SS1 English Language Lesson Plan for First Term (Lagos State)

Planning a full term of SS1 English should not take up your weekends. This SS1 English Language lesson plan for first term follows the Lagos State scheme of work week by week, so you can teach straight from it.

Every teaching week is covered, from Oral English to Writing. Before anything else, read the free Week 2 sample below, so you can judge the quality for yourself.

What You Get in the Lesson Plan

• A lesson plan for every teaching week of the term.
• Clear learning objectives for each strand, taken straight from the scheme.
• Timed, step-by-step activities for groups, pairs and individuals, so lessons flow smoothly.
• Also included: key vocabulary, resources, content notes, assessment questions and an assignment for each lesson.
• In addition, weekly word lists with home study tasks.
• Finally, both a PDF and a Word file, so you can print the PDF and edit the Word version to suit your class.

Free Sample: Week 2 of the Lesson Plan

Week 1 is a review week, so Week 2 makes a better preview. Below are both Week 2 lessons, laid out exactly as you will receive them.

SS1 First Term English Language Lesson Plan: Week 2, Oral (Monophthongs)

Week	2	Date	____________________
Class	SS 1	Subject	English Language
Period	1 & 2	Duration	80 minutes
Lesson title	Oral	Subtitle	Monophthongs

Learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• recall the organs of speech and state what the tongue and lips do when vowels are made;
• define monophthongs and list the 12 pure vowel sounds with their symbols;
• distinguish between long and short vowel sounds;
• identify and pronounce each monophthong correctly in English words.

Key vocabulary words

monophthong, vowel, long vowel, short vowel, tongue, lips, schwa.

Resources and materials

• Project English Book 1; New Concept English for Senior Secondary School SS1.
• Vowel chart and flashcards;
• Pronouncing Dictionary by Daniel Jones;
• Audio or video clip with model pronunciation.

Building background and connection to prior knowledge

In Week 1 students learnt that English has 44 sounds and studied the organs of speech. They can say words such as “sheep” and “ship” but may not hear or make the difference.

Content

Monophthongs are pure vowel sounds: the tongue and lips stay in one position and the air flows out with no blocking. English has 12 monophthongs: 5 long and 7 short. Long vowels are marked with the length sign /ː/.

Symbol	Length	Key word	More examples
/iː/	long	sheep	beat, seat, feet, tea, leave, seen, quay
/ɪ/	short	ship	bit, sit, kid, lip, village, nymph
/e/	short	bed	bread, said, bury, many, any, net, belt
/æ/	short	cat	lack, pack, rat, mad, lad, bat
/ɑː/	long	car	dart, calm, heart, sharp, mark, far, farther
/ɒ/	short	pot	what, gone, wash, cot, cod, watch
/ɔː/	long	door	ball, talk, saw, born, caught
/ʊ/	short	book	put, good, full, could, wool
/uː/	long	food	moon, blue, rule, true, shoe, fruit
/ʌ/	short	cup	but, love, come, blood, some, young
/ɜː/	long	bird	girl, work, turn, nurse, learn, heard
/ə/	short	about	sofa, teacher, banana, the, today (schwa: always weak)

Tongue and lips. The tongue is high for /iː/, /ɪ/, /uː/, /ʊ/ and low for /æ/, /ɑː/, /ɒ/. The lips are spread for /iː/ and /ɪ/ and rounded for /uː/, /ʊ/, /ɔː/ and /ɒ/.

Length changes meaning: sheep /ʃiːp/ and ship /ʃɪp/; seat and sit; full and fool; cart /kɑːt/ and cat /kæt/.

Strategies and activities

1. Feel the vowel (15 min). The teacher models /iː/, /ɪ/, /æ/ and /ɑː/ and students copy. They notice and say aloud what their tongue, lips and jaw do (high or low, spread or rounded), then match the sounds to the vowel chart.
2. Long or short? (15 min). In small groups, students sort 12 cards (symbol and key word) into a table of long and short vowels. The teacher checks each table and groups correct their errors.
3. Minimal pairs (15 min). In pairs, one student says a word from sheep/ship, seat/sit, full/fool or cart/cat while the partner points to the word heard. They swap roles and share the pairs they found difficult with the class.
4. Drill and extend (15 min). The class repeats the key words after the teacher. The teacher then calls a symbol and each student in turn gives one new word with that sound, and the class checks it in the Pronouncing Dictionary.
5. Copy the note (10 min). The students copy the note on the board and ask questions on any part they did not understand.

Assessment (evaluation)

Students are asked to:

• Define monophthong and state how many English has.
• List the five long vowels with their symbols.
• Pronounce the pairs sheep/ship and full/fool so that the difference can be heard.
• Transcribe: seat, put, bird.

Wrap up (conclusion)

The teacher wraps up the lesson using the web summary method: the topic is written in the centre of the board and the main points are drawn around it as branches. Next, the teacher corrects the mistakes observed during the assessment.

Assignment

From the words lettered (a) to (d), choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the underlined letter(s):

1. rich (a) reach (b) heed (c) seat (d) knit
2. head (a) set (b) neat (c) eat (d) seat
3. hot (a) dark (b) hart (c) stock (d) cord
4. bird (a) bed (b) heard (c) bad (d) bead
5. cut (a) put (b) pot (c) come (d) cart

HOD/VP’s comments and endorsement

SS1 First Term English Language Lesson Plan: Week 2, Noun

Week	2	Date	____________________
Class	SS 1	Subject	English Language
Period	3	Duration	40 minutes
Lesson title	Noun	Subtitle	Meaning, identification, types and usage

Learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• define a noun and give examples;
• identify nouns in sentences and in a passage;
• classify nouns into proper, common, concrete, abstract and collective nouns;
• use nouns correctly as subject, object and object of a preposition in sentences.

