CLASS XII ~ SEMESTER IV ~ ENGLISH SYLLABUS AND QUESTION PATTERN

 

Class XII Syllabus [Semester IV: 40 Marks]

Unit

Segment

Marks 

Contact Hours

 I

PROSE
1. ‘Alice in Wonderland – Down the Rabbit Hole’ by Lewis Caroll
(marks 02 x 2SAQ + marks 06 x 1Descriptive type, hours 05)

2. ‘Three Questions’ by Leo Tolstoy
(marks 02 x 2SAQ + marks 06 x 1Descriptive type, hours 05)

10

10

 

 

 

 

II

VERSE

1. ‘Hawk Roosting’ by Ted Hughes
(marks 02 x 2SAQ + marks 06 x 1Descriptive type, hours 03)

 2. ‘That time of year….’ - Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare
(marks 02 x 2SAQ + marks 06 x 1Descriptive type, hours 03)

3. ‘The Greenhouse Effect’ by Carl Dennis
(marks 02 x 2SAQ + marks 06 x 1Descriptive type, hours 04)
 

10

 10

III

DRAMA

1.‘Tara’ by Mahesh Dattani (Act II)
(marks 05 x 1Descriptive type, hours 20)
 

1. "Riders to the Sea" by J.M. Synge (marks 05, hours 20) ( any one questions to be attempted ) ( same drama as Sem 3)

    05

20

IV

NON-TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

·         Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences;

·         Change of Narration;

·         Correction of Errors

(SAQ 2 marks:  1 question of 2 marks [1 question to be attempted

out of two questions from Synthesis of Sentences and Splitting of

Sentences]
 SAQ 3marks: Fill in the blanks to report a paragraph or conversation

: 01 marks X 03 to be attempted, hours 20) 

 02+03=

05

 20

V

WRITING (Any One)

1.Essay  (150 words, marks 10 , hours 10)                OR

Drafting Email (75 words)  +  Blog writing (75 words)

2.Precis (marks 10 , hours 10)

 10

OR

1x5+1x5

30

 

TOTAL

40

80


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CLASS XII ~ SEMESTER IV  QUESTION PATTERN ~ MARKS 40

TOPICS: [Short Answer Type Questions, Descriptive Questions]

UNIT

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2/3 MARKS)

DESCRIPTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (5/6/10 MARKS)

TOTAL MARKS

PROSE

2 X 2 = 4 (ANY 2 QUESTIONS OUT OF 4 QUESTIONS )

1 X 6 = 6 ( ANY 1 QUESTION OUT OF 2 QUESTIONS )

10

VERSE

2 X 2 = 4 (ANY 2 QUESTIONS OUT OF 4 QUESTIONS )

1 X 6 = 6 ( ANY 1 QUESTION OUT OF 2 QUESTIONS )

10

DRAMA

-

1 X 5 = 5 ( ANY 1 QUESTION OUT OF 2 QUESTIONS )

05

NON TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

1 X 2 = 2
1 X 3 = 3

-

05

WRITING SKILL : ESSAY OR PRECIS

-

1 X 10 = 10

10

TOTAL

13

27

40