MATAUKA SECONDARY SCHOOL

LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE DEPARTPMENT

2024 TERM ONE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GRADE 11 SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK COMPONENT TOPIC SPECIFIC OUT COMES KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES REFERENCE
1 STRUCTURE Relative Pronouns Use ‘which’ or ‘that’ E.g. The girl who (or Application of Appreciation G 11
with subjects that are that) wins the race will relative pronouns of knowledge SYLLABUS
people get a prize. on relative
pronouns
Efficient Reading Read passages with
READING AND understanding and Reading at a speed of Application of skills Knowledge of
COMPREHENSION recall the details 300 words per minute of; and efficient
Skimming through Effective and reading,
passages to obtain the efficient reading, Skimming and
main points Skimming and Scanning
Scanning
2 STRUCTURE Relative Pronouns Use which or that The car which (or that) Application of Appreciation G 11
with subjects that are killed the cow was badly relative pronouns of knowledge SYLLABUS
things damaged. on relative
Descriptive Writing Descriptive; E.g. Application of pronouns
COMPOSITION Writing Write advanced machines, processes, knowledge of Application of
descriptive ceremonies, animals, describing things knowledge of
compositions plants,insects, natural accurately descriptive
beauties etc writing
Verbal summaries Recognizing main ideas
SUMMARY Report a message of messages Make clear Application of Appreciation
summarizing main what, when, where, summary skills in of summary
points how, why questions are communicating skills in
answered messages communicatin
g messages
3 STRUCTURE Relative Pronouns Use whom, who or E.g. The boy whom (or Application of Appreciation G 11

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 READING AND nothing with objects who, or that or nothing) relative pronouns of SYLLABUS
COMPREHENSION that are things. we caught stealing. relative
pronouns
Efficient Reading Read passages with
understanding and Answering factual and Answering factual
recall the details inference questions and inference
LISTENING AND questions Answering
SPEAKING Oral Impart and seek factual and
Communication factual Information in inference
giving verbal reports E.g. Probing for factual questions
and oral messages information Application of
Giving verbal reports. vocabulary for
Narrating an accident Imparting and
witnessed- (What time, seeking factual Appreciation
What happened, Who Information in of knowledge
was involved, How it giving verbal on how to
happened, Condition of reports and oral impart and
victims and vehicles. messages seek factual
Personal judgment) information in
giving verbal
reports and
oral messages

4 STRUCTURE Relative Pronoun Use preposition + E.g. The man to whom Application of Appreciation G 11
relative with objects you were speaking is my prepositions of SYLLABUS
that are people. uncle. or The man who knowledge on
you were speaking to is how to
my uncle or The man use/apply
you were speaking to is preposition
Narrative Writing my uncle.
COMPOSITION Write advanced Writing Narratives: Application of
ASSESSMENT ONE narrative Retelling happenings narrative writing G 11
compositions experienced. skills Appreciation SYLLABUS

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 STRUCTURE Relative Pronoun of
Use which, that or e.g. The cake (which or knowledge on
5 nothing with objects that) you baked was Application of writing
that are things. very nice. correct vocabulary narratives
on the Use of
which, that or
Verbal summaries nothing with Appreciation
SUMMARY Give a speech objects that are of knowledge
summarizing main E.g. Making things. on how to Use
Efficient Reading points announcements which, that or
READING AND Application of nothing with
COMPREHENSION Read passages with summary skills in objects that
understanding and making are things.
recall the details Retelling detail of announcements
stories or passages
Deducing meanings of Deducing meanings Appreciation
unfamiliar words and of unfamiliar words of
idiomatic expressions from contextual summary skills
clues in making
announcemen
ts

Deducing
meanings of
unfamiliar
words from
contextual
clues
6 STRUCTURE Relative Pronouns Use ‘which’ or ‘that’ e.g. The girl who (or Application of Appreciation G 11
with subjects that are that) wins the race will correct vocabulary of knowledge SYLLABUS
people get a prize. on the use of on how to use
Use 1st person or 3rd ‘which’ or ‘that’ ‘which’ or
person narration Events with subjects that ‘that’ with

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COMPOSITION Essay Writing Write advanced to be ordered are people. subjects that G 11
essays in other chronologically Making are people. SYLLABUS
subjects use of adjectives and Application of
adverbs when essay writing skills.
describing happenings
Conclusion/ point of Appreciation
view of knowledge
on writing
essays.

