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)	10 x 1 = 10	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)	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 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) _____________________ TOTAL: 20 Hours	2X2=4 (any 2 out of 4 questions)	1x6 (any 1 out of 3 questions)	10
VERSE 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 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)		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)	-	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.