Literature-in-English

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More than one set-text list, on purpose

WAEC, NECO and NERDC prescribe set texts that change from session to session, and schools do not all follow the same list in the same year. So this subject covers several — Harvest of Corruption, Faceless, To Kill a Mockingbird, So the Path Does Not Die, Once Upon an Elephant, An Inspector Calls, Redemption Road and The Marriage of Anansewa among the plays and novels, with the prescribed poems alongside them. Work to the list your school is teaching this session and ignore the rest: meeting a text here is not a sign that it is on your paper. Use the year filter and the topic chips to find yours, and check your school's current list if you are not sure.

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Year 10 key words:character dramatic technique essay questions literary devices plot and structure poetic form the novel the short story tone and mood tragedy and comedy unseen passages

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Let me explain: The setting of the play and the social and political conditions it portrays

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Literature-in-English

Let me explain: The setting of the play and the social and political conditions it portrays

Practice set: Guided reading of the cast list and opening pages; pupils build a character map

Real-life Nigeria: From the title alone, predict the play’s central concerns, then check after reading Act 1

WAEC prep: Character map names at least eight characters with their roles

Let me explain: Tracing how the exposition establishes character, setting and conflict

Spot my mistake: The function of individual scenes in advancing the plot

Teach me: Detailed knowledge of the text and support points with reference to it

Practice set: Shared reading of the opening acts with parts assigned to pupils

Project task: Scene-by-scene summary grid completed in pairs as reading proceeds

WAEC prep: Explaining the function of two named scenes in advancing the plot

Practice set: Continue shared reading to the end of the play

Real-life Nigeria: Is the ending convincing? Debate the plausibility of the resolution

Spot my mistake: Summarising the closing acts accurately and in sequence

WAEC prep: Plotting diagram correctly locates the climax and resolution

Let me explain: The principal characters and the methods by which the playwright reveals them

Practice set: Each theme supported with three references from the text (act and scene noted)

Project task: Character-analysis paragraphs using a point–evidence–explanation structure

WAEC prep: Character analysis follows point–evidence–explanation consistently

Let me explain: The subject matter and narrative of the poem in the pupils’ own words

Practice set: retelling the story of the poem in six sentences