LITERATUR E IN ENGLISH
WEEKS:
1.
SCHEME OF WORK SS I 1ST TERM
a. Revision of previous session’s work.
b. Resumption test
c. Copying of scheme of works for the term
2.
LITERARY APPRECIATION
What is literature?
a. Definition and functions of literature.
b. Forms of literature (Oral and written with specific examples).
c. The genre / branches of literature prose, drama and poetry with examples
3.
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
a. Synopsis – theme(s) plot, setting
b. Synopsis continued
Character, characterization, (human and animal).
c. Language – 1st person narrator, 3rd person omniscient Narrator
Or the Eye of God
4.
GENRES / BRANCHES OF LITERATURE CONTINUATION
a. What is prose: types and elements
b. What is drama? Types and elements
c. What is poetry? Types and elements
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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND STYLE
a. flashback, sons / chorus(es) dances
b. Language / diction – proverb, vernacular, pidgin / colloquial (authorized jargon)
c. Literary appreciation / critiquing
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FORMS OF PROSE
a. Fiction and non – fiction with specific examples.
b. Distinguishing features
c. Seen and unseen prose; parts of a novel, prologues and epilogue.
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MID – TERM TEST AND BREAK
FIGURATIVE EXPRESSION(S) / DEVICE(S)
a. Figures of comparison and sound
b. Figures of association and contrast
c. Figures of emphasis, symbol and antonomasia
Glossary of literary terms
More on glossary
Review of the term’s work.
Examinations.
Marking and collating.
Issuance of result and closure
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SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS I SECOND TERM
TEXTS – (A) PURPLE HIBISCUS BY CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE
OR
(B) AWOMAN IN HER PRIME BY ASARE KONADU
WEEKS
1.
a. Review of last term’s work
b. Resumption test
c. Copying of Scheme of work
2.
Introduction to the Prose Test chosen Background of the author, Setting and plot.
3.
Reading of Unit I Purple Hibiscus
OR
Reading of Chapters 1 – 3 A woman in Her Prime
4.
Reading of Unit 2 Purple Hibiscus
OR
Reading of Chapters 4 – 6 A woman in Her Prime
5.
Reading of Unit 2 Purple Hibiscus
OR
Reading of Chapters 7 – 9 A Woman in Her Prime
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Reading of Unit 3 Purple Hibiscus
OR
Reading of Chapters 10 - 12 A Woman in Her Prime
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MID - TERM TEST / BREAK
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Reading of Unit 4 Purple Hibiscus
OR
Reading of Chapters 13 – 14 A woman in Her Prime
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Incidents and Characterization
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Themes and Techniques
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Revision and Examination
12.
Examination and Marking
13.
Marking, collation of Results and Closure.
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SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS I 3RD TERM
AFRICAN DRAMA
TEXTS – WOMEN OF OWU BY FEMI OSOFISAN
OR
THE BLINKARDS BY KOBINA SEKYI
WEEKS:
1.
a. Review of the Previous term’s work
b. Resumption Test.
c. Copying of Scheme of work for the term.
2.
Introduction of the Drama text chosen background of the playwright,
setting & plot.
3.
Reading of Act I scenes 1 & 2 of Women of Own
OR
Reading of Act I of The Blinkards
4.
Reading of Act I scene 3 of Women of Owu
OR
Reading of Act 2 of The Blinkards
5.
Reading of Act I scene 4 of Women of Owu
OR
Reading of Act 3 of The Blinkards
6.
Reading Act I scene 5 of Women of Owu
OR
Reading of Act 4 of The Blinkards
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Mid – Term Test and Break.
8.
Incidents and Characterization.
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Themes
10.
Techniques
11.
Revision and Examination
12.
Examination, Marking.
13.
Collation and Closure
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TEXT FOR WASC AND NECO
AFRICAN PROSE
1.
Adichie Chimammmmanda – Purple Hibisus
2.
Asare Konadu – Awoman in Her Prime
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ii.
Non – African Prose
William Golding: Lord of the Flies
Ernest Hemming way: The Old man and the Sea
PAPER 2 DRAMA AND POETRY
African Drama
1.
2.
Femi Osofisan: Women of Owu
Kobina Sekyi: The Blinkards
1.
NON – AFRICAN DRAMA
Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man
2.
Oscar Wiulde: The Importance of Being Earnest
William Shaakespeare – Tempest
SECTION C AFRICAN POETRY
i.
Oswald Mtshali: “Boy on a Swing”
ii
Umeh P.O.C. “Ambassaddors of Poverty”
iii
Lenrie Pelers: “The Fence”
iv
Sola Owonibi: Homeless Not Hopeless”
v
Sly Cheney Coker: “Myopia”
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Jared Angira: “Expelled”
SECTION D” NON AFRICAN POETRY
i
John Donne: “The Sun Rising”
ii
Walter Raleigh: “The Soul’s Errand”
iii
Langeton Hughes: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
iv
Wilfred Owen: “Strange Meetings”
v
John Fletcher: “Upon An Honest Man’s Fortune”
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William Wordsworth: “Daffodils”
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POSSIBLE PROJECT TOPICS
1.
Writing Poems of their own or short stories or acting drama.
2.
Dramatising some of the scenes in any of the drama texts
3.
Draw a picture of people
Consulting the Tango god in A Woman in her Prime
4.
Summary of texts presented to the SS 3 class as term paper
5.
Paint the image of your literature teacher at age 70
6.
Create an Image of a boy sitting on a swing or on the fence
7.
Make an album of African writers with two examples of their works
8.
Prepare an anthology of at least 10 poems
9.
Paint the flower of Daffodils as you perceive it either in a flower vase, a tree
beside a river bank or a wild bush
10.
