VERY IMPORTANT
1.EXAMINATIONS FOR OCT/NOV 2014 ,MAY/JUNE 2015 AND OCT/NOV 2015 WILL BE BASED ON THE OLD SCHEME/SYLLABUS/TEXTS SHOWN BELOW…
2.Schools will start preparing their SS1 and SS2 students for 2016 from this term using the scheme below while using scheme and texts above with SS3 for MAY/JUNE 2015
3.Any SS2 student hoping to take Literature in GCE of Oct/Nov 2015 will be tested using the above schemes and texts.Maybe it is advisable exclude Literature since teachers’ attention would have shifted by then to the scheme below
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH
SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS FOR 2016-2020 (to be taught to ss1 and ss2 from 2014/2015)
There will be three papers – Papers 1, 2 and 3. Papers 1 and 2 will a composite paper and will be taken at one sitting.
Paper 1 will be a multiple choice objective test. It will contain fifty questions distributed as follows:
(a) Twenty questions on General Knowledge of Literature;
(b) Five questions on an unseen prose passage;
(c) Five questions on an unseen poem;
(d) Twenty context questions on the prescribed Shakespearean text.
Candidates will be required to answer all the questions within 1 hour for 50 marks.
Paper 2 will be an essay test with two sections, Sections A and B. Section A will be on African Prose and Section B on Non-African Prose.
Two essay questions will be set oneach of the novels prescribed for study. Candidates shall be required to answeronequestion only from eachsection within 1 hour 15 minutes for 50 marks.
Paper 3 will be on the Drama and Poetry components of the syllabus. It will be put into four sections, Sections A, B. C and D as follows:
Section A: African Drama
Section B: Non-African Drama
Section C: African Poetry
Section D: Non-African Poetry
There shall be two questions on each of the prescribed drama texts for Sections A and B. There shall also be two questions for each of the poetry sections ie Sections C and D.
Candidates shall be required to answer one question from each of the sections, making a total of four questions. The paper will take 2 hours 30 minutes to complete and will carry 100 marks.
Note:
(i) The Unseen Prose passage for Paper 1 shall be about 120 – 150 words long.
(ii) Only context questions shall be set on the Shakespearean text. The context questions will test such items as theme, characterization, style and setting in the Shakespearean text.
(iii) No essay question shall be set on the Shakespearean text.
SET TEXTS FOR 2016 – 2020
African Prose
(1) AmmaDarko – Faceless
(2) BayoAdebowale – Lonely Days
Non-African Prose
(1) Richard Wright – Native Son
(2) Patience Swift – The Last Goodman
*William Shakespeare:OTHELLO
Non-African Drama
(1) Oliver Goldsmith – She Stoops to conquer
(2) Lorraine Hansberry – A Raisin in the Sun
African Drama
(1) Frank Ogodo Ogbeche – Harvest of Corruption
(2) Dele Charley – The Blood of a Stranger
African Poetry
(1) Birago Drop – Vanity
(2) GbemisolaAdeoti – Ambush
(3) Gabriel Okara – Piano and Drums
(4) Gbanabam Hallowell – The Dinning Table
(5) Lenrie Peter – The Panic of Growing Older
(6) Kofi Awoonor – The Anvil and the Hammer
Non-African Poetry
(1) Alfred Tennyson – Crossing the Bar
(2) George Herbert – The pulley
(3) William Blake – The School Boy
(4) William Morris – The Proud King
(5) Robert Frost Birches – Birches
(6) William Shakespeare – Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day?
Pls can I get d list of literature text for jss3 examination,I guess dere is no state differences here#Delta state#
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…sorry we do not have anything for JSS…just a Maths summary write-up for their exams…thanks
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please how do I join this group
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…pls check the top right-hand of the post u commented on…
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What is life? Literature is life;one must strife in order to get this literal wife for a drive. l staunchly support the management of WAEC for the changing of these literature books after every five years.It help to broaden the literal horizon of literature students.
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I would like to know the total number of books to be read by we the 2016-2020 wassce candidates
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These new texts would kick off this year’s WAEC, am I correct?
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…yes…
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The Term Is So Short, And The Books Are ComplIcated To Comprehend. I Therefore Urge The W.A.E.C To be Well Compatible To The Students.
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…WAEC may not agree with u…but we do not claim to rep WAEC…
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l want to know the recommended text that will contain all the syllabus for 2016 may/june waec
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Pls can I know the questions that are likely to be asked in the litrature text for 2016/2020 candidates?
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pay a visit to…https://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/for-sale-contextual-questions-on-othello-and-last-days-at-forcados-high/
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Pls can I know d questions that are likely to be set for the literature text ffor 2016/2020 waec exam ?thanks
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…we are releasing relevant questions as we treat each book on our blogs…for example we have released all necessary revision notes on Othello…so please visit here if you want the likely questions…https://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/for-sale-contextual-questions-on-othello-and-last-days-at-forcados-high/
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plx i want 2 knw the names of the novel
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…for which years?…
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pls those textbooks listed there, are they current for literature GCE neco exams.
