Senior Secondary 2 | English Language Arts

First Term

Objective: Develop vocabulary words associated with sports

Action steps

1. Identify words associated with sports

2. Pronounce the words correctly

3. Tell the meanings of the words, use the identified words effectively in speech

4. Use the identified words correctly

Objective: Develop vocabulary words associated with building and building construction

Action steps

1. Identify words associated with building and building construction

2. Explain the meaning of these words

3. List these words and use them in sentences

4. Write these words and look up their meanings in the dictionary

Objective: Develop vocabulary words associated with the environment

Action steps

1. Explain the meaning of environment

2. Mention types of environmental problems

3. State the importance of a clean environment

4. Identify the nature of problems under each type

Objective: Develop vocabulary words associated with modifiers

Action steps

1. Identify a modifier

2. Describe accurately the different aspects of things, actions, events or experience by means of appropriate words

Objective: Develop prefixes as word extensions

Action steps

1. Identify the basic root words

2. Explain those words in sentences of their own

3. Use prefixes to generate words which are antonyms of given words

4. Use those words in sentences of their own

Objective: Apply preservative prefixes in words

Action steps

1. Identify the basic root words

2. Pronounce the words correctly

3. Discuss the meaning of the words

4. Use the words in forming sentences

5. Write the words and still preserve the meaning

Objective: Apply standard English spelling of words

Action steps

1. Identify words

2. Explain the meaning of the words

3. Write the words correctly

4. Use the dictionary to check for the spelling of words

5. Use the words in correct sentences

Objective: Apply listening to answer questions

Action steps

1. Listen attentively to identify the main idea in a passage

2. Identify the supporting points in a passage

3. Answer questions from a passage

4. Mention some key sentences from a passage

Objective: Apply listening to recorded speeches for comprehension

Action steps

1. Listen attentively to identify the main idea of a speech or conversation

2. Recognize main points in a comprehension

3. Describe the key words or sentences in a speech or conversation of other speakers

4. Explain key words or sentences in a speech or conversation

Objective: Apply listening for implied meaning

Action steps

1. Explain what is meant by the phrase implied meaning

2. Identify the implied meanings of statements made at various settings

3. Distinguish between stated and implied (or unstated) meanings in speech

4. Make oral or written statements to illustrate the distinction between stated or implied meaning

Objective: Apply listening to poetry for comprehension/pleasure

Action steps

1. Listen to a poem with understanding

2. Explain new words in the poem in context

3. Explain new words using the dictionary

4. Tell the theme of the poem and the authors style

5. Identify the tone, purpose, and the figurative expressions in the poem

Objective: Apply listening to summarize speech, lectures, and note making

Action steps

1. Listen attentively to a speech, lectures

2. Outline the main idea from the speech

Objective: Apply listening to speeches and other oral presentations for critical evaluation

Action steps

1. Listening attentively to a speech with understanding

2. Examine the content for correctness

3. Appreciate the author’s choice of words

4. Critically examine the author’s choice of sentences

5. Extract facts and opinions from the speeches

Objective: Apply listening to debates for main points and passing judgment

Action steps

1. Listen attentively to debates for main points

2. Identify the main points of the debates

3. Reproduce main points and idea in the debates

4. Pass judgment

Objective: Apply listening for details/examples

Action steps

1. Listen attentively

2. Give details of any passage given to them

3. Give examples where necessary

4. Listen for details/examples

Second Term

Objective: Use consonants clusters: Two and three consonants in initial position

Action steps

1. Recognize the consonants words

2. Pronounce correctly clusters of two and three consonants which occur at initial word po-sition

3. Show their meaning through the use of sentences

Objective: Use Unstressed vowel sounds

Action steps

1. Identify the unstressed vowel sounds

2. Pronounce them correctly

3. Write them correctly

Objective: Use words with five syllables, that are stressed on the first, second, third and fourth syllables

Action steps

1. Recognize the words stressed first, second, third and fourth syllables

2. Pronounce five syllable words which have the stress on first, second, third and fourth syl-lables correctly

3. Use the five syllable words correctly in writing

4. Use the five syllable words in speech

5. Pronounce six syllable words which have the stress on fifth syllable

Objective: Use intonation, expressing surprise/disbelief (exclamation)

Action steps

1. Recognize and use the appropriate intonation patterns associated with surprise or disbelief

Objective: Use intonation, falling tone (statement)

