ASSESMENT OF LISTENING AND

SPEAKING SKILLS (ALS)

PROJECT 2022-23
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
CLASS XII
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE
PROJECT
 The marks allotted for ASL
PROJECT :10 marks ( 5 for Project+ 5
for Viva )
 Choose any ONE from the below given
topics.
 Viva based on the project will be taken by
the Internal examiner
 The portfolio of project may include all
the points given in each project.
 The project must contain at least 20-25
sheets
 Use as many pictures /photographs as you
require
 Use sketch pens for headings and
coloured pens for content.
  Use A4 size coloured /designer paper
sheets for the project and after compiling
everything it should be submitted in spiral
binding / Project file
NOTE: THE PROJECT SHOULD BE
HANDWRITTEN
PROJECT 1: PLIGHT OF OLD AGED
PEOPLE
1.Index
2.Acknowledgement
3. Certificate of Completion
4.Objectives
5.About the Poetess (with photos)
6.Poetess' Personal Experience - Common
Paradox of Human Relationships
7.Portrayal of Sensational Separation
Between a Mother and a Daughter
8.Plight of Old Aged People : Ugly Truth
About Old Age (with photos)
9.Reasons Behind the Need of Old Age Homes
10. Efforts for Stress-Free and Secured Life
of Aged People
11. Visit to an Old Age Home (photos of
some aged people living in such homes)
 12. How to Strike a Balance Between Duties
and Responsibilities of Children and Society
13. Role of Youth to Improve the Plight of
Aged People
14. 17.Bibliography or References
PROJECT 2: INDIGO – THE
EMANCIPATION OF SHARECROPPERS BY
MAHATMA GANDHI
1.Index
2.Acknowledgement
3.Certificate of Completion
4 Objectives
5.About the author
6.What is Indigo Sharecropping? (Brief
history)
7. Natural Indigo Harvesting and its uses
(pictures)
1.Theme of Indigo
2.Role of Rajkumar Shukla
3.Summary of Indigo
4.Efforts by Gandhi to put an end to
Sharecropping in Champaran
5.Gandhi as an effective leader
 6.Bibliography
PROJECT 3: THE RATTRAP: ESSENTIAL
GOODNESS CAN BE AWAKENED
THROUGH UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE.
1.Index
2.Acknowledgement
3. Certificate of Completion.
4.Objectives
5.Author's Biography.(With Pictures)
6.6.Introduction: THEME- loneliness/ need
for a bonding/ faith in humanity/ kindness/
compassion
7.Summary and analysis
8.Character sketch of major
characters
9. The letter by Rattrap peddler- Significance
10. Bibliography or References.
PROJECT 4: A THING OF BEAUTY AND
IT'S ROLE IN HUMAN LIFE
1.Index
2.Acknowledgement
3.Certificate of Completion
4.Objective
5.About author John Keats (pictures)
6.Different characteristics of nature like it's
eternal ,changeless, perfect , a source of true
happiness, etc)(beautiful pictures of Nature)
7. Comparison of human life and Nature
(1page)
For example:
HUMAN NATURE
Change Changeless
Mortal Immortal
Death & \Decay Eternal
8.Description of beautiful things in nature
like
a.Rivers: Symbol of
excitement ,adventure ,healing, never
ending supply of life...
b.Sun: equality, light ,hope
royalty ,divinity ,positivity power..
c. Trees: lively,
wisdom ,prosperity ,transformation...
d.Animals: divine, moving ,growing,
fertility ,happiness elegance,
strength ,energy wisdom….
 e. Flowers: purity ,hope ,beautiful,
Innocence ,humility, youthful….
f. Beauty of Mighty
dead :Stories of Saints
and
g. sages ,their work and
deeds, how they
immortalized themselves
(Maximum 6 -7 pages
with pictures)
9. Central idea of -
THING OF BEAUTY.
10. Bibliography or References.
PROJECT 5 :CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
(LOST SPRING}
1.Index
2. Acknowledgement
3 Certificate of Completion
4.Objective
5. Child
Labour with reference to Lost spring (
summary)
6. Lives of children like Saheb and Mukesh
7. Describe – Seemapuri (with pictures)
8.Hazards of Bangle making industry
9.Initiative against child labour by
Indian government
Various NGOs
10. SOS Children's Village in India
12.The Child Labour Prohibition And
Regulation Act ,1986
13. Ways to eliminate child labour
Bibliography
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to extend my sincere and heartfelt
obligation towards all those who have helped me
in making this project. Without their active
guidance, help, cooperation and encouragement, I
would not have been able to present the project on
time.
I am extremely thankful and pay my sincere
gratitude to my
teacher____________________________ for
her/his valuable guidance and support for
completion of this project.
I also acknowledge with a deep sense of reverence,
my gratitude towards my parents, other faculty
members of the school and friends for their
valuable suggestions given to me in completing the
project.
 Date:
Place:
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
This is to certify that the project work on
___________________________________
based on the curriculum of CBSE has been
completed by ________________________ of
Class-XII Section ______ of
MELUHA SCHOOL, HYDERABAD
The above mentioned project work has been
completed under my guidance during the
academic year 2022-23

