S1: English Lower Secondary curriculumAs a medium of instruction, English language is used to learn all other subjects therefore it is very important to you. On the other hand, Literature in English helps you to develop your literacy skills of comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, application and organization. Each chapter in this book has key words whose meaning you are supposed to understand. There are also several activities for practice. Attempt all of them because these will help you to achieve the learning outcomes of each chapter through acquisition of the necessary skills as presented in the book. After going through a chapter, revisit the learning outcomes at the beginning of the chapter and check if you have achieved them. If there is any learning outcome you feel you have not achieved, do more practice to ensure that you achieve it. You will be expected to do a lot of personal practice using the several activities presented in the book and any other reading resources in your school library. Each chapter has an activity of integration which you will be expected to attempt at the end. This activity is used to assess whether you have acquired the competences, knowledge, values and skills to be learnt in a given chapter. The key skills you are expected to achieve are: Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. This book has 9 chapters which you will learn in senior one.