Below is the JS2 English Language Scheme of work for First, Second and Third Term.
FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS2
Week 1 Revision of vowels
Vowels / / /I /, /I / / and /a:/
The parts of speech/Negative statements Vocabulary associated with health Reading comprehension (to understand the
writer’s purpose)
Prose: The meaning and type’s chapters 1 and II of text book Week 2: Falling and rising intonation in statements.
Yes/No questions and tag questions Words associated with health
Guided composition-writing title, using capital letters and punctuation
Chapters 3, 4 and 5
Week 3: Vowels / / / / u: / and /u / Nouns and plural nouns
Vocabulary associated with administrative
setting
Countable and uncountable nouns Chapters 6 , 7, and 8
Week 4: Consonants /m/ / / / / and
/r/
Commands
Words associated with administrative
setting
Continuous writing – linkers
The themes characters and plot of the novel Week 5: Intonation patterns in commands and questions
Wh – questions
Reading to indentify the meanings of words in
various
Contexts, facts, opinion
What is drama, different forms , elements and dramatic devices Vowels / / / / / /
Week 6: Request
Words associated with banking/religion Poetry – some poetic devices, types of
poem
and the poem, the land of unease
Week 7: Consonants /h/ / w / and / j/ Informal letters
Reading for speed, facts and meanings of words in various contexts
Reporting statements Drama.
SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS2
Week 1: Consonant clusters Reporting questions Government and politics Exposition – the Atmosphere Prose
Week: 2 The Diphthongs; / ei/ I / / / / /
Reporting commands and request
Government and politics Exposition
Prose
Week : 3 Diphthongs / / / / and / /
Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverb
Government and politics
Reading comprehension – persuasion Prose
Week: 4 Weak forms Intensifiers
Law and orders Formal letter Prose
Week: 5 Word boundary
Adverbs and other
forms
Law and order Argument Poetry
Week: 6 Compound words
Prepositions of places
and location
Reading to identify the
meanings of words in various context
Poetry Formal letters
Week: 7 Drama
THIRD TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS2
Week: 1 Phrases commonly used in speech Adverbials – The future
Mass media Towards summary Prose
Week: 2 Questions and their tags Adverbial – Adverbs of frequency Mass media
Towards summary Prose
Week: 3 Vowels, diphthongs in mixed pairs Cause and reason
Petroleum and mining Report writing
Prose
Week: 4 Consonant clusters
Forms for expressing purpose Petroleum and mining Summary
Week: 5 Strong and weak forms of words Adverbials – forms for expressing condition
Petroleum – Vocabulary
Continuous writing: my school/a market
Prose
Week: 6 Contrasting statements Cake making
Formal/informal letters Drama
Week; 7 Poem
Reading Comprehension
Week: 8 Active/passive verbs
Rhyme and rhythmus in
poems
Drama.
