Literature in English JSS 2 Curriculum Guides – Drama, Figures of Speech – Irony and Hyperbole, Nigerian and African Folktales, Written Poetry, Myths and Legends

 

THEME – LITERATURE 

TOPIC 1 – KINDS AND FEATURES OF DRAMA 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Selected plays from recommended texts

2. Appropriate costumes/props

3. Any other relevant materials

4. Supplementary Readers

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Read and dramatize a given play.

 

2. Identify different kinds of drama.

3. Identify the features of plays.

4. Identify essential props/costumes in a play.

5. Write a simple play.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Drama Text

• Kinds

• Features

 

2. Message of the Text

 

3. Essential Props/Costumes

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. guides students to read a selected play aloud meaningfully, paying attention to their diction.

2. leads them to state kinds and features of drama.

3. leads them to identify props/costumes.

4. leads students to identify language features.

5. guides them to write a play.

6. leads them to act a play.

7. leads them to comment on the play.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. read a selected play.

2. discuss its story line.

3. state the props/costumes required to act the play.

4. identify the language and features of the play.

5. write a play.

6. act the play.

7. comment on the play.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. Read and dramatize a given play/text successfully.

2. Identify the kind, features and message of a play.

3. Identify props and costumes.

4. Write a simple play and

5. Comment on the specific play.

 

 

THEME – LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

TOPIC 2 – FIGURES OF SPEECH – IRONY AND HYPERBOLE

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Poems and passages

2. Excerpts from magazines, newspapers, etc.

3. Sentence strips

4. Tape recorder

5. Plays

6. Supplementary readers

7. Other resources.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Identify figures of speech – irony and hyperbole in sentences.

2. Use irony and hyperbole correctly in sentences.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Definitions of irony and hyperbole e.g.

• Irony – using words to suggest the opposites of their literal meaning in a humorous way.

• Hyperbole – deliberate and obvious exaggeration e.g. I could eat a million bananas in one day.

 

2. Identification of irony and hyperbole in Literature texts.

 

3. Construction of correct sentences with irony and hyperbole.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. explains the meaning of irony and hyperbole.

2. leads students to identify irony and hyperbole in texts.

3. guides students to construct sentences with irony and hyperbole.

4. asks questions on the topic.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. explain the meaning of irony and hyperbole.

2. give examples of irony and hyperbole.

3. identify irony and hyperbole in passages from their Literature texts.

4. construct sentences with irony and hyperbole.

5. ask and answer questions.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. explain the meaning of irony and hyperbole.

2. identify irony and hyperbole in sentences and

3. construct three sentences each, with irony and hyperbole.

 

 

THEME – LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

TOPIC 3 – NIGERIAN AND AFRICAN FOLKTALES

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Story books on Nigerian and African folktales

2. Supplementary readers

3. Recorded folktales

4. Other resources.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. identify features of Nigerian and African Folktales.

2. re-tell the folktales and explain the theme.

3. identify the moral lessons to be learnt from the folktales, and

4. narrate Nigerian and African folktales.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Nigerian and African folktales

2. Features

• Didactic

• Entertaining

• Magical

• Riddles

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. tells Nigerian and African folktales to students.

2. leads students to re-tell folktales.

3. guides students to explain folktales.

4. leads them to identify the moral lessons of the folktales.

5. leads students to identify the features of Nigerian and African folktales.

6. leads them to dramatize the folktales.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. Listen and re-tell Nigerian and African folktales.

2. Explain the folktales and their moral imports.

3. Identify the features.

4. Dramatize the folktales

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify features of Nigerian and African folktales.

2. re-tell and explain the folktales correctly.

3. identify the moral lessons learnt.

4. narrate any folktale from their community, and

5. solve riddles in the folktales.

 

 

THEME – LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

TOPIC 4 – POETRY (WRITTEN)

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Poetry books

2. Other anthologies.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Read a selection of poems.

2. Explain meanings of selected poems.

3. Identify language of poetry.

4. Write simple poems.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

POETRY

1. Types of Poems

 

2. Language

• Concise

• Unique

• High

 

3. Narratives and ballads.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. reads poems to students.

2. leads students to discuss and explain the meaning and contents of the poems.

3. leads them to list different types of poetry.

4. leads students to identify the language of the poems.

5. leads them to write a poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to teachers’ oral presentation.

2. discuss and explain the meaning and contents of the poems.

3. identify and list different types of poetry.

4. identify the language of poetry.

5. write simple poems of their own.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. Read poems correctly using appropriate rhythm.

2. Read and explain the meaning of a poem.

3. Write a simple narrative poem.

4. Identify different types of poems.

 

 

THEME – LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

TOPIC 5 – POPULAR MYTHS AND LEGENDS

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Supplementary readers

2. Story books on myths and legends

3. Recorded stories

4. Course book

5. Other resources.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Identify the features of popular myths and legends.

2. Explain the theme of myths and legends.

3. Identify the moral lessons to be learnt from popular myths and legends, and

4. Narrate any popular myths and legend

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. African and non-African tales comprising popular myths and legends

 

2. Features of popular myths and legends

• magic

• supernatural

• superstitious

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. narrates popular myths and legends to students.

2. Leads students to retell popular myths and legends.

3. guides students to explain the myths and legends.

4. leads them to identify the theme and the features.

5. guides students to identify the moral lesson taught.

6. guides them to narrate the myths/legends.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. Retell the myths and legends narrated by the teacher.

2. Explain the myths and legends.

3. Identify their themes and features.

4. Identify the moral lessons taught.

5. Narrate popular myths and legends.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify features of popular myths and legends.

2. retell and explain the theme of popular myths and legends.

3. identify the moral lesson learnt and

4. narrate any popular myth and legend in their community.

 

 

THEME – LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

TOPIC 6 – PROSE – SHORT STORIES AND NOVELETTES

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Story books

2. Supplementary readers

3. Any other relevant materials.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. read Short Stories and Novelette.

2. give correct answers to questions asked on the novel/short story.

3. give examples of different types of prose.

4. differentiate the types of prose.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Short stories and novelettes based on effects of

• climate change

• road crashes

• honesty and fair play.

 

2. Identification of types of prose –

• Narrative

• Descriptive

 

3. Features, e.g.

• plot

• characterization

• style

• setting

• theme

• language, etc.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. leads students to read and identify different types of prose in Short Stories and Novelettes.

2. guides students to read stories in the novelettes and answer questions correctly on them.

3. engages them in discussing the story line.

4. guides them to write a story.

5. leads students to comment on the moral import (message(s) of a story).

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. reads different types of stories.

2. identify different types of prose.

3. participate in discussing the story line.

4. write a story.

5. identify the moral lesson of a story.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify different types of prose.

2. give correct answers to questions on a story read in the novelettes.

3. differentiate accurately between two types of prose.

4. successfully write their own stories.