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SS1 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos state)

Lesson Note for SS1 · October 27, 2026 · 0 Comment

SS1 English Language Scheme of Work First Term (Lagos State)

The SS1 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 break. Scroll down for the SS2 and SS3 schemes, and also for a sample SS1 lesson plan.

Week-by-Week Table: SS1 English Language Scheme of Work for First Term

Weeks 1 to 3: SS1 English Language Scheme of Work

Week Topics Words for the Week
1
  • Review of English letters and sounds (Oral).
  • Review of word classes (Structure).
  • Reading to comprehend main ideas (Comprehension).
  • Words associated with home and family life (Vocabulary Development).
 docile, indict, playwright, abase, haughty, millennium, chalet, memento, absolve, synonymous.
2
  • Monophthongs, or pure vowels (Oral).
  • Nouns: meaning, identification, types and usage (Structure).
  • Contextual meaning and replacement question form (Comprehension).
  • Composition on “My family” (Writing).
 discreet, gazelle, boycott, enmity, bequeath, hallowed, epitome, apathetic, facade, lynch.
3
  • Diphthongs (Oral).
  • Countable and uncountable nouns (Structure).
  • Reading to meet supporting details (Comprehension).
  • Register of agriculture (Vocabulary Development).
 abide, beseech, canvass, rheumatism, yacht, martyr, gazette, demean, hierarchy, awful.

SS1 English Scheme of Work for Weeks 4 to 6

Week Topics Words for the Week
4
  • Triphthongs (Oral).
  • Adjectives and adverbs: meaning, identification, types and usage (Structure).
  • Summary through identification of signal words (Listening comprehension).
  • Narrative essay on a place of interest visited (Writing).
 nausea, dialect, rhythm, transfix, seizure, paraphernalia, unprecedented, quizzes, vain, humanitarianism.
5
  • Consonant sounds, e.g. /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /v/, /s/ and /z/ (Oral).
  • Phrase, types and functions (Structure).
  • Fishery and animal husbandry (Vocabulary Development).
  • Emphasis on supporting details, tone, mood and purpose (Comprehension).
 implicit, guile, magnanimous, ingenious, deter, pillage, indigent, encore, exuberance, fallacy.
6
  • Clause types (main clause and subordinate clause) and types of subordinate clauses (Structure).
  • Reading to make notes: key words, topics, sentences, main points and supporting points (Comprehension).
  • Words to watch (confusing words), e.g. been/being, lose/loose, cite/site/sight, its/it’s, advise/advice, junction/juncture and whose/who’s (Vocabulary Development).
  • Descriptive essay: farming in my village or town, how to make a local dish, or a related topic (Writing).
 aloof, abate, handkerchief, prairie, weird, miscellaneous, dilemma, destitute, egregious, hypothetical.

Topics for Weeks 7 to 9 in SS1 English Language

Week Topics Words for the Week
7
  • Mid-term tests, open day and mid-term break.
 perplex, enthral, idiosyncratic, lucid, aggravate, ambiguous, conflagration, concede, barbecue, stealthy.
8
  • Syllables in two-, three- and four-syllable words, and identification of stress in words (Oral).
  • Sentence types according to structure and according to function (Structure).
  • Introduction to answering comprehension questions (Reading comprehension).
  • Letter writing: types of letters, and informal letter features and format (Writing).
 perplex, analysis, idiosyncratic, foreigner, fetter, conflagration, concede, barbecue, stealthy.
9
  • Syllable and stress, and stress on the first syllable (Oral).
  • Regular and irregular verbs (Structure).
  • Summary (Comprehension).
  • Formal letter: features and format (Writing).
 litigant, hypocrisy, maestro, limpid, apparatus, commitment, bough, privilege, maintenance, campaign.

Weeks 10 to 11 of the SS1 English Language Scheme

Week Topics Words for the Week
10
  • Figures of speech: simile, metaphor, irony, personification, hyperbole, synecdoche, paradox, pun, etc. (Structure).
  • Reading to answer questions on comprehension passages (Reading comprehension).
  • Argumentative essay: “Women have the same opportunities in life as men”, or any other topical topic (Writing).
  • Words associated with the library (Vocabulary Development).
 tracking, fickle, deleterious, hegemony, likelihood, jubilant, rhythmical, engender, kudos, implicit, condone.
11
  • Definite and indefinite articles (Structure).
  • Words associated with journalism (Vocabulary Development).
  • Dialogue on the experience of national topical issues (Oral).
  • Review of essay writing (Writing).
 industrious, disgusting, copious, hibernate, publicize, disciplined, overcome, tolerant, subordination, infatuation.

English Language Scheme of Work for Other Classes

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

Sample SS1 English Language Lesson Plan

Want to see how this scheme becomes a lesson? Then open the SS1 English Language lesson plan for first term to view a sample week.

Related posts:

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