Essay writing

WAEC English Language Revision Notes

  • Continuous Writing
  • SS1 · First Term
  • 4 min read
  • Checked by imtiaz ahmed

Narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative essays: planning, ways of introducing an essay, paragraphs and cohesion, how WAEC marks an essay out of 50, and a proofreading checklist.

In these notes
  1. What good continuous writing is
  2. Types of essay
  3. A planning method (from the GROA notes)
  4. Paragraphs and cohesion
  5. How compositions are marked
  6. Estimating length
  7. Common errors to avoid
  8. Ways of introducing an essay
  9. Features of each type
  10. A simple outline
  11. Worked theory answer (a plan)

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All English Language notes
  1. SS1
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Comprehension and reading skills
      2. Introduction to summary writing
      3. Figures of speech
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Parts of speech
      2. Phrases, clauses and sentence types
      3. Punctuation and spelling
      4. Vocabulary development: everyday registers
      5. Tenses and auxiliary verbs
      6. Homonyms, homophones and homographs
      7. Synonyms
      8. Antonyms
    3. Oral English
      1. Vowels: monophthongs and diphthongs
      2. Consonants
      3. Syllables and word stress
      4. Rhymes
    4. Continuous Writing
      1. Letter writing
      2. Essay writing
  2. SS2
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Reading for main ideas and implied meaning
      2. Summary writing skills
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Nouns, pronouns and modifiers
      2. Word formation and nominalisation
      3. Prepositions and phrasal verbs
      4. Vocabulary development: specialised registers
      5. Concord and sequence of tenses
      6. Active and passive voice
      7. Idioms and figurative expressions
    3. Oral English
      1. Consonant clusters and stress patterns
    4. Continuous Writing
      1. Articles, reports and speeches
  3. SS3
    1. Comprehension and Summary
      1. Comprehension of literary and factual passages
      2. Summary in the examination
    2. Lexis and Structure
      1. Verbs, modals and adverbials
      2. Vocabulary development: advanced registers
      3. Direct and indirect speech
      4. Lexis and structure in the examination
    3. Oral English
      1. Intonation and emphatic stress

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