Action steps

1. Identify the finality of statement, information and question in a given context

Objective: Use Rising tone

Action steps

1. Identify indication of tentativeness

2. Identify and use the correct intonation patterns in polite statements

Objective: Use speaking skills: Argument and debate

Action steps

1. Speak fluently and convincingly on a given controversial topic

2. Pronounce correctly

3. Use the appropriate words where and when necessary

4. Use the right words stress pattern

Objective: Make a toast

Action steps

1. Propose toasts and make other formal speeches as appropriate to a given occasion

2. Talk about a friend during celebration

Objective: Speak to persuade, convince and sway opinion

Action steps

1. Speak on any given topic especially topics that lend themselves to persuasion

2. List key words for persuasion

3. Identify sentence type for persuasion

Objective: Give clear, concise and correct directions

Action steps

1. Listen attentively to the direction given

2. Pick out key directional turns e.g. turn right, turn left, round about etc.

3. Retain the directional turns logically

4. Identify the sign boards

5. Follow direction

Objective: Read for main gist

Action steps

1. Recognize the main or central point/ gist in a given passage

2. Extract the main points from the passage

3. Use the main or central points in sentences of their own

Objective: Read to summarize an argument

Action steps

1. Explain what an argument means

2. Identify and have adequate source of information about a topic

Objective: Read to summarize longer selections

Action steps

1. Read and discuss the passage

2. Put together sentences in their own words as a summary

3. Identify topic sentences from paragraphs/ passages

4. Identify key ideas from different paragraph

5. Identify words and expressions that redirect attention to the main point

Objective: Read chapters of books and take notes

Action steps

1. Outline the main idea from the books read

2. Summarize the main idea of a book read

3. Extract points from the book read and make note of their own

4. Acquire the skill for note- making from books, magazines or from lectures

5. Develop the habit of reading

Objective: Read for implied meaning

Action steps

1. Explain what ‘implied’ means

2. Identify the implied meanings of words made at various settings

3. Use implied meanings of words in sentences

Objective: Read for critical evaluation

Action steps

1. Detect from various reading materials evidence (if any) of illogicality, inconsistency, faulty reasoning, misleading statements etc.

Objective: Read to Paraphrase Poems and Dramatic Works

Action steps

1. Read the poem/dramatic works with understanding

2. Explain the key words used for poems and dramatic works

3. Summarize the poems and dramatic works

4. Identify the theme and features

5. Write a play

Third Term

Objective: Analyze how to write expository essays

Action steps

1. Describe the style of an expository essay

2. Write an expository essay

Objective: Analyze how to write argumentative essays

Action steps

1. Explain the features of an argumentative essay

2. Write an argumentative essay

Objective: Analyze how to write a formal letter

Action steps

1. Explain the features of a formal letter

2. Write a formal letter

Objective: Apply how to write speeches for specific purposes

Action steps

1. Explain some features of a speech

2. Write speeches for different purposes

Objective: Apply how to write technical and scientific writing

Action steps

1. Identify the format of a technical and scientific writing

2. Write correctly a technical and scientific report

Objective: Apply how to write free and creative writing

Action steps

1. Identify the features of a play, poem or s story

2. Explain the features

3. Write a short play, poem or a story

4. Explain the features of a literary material

5. Write a piece of literary material for the school magazine or a local newspaper

Objective: Use noun phrases in sentences

Action steps

1. Identify the features of a noun phrase

2. List the form, position and functions of a noun phrase

3. Use noun phrases correctly in sentences

Objective: Use pronouns that are in the proper case

Action steps

1. Identify relative and demonstrative pronouns

2. Explain their positions and function in passages

3. Use them in sentences

Objective: Use nominalization in English usage

Action steps

1. Recognize the devices for turning other parts of speech into nouns in English usage

2. Turn verbs and adjectives to nouns

3. Use nominalized parts of speech in sentences

Objective: Apply verb forms in making sentences

Action steps

1. Identify the active and passive sentence patterns

2. Write the active and passive forms of verbs

3. Construct sentences in the active and passive forms

Objective: Introduce sequence of tenses in sentence making

Action steps

1. Recognize appropriate sequence of tenses within the same sentences

2. Use effectively sequence of tenses within the same sentence

Objective: Apply phrasal verbs – Verbs with more than one particle

Action steps

1. Identify verbs which take more than one particle

2. Use such verbs correctly in sentences

Objective: Apply adjuncts in making sentences

Action steps

1. Identify adjuncts in sentences and passages

2. Use adjuncts in sentences

Objective: Demonstrate complex sentence structure

Action steps

1. Identify complex sentences in passages

2. Form complex sentences

3. Analyze the essential features of complex sentences

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