. TOPIC: Direct Speech 17. Grammar: Antonyms
29. Comprehension Passage - The Lost Keys 18. Speech Work: Distinguishing the Consonant Sounds /w/
30. TOPIC: INTONATION PATTERN and /j/
31. Grammar - ADVERB AND ADVERBIAL 19. Vocabulary Development - Broadcasting
PHRASES32. Comprehension Passage - The Treatment of 20. literature- lyrics poetry
Nigerian Journalists 21. Speech work: Vowel Contrast /u/ and /u:
22. comprehension passage- new oxford English
23. Vocabulary development- Conflict Resolution
3rd term 24. Causative Verbs
25. Oral comprehension - Good Neighborliness (new oxford
1. Speech work: Consonant Contrast /p /, /d/, /b /, /t/.
English jss 2)
2. Grammar: DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
26. Speech Work: Vowels /ɔ/, /ɒ/, /ʌ/
3. Composition- Story Writing
27. Structure: Adjectives
4. Revision on Patterns for Yes/No Questions
28. Comprehension - Water
5. Grammer; Questions Tag
29. Composition Writing: A Journey Once Made
6. Comprehension Passage - The Search for Honey
30. Vocabulary Development: Armed Forces
7. Composition - Writing (an informal letter)
31. structure- Review of (Prefix and Suffix)
8. Literature in English- Sunrise Poetry
32. Revising the Sounds /a:/ and /æ/
9. Grammar: Uses of the Form of the Verb "Have"
33. Article Writing: An Account of an Outing for a School
10. Comprehension- The Prize Giving Day
Magazine
34. vocabulary development - key terms and definitions of
governmental terms
35. Speechwork: Consonants /dʒ/ and /ʒ/
36. Writing: Review of Narrative and Descriptive Essays
(JSS 2)
37. Vocabulary Development: Law and Order
38. Grammar: Using "Despite" and "In Spite Of"
JSS3 English language Lesson Notes 20. Vocabulary Development: Using "in" and "un" to
Express Opposite
1st Term 21. Literature- Figure of speeches

1. Listening and speaking: Long and Short Vowel

2nd Term
Contrasts: /i:-I/; /a:-æ/ɔ: - ɒ/
2. Oral Comprehension - Passage: The Adventurous 1. Listening and Speaking -/s-z/; /d-/ð/; and //ʃ-s/; f-v/
Journey 2. Grammatical Accuracy (structure) -Expressing exception
3. Grammatical Accuracy: Adverbials using except, except for, but, apart from, without.
4. SPEECH WORK: Consonant Contrast/ð/, /d/ and /z/ 3. Vocabulary Development- Revision of prefixes
5. Grammar: Phrases and Clause 4. Listening and Speaking: Consonant Contrast -/p-f/;
6. Oral Comprehension Passage /ʒ-ʃ/;/t-θ/; /l-r/;/s-θ/; and /ʃ-tʃ/
7. listening and speaking: Diphthongs /ei/, /ai/; /ɔɪ/, /əʊ/ 5. Reading Comprehension
8. Vocabulary Development: Commerce and Industry 6. grammar- conjuction
9. Structure: Adjectives and Adverbs 7. Vocabulary Development: Suffixes for Noun Derivations
10. Continuous Writing: Punctuation 8. Listening and Speaking: Intonation Patterns, questions
11. comprehension - The more you look (passage from and command
new oxford 3) 9. Consonant Contrast /s/, /z/ Lesson Note
12. Structure: Expressing Willingness/Unwillingness 10. Grammar Structure: Interjections
Using Modal Verbs + Adverbials 11. Composition – Article Writing
13. Consonant Contrast /f/ and /v/ 12. Literature -TYPES OF POETRY
14. Letter writing - Formal letter 13. Speech Work – Nasal Sounds /m/, /n/, /ŋ/
15. Listening and speaking: Contrast: /s/, /t∫/ and /∫/ 14. Composition: Informal Letter
(Diphthongs and Monophthongs in Contrast) 15. Vocabulary Development: Suffixes (Adjective
16. oral comprehension- Drug abuses and its Effect (from Derivations)
new oxford English 3) 16. English Structure: Question Tags
17. Literature18. Literature in English- poetry 17. comprehension passage - cooperation
19. GRAMMAR- Structure: Making Requests Using 18. Continuous Writing- Narrative Composition
"Can," "Could," "May," and "Mind" 19. Literature: Non-African Tales
20. Vocabulary - Media

