English Elective

Code No. 101

Class XI (2021-22)
Term Wise Syllabus

SECTION TERM I WEIGHTAGE TERM II WEIGHTAGE

(IN MARKS) (IN MARKS)
Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension:
A  Unseen passage (literary or discursive)  Unseen passage
 Unseen Poem 12 marks (literary or 12 marks
 Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage ( 6+3+3) discursive)
 Unseen Poem ( 6+3+3)
 Case Based Unseen
(Factual) Passage
Creative Writing Skills: Creative Writing Skills:
B  Essay (on an  Essay (on an
Argumentative/Discursive/Reflective/ 08 marks Argumentative/Discur 08 marks
Descriptive topic ) sive/
 Article Writing ( on a ( 4 + 4) Reflective/Descriptive ( 4 + 4)
contemporary/topical issue topic)
 Speech ( on a
contemporary/topic
al issue)
Literature Literature:

Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs to test for Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs to

C comprehension, literary appreciation and inference. test for comprehension, literary
appreciation and inference.
Book-Woven Words- Short Stories
 The Lament -Anton Chekhov
Book-Woven Words- Short
 A Pair of Mustachios -Mulk Raj Anand
Stories
 The Rocking-horse Winner- D.H. Lawrence
 The Adventure of
10 marks the Three
Book-Woven Words-Poetry
Garridebs - Arthur
 The Peacock- Sujata Bhatt Conan Doyle
10 marks
 Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds - (2+2+3+3)  Pappachi’s Moth - (2+2+3+3)
William Shakespeare Arundhati Roy
 Coming- Philip Larkin  The Third and Final
 Telephone Conversation - Wole Soyinka Continent- Jhumpa
Lahiri
Book-Woven Words- Poetry
 The World is too
Much With Us -
William
Wordsworth
 Mother Tongue
- Padma
Sachdev
 Hawk Roosting- Ted
Hughes
Book-Woven Words-Essays
 Ode to a
 My Watch- Mark Twain
Nightingale- John
 My Three Passions- Bertrand Russell
Keats
 Patterns of Creativity - S. Chandrasekhar
Book-Woven Words-Essays
 Tribal Verse - G.N.Devy
 What is a Good
Book?- John Ruskin
 The Story- E.M.Forster
 Bridges- Kumudini
Lakhia
Fiction : 05 marks Fiction : 05 marks

The Old Man and the Sea ( E. Hemingway) The Old Man and the Sea ( E.
Chapter 1,2,3,4,5 Hemingway)
Chapter 6,7,8,9,10
Drama: Arms and the Man (G.B Shaw) Act I 05 marks Drama: Arms and the Man 05 marks
(G.B Shaw)- Act- II & III
TOTAL 40 marks TOTAL 40 marks
 SEMINAR SEMINAR
 Presentation – book review /a play /a 10 marks  Presentation – book review 10 marks
short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, /a play /a short
parable) to be followed by a question- story/a novel/novella
answer session. (tale, table, parable)
 Poetry reading to be followed by to be followed by a
interpretative tasks based on close question -answer
reading session.
and literary analysis of the text.  Poetry reading to be
 Critical review of a film or a play. followed by interpretative
 Conducting a theatre workshop to tasks based on close
be followed by a discussion reading and literary
analysis of the text.
 Critical review of a film or a
play.
 Conducting a theatre
workshop to be followed by
a discussion
GRAND 40 + 10 GRAND TOTAL 40 + 10
TOTAL 50 marks 50 marks

Prescribed Books:
1. Textbook : Woven Words, published by NCERT
2. Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea (Novel unabridged) by Ernest Hemingway
3. Drama: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

English Elective
Code No. 101
Class XII (2021-22)
Term Wise Syllabus
SECTION TERM I WEIGHTAGE TERM II WEIGHTAGE
(IN MARKS) (IN MARKS)

Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension:

A  Unseen passage (literary or discursive) 10 marks  Unseen passage 10 marks
 Unseen Poem (literary or
 Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage (5+2+3) discursive) (5+2+3)
 Unseen Poem
 Case Based
Unseen
(Factual)
Passage

Creative Writing Skills: Creative Writing Skills

B  Discursive/interpretative writing  Speech( on a
 Essay (on an 10 marks contemporary/t 10 marks
Argumentative/Discursive/Reflective/ opical issue)
Descriptive topic ) (3+3+4)  Report Writing (5+5)
 Article Writing( on a ( on a
contemporary/topical issue) contemporary/t
opical issue)

C Applied Grammar: Transformation of Sentences( 4 marks Applied Grammar: 4 marks

Voice/Speech/ Clauses/ Change of sentence types) Transformation of Sentences(
Voice/Speech/ Clauses/ Change
of sentence types)
 Literature Literature

D MCQs (from Kaleidoscope) -from short stories/poetry MCQs (from Kaleidoscope) -from
/non-fiction/ drama short stories/poetry /non-fiction/
11 marks drama 11 marks
Book- Kaleidoscope-Short Stories
(2+3+3+3) Book- Kaleidoscope-Short (2+3+3+3)

 I Sell my Dreams - GABRIEL GARCIA Stories

MARQUEZ
 Eveline- JAMES JOYCE  A Wedding in
Brownsville- ISAAC
Book- Kaleidoscope-Poetry
BASHEVIS SINGER
Book- Kaleidoscope-Poetry
 A Lecture Upon the Shadow- JOHN
DONNE
 Trees - EMILY
 Poems by Milton- JOHN MILTON
DICKINSON
 Poems by Blake- WILLIAM BLAKE  The Wild Swans of
 Kubla Khan - S.T.COLERIDGE Coole- W.B.YEATS
 Time and Time
Book- Kaleidoscope- Non fiction
Again -
A.K.RAMANUJA
 Freedom- G.B.SHAW N
 The Mark on the Wall - VIRGINIA WOOLF
Book- Kaleidoscope- Non fiction
Book- Kaleidoscope-Drama
1. Chandalika- RABINDRANATH TAGORE  Film-making -
INGMAR
BERGMAN
 Why the Novel Matters
D.H. LAWRENCE
E Fiction : Fiction :
A Tiger for Malgudi ( R K Narayan) A Tiger for Malgudi ( R K
Narayan)
OR 05 marks 05 marks
OR
The Financial Expert ( R K Narayan) The Financial Expert ( R K
Part I & II Narayan)
Part III,
IV & V
TOTAL 40 marks TOTAL 40 marks

SEMINAR SEMINAR
 Presentation – book review /a play /a  Presentation – book
short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, review
parable) to be followed by a question- /a play /a short
answer session. 10 marks story/a 10 marks
 Poetry reading to be followed by novel/novella (tale,
interpretative tasks based on close table, parable) to be
reading and literary analysis of followed by a
the text. question-answer
 Critical review of a film or a play. session.
 Conducting a theatre workshop to be  Poetry reading
followed by a discussion. to be followed
by
interpretative
tasks based on
close reading
and literary
analysis of the
text.
 Critical review of a
film or a play.
 Conducting a theatre
workshop to be
followed by a
discussion.
GRAND TOTAL 40 + 10 GRAND 40 + 10
50 marks TOTAL 50 marks
Prescribed Books:

1. Kaleidoscope - Text book published by NCERT

2. Fiction: A Tiger for Malgudi or The Financial Expert by R.K. Narayan(Novel)

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