JSS1 Third Term English Studies- Scheme of Work. This scheme of work is in line with Lagos state.

JSS1 English Studies Third Term- Scheme of Work

Week Topic
1 Revision of Last term’s work
Speech: Diphthongs
Grammar: Introduction to active and passive voice
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to make meanings from spatial description.
Vocabulary Development: Air Transport
Composition: Introduction to Expository Essay
Literature-in-English: Recommended Prose text- The Clock by Ngozi Chima-
Uzosike.

2 Speech: Introduction to consonant sounds
Grammar: Active and Passive voice continued
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to identify appropriate introduction and
conclusion for selected topics.
Vocabulary Development: Fishing
Composition: Elements of writing
Literature-in-English: Recommended Prose text- Stigma by Samson O. Shobayo.

3 Speech: syllables (Words of two, three, four syllables)
Grammar: Exercise on active and passive voice
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to identify keywords that signal direction in the passage.

Read Also: JSS1 English Lesson notes- Third Term
Vocabulary Development: Kitchen
Composition
Literature-in-English: Recommended Prose text- Somayina: The Little Smart
Orphan by Chigbo Ugwuoke.
4 Speech: Syllables continued

Grammar: Statements and question tags
Reading and Comprehension: Identification of topic sentence
Vocabulary Development: Teaching
Composition: Tribalism is a Better Evil than Cultism
Literature-in-English: Myths and Legends.
5.  Speech: Consonant Sounds Continued

Grammar: Differences between Polar questions and Question tags
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to identify the overall impression created by the author’s style of presentation.

Vocabulary Development: Cooking
Composition: Cultism erodes traditional values in a society
Literature-in-English: Recommended Poem- ‘Wind’ By: Rahila J. Diji

6. Speech: Consonant clusters
Grammar: Exercises on Adverbials
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to interpret diagrams, maps and sketches
accurately.
Vocabulary Development: Spelling drill
Composition: Differences between argumentative and expository essays
Literature-in-English: Recommended Drama text- The Thinking Head by Akeem
Ajibade.

7.  Mid-term test/ break
8.  Speech: Word boundaries

9. Grammar: Revision of nouns and pronouns
Reading and Comprehension: Reading to identify how a diagram or map clarifies or complements reading materials.
Vocabulary Development: Spelling drill
Composition: How to plant a tree
Literature-in-English: Recommended drama text- Sacrilege by Adetutu Adeyeye.

9 Speech: Contrasting /ie/ and /eə/
Grammar: Verbs and Adjectives
Reading and Comprehension: Reading and evaluation.
Vocabulary Development: Government.
Composition: School Rules
Literature-in-English: Recommended Drama text- Addiction by Nicole Bertram.

10. Speech: Contrasting /uə/ and /əu/
Grammar: Revision of nouns and pronouns
Reading and Comprehension: How to answer questions on comprehension passages.
Vocabulary Development: Hygiene
Composition: Revise the four types of essays
Literature-in-English: Figures of speech – euphemism and pun

11 Revision
12 Examination

WEEK 1- Revision of Last Term’s Work for JSS1

VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A vowel is a particular kind of speech sound that is made freely without any obstruction of air by any
part of the mouth. In English it is important to know that there is a difference between a vowel sound
and a vowel letter. In English there are five generally accepted vowel letters in the alphabet.
These vowel letters are:
A, E, I, O, U.
However, we sometimes have the letter Y as a vowel.
It is said that Y is  a vowel, because the letter Y represents both vowel and consonant
sounds. In the words cry, sky, fly, my and why, letter Y represents the vowel sound /aɪ/. In words
like myth and synchronize, Y represents the vowel sound /ɪ/. In words like only, quickly, and folly, Y
represents the vowel sound /i/.
All vowel sounds always cause vibration; hence they are voiced.

THE ENGLISH VOWEL CHART

Examples of the 12 Pure Vowel sounds with examples.
Vowel Sound Example Words

/i:/

Me, these, need, be, keep, deep, sheep, Jeep, beep, eat, feel, see, meet, deal,
read, beat, peak, seek, heap, leap, feet, seat, heel, keen, seen, teen, leave

/ɪ/ With, this, if, think, link, wink, rink, sink, big, six, live, since, miss, wrist, lift, pit,

sit, pick, bill, fill, till, him, pin, tin, win, bid, did

/ʊ/

Put, Would, Look, Woman, Hook, Nook, Food, Fool, Cool, Hue, Ooze, Moose,
Boot, Cook, Rook, Took, Good

/u:/ Too, You, New, Who

/e/

Get, When, Well, Very, Bed, Said, Leg, Hell, Hem, Ben, Pen, Den, Ten, Men, Bend, Lend,
Send, Bet, Met, Pet, Set, Mess, Wreck, Peck, Letter, Better

/ə/ The, About, Could, Us

/ɜ:/

Her, Work, Learn, Word, Burn, Turn, Firm, Bird, Curd, Curse, Curt, Shirt, Turk, Curl, Hurl,
Earl, Pearl, Sir, Worm, worth, Fir, Stir, Sir, Occur, Purr

/ɔ:/

Or, Also, More, Call, All, Mall, Hall, Shall, Fall, Tall, Wall, Paul, War, Ward, Warm, Reward,
Walk, Wart

/æ/

Have, That, As, Can, Sad, bad, Bag, Lag, Hal, Ham, Ban, Pan, Dan, Tan, Man, Band, Land,
Sand, Bat, Mat, Pat, Sat, Mass, Rack, Pack, Latter, Batter

/ʌ/ But, Up, One, Much

/ɑ:/ Start, Ask, Large, After

/ɒ/ Of, On, From, Not