3rd Term

1. comprehension passage- The Cunning Trick of Dinso the

Tortoise
2. Revision on Structure: Question Tags
3. Revision on Writing a Narrative Essay
4. Speech Work - Review of Monophthongs
5. Speech Work: Review of Diphthongs
6. Structure Review: Verbs and Adverbs
7. Writing Review: Descriptive Essay.
8. Comprehension- The Life Cycle of a Butterfly (From
Children’s Britannica)9. Revision Writing: Informal,
Formal, and Semi-Formal Styles
10. Grammar: Active and Passive Voice (Revision)
11. Speech Work: Review of Consonant Sounds
12. COMPREHENSION- past questions from bece.
13. Revision on Emphatic Stress
14. Revision on Literary Terms in Literature
15. bece past question passages
16. Bece past question passage 2
17. Structure: Review of Adjectives
18. Speech Work: Revisiting Consonant Sounds
SS1 English Lesson Notes 25. IN Writing
26. Consonants /d/ and /ð
First Term 27. Passage
28. Noun Phrase (Determiners and Quantifiers)
1. A weac passage
29. Noun Phrase (Determiners and Quantifiers)
2. Definition of comprehension and useful hint on
30. Consonants / ∫ / and /t ∫/
comprehension
31. Weac 2014 Passage
3. PART OF SPEECH
32. Sentences
4. NOMINALISATION
33. Vowels / i /, /i: /, / ᶺ / and / ↄ /
5. A weac passage
34. Minutes of meetings
6. COMPREHENSION PASSAGE
35. Adjectives
7. NOMINALISATION
36. Formal letter
8. General Introduction of Vowels and consonants sounds
37. Stress
9. ESSAY
38. Words Associated with Agricultural Crops
10. Capitalization
39. Grammar: Noun Possessive Care
11. Consonant Sounds /s/ and /z/
12. Introduction of Summary Writing
Second Term
13. A senior secondary school WAEC question on summary
14. Introduction to Nouns 1. consonant sounds clustered with /j/ & Word stress of three
15. Approaches to Essay syllables, stressed on the 2nd syllable
16. Consonant /∫/ and /3/ 2. Phrases: types, adverbial phrases
17. Comprehension Passage 3. Vocabulary Building & Comprehension Passage.
18. Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns 4. Comprehension passage 5. Composition : Debates
19. Common Errors in Essay Writing. 6. Orals: Emphatic Stress and Rhyming
20. Consonant /Ө/ and /ð/ 7. Figure of speeches
21. Waec comprehension Passage 8. Vocabulary Development
22. The use of proper Noun 9. Consonant /I/ and /r/
23. Consonant sounds /t/ and /Ө/, 10. Phrasal verb
24. Grammar : Verbs 11. Composition on report writing
12. Oral : Word syllables 5. Orals: Intonations
13. Grammar : Adjunct of Place , Time 6. Religious rites and marriage
14. Comprehension Passage 7. Noun phrase as a function in a sentence
15. Comprehension Passage 8. Expository Essay
16. Informal letter 9. Speech : Question Tags rising and falling
17. Vocabulary Development 10. Comprehension passage
18. Expository Essay 11. Words associated with motor vehicles
19. Oral stress 12. Verbs and verb phrase
20. Grammar: Adjunct of manner and reason 13. Composition: Narrative Essay
21. composition: Record Writing 14. Speech: Rise and fall of tones in English language.
22. Vocabulary document (synonyms as words ) : 15. Vocabulary – Words associated with road travel.
23. Comprehension PASSAGE 16. Comprehension/Summary- Identifying topic sentence in
24. Vocabulary on Antonyms paragraph
25. A short passage weac 1989 17. Descriptive Essay 18. monotony and diphthongs
26. Commonly Used Vocabulary passages 19. Vocabulary: Words associated with traveling
27. Contrasting /Ɵ/and /ᵭ/ \ Ɵ\ and/t/ /d/. 20. Comprehension Passage :
28. Adverbial clause 29. Article Writing 21. Grammar: Modal auxiliary verb
30. Speech : Dialogue 22. Words with 2 consonant dusters occurring or final
31. Concord position
32. Formal letter 23. Adjectival clause
33. Advertising 24. Composition: Summarizing in a specified number of
34. Determiners sentences.
25. Oral English: stress and intonation on rising and falling
Third Term tones.
26. Idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs.
1. Orals: The consonant sounds /k/ and /w/. 27. Sentence analysis simple, compound complex
2.Vocabulary of words associated with culture 28. Speech: Test of rhyming Mineral pairs of homophones:
3. Comprehension passage 29. Vocabulary associated with science and technology
4. Expository Essay 30. Reading to identify the writer's purpose.
31. Article writing for newspaper and magazines:
32. Identifying grammatical names and functions
33. Words with 3 consonants dusters at the final position
34. Vocabulary – Foreign elements in English, French
words,
35. Passage weac 2015
36. Summary
37. Speech- word stress two syllable words stressed on the
first syllable.
SS2 English Lesson Notes 6. Article Writing
7. Structure: Active and passive form
SECOND TERM 8. Vocabulary development
9. Structure: Prepositional Phrase
1. Register- Words associated with press
10. Vocabulary development: The use of dictionary
2. Register on press words
11. Grammar: Concord and the rules of Concord
3. Structure - Punctuation Marks
12. Comprehension passage
4. Structure: Sentence Types
13. Stress Placement on Two or more syllable words
5. Formal letter
14. Essay: Story Writing
6. Rhyme scheme
15. Comprehension: Reading for the writer’s purpose
7. Diphthongs /ei/, /ai/, /au/ /ɔɪ/:
16. Words associated with manufacturing industry
8. Structure: Kinds of Pronoun
17. Speech Consonant sounds: plosives; b/and/pl, it/and
9. words associated with Environment.
/d/, /k/ and /g/
10. Comprehension Passage
18. Structure: Adjectival clauses
11. Structure: Introduction to Sequence of Tenses
19. Essay: Informal Writing
12. Speech work: Diphthongs /ɪə,eə,əʊ, aʊ/
20. Vocabulary Developement:
13. Words associated with Nation Building
21. Orals: consonants sound nasal: /n/,/m/, and /g/
14. Structure: More on Phrasal Verbs
22. Structure Concord (agreement between subject and verb)
15. Article Writing
23. Summary writing
16. Speech Work: Comparison/tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʒ/, /ʃ/
24. Orals: vowels /I/ & /I:/
17.Structure: Active and Passive structure
25. Essay Writing: Expository: Scientific Facts
26. Structure: Question Tags
THIRD TERM 27. Speech Sibilants and the ‘s’/’es’ suffixes
28. Structure Complex, compound, compound complex
1. Opinion Deductions: clauses sentences
2. Conditional clause 29. Idioms
3. Vocabulary Building: Words associated with Agriculture 30. ESSAY: DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
4. Essay Writing: Speech Writing 31. COMPREHENSION PASSAGE : AFRICAN
5. Speech work: Stress Patterns PLUCKED LUTES
32. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT : WORDS 19. Adjective phrases and their Grammatical Functions
ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 20. Narrative Essay
33. Structure: clauses, subordinate & Insubordinate 21. Comprehension Passage
34. Speech work: stress on the 5th & 6th syllable 22. Summary passage
35. Reading for implied meaning & interpreting 23. Speech vowels: /u/ /u:/, /e/ and /ɜ:/:
examples36. Speech work: /u/ and /u:/ 37. Vocabulary/ 24. Adverbial phrases and functions
Register: Associated with transportation 25. Formal letter
26. Reading Comprehension
27. Diphthongs; /i/, /ai/, /au/, /ei/, /e/,
FIRST TERM 28. Comprehension Passage