Signature of Teacher
Class XII ENGLISH PROJECTS
 CBSE GUIDELINES FOR ENGLISH PROJECT
2022-23
CBSE–Project-Portfolio/ Project Report –10
MARKS (5 PROJECT+5 VIVA)
The Project-Portfolio/Project Report is a
compilation of the work that the students produce
during the process of working on their ALS
Project.
The Project-Portfolio may include the following:
● Cover page, with title of project, school
details/details of students.
● Statement of purpose/objectives/goals
● Certificate of completion under the guidance of
the teacher.
● Action plan for the completion of assigned tasks.
● Materials such as scripts for the theatre/role
play, questionnaires for interview, written
assignments, essays,
survey-reports and other material evidence of
learning progress and academic accomplishment.
● The 800-1000 words essay/Script/Report.
● Student/group reflections.
● If possible, Photographs that capture the
positive learning experiences of the student(s).
● List of resources/bibliography.
The following points must be kept for
consideration while assessing the project
portfolios:
● Quality of content of the project
● Accuracy of information
● Adherence to the specified timeline
● Content in respect of (spellings,
grammar ,punctuation)
● Clarity of thoughts and ideas
● Creativity
● Contributions by group members
● Knowledge and experience gained
TO SUM IT IN BRIEF -THE PROJECT
SHOULD INCLUDE
1. INDEX
2. CERTIFICATE
3. INTRODUCTION
4. CONTENT——-ATLEAST 15 TO 20 PAGES
5. WRITE UP
6. LEARNING OUTCOME
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
TOPIC :6 Gender issues ( Take any one Issue)
 -Highlight the plight of oppressed Gender–
inequality, injustice, deprivation, agony, pain
faced by them ( Infographics / Data).
 -Women ideology towards gender inequality.
 -Movements against Gender inequality.
 -Discrimination at different places ( home, job,
school etc).
 -Kamala Das – and Indian writer throughout
her literature career has fought for the rights of
women – ( Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers) –mention the
themes.
 -Kamala Das: The Voice of Indian Woman’s
Quest For Liberation ( It is an autobiographical
verse ) Highlight.
 -# Me too movement.
 -How can the change be brought in the mind set
of the people.
TOPIC 7: Unleash your real potential – be bold,
be resilient, be strong (Importance of a resilient
attitude) 
 What do you mean by Resilient Attitude.
 Traits, qualities and characteristics of Resilient
person.
 How personal choices help or hinder our
resilience.
 Tips for Building and Cultivating Resilience.
 Why is resilience important?
 Is Resilience a skill or character strength?
 What are the seven C’s of Resilience?
 Different types of resilience
 Key component and element of resilience life
 Take an example of the chapter— Deep Water
 Other examples of great personalities
TOPIC -8: Courage is not the absence of fear but
triumph over it
 -Introduction
 -Origin of the quote
 -Courage – a choice to act
 -What can one learn from fear
 -Benefits of having courage over fear
 -How and why to overcome fear
 -Fighting against fear is hard but worth it
( Examples)
 -Mention some of your worst fears and how you
managed to overcome them — A Questionnaire
 -Famous personalities who overcame their fear (
Their motivation podcast/speech/stories

TOPIC -9: Watch ‘CNN’s award-winning Planet

in Peril series and Anderson Cooper 360 0 on the
environment.
Write review in 500 to 1000 words highlighting the
problems dealt.
 –Like Climate change
 Vanishing habitats
 Disappearing species
 Human population growth
 Collect pictures and articles from the journals,
newspaper and science magazines showing the
changes
 Make a comparative report showing the changes
from past 20 years.
 Mention Role of Eight year old girl Licypriya,
known as Indian ‘Greta’ for her passion
towards the fight against climate change. ( Take
any other example)
 TOPIC-10: Watch short film “Positive all the
way” ( how people with undeterred
 determination face the obstacles of life and leave
a mark for themselves)
 -Give examples of people in different sphere of
life who have shown positive attitude and
reached the pinnacle of success
 – obstacles faced
 – their undeterred determination
 – lesson and message their efforts give to others
 – values learnt -can co relate it with  the
chapter ‘DEEP WATER’
TOPIC -11: Watch the ‘The Story of Plastic’ it is a
searing expose. Make a project on “Plastic
Menace’
 – Uncover the ugly truth behind plastic
pollution
 –Environmental damage created by plastic
 -Human Rights abused that occur throughout
the lifecycle of plastic
 -False solution of plastic recycling.
 – Initiative launched by Union Environment
Minister to stop the plastic menace
 – infographic to show the increase of the use of
plastic
 – some state/ countries who are successful in
reducing the use of plastic
 – cutting from Newspaper/Journals to show the
impact of Plastic
 – views about plastic ban


TOPIC 12--MIGRATION
 Changing Pattern of Migration
 women migration in India is increasing at a
faster pace than men Why?
 Plight of Migrants ( even talk of the plight of the
migrants during the pandemic)
 Infographic description ( No., reason, condition)
 Take incident from (lost spring) talk of the
callousness of society and the political class
towards the sufferings of the poor
TOPIC-13 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE           
  – INTRODUCTION
 cycle of  abuse
 intergenerational violence
 effects
 causes
 prevention                                                                 
                                                    
types of abuses
legal way to approach
Satyamav Jayate ( Episodes)
ex-Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
TOPIC-14: “When a people are enslaved, as long
as they hold fast to their language it is as if they
had the key to their prison.” ( LAST LESSON)
 Importance of Language
 Meaning of ‘Linguistic chauvinism’
 Find examples in history where conquered
people had their language taken away from
them or had a language imposed of them—What
was the result/outcome
 Problems faced by linguistic minority
 How can they keep their language alive
 Linguistic human rights
 Linguistic Chauvinism examples from English
literature