English Language & Literature
Code No. 184
Class IX
(2021-22) CBSE
Term wise Syllabus
Term – 1
(November-December 2021 Tentative)
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Reading
10 Marks
Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary,
analysis and interpretation:
- Discursive passage (400-450 words)
- Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 200-250 words)
Writing
5 Marks
- Descriptive paragraph (Person)
- Short Story (based on beginning line, outline, cues etc.)
Grammar
5 Marks
- Tenses
- Subject-Verb Concord
- Modals
- Determiners
- Reported Speech
- Commands and Requests
- Statements
- Questions
Literature
20 Marks
Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond the text
and across the texts.
Moments
- The Lost Child
- The Adventures of Toto
- In the Kingdom of Fools
- The Happy Prince
Beehive
Prose
- The Fun They Had
- The Sound of Music
- The Little Girl
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- My Childhood
Poems
- The Road Not Taken
- Wind
- Rain on The Roof
- A Legend of The Northland
Total 40
Internal Assessment
10 Marks
Grand Total: 50
NOTE:
Internal Assessment 20 Marks [10 for each term] (Throughout the year-irrespective of Term I and II)
would include the 3 periodic tests 1 in term I, 2 in Term 2(3 marks), Multiple (Diverse) Assessment
Embedded in Classroom Pedagogy [role play, GD, Quiz, Blog, Recitation, art, sports integrity activities]
(2 marks), portfolio (2 marks) and student enrichment, practical work/ speaking listening activities/
project (3 marks).
The Question Paper will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on
assertion-reasoning type. Duration of test will be 90 minutes.
Marks of the Term I Examination will contribute to the final overall score of students.
English Language & Literature
Code No. 184
Class X
(2021-22) CBSE
Term wise Syllabus
Term – 1
(November-December 2021 Tentative)
Reading
10 Marks
Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary,
analysis and interpretation:
- Discursive passage (400-450 words)
- Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 words)
Writing Skill
5 Marks
1. Formal letter based on a given situation.
- Letter to the Editor
- Letter of Complaint (Official)
- Letter of Complaint (Business)
Grammar
5 Marks
- Tenses
- Modals
- Subject-Verb Concord
- Determiner
- Reported Speech
- Commands and Requests
- Statements
- Questions
Literature
20 Marks
Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond the text
and across the texts.
FIRST FLIGHT
- A Letter to God
- Nelson Mandela
- Two Stories About Flying
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- The Hundred Dresses 1
- The Hundred Dresses 2
Poems
- Dust of Snow
- Fire and Ice
- A Tiger in the Zoo
- The Ball Poem
FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET
- A Triumph of Surgery
- The Thief's Story
- Footprints Without Feet
Total 40
Internal Assessment
10 Marks
Grand Total: 50
NOTE:
Internal Assessment 20 Marks [10 for each term] (Throughout the year-irrespective of Term I and II)
would
include the 3 periodic tests 1 in term I, 2 in Term 2(3 marks), Multiple (Diverse) Assessment Embedded in
Classroom Pedagogy [role play, GD, Quiz, Blog, Recitation, art, sports integrity activities] (2 marks),
portfolio (2 marks) and student enrichment, practical work/ speaking listening activities/ project (3
marks).
The Question Paper will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on
assertion-reasoning type. Duration of test will be 90 minutes.
Marks of the Term I Examination will contribute to the final overall score of students.
English Core
Code No. 301
Class XI
(2021-22) CBSE
Term wise Syllabus
Term – 1
(November-December 2021 Tentative)
Section A
13 Marks
Reading Comprehension:
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) 8 Marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage 5 Marks
Section B
12 Marks
Creative Writing Skills and Grammar:
Short Writing Tasks 3 Marks
- Notice Writing
Long Writing Tasks 5 Marks
- Business or Official Letters (Making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for or giving
information, placing orders and sending replies)
- Speech
Grammar 4 Marks
- Determiners
- Tenses
- Re-ordering of Sentences
{MCQs on Gap filling/ Transformation of Sentences}
Section C
15 Marks
Literature
Literary-prose/poetry extracts (seen- texts) comprehension and appreciation.
(Two Extracts) Questions Based on Texts to assess
comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation
Book-Hornbill: 9 Marks
- The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)
- A Photograph (Poem)
- “We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together” (Prose)
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
- The Laburnum Top (Poem)
- Landscape of the Soul (Prose)
Book-Snapshots: 6 Marks
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (Prose)
- The Address (Prose)
- Ranga’s Marriage (Prose)
Total 40
ASL (Assessment of Speaking & Listening)10 Marks
Grand Total: 50
NOTE:
Internal Assessment 20 Marks [10 for each term] (Throughout the year-irrespective of Term I and II)
would include the 3 periodic tests 1 in term I, 2 in Term 2(3 marks), Multiple (Diverse) Assessment Embedded
in Classroom Pedagogy [role play, GD, Quiz, Blog, Recitation, art, sports integrity activities] (2 marks),
portfolio (2 marks) and student enrichment, practical work/ speaking listening activities/ project (3
marks).
The Question Paper will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on
assertion-reasoning type. Duration of test will be 90 minutes.
Marks of the Term I Examination will contribute to the final overall score of students.
English Core
Code No. 301
Class XII
(2021-22) CBSE
Term wise Syllabus
Term – 1
(November-December 2021 Tentative)
Section A
14 Marks
Reading
Comprehension:(Two Passages)
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) 8 Marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage6 Marks
Section B
8 Marks
Creative Writing Skills:
Short Writing Tasks(one) 3 Marks
- Notice Writing
- Classified Advertisements Long
Long Writing Tasks(one) 5 Marks
- Letter to an Editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest)
- Article Writing
Section C
18 Marks
Literature
Literary-prose/poetry extracts (seen-texts) to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis,
inference, extrapolation Questions Based on Texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis,
inference, extrapolation.
Book-Flamingo : 11 Marks
(Prose)
- The Last Lesson
- Lost Spring
- Deep Water
Book-Flamingo (Poetry)
- My Mother at Sixty-Six
- An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
- Keeping Quiet
Book-Vistas (Prose) :7 marks
- The Third Level
- The Enemy
Total 40
ASL (Assessment of Speaking & Listening)10 Marks
Grand Total: 50
NOTE:
Internal Assessment 20 Marks [10 for each term] (Throughout the year-irrespective of Term I and II)
would include the 3 periodic tests 1 in term I, 2 in Term 2(3 marks), Multiple (Diverse) Assessment Embedded
in Classroom Pedagogy [role play, GD, Quiz, Blog, Recitation, art, sports integrity activities] (2 marks),
portfolio (2 marks) and student enrichment, practical work/ speaking listening activities/ project (3 marks).
The Question Paper will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including case-based MCQs and MCQs on
assertion-reasoning type. Duration of test will be 90 minutes.
Marks of the Term I Examination will contribute to the final overall score of students.
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