1. Speech work : Introduction

2. Vocabulary development: Medicine
3. Noun phrase
4. Listening skills
5. Vocabulary development
6. Pronouns
7. Expository Essay
8. speech making a toast
9. speeches purposes
10. Nominalization of adjectives
11. Unstressed vowel /a/ /
12. Argumentative Essay
13. Types of Pronouns
14. Consonants Cluster
15. Adjectives and adverbs
16. Consonants Cluster in word-initial positions
17. Sentences
18. Creative Writings
SS3 English Lesson Notes 22. Register- Words associated with government and
administration
1st Term 23. Orals: Words with 2 consonant dusters
24. Vocabulary: words associated with Government
1. Speech: Speech – More on consonant sounds in sentences
25. Structure: Adjectival clause
2. Vocabulary – Words associated with culture, development
26. Summary
institutions & ceremonies.
27. Intonation rising and falling tones
3. Structure- Noun and Noun phrase
28. Idioms and phrasal verbs
4. Expository Essay:
29. Structure- Sentence analysis simple, compound, complex
5. Intonation
sentences
6. Vocabulary-Words associated with culture continued
30. Letters-semi-formal letter writing Address, date, solution
7. Comprehension passage
and subscription for semi-formal letters.
8. A waec comprehension passage (1990)
31. Summary Passage- Government
9. Orals: Introduction practice using question tags
32. Vocabulary – Words associated with science and
10. comprehension/summary-reading for contextual
technology
meaning of words:
33. Comprehension passage on Ict
11. Vocabulary – Words associated with motor vehicle
34. Structure- Identify grammatical names and functions35.
12. Structure – Verbs and verb phrases
Article writing newspaper
13. Narrative Essay
36. 3 consonants dusters at the final position
14. Vocabulary: Words associated with travel
37. words associated with foreign elements in English,
15. Comprehension/Summary- Identifying topic sentence in
French.
paragraph
38. Grammatical names and functions
16. Monotony’s & diphthongs contract /ae/, /ad/, and /a:/
39. Summary passage waec 2011
speech
40. Word stress Two syllable words stressed on the first
17. Vocabulary Words associated with travelling control
syllable
18. Comprehension passage past question waec 2022
41. Comprehension Passage
19. Structure – Modal auxiliary verbs forms.
42. Sentence stress-emphatic stress
20. Continuous Writing- Informal letters and features
43. Collocation
21. Speech – Words with 2 consonant dusters
44. concord identification
45. Word-stress on 3 syllable words on the first syllable

2nd term

1. Vowels and consonants minimal parts

2. Vocabulary: Words associated with Law and Order
3. Summary Passage
4. Revision on Pronoun and Uses
5. Four words occurring at the final position
6. Report Writing
7. Adjuncts forms and functions
8. Speech writing
9. Registers for ICT Words
10. Differentiating between phrases and clauses