Collect past question papers in Literature for 5 years each from WAEC, NECO &
GCE
11.
Prepare 20 context questions from Shakespeare’s Tempest, 4 from each act.
12.
Draw a ship sailing on rough waves with the characters inside the ship – The
Tempest.
13.
Write 25 figurative expressions with two examples each
14.
Make a tree diagram of the 3 genres of Literature giving five4 examples each.
NOTES
1.
The following texts have unique features: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda
Adichie has 4 units as against chapters
2.
Women of Owu by Femi Osofisan iis a single Act play
3.
The Blinkards by Kobina Seyki has a peculiar 4 Acts without Scenes.
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SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS II FIRST TERM
Weeks
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(c)
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Introduction to African and Non African Poems
Review of the last term’s work.
Resumption Test
Copying of Scheme of work for the term.
“Boy on a Swing” by Oswald Mtshali and
Expelled by Jared Angira
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form, content, language/diction
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation.
“Ambassadors of poverty” by P.O.C. Umeh.
Background of the poet and the poem,
Structure/form, content, language/diction.
Theme(s) Analysis and appreciation
“Myopia” by Sly Cheney Coker and
Homeless Not Hopelkess by Shola Owonibi.
Background of the poet and the poem,
Structure/form, Content, Language/diction
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation.
“The Fence” by Lenrie Peters.
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form, content, language/diction
Therme(s) analysis and appreciation
“The Sun Rising” by John Done
and “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth.
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form content, language/diction
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation
MID TERM TEST/BREAK
“The Souls Errant” by Walter Raleigh
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form, content, language/diction.
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation
“Strange Meeting” by Wilfred Owen
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form, content, language/diction
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation
“Upon an Honest Man’s Fortune” by John Fletcher.
Background of the poet and the poem
Structure/form, content, language/diction.
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation.
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes
Background of the poet and the poems
Structure/form, content, language/diction
Theme(s) analysis and appreciation
Revision and Examination
Examination and Marking
Marking, Collation of Results and Closure
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SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS II SECOND TERM
INTRODUCTION TO NON-AFRICAN PROSE
TEXTS - (A) LORD OF THE FLIES BY WILLIAM
GOLDING
OR
(B)
OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST
HEMINWAY
WEEKS
1.
Review of the previous term’s work
Resumption Test
Copying of the term’s scheme of work
2.
Background of author, setting and plot of the text chosen
3.
Reading of Chapters 1 – 3 of Lord of the Flies OR
Reading of Pages 1 – 23 of The Old Man and the Sea
4.
Reading of Chapters 4 – 6 of Lord of the Flies OR
Reading of Pages 24 – 46 of The Old Man and the Sea
5.
Reading of Chapters 7 – 9 of Lord of the Flies OR
Reading of Pages 47 – 69 of The Old Man and the Sea
6.
Reading of Chapters 10 – 12 of Lords of the Flies OR
Reading of Pages 70 – 92 of The Old Man and the Sea
7.
MID-TERM TEST AND BREAK
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Incidents and Characterization
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Themes
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Techniques
11.
Revision and Examination
12.
Examination and Marking
13.
Marking, Collation of Results and Closure
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SCHEME OF WORK FOR SS II THIRD TERM
NON-AFRICAN DRAMAS
TEXT: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST
BY OSCAR WILDE
OR
ARMS AND THE MAN BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
WEEKS
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Review of the Previous term’s work
Resumption test
Copying of Scheme of Work for the team
Background of playwright
Setting And Plot of the text chosen
Reading Act I of Importance of Being Ernest
OR
Reading Act I of Arms And the Man
Reading Act I of Importance of Being Ernest contd.
OR
Reading Act I of Arms And The Man contd.
Reading Act 2 of Importance of Being Ernest
Reading Act 2 of Arms And The Man
Reading Act 3 of Importance of Being Ernest
OR
Reading Act 3 of Arms And the Man
MID-TERM TEST AND BREAK
Incidents and Characterization
THEMES
TECHNIQUES
Revision And Examination
Examination And Marking
Marking, Collating and Closure
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SS 3 1ST TERM
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE – DRAMA
TEXT: THE TEMPEST BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
WEEKS:
1. (a) Review of last session’s work
(b) Resumption test
(c) Copying scheme of work for the term
2.
Introduction to drama text – The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Background of the playwright and the drama text; setting and plot.
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Reading Act 1 Scenes 1 – 5
Reading Act 2 Scenes 1 – 5
Reading Act 3 Scenes 1 – 5
Reading Act 4 Scenes 1 – 5
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MID – TERM TEST AND BREAK
Reading Act 5
Answering Context questions.
INTRODUCTION TO UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY.
Revision.
Examination, marking of scripts.
Marking, collating and closure.
SECOND TERM SS 3
WEEKS:
1. (a) Review of last term work
(b) Resumption text
(c) Scheme for the term
2.
More on African prose using SSCE pass question pattern, attempting
questions from A woman in her Prime by Asare Konadu and Purple Hibiscus
Adichie Chiamana Ngozi.
3.
More on Non African prose using SSCE past question pattern;
attempting questions from Lord of the flies by William Golding and The Old
Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
4.
More on African drama using SSCE past questing pattern;
attempting questions from Women of Owu by Femi Osofisan and
The Blinkards by Kobina Sekyi
5.
More on Non African drama using SSCE past question pattern;
attempting questions from Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw and
The Importace of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde.
Review of African poems using SSCE Past question patterns
MID – TERM TEST AND EXAMINATION.
Review of Non African poems using SSCE past question pattern.
General Revision.
Mock examination.
Mock exam continue.
Marking and collating
Publishing the results.
Interactive session/conferencing with the students.
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