Literature in English JSS 3 Curriculum Guides – Lessons from Myths and Legends, Non African Folktales, Revision on Prose, Poetry and Drama

 

THEME – ENGLISH LITERATURE 

TOPIC 1 – LESSONS FROM MYTHS AND LEGENDS

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Supplementary readers

2. Story books on myths and legends

3. Recorded stories

4. Course books

5. Other resources

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. retell and explain the themes of myths and legends.

2. identify the moral lessons to be learnt from myths and legends.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. African and non-African Tales comprising of Myths and Legends

2. Moral lessons from given Myths and Legends

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. narrates a myth/legend to the students.

2. leads students to retell and explain the themes of the myth and legend.

3. guides students to identify the moral lessons in the given myth and legend.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to the myth/legend narrated by the teacher.

2. retell the myth/legend.

3. identify the moral lesson from the myth and legend.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. retell and explain the theme of a myth/legend.

2. identify the moral lesson learnt.

3. narrate two each, of myths/legends.

 

 

THEME – ENGLISH LITERATURE 

TOPIC 2 – NON AFRICAN FOLKTALES

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Story books

2. Supplementary readers

3. Recorded non-African folktales

4. Other resources

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. identify features of Non-African Folktales.

2. retell and explain the themes of Non-African Folktales.

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

4. narrate some Non-African Folktales.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Features of NON African Folktales

• didactic

• entertaining

• archaic

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. Narrates a non-African folktale to students.

 

2. guides students to retell the folktales.

3. leads students to identify the features of the non-African folktale.

4. leads them to identify the themes of folktales.

5. guides students to identify the moral lessons in a non-African folktale.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to and retell non-African folktales.

2. discuss the folktales.

3. identify the theme of the folktale.

4. identify the moral lesson.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify two features of non-African folktales.

2. retell and explain one folktale correctly; and

3. identify the moral lessons learnt in a non-African folktale and

4. narrate a folktale.

 

 

THEME – ENGLISH LITERATURE 

TOPIC 3 – REVISION ON PROSE 

 

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.

2. explain the themes.

3. differentiate between the types of prose.

4. identify the features of prose.

5. write examples of different types of prose.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Types of Prose

• Narrative

• Descriptive

 

2. Features, e.g. plot, character, style, setting and theme.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. leads students to identify different types of prose.

2. guides students to list the features.

3. engages them in discussion of the story line in short stories.

4. guides them to write a story.

5. leads students to make comments on the moral import (message) of the story.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. identify different types of prose.

2. list the features of prose.

3. participate in discussion of story line of some short stories.

4. write a story.

5. identify the moral lesson of the story.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. read short stories.

2. explain accurately the themes.

3. differentiate accurately between the types of prose.

4. list three features of prose.

5. successfully write their own stories using the two types of prose.

 

 

THEME – ENGLISH LITERATURE 

TOPIC 4 – REVISION ON DRAMA 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Selected plays from recommended texts

2. Appropriate costumes/props

3. Other resources

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. read and describe a given text.

2. identify the theme and features of play.

3. identify essential props/costumes in a play.

4. write a play.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Drama

• Theme

• Features

• Costumes

• Props

• Performance

• Audience

• Play director

• Setting

• Characterization

• Lannguage

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. guides students to read a selected play.

2. leads them to discuss the story.

3. leads them to identify the props/costumes.

4. leads students to identify language features.

5. guides them to write a play.

6. leads them to act the play.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. read selected plays.

2. discuss the story line and the major characters of the play.

3. identify props/costumes.

4. identify language features.

5. write a play.

6. act a play.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. correctly read a given text.

2. identify the themes and features of a text.

3. identify the props/costumes.

4. write and dramatise a play.

 

 

THEME – ENGLISH LITERATURE 

TOPIC 5 – REVISION ON POETRY 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Poetry books

2. Other anthologies.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. read selected poems (oral and written poetry).

2. explain meanings of selected poems.

3. identify the language of poetry and

4. write simple poems of their own.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Poetry Types

• Dirge

• Epic

• Lyric

• Dramatic, etc.

 

2. Poetry Language

• Concise

• Unique

• High

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. reads selected poems to students.

2. leads students to discuss and explain the content of the poems.

3. leads them to identify and list different types of poetry.

4. guides students to identify the language of poetry.

5. leads them to write a poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. listen to teacher’s oral presentation.

2. discuss and explain the content of the poem.

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. identify and explain meanings of poems read.

3. identify two aspects of the language of poetry and

4. write two simple poems.