About Course
This course covers various aspects of English language development, including spelling, comprehension, grammar, writing, and speech work. Students will explore British and American English spelling differences, enhancing their understanding of language variations.
Summary writing will focus on reading and condensing information from texts such as Traditional Mud Architecture, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Agricultural Technical Aid Corps, and Party Systems, improving students’ ability to identify main ideas and key points.
Comprehension exercises will cover diverse topics like Technology, Government, Peptic Ulcer, On the Road, Stock Exchange, and Absurdist Drama, strengthening students’ reading skills, critical thinking, and ability to extract relevant details from texts.
In grammar and structure, students will study adverbs and their types, relative pronouns, plural forms of nouns, noun phrases, sentence types based on structure, punctuation marks, and possessive apostrophes, ensuring a strong grasp of English sentence construction and mechanics.
Speech work will focus on stress patterns in multi-syllabic words and intonation in sentences, helping students improve pronunciation and spoken communication.
Writing tasks will include narrative, descriptive, creative, and argumentative essays, with topics like Features of a Short Story, The Home’s Responsibility for Teenagers’ Unruly Behavior, and A Place of Interest I Visited, fostering creativity and analytical writing skills.
Vocabulary development will introduce words related to building, health, and the press, expanding students’ word knowledge and contextual usage.
Overall, this course aims to enhance students’ proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the English language through practical exercises and structured learning.
Course Content
Introduction
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Scheme of Work
02:00
WEEK 1: Spelling – British And American English
WEEK 2: Summary: Traditional Mud Architecture • Structure: Adverbs and Types. • Topic: Comprehension: Technology
WEEK 3: Summary (Reading to Summarize): Nnamdi Azikwe. • Structure: Relative Pronouns. • Vocabulary Development: Building. • Writing – Narrative
Continuous Assessment 1
WEEK 4: Structure – Plural Forms of Nouns. • Speech Work – Stress of Five Syllable Words. • Writing: Creative Writing; Features of a Short Story. • Summary Writing; Agriculture technical aid corps proposed to Africa.
WEEK 5: Speech Work – Sentence Intonation Patterns. • Argumentative Essay: “The Home Is Responsible for the Unruly Behaviour of Teenagers in the Society.” • Comprehension: Government • Summary: Party Systems.
WEEK 6: Structure – Noun Phrases. • Comprehension: Peptic Ulcer, Effective English • Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Health.
Continuous Assessment 2
WEEK 7: Structure – Sentence Types According to Structure. • Speech Work: Stress of Four Syllable Words • Comprehension; On the Road, • Writing – Descriptive – Definition, Features,
WEEK 8: Structure – Punctuation Marks; Comma, Semicolon, Question Mark and Colon. • Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Press. • Comprehension (Reading to Grasp Sentence Paragraph Transition); An Absurdist Dramas
WEEK 9: Structure – Use of Possessive Apostrophe • Comprehension (Reading to Grasp. Main Points); Stock Exchange. • Writing – Narrative – A Place of Interest I Visited
Continuous Assessment 3
Revision and Closing Remarks
Examination
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