Key vocabulary words

noun, proper noun, common noun, concrete noun, abstract noun, collective noun, subject, object.

Resources and materials

• Project English Book 1; New Concept English for Senior Secondary School SS1.
• Chart on the types of nouns;
• Real objects in the classroom (door, desk, chalkboard).

Building background and connection to prior knowledge

In JSS students learnt that a noun is a naming word and can name things around them, such as door, ceiling and desk. They have not yet studied abstract and collective nouns in detail.

Content

A noun is a naming word. It names people, places, objects, ideas, feelings, actions and qualities. Examples: Mary, man, instructor, sky, town, flock, flower, soul, feeling, motion, behaviour.

Type	Meaning	Examples
Proper	the particular name of a person, place, day, month, river, institution, etc. It always starts with a capital letter.	Bola, Ngozi, Adamu, Lagos, England, Monday, January, Lake Chad, Deeper Life High School
Common	the general name of a person, place or thing	boy, town, river, school, teacher
Concrete	names something we can see, touch, hear, smell or taste	desk, door, ceiling, water, mango
Abstract	names an idea, feeling or quality that we cannot touch	honesty, love, beauty, freedom, sorrow, happiness
Collective	names a group of persons or things taken as one	flock, team, crowd, class, committee, swarm

How nouns are used. Subject of a verb: Bola sings. Object of a verb: Ada sang a song. Object of a preposition: He sat on the chair.

A noun can belong to more than one type. For example, Lagos is proper and concrete, while honesty is common and abstract.

Strategies and activities

1. Naming game (7 min). Students point to and name things in the classroom (door, ceiling, desk) and then name a person, a place and a feeling. With the teacher, they explain what a noun is in their own words.
2. Noun hunt (8 min). In pairs, students read a four-sentence passage written on the board, underline every noun and count them. Pairs compare counts with another pair and settle any difference.
3. Classify (10 min). In small groups, students sort the nouns from the hunt into proper, concrete, abstract and collective nouns on a chart. The group leader presents the work and the class challenges any wrong placement.
4. Write and check (8 min). Individually, students write one sentence for each of a proper noun, an abstract noun and a collective noun, then swap with a neighbour who checks capital letters and the type of noun.
5. Copy the note (5 min). The students copy the note on the board and ask questions on any part they did not understand.

Assessment (evaluation)

Students are asked to:

• Define a noun and give four examples.
• Pick out the nouns in a sentence given by the teacher.
• Classify given nouns into proper, concrete, abstract and collective nouns.
• Use a noun as the subject and another as the object of a sentence.

Wrap up (conclusion)

The teacher wraps up the lesson using the web summary method: the topic is written in the centre of the board and the main points are drawn around it as branches. Next, the teacher corrects the mistakes observed during the assessment.

Assignment

Pick out the nouns in the following sentences:

1. Lions and ostriches are found in Africa.
2. John and Joseph drove the horses to the pasture.
3. Pinks and roses are blooming in the garden.
4. Care, sorrow and discontent destroy happiness.

Then write one sentence each using a proper noun, an abstract noun and a collective noun.

HOD/VP’s comments and endorsement

Words for the week: discreet, gazelle, boycott, enmity, bequeath, hallowed, epitome, apathetic, facade, lynch.

Unlock the Rest of the Term

The full plan also covers the topics below.

1. Letters and sounds, word classes, main ideas, and home and family vocabulary
2. Diphthongs, countable and uncountable nouns, supporting details, and the register of agriculture
3. Triphthongs, adjectives and adverbs, listening summary, and the narrative essay
4. Consonant sounds, phrases, fishery and animal husbandry, and tone, mood and purpose
5. Clauses, note-making, confusing words, and the descriptive essay
6. Mid-term tests, open day and the mid-term break
7. Syllables and stress, sentence types, answering comprehension questions, and the informal letter
8. Stress on the first syllable, regular and irregular verbs, summary, and the formal letter
9. Figures of speech, inference and deduction, the argumentative essay, and library vocabulary
10. Articles, journalism vocabulary, topical dialogue, and a review of essay writing

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the lesson plan follow the Lagos State scheme?

Yes. Each week, topic and objective matches the Lagos State SS1 English Language scheme of work for first term.

What does each lesson plan contain?

Each plan has the lesson header, objectives, key vocabulary, resources, background, content notes, timed activities, assessment, wrap-up and assignment, exactly as in the sample above.

What format does the lesson plan come in?

It comes in both PDF and Word. Print the PDF as it is, or edit the Word version to suit your class and school.

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Does it cover Week 7?

Week 7 is for mid-term tests and the mid-term break. The plan therefore gives a short guide for that week, including its word list.

More English Language Resources

Besides this plan, you may need the matching schemes of work and a lesson plan for the next class.

• SS1 English Language Scheme of Work for First Term
• SS2 English Language Scheme of Work for First Term
• SS3 English Language Scheme of Work for First Term
• SS2 English Language Lesson Plan for First Term