BLUEPRINT CUM SYLLABUS

CLASS IX ( ENGLISH)

SECTIONS COMPETENCIES TOTAL

MARKS

READING I. Discursive Passage of 400 - 450 words. (10 marks ) 20

COMPREHENSION II. Case based passage ( with visual input-statistical data,
chart etc.) of 200-250 words . ( 10 Marks)

WRITING SKILLS 20
AND GRAMMAR
I. Writing a descriptive paragraph 100 -120 words )on a
person/events/situation based on visual /verbal cue/s.
One out of two questions is to be answered.
( 5 marks )
II. Writing a Diary Entry/story on a given title in 100-120
words.One out of two questions is to be answered. (5
marks)
III. Tenses , Modals ,Subject verb concord. ( 10 marks )

LANGUAGE I. Reference to context 40

THROUGH One Extract out of two from Drama / Prose. ( 5 marks )
LITERATURE One extract out of two from Poetry. ( 5 marks )
II. Short & Very long answer questions.

a. Three out of four short answer type questions to be

answered in 40-50 words from the book BEEHIVE ( 3× 3 =
9marks )

b. Three out of four Short Answer Type Questions to be

answered in 40 -50 words each from MOMENTS.(3×3=9
marks).

c. One out of two Long Answer type Questions from

BEEHIVE to be answered in 100 -120 words.
( 6 marks)
d. One out of two Long Answer Type questions from
MOMENTS 100-120 words . ( 6 marks )

TOTAL 80
 BLUEPRINT CUM SYLLABUS

CLASS IX ( ENGLISH)

READING GRAMMAR COMPOSITION LITERATURE

Discursive Tenses Descriptive BEEHIVE ( PROSE)

Passage And paragraph
Modals 1. The fun they had
Case based
DiaryEntry/Story 2. The Sound of Music
Passage Subject verb
3. The Little Girl
concord
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind
5. The Snake and the Mirror

(POEMS )

1. The Road Not taken

2. Wind
3. Rain on The Roof
4. The Lake Isle of
Innisfree

MOMENTS

1. The Lost Child

2. The adventures of Toto
3. Iswaran the Storyteller
4. In the Kingdom of fools