Uganda Senior Three Curriculum - English Language

This curriculum focuses on developing the learner's competence in English language across four key skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It aims to equip students with the necessary language skills for effective communication in various contexts, including personal, public, educational, and occupational settings. The curriculum emphasizes active learning and deeper understanding, encouraging learners to apply their knowledge creatively and critically.

Term 1

Topic 1: Childhood Memories

This topic encourages learners to explore and reflect on their personal experiences during childhood. They learn to narrate memorable events, using the habitual past tense ("used to," "would") and "-ing" forms. Developing descriptive language skills and incorporating literary devices such as similes and metaphors are also emphasized.

Topic 2: School Clubs

Learners explore the various clubs available in schools and their significance. They learn to communicate persuasively, both orally and in writing, to encourage others to join clubs. The curriculum also covers the use of transitive and intransitive verbs, formal letter writing, and the creation of promotional materials for clubs.

Term 2

Topic 3: Integrity

This topic focuses on understanding the concepts of honesty and integrity in personal and public life. Learners analyze examples of ethical and unethical behavior, discuss the importance of honesty, and express their opinions through essays, poems, songs, and dramatic presentations. The curriculum also covers the use of silent letters and the past conditional tense.

Topic 4: Identity Crisis

Learners explore the challenges of self-discovery and developing a positive self-image. They discuss issues of belonging, cultural identity, and personal strengths and weaknesses. The curriculum emphasizes expressing opinions sensitively, understanding non-verbal communication, and writing formal poems and compositions.

Term 3

Topic 5: Relationships and Emotions

This topic focuses on understanding different types of relationships and expressing emotions effectively. Learners analyze the dynamics of family relationships, explore the complexities of various relationships, and discuss strategies for resolving conflicts. The curriculum covers the use of possessives, emotive language, relative pronouns, adverbs, and conditional sentences.

Topic 6: Patriotism

Learners explore the concept of patriotism and its various expressions. They learn about patriotic symbols, discuss ways to demonstrate patriotism, and express their feelings through articles, poems, and posters. The curriculum also covers the use of adverbs of degree, adjectives, noun phrases, and noun-phrase modifiers.

Topic 7: Further Education

This topic focuses on preparing learners for higher education and career choices. They learn about different types of higher education institutions, discuss gender bias in education and career choices, and explore the requirements for specific careers. The curriculum covers the use of conditional clauses, clauses of purpose, opinion words, and the past participial tense.

Topic 8: Banking/Money

Learners develop an understanding of financial literacy and the language used in banking and money management. They learn about different banking practices, explore traditional and modern methods of saving and borrowing money, and practice filling out bank forms. The curriculum covers the use of financial vocabulary, abbreviations, acronyms, and different sentence types.