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SS3 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos)

Lesson Note for SS3 · October 27, 2026 · 0 Comment

SS3 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos State)

The SS3 English Language scheme of work first term below follows the Lagos State curriculum week by week. It lists the topics for every week, together with the Words for the Week.

Week 7 is for mid-term tests, open day and the mid-term holiday, Week 12 is for revision, and Week 13 is for examinations. Scroll down for the SS1 and SS2 schemes, and also for a sample SS3 lesson plan.

Week by Week: SS3 English Language Scheme of Work for First Term

Weeks 1 to 3: SS3 English Language Scheme of Work

Week Topics Words for the Week
1
  • Sequence of tenses in phrases and clauses (Structure).
  • Word stress and sentence stress: number of syllables, parts of speech, weak syllables, and prefixes and suffixes (Oral).
  • Revision of the rudiments of summary writing (Summary writing).
 dearth, convivial, brusque, acrimony, adamant, emend, effulgent, felicitous, eloquent, forsake.
2
  • Words associated with culture, institutions and ceremonies (Vocabulary Development).
  • Bringing out the main points and ideas in speeches, lectures or discussions (Listening comprehension).
  • Summary (Summary writing).
 innocuous, panacea, propitious, uncanny, veneer, trepidation, vigilant, inept, inexorable, harangue.
3
  • Intonation patterns: rising and falling tone in statements, Wh questions, and yes or no questions (Oral).
  • Noun phrases and noun clauses, and their functions (Structure).
  • Expository essay on drug abuse (Composition).
 heinous, immerse, undulate, tortuous, accentuate, bulk, calibrate, accolade, collateral.

SS3 English Scheme of Work for Weeks 4 to 6

Week Topics Words for the Week
4
  • Words associated with government and administration, with a comprehension passage that has numbered gaps (Vocabulary Development).
  • Answering questions by picking out topic sentences (Summary).
  • Letter writing: distinguishing between formal and informal letters (Composition).
 goad, garish, frenetic, innocuous, utilitarian, inimical, mutinous, venerable, telemetry, meritorious.
5
  • Consonant clusters: two and three clusters in initial, medial and final positions (Oral).
  • Pronouns: types and uses (Structure).
  • Expository essay, e.g. how to produce soap or cook a meal (Composition).
 buttress, adulation, adroit, duress, dissonance, eclectic, elucidate, fathom, forestall, gourmand.
6
  • Consonant clusters: three and four clusters, and the letter x and sound /j/ in consonant clusters (Oral).
  • Conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating and correlative, and their uses (Structure).
  • Words associated with motor vehicles and travelling (Vocabulary Development and Comprehension).
  • Summary (Summary writing).
 malleable, libertarian, pluralists, travesty, potentate, calumny, boon, amorphous, banal, benign.

Topics for Weeks 7 to 9 in SS3 English Language

Week Topics Words for the Week
7
  • Mid-term tests, open day and mid-term holiday.
 beseech, emollient, fetid, garrulous, blondish, haughty, penchant, surmise, sycophant, tantamount.
8
  • The schwa as a final unstressed syllable, e.g. teacher, doctor and daughter, the schwa in other positions, e.g. again and away, and other weak syllables (Oral).
  • Modal forms and uses, e.g. must, need, can, dare, ought and used to (Structure).
  • Report writing, e.g. writing minutes of a meeting (Composition).
 ascertain, condolence, dissent, immutable, asylum, noisome, myriad, obstreperous, pervasive, rectitude.
9
  • Dialogue on a given topic, e.g. drug abuse, child abuse, discipline and core values (Oral).
  • Prepositions: in-depth analysis of their use, with special focus on problem areas (Structure).
  • Listening to lectures and taking notes (Comprehension).
  • Words associated with law and order (Vocabulary Development).
 cupidity, mundane, cadence, censure, partisan, petulance, licentious, fastidious, forbearance, linchpin.

Weeks 10 to 11 of the SS3 English Language Scheme

Week Topics Words for the Week
10
  • Sentence types and features (Structure).
  • Summarising by answering questions after reading the passage (Summary).
  • Debate on a selected argumentative or expository topic (Oral).
  • Differences between British and American spellings and words (Vocabulary Development).
 meddlesome, medieval, acquaintance, cabal, saboteur, infuriate, ingenuous, insolent, loophole, overweening.
11
  • Reading aloud confidently and noting the main points (Oral).
  • Adjuncts: forms and functions (Structure).
  • Review of letter writing (Composition).
 usurp, transmute, timorous, non-descript, malevolent, iridescent, cultivate, corrosive, coup, arable.

Revision and Examination Weeks 12 and 13 in the SS3 Scheme

Week Topics
12
  • Revision.
13
  • Examination.

English Language Scheme of Work for Other Classes

Teaching more than one class? Open the scheme for each senior secondary level below.

Sample SS3 English Language Lesson Plan

Want to see how this scheme becomes a lesson? Then open the SS3 English Language lesson plan for first term to view a sample week.

Related posts:

  1. SS3 English Language Lesson Plan for First Term (Lagos State)
  2. SS1 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos state)
  3. SS2 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos State)
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