CLASS XI SEMESTER SYLLABUS - (2024 onwards)

 Subject: English B                             Total Theory Marks: 80

Subject: English B                             Total Theory Marks: 80

Class 11 SEMESTER – 1   TOPICS : [MCQ]    Marks: 40             [One Mark Per question]

Unit

Topic  (Marks and Hours)

Marks Allotted

Hours

 

 

 

 

1

PROSE

1.“An Astrologer’s Day” – R.K. Narayan
(04 marks, 05 hours)

2.”The Swami and Mother-Worship” from The Master As I Saw Him by Sister Nivedita

(03 marks, 05 hours)

3.”Amarnath” from The Master As I Saw Him by Sister Nivedita
(03 marks, 05 hours)

4."The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde

(03 Marks, 05 hours)

 

 

 

10 x 1 = 10

(Select any three prose topics from the four options)

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

2

VERSE

1.”Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”- William Wordsworth
(04 marks, 05 hours)

2.”The Bangle Sellers” – Sarojini Naidu

(03 marks, 05 hours)

3.”The Second coming” – W.B Yeats
(03 marks, 05 hours)

 

 

 

 10 x 1= 10

 

 


15

 

 

 

 

 

   3

RAPID READER

1.”Macbeth” from A TextBook of English(B), Rapid Reader & A Book on ESP & Project by WBCHSE
(4 marks, 07 hours)

 

2.”Othello” – ‘’

(03 marks, 07 hours)

 

3.”As You Like It” – ‘’

(03 marks, 06 hours)

4. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

(04 marks, 05 hours)

5. "The Open Window" by Saki

(03 marks, 06 Hours)

(Select Any Three Rapid Reader Texts from the five Options) 

 

 

 


 

10 x 1 =10


 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

4

TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

From Unit 1( Prose) and Unit 2( Verse) :
1.Tense
2. Voice
3. Indirect Speech
4. Phrasal Verbs
5. Preposition
6. Clause
7.Participle
8. Gerund
9. Transformation of sentences

 

 

 

5X1=5

 

 

 

25

5

READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN)

5X1=5

25

 

 

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Class XI Semester 2 TOPICS :    [Short answer questions, descriptive questions] Marks 40

 

UNIT

SHORT ANSWERTYPE QUESTIONS
(2 MARKS)

DESCRIPTIVETYPE QUESTIONS
(5/6/10 MARKS)

TOTAL

PROSE (Unit 1) 

1.”The Garden party” – Katherine Mansfield
(02 marks, 05 hours)
2.”Alias Jimmy Valentine” – O Henry
(02 marks, 05 hours)

3.”Of Studies” – Francis Bacon
(02 marks, 04 hours)
4.”Nobel Lecture -Mother Teresa
(02 marks, 06 hours)

5. "The Fly" by Katherine Mansfield 

(02 marks, 05 hours)

(Select any three prose topics from the five options)
_______
______________
TOTAL: 20 Hours

                  

 

 

 

 

2X2=4
(any 2 out of 4 questions)


 

 

 

 1x6

(any 1 out of 3 questions)

 

 

 

 

10


VERSE (Unit 2) 

1.”My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning
(02 marks, 05 hours)

2. “And Still I Rise”
Maya Angelou
(02 marks, 05 hours)
__________________

TOTAL : 10 Hours

                

 

 

2X2=4
(any 2 out of 4 questions)

 

 

1x6

 (any 1 out of 2 questions)

 

 

 

10

RAPID READER  

(Unit 3) 

1.“The Ghost Brahman” – from Folk Tales of Bengal by Lalbehari Dey
(05 marks, 07 hours)

2.“A Ghostly Wife” – from Folk Tales of Bengal by Lalbehari Dey
(05 marks, 07 hours)

3.“The Man Who Wished to be Perfect” - from Folk Tales of Bengal by Lalbehari Dey
(05 marks, 06 hours)

4."At School"(1) - Extract from Netaji's Life and Writings - Part -I - Autobiography of Subhas Chandra Bose

(05 marks, 07 hours)

5. "The Parrot's Tale" by Rabindranath Tagore

(05 marks, 07 Hours)

(Select any three Rapid Reader Texts from the five options)

 

 

 

 

1x5
(any 1 out of 3 questions)

 

 

 

 

05

NON TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
(i)Tense, (ii) Voice,

(iii) Phrasal Verbs,

(iv)Preposition, (v) Clause,

(vi) Participle, (vii) Gerund, (vii) Transformation of Sentences

(05 marks, 15 hours)

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Fill in the blanks:
            6x 0.5 = 3
                         +

            1 x 2 = 2

(1 question to be attempted out of two questions from Transformation of sentences              

                        or

       Correction of errors )

 

 

 

05

WRITING SKILL:  Paragraph Writing

OR

Formal Letter Writing & Event Report Writing

(10 marks, 15 hours)

-

 

 1 x 10 = 10

OR

2 x 5 = 10

 

 

10

TOTAL

08

32

40

 

 

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PROJECT/TUTORIAL Marks : 20 Hours : 20

FORMAT:

 

Activity

Marks

1.

Listening and Speaking

05+05

2.

Writing

10

[ Subject teachers will engage students in activities which would test their listening

and speaking skills comprehensively.]

Instructions:

1.       For writing activity concerned teacher will select relevant topic from:

a)

Environmental Issues

b)

Society and Culture

c)

Eminent Personalities

 

2.       Project/Tutorial may be done throughout both the semesters.

However the student will be evaluated at the end of Semester II.