English Language - Junior High School
Subject Overview
The aim of the syllabus is to help students develop effective oral and written communication skills in standard English and to lay the foundation for the SHS course. Teaching concentrates on equipping students with basic reading and writing skills. As part of this process, the mechanics of the language including spelling, grammar and punctuation are covered.
The course is also crafted to develop the habit of reading texts other than for academic purposes, thus broadening the scope of comprehension, self-expression and appreciation of literary works and their authors.
Teacher: Cephas Davor
JHS - Form 1
SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Unit 1: Pure Vowels Sounds
Unit 2: Consonants Sounds
Unit 3: Conversation
SECTION 2: GRAMMAR
Unit 1: Nouns – Types
Unit 2: Verbs – Tense Forms
Unit 3: Pronouns and their Types
Unit 4: The Simple Sentence
Unit 5: Subject – Verb Agreement
Unit 6: Adverbs
Unit 7: Primary Auxiliaries
Unit 8: Active and Passive Sentences
SECTION 3: READING
Unit 1 Fluent Reading
Unit 2 Reading Silently
Unit 3 Reading Comprehension
SECTION 4: WRITING
Unit 1 Consolidation
Unit 2 Correcting Faulty and Ungrammatical
Sentences
Unit 3 Paragraph and Paragraphing
Unit 4 Narratives
Unit 5 Writing Descriptions People and Animals
Unit 6 Writing Descriptions Events, Places and
Processes
Unit 7 Writing Friendly Letters
Unit 8 Guided Summary Writing
Unit 9 Advertisements
Unit 10: Dictation
SECTION 5: LITERATURE/LIBRARY
Unit 1 PROSE – Oral Narratives
Unit 2 POETRY – Traditional African Poetry
Unit 3 DRAMA – Traditional Drama
JHS - Form 2
SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Unit 1: Revision Vowels and Consonants
Unit 2: Diphthongs
Unit 3: The syllable and word stress
Unit 4: Intonation
SECTION 2: GRAMMAR
Unit 1: Collective Nouns
Unit 2: Auxiliary Verbs
Unit 3: Verb Tense Forms
Unit 4: Complex Prepositions
Unit 5: Phrases
Unit 6: Adverbs
Unit 7: Clauses
Unit 8: Compound Sentences
Unit 9: Complex Sentences
Unit 10: Conditional Sentences
SECTION 3: READING
Unit 1 Reading Comprehension
Unit 2 Summary Writing
SECTION 4: WRITING
Unit 1 Consolidation
Unit 2 Writing dialogues
Unit 3 Writing Simple Arguments
Unit 4 Writing Speeches/Talks
Unit 5 Writing Reports
Unit 6 Articles for Publication
Unit 7 Exposition
Unit 8 Filling Forms
Unit 9 Dictation
SECTION 5: LITERATURE/LIBRARY
Unit 1 PROSE – Short Stories
Unit 2 POETRY – Simple Poems
Unit 3 DRAMA – Simple Plays
JHS - Form 3
SECTION 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Unit 1: Revision of Vowels and Consonants
Unit 2: Weak Forms
Unit 3: Intonation
Unit 4: Conversation
SECTION 2: GRAMMAR
Unit 1: Relative Clauses
Unit 2: Tense Forms
Unit 3: Noun Phrases
Unit 4: Subject – Verb Agreement
Unit 5: Conditional Clauses
Unit 6: Idioms and Idiomatic Expression
Unit 7: Direct and Reported Speech
Unit 8: Questions and Answer Tags
SECTION 3: READING
Unit 1 Reading Comprehension
Unit 2 Summary Writing of Texts
SECTION 4: WRITING
Unit 1 Consolidation
Unit 2 Writing Based on Non-Verbal Sources
Unit 3 Drawing Programme/Agenda
Unit 4 Functional Writing: Writing Minutes
Unit 5 Functional Writing: Formal letters
Unit 6 Functional Writing: Letters to the Press
Unit 7 Narrative Writing
Unit 8 Debates
Unit 9 Descriptive Writing
Unit 10 Dictation
SECTION 5: LITERATURE/LIBRARY
Unit 1 NOVELS
Unit 2 POETRY
Unit 3 DRAMA