NCDC S.1 & S.2 Literature

Guidance to the Teacher
The purpose of providing these sample items is to guide you on setting end-of- year assessment items for learners of Senior One. Please note that:
1. There is one paper in a standard Literature in English examination with different sections: Oral/general structured literature questions, poetry and the readers (novels and plays).
2. You should ensure that the paper set for learners at this level is an integrated one; having a blend of both papers. Please note that the skills and learning outcomes per section have been integrated.
3. This document gives you samples of short and extended response items, plus guidelines on how to score them.
4. A learner is expected to spend a maximum of five minutes on each short response item and 30 minutes on the extended response item.
5. Total time allocated for this paper is 1hour and 30minutes.

NB: The items in this document are samples that you may use to set others for the full paper.