ENGLISH PAPER ONE SYLLABUS WRITING FORM ONE WRITING 1. Handwriting 1. Legibility and tidiness 2. Spelling 1. Spelling rules: 3. Building sentence skills and paragraphing 1. Writing clear and correct sentences 2. Structure of the paragraph. - Topic sentences Supporting - Sentences - Clincher sentences - Sequencing of ideas - Unity in paragraphs 4. Punctuation 1. Capitalization 2. Final punctuation marks 3. Commas 5. Personal writing 1. Diaries 2. Addresses 3. Packing lists 6. Social Writing: 1. Informal letters 7. Study Writing 1. Making notes 2. Taking notes 8. Creative Writing 1. Imaginative compositions 2. Poems 9. Institutional Writing 1. Public notices 2. Inventories FORM TWO WRITING 1. Spelling 1. Commonly misspelt words 2. Building sentence skills and paragraphing 1. Sentence variety; using simple, compound and complex sentences 2. Devices of developing paragraphs 3. Giving reasons/examples comparing and 4. Contrasting using idiom...
Reading Habits : The best practices for effective private reading are to place your text about a feet away and read phrases rather than words, silently . You should as well abstain from the bad reading habits mentioned above. There are many more reading habits to cultivate, (and others to shun); a. Head movement; moving the head along as in following the words along the sentence. b. Sub-vocalising: moving the vocal cords as you read c. Vocalizing: uttering words audibly d. Lip movement: moving the lips while you read e. Regressing: going back to the same words you have read aloud to confirm the pronunciation f. Finger pointing: placing your finger upon the words you read
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