Junior Secondary 1 | English Language Arts

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1. Re-tell what you have listened to

2. Explain key words and expressions on what you have listened to

3. Answer questions on what you have listened to

4. Summarize what you have listened to

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1. Listen to and produce different speeches with reference to long and short vowel sounds

2. Listen to and produce different speeches with reference to consonants

3. Listen to and produce different speeches with reference to vowel sounds

4. Listen to and identify/produce different speeches paying special attention to consonant clusters

5. Listen to different speeches with particular reference to diphthongs

6. Listen to different speeches with particular reference to weak forms

7. Listen to different speeches paying attention to word boundaries

8. Listen to different speeches with special reference to compound words

9. Listen to different speeches paying attention to phrases

10. Listen to different speeches with particular reference to questions and their tags

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1. Select appropriate passages and materials

2. Explain the meaning of main ideas

3. Illustrate main ideas using specific examples

4. Read selected passages of materials in class

5. Identify and extract main ideas from topic sentences

6. Identify the relative positions of main idea sentences in different passages

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1. Identify supporting ideas in selected passages

2. Identify key words and expressions that signal details

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1. Read selected materials on contemporary issues

2. Respond to various questions on passages read

3. Work in groups to develop and answer questions on given materials

4. Answer questions on all levels of comprehension

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1. Preview the reading materials by reading the main ideas which have been developed or amplified

2. Read the passage

3. Recall mentally or record notes on the salient points or the main ideas

4. Reread the given passage and ask yourself relevant questions for maximum retention and recall

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1. Identify the author's mood through use of words and expressions

2. Read between lines with a view to detecting hidden attitudes

3. Identify the general impression created by the author's manner of presentation

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1. Read and practice spatial description using materials presented by the teacher

2. Practice associating sketches with written texts

3. Practice providing textual accompaniments (elements) to given sketches, maps, diagrams and figures

4. Produce questions from given texts and sketches

5. Practice identifying paragraphs with the appropriate sketch

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1. Read materials provided to you

2. Practice identification of key words related to directions e.g., ' moving from left to right', east to west', 'northwards southwards, ' upwards', ' towards', etc.

3. Practice identification of direction/in response to various prompts

4. Practice reading maps to understand directions

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1. Identify the features of nouns, verbs and adjectives in various passages

2. List the form, positions and functions of nouns, verbs, and adjectives in these passages

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1. Identify the adverbs in various passages

2. Write sentences using adverbs

3. Identify the different verb tenses in the passage

4. Write sentences using various verb tenses

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1. Identify the features of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions

2. List the form, positions and functions of adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions in various passages

3. Make sentences using adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions

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1. Read various passages

2. Discuss and explain their meanings

3. Identify and list active and passive verbs in various passages

4. Write sentences using these active and passive verbs

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1. Read various stories or passages

2. Identify the outline of these story or passage

3. Write down the main and supporting ideas of these stories or passages

4. Arrange these ideas in logical sequences

5. Construct outlines using these logical sequences

6. Write appropriate introductions and conclusions based on these outlines

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1. Identify different types of composition writing

2. List the elements of a composition

3. Re-arrange the ideas of a composition in a logical sequence

4. Produce an outline of a composition

5. Produce and review a draft of a composition that contains an introduction, body and conclusion

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1. Identify various types of letters

2. Identify the different formats of letters

3. Write different types of letters to suit different situations

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1. Read short stories

2. Explain the meaning of prose

3. Differentiate between the two types of prose

4. Write examples of different types of prose

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1. Identify features of folktales

2. Retell folktales

3. Identify and explain various themes of folktales

4. Identify the moral lesson to be learned from various folktales

5. Narrate various folktales

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1. Identify features of myths/legends

2. Explain the themes of myths/legends

3. Retell myths /legends

4. Identify some of the moral lessons to be learned from myths and legends

5. Narrate various myths and legends

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1. Read selections of poems (oral and written poetry)

2. Explain meanings of selected poems

3. Identify the language of poetry

4. Write simple poems of your own

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1. Read and dramatize various text of drama

2. Identify the themes and features

3. Identify essential props/costumes in a play

4. Write a simple play