LISTENING AND Express and find E.g. Using the correct Application of correct Appreciation of
SPEAKING out emotional register when vocabulary on knowledge on how
attitudes when addressing different expressing and finding to express and find
addressing people classes of people e.g. out emotional attitudes out emotional
of different Your when addressing people attitudes when
classes, age Honour/Lordship/ of different classes, age addressing people
groups and sexes Majesty/Highness – groups and sexes of different classes,
to address age groups and
kings/queens/Mayor sexes.
Honourable- to
address ministers or
people of high
profiles
Mr./Sir/Ms/Madam
e.g.
Yes Madam

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7 STRUCTURE Condition Use the likely or e.g. If he asks her, she Application of Appreciation
probable conditional will help him. She will correct vocabulary of
sentences. help him if he asks her. on probable/ likely knowledge on
conditional probable or
SUMMARY Tabulation Skills Tabulate specific sentences. likely
information in the conditional
text or other print Expressing given Application of sentences
materials such as information in texts in summary skills in
maps, graphs, tables, tabulating information tabulating Appreciation
charts etc. in texts tables, graphs, information in texts of summary
charts etc. tables, graphs, skills in
charts etc. tabulating
information in
texts tables,
graphs, charts
etc.
READING AND Extensive Reading Read appropriate Reading a wide variety Critical thinking
COMPREHENSION unabridged books of texts; Newspapers, Theme analysis Knowledge
Magazines, Journals etc Character analysis and
Language analysis appreciation
of reading

8 STRUCTURE Condition Use the unlikely e.g. If he asked her, she Application of Appreciation G 11
improbable would help him. She correct vocabulary of knowledge SYLLABUS
conditional would help him if he on unlikely/ on
sentences. asked her. If he was to improbable unlikely/impro
ask her, she would help conditional bable
him. If I were you, I sentences. conditional
would buy a car. sentences

Write newspaper and Application of

COMPOSITION Writing Article magazine articles Newspaper Article knowledge on how
e.g..Letter to Editor; to write newspaper
Must: and magazine Appreciation

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 State subject/concern articles. of knowledge
clearly Be factual, on how to
ASSESSMENT TWO Objective Informative write
Be based on current newspaper
affairs and magazine
articles.

9 STRUCTURE Condition Use impossible e.g. If he had asked her, Application of Appreciation G 11
conditional she would have helped correct vocabulary of knowledge SYLLABUS
sentences. him. He didn’t ask her on impossible on impossible
and she hasn’t helped conditional conditional
him. She would have sentences sentences
helped him if he had
asked her

SUMMARY Prose Summaries Summarise given Summarizing main Application of Appreciation

texts. points of texts knowledge in of summary
READING AND writing prose skills in writing
COMPREHENSION Intensive Reading Locate details and Reading at a speed of summaries. prose
answer factual 250 words per minute summaries
questions Skimming through Application of skills
passages to obtain the of; Effective and Knowledge of
main points. efficient reading, Effective and
Answering factual and Skimming and efficient
inference questions Scanning, reading,
Answering factual Skimming and
and inference Scanning,
questions. Answering
factual and
inference
questions.

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10 STRUCTURE Condition Use common e.g. If water is heated, it Application of Appreciation G 11
variations of turns to steam. If he correct vocabulary of SYLLABUS
COMPOSITION Article writing conditional asks you, tell him the on common knowledge
sentences. truth. If the kettle has variations of common
boiled, I’ll make some conditional variations of
tea. If he had asked her, sentences conditional
she might have helped sentence
him. If you had cleaned
your shoes, you would
not look so untidy. Appreciation
READING AND Intensive Reading Write newspaper and Newspaper Article Application of of knowledge
COMPREHENSION magazine articles e.g. Letter to knowledge on how on how to
Editor; Must: to write newspaper write
State subject/concern and magazine newspaper
clearly articles. and magazine
Be factual, Objective articles
Informative Be based on
current affairs
Deducing meanings Deducing
Locate details and Retelling detail of of unfamiliar words meanings of
answer factual stories or passages from contextual unfamiliar
questions Deducing meanings of clues words from
unfamiliar words and contextual
idiomatic expressions clues

11 STRUCTURE Condition Use unless in e.g. I will not come Application of Appreciation G 11
conditional sentences tomorrow unless I hear correct usage of of knowledge SYLLABUS
from you. unless conditional on unless
Use even if to phrase. conditional
indicate condition e.g. You wouldn’t phrase.
SUMMARY and implied contrast. believe me even if I told Application of Appreciation
Prose summary Summarise given you. correct usage of of knowledge

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 texts. Summarizing main even if conditional on even if
points of texts phrase. conditional
phrase.

Application of Appreciation
knowledge in of summary
writing prose skills in writing
summaries. prose
summaries

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