English B Syllabus

Syllabus

English B

Language and Literature

Examination Specifications

Class X

(for 2008 examination and onwards)

One Paper 3 Hours Marks: 100

Section A: Reading 20 Marks 30 Periods

1 & 2 two unseen passages of total 500 words with a variety of questions including 4 marks for vocabulary.

Only prose passages will be used. One will be factual and the other will be literary.

Passage 1 - 200 words ( 8 marks) - Four or five comprehension questions.

Passage 2 - 300 words (12 marks) - Four or five comprehension questions and two questions on vocabulary.

Marks for vocabulary will not exceed 4 marks.

Section B: Writing 20 Marks 40 Periods

3. Letter Writing-One letter based on provided verbal stimulus and context.(8 marks)

Type of letter: Informal: Personal such as to family and friends Formal:
Letter of complaints, enquiries, requests, applications.

4. Writing a short paragraph on a given outline/topic in about 60 words.(4 marks)

5. Composition: A short writing task based on a verbal and/or visual stimulus.

(diagram, picture, graph, map, chart, table, flow chart etc.)(8 marks)

Maximum words 80

Section C: Grammar 15 Marks 45 Periods

6. - 11. A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a context. Test types used will include cloze, gap-filling, sentence-completion, sentence-reordering, dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation (including combining sentences). The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas for teaching:

1. Use of non-finites.

2. Sentence connectors: as, since, while, then, just because, just, until.

3. Clauses with what, where and how.

4. Past Tense.

5. Modals: can, could, may, must, might.

Note: All other areas covered in Class IX will also be tested in Class X as this is an integrated course for this area of learning.

Section D: Textbooks 45 Marks 95 Periods

First Flight-Textbook for Class X

Prose 20 Marks

12. & 13. Two extracts from different prose lessons included in Textbook.
(Approximately 100 words each) 5´2(10 marks)

These extracts chosen from different lessons will be literary and discursive in nature.

Each extract will be of 5 marks. One mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. 4 marks in each passage will be used for testing local and global comprehension besides a question on interpretation.

14. One out of two questions extrapolative in nature based on any one of
the prose lessons from Textbook to be answered in about 80 words.(6 marks)

15. One out of two questions on Drama Text (local and globalcomprehension question)

(30 - 40 words)(4 marks)

Poetry 10 Marks

16. One extract from a poem from the prescribed reader followed by
two or three questions to test the local and global comprehension
of the set text.(4 marks)

17. Two out of three short answer type questions on interpretation of
themes and ideas contained in the poems, to be answered in
30 - 40 words each.(6 marks)

Footprints without Feet-Supplementary Reader for Class X 15 Marks

18. One out of two questions from Supplementary Reader to interpret,
evaluate and analyse character, plot or situations occurring in the
lessons, to be answered in about 100 words.(8 marks)

19. One out of two short answer type questions of interpretative and evaluative
nature based on lessons, to be answered in 30 - 40 words each.(4 marks)

20. One out of two answer type questions based on factual aspects of the
lessons, to be answered in 20 - 30 words.(3 marks)

Prescribed Books

1. First Flight-Textbook for Class X Published by

2. Footprints without Feet-Supplementary Reader for Class X NCERT

Language and Literature

(CODE NO. 184)

Class X

Design of the Question Paper

Section	Type of Questions	No. of Questions	Marks	Total Marks
Section A: Reading (20 marks) Q. 1	a. VSA b. SA I	2 3	1 2	08
Q. 2	a. VSA b. SA I	6 3	1 2	12
Section B: Writing (20 marks) Q. 3	Short Writing Task (SA III)	1	4	04
Q. 4	Long Writing Task (LA II) (Letter writing)	1	8	08
Q. 5	Long Writing Task (LA II)	1	8	08
Section C: Grammar (15 marks) Q. 6	VSA	4	1	04
Q. 7	VSA	4	1	04
Q. 8	VSA	4	1	04
Q. 9	VSA	3	1	03
Section D: Textbooks (45 marks) Prose (20 marks) Q. 10	a. VSA b. SA I	3 1	1 2	05
Q. 11	a. VSA b. SA I	3 1	1 2	05
Q. 12	LA I	1	6	06
Q. 13	SA III	1	4	04
Poetry (10 marks) Q. 14	a. VSA b. SA I	2 1	1 2	04
Q. 15	SA II	2	3	06
Supplementary Rearder (15 marks) Q. 16	LA II	1	8	08
Q. 17	SA III	1	4	04
Q. 18	SA II	1	3	03
Total=18 questions	VSA=31×1=31 SA I=09×2=18 SA II=03×3=09 SA III=03×4=12 LA I=01×6=06 LA II=03×8=24 Sub questions=52			100

Design of the Question Paper-2008 (Board Exam.)

Section A: Reading

Q. 1. Passage 1: 200 words

Q. 2. Passage 2: 300 words

Vocabulary

Typology of questions

Very short answer type and sort answer type questions may be asked to test local comprehension besides questions on vocabulary and comprehension of higher level skills such as drawing inferences and conclusions. Students may also be asked to frame questions for 2 marks. Two passages may be either factual, discursive or literary.

Marks

Section B: Writing

Q. 3. Short writing task: (50-80 words)

Q. 4. Letter writing task: (125-150 words)

Q. 5. Descriptive/Argumentative/imaginative writing: (125-150 words)

Section C: Grammar

Q. 6. Fill in the blanks/editing/omission

(use of tenses/determiners/preposition/non-finite/modals)

Q. 7. Transformation of sentences and relation between sentences, clauses and the use of the simple past tense tested through sentence completion

Q. 8. Word building/word finding

(negatives, noun, verb, adjectival and adverb forms; synonyms and antonyms)

Q. 9. Rearranging words/phrases to make meaningful sentences