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…and your “current” means what?…2015 or 2016?…we thought what we said was clear enough…sorry we cannot repeat ourselves…
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I like your response. People ask too many funny questions. What you have here is clear enough. Tnk U!!!
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pls those textbooks listed there, are they current for literature GCE neck exams.
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plz I need the list 2015-16 novel
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same as 2016-2020 list…
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I love this site and it has helped me so much in literature and I was like enough to come across the book containing d whole scheme.my advice to ever student offering literature z to follow this wibesite
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….thanks Bolanle….
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Plz i need a text book that contains all the books listed above
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…u mean revision notes and questions for texts for the gce 2015 exams?….they are all on our site…this one…if u mean for 2016-2020 we shall start providing those from next month…
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Pls which texts are likely to come out in the present exam about to take place
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Those of 2014/2015…..it will be the last exam on them…thats why we have delayed our notes/summaries on the books for 2016-2020
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pls z anatin waec can do to help us pass as e 1st to write diz new selection test
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…what exactly is in your mind?…are u asking WAEC to take up responsibilities of yourself and of your teachers?
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I love it
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I really need your help to be a scholar,so pls help me by let me knw how to faceless sample questions THANK YOU..SHEKA
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Plz were z de books recommended for gce 2015 lit in english
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I am impressed with the syllabus, teachers teaches literature in schools sometime are grounded in the field that is, most did read literature in their colleges/ universities therefore they also find it difficult to appreciate poems. I Alphious m. Kamara from Njala university recommends guide points how to teach those books and poem before they are release
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I would like all literature student to be highly enlightened on the newly replaced books
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Am English Man, please how can i down loand Othello’s video. thank you
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…YOU an ENGLISHMAN?…why do some of u come to d net to waste your time?…
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Iam Jimmy James a past student of Holy Trinity Secondary School I encourage the govrrnment to make available the new books as some of us are plaining to reseat
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Iam Jimmy James a past student of Holy Trinity Secondary School I encourage the govrrnment to make available the new books as some of us are plaining to reseat
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l find to read and understand,and i want to pass my waec 2016
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I WILL LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED POEM PROSE POETRY & NOVELS 2014/15 YRS.
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…check our other website here http://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com…they are all there with relevant revision notes…
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…check our other website here http://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com…they are all there with relevant revision notes…
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Hello I am ibrahim from Nigeria, I am an ART student so I want to set for my WAEC and NECO next year so, I want you to help me and give syllabus, so that I will able to pass my LITERATURE very well waiting for your reply . THANK YOU
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…u are writing on a post that has the syllabus for 2016!…
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When shall we finish reading these books
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…which ones?…
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hw can i down load othello film
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…PLS GO TO Youtube…many versions are there for download…
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how can we know de question dat will come to dis term
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I am a past student of Christ the King College and I must register that am attracted to the titles of the new texts, but these works we can’t find in bookshops. I hope they ll be made available soonest.
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we have just posted all the Acts of Othello 1-5 which you can download into your phone…others shall follow with appraisals for each of them….pls standby…
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How can we see and get these texts listed above in these nowadays book shops
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pls see our reply to Johnny’s similar questions…
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How can we see these texts listed above in nowadays bookshop
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Yes! The syllabus is good in it’s arrangement but the time is short to studies it. Sierra leonean by nationality.
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Iam a sierra leonean by nationality. well I am satisfied with the new selection and I hope that waec may draw the first questions directly as the wassce candidates are yet to understand these books and poems.
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Hello I’m Musa Mose from Sierra Leone, I’m a student of Services Seniour Secondary School Juba.I’m in SSS3 ARTS, I will like to have a comprehensive note on all the poems we surpose to do in the coming 2016 wasssec.Thank you.
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please these bonks the major recommendation waec 2016-2020?
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The last Goodman I think has been replaced with the Castle of Orthanto by Horace Walpole
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Pls I need a book dat contain all d literature text listed above
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Thanks for this but please are these texts available here in Nigeria?
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Please We Want To Know The Book That They Have Used To Replace “The Last Goodman”.
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As the new syllabus for Literature In English introduced,WAEC SL should have put measures in place to bring those stupilated texts as early as possible so that the Literature teachers would have the time sufficently to go through them.Also,it should be paramount that,the WAEC SL known their responsibilities as an agency of Education promoters,to stamdardize the education.The teachers need an encouraging and payment after working.
Finally,I want to recommend the enclusion of our LOCAL LANUAGES in the WASSCE Syllabus,so that student interested in reading Sierra Leonean languages will find it easy in the Universities a Colleges.
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