St.

Paul’s School
Class XII - Preboard Examination 2023-24
English Core (Code No. 301)
Blueprint, Typology, Syllabus and Lesson-wise Weightage

S No. Typology Marks % Weightage

1. Remembering 17 21.25
Understanding

2. Analysing 51 63.75

3. Applying 12 15
Creating
Evaluating

TOTAL 80 100

S No. Level of Questions Marks % Weightage

1. Easy 17 21.25

2. Moderate 51 63.75

3. Difficult 12 15

TOTAL 80 100

Section Marks Weightage

Reading Skills 22 27.5%

Creative Writing Skills 18 22.5%

Literature 40 50%

Total 80

Reading Skills

S No. Syllabus Marks Weightage

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1. One Unseen Passage 12 15%

2. Case-Based Factual Passage 10 12.5%

Writing Skills

S No. Syllabus Marks Weightage

1. Invitations: Formal, Informal and 4 5%

Replies

2. Notice 4 5%

3. Article/Report 5 6.25%

4. Letter to the Editor/Job Application 5 6.25%

Literature

S No. Type of Question Marks Weightage

1. RTC - One extract out of two 6 7.5%

from poetry (Flamingo)

2. RTC – One extract out of two 4 5%

from prose (Vistas)

3. RTC – One extract out of two from 6 7.5%

prose (Flamingo)

4. Five out of six short answer type 5x2=10 12.5%

questions (Flamingo)

5. Two out of three short answer 2x2=4 5%

type questions (Vistas)

6. Long Answer Questions – 1 out of 1x5=5 6.25%

2 to be attempted (Prose/Poetry
of Flamingo)

7. Long Answer Questions – 1 out of 1x5=5 6.25%

2 to be attempted (Vistas)

Lesson-wise Weightage

S No. Chapter/Lesson Marks

1 Last Lesson 6

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 2 Lost Spring 2

3 Deep Water 5

4 Rattrap 2

5 Indigo 5

6 Poets and Pancakes 6

7 The Interview 2

8 Going Places 2

9 My Mother at Sixty-Six 0

10 Keeping Quiet 2

11 A Thing of Beauty 6

12 A Roadside Stand 6

13 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers 0

14 The Third Level 4

15 The Tiger King 2

16 Journey to the End of the 5

Earth

17 The Enemy 2

18 On the Face of it 5

19 Memories of Childhood 2

Syllabus of Class XII English Core

Term II Syllabus

Reading Section
2 Unseen Passages

Writing

Invitation
Notice
Job Application/ Letter to the Editor
Job Application/ Report

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Flamingo:

(Prose)
i. The Last Lesson
ii. Lost Spring
iii. Deep Water
iv. The Rattrap
v. Indigo
vi. Poets and Pancakes
vii. The Interview
viii. Going Places

(Poetry)
i. My Mother at Sixty-Six
ii. Keeping Quiet
iii. A Thing of Beauty
iv. A Roadside Stand
v. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Vistas:

i. The Third Level

ii. The Tiger King
iii. Journey to the End of the Earth
iv. The Enemy
v. On the Face of It
vi. Memories of Childhood
○ The Cutting of My Long Hair
○ We Too are Human Beings

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