Manipur Board Class 11 Syllabus 2027 Alternative English

FOR MANIPUR CLASS 11 PREPARATION

Manipur Board Class
11 Syllabus 2027
Alternative English
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Manipur Class 11 2027 Syllabus English

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DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER
Subject : ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
Class : XI
Full Marks : 100 (80 marks Written Exam + 20 marks Internal Assessment)
Time : 3 hours (80 marks Written Examination)
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Objectives Marks Percentage
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Knowledge (K) 16 20
I Comprehension/Understanding (C/U) 40 50
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Application(A)/Expression (Exp.) 24 30
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WEIGHTAGE TO FORMS OF QUESTIONS
80 100
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Marks Percentage
Essay/Long Answer (E/LA) 05 75 25 31
Short Answer (SA-I) 01 15 4 05
II Short Answer (SA-II) 05 25 15 19
Short Answer (SA-III) 11 40 22 27
Very Short Answer (VSA) 2 05 2 03
MCQ 12 20 12 15
Total 36 180 80 100
WEIGHTAGE TO CONTENT:

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UNIT CONTENTS Marks Percentage
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Unseen Passage (Comprehension) 8(4) +
A Reading
2(2) VSA + 2(2) MCQ
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Amplification 4(1)
III News Report/Magazine Report 5(1)
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IV Letter Writing–Personal/Official 5(1) 05 29(12)
III Grammar
V Essay/Speech 5(1) 05
VI Grammar 7(7) MCQ 07
I Prose 5(1)+6(2)+6(3)+1(1)MCQ 18
C Text 36(14)
II Poetry 5(1)+6(2)+6(3)+1(1)MCQ 18
Total 80 100
IV SCHEME OF SECTIONS : A, B and C
V SCHEME OF OPTIONS : LA/E, SA-I, SA-II, and SA-III
DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
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Difficult : 30% of the total marks
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VI Average : 50% of the total marks
Easy : 20% of the total marks
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VII Internal Assessment
Periodic Test: 1. Introduction : 1 mark
10 marks 2. Profile/Content : 3 marks
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5 marks

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3. Conclusion : 1 mark
Two Questions of MCQ from the prescribed text should be Assertion-Reason
type question.

Abbreviations: K(Knowledge), U(Understanding), C(Comprehension), Exp.(Expression),
E (Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type), VSA (Very Short Answer Type),
MCQ (Multiple Choice Question)

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Alternative English
Class XI
Full Marks: 100 (80 marks Written Examination + 20 marks Internal Assessment) Time: 3
hours (80 marks Written Examination)

Section Units Marks
Reading : Unseen passage (1) Comprehension 12
A Unseen passage (2) Case Based Factual 2+1
Writing : Classified Advertisement/Message Writing 3
Amplification 4
Report Writing (Newspaper/Magazine) 5
B
Letter Writing–Personal/Official 5
Essay/Speech 5
Grammar 7
Text : Prose 18
C Poetry 18
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Section A
Unit-I Reading Unseen Passages (Two) 15
1. One Unseen Passage of 400-450 words
(a) Short answer type questions to test local,
2x4=8
global and inferential comprehension
(b) Vocabulary 1x2=2
(c) MCQ 1x2=2
2. Unseen passage (Case Based Factual) in about 200 words
(a) One SA-III type question 2x1=2
(b) MCQ 1x1=1
Unit-II Section B
Higher Level Writing Skills 29
(a) Classified Advertisement/Message Writing 3
(b) Amplification 4
(c) News Report/Magazine Report 5
(d) Letter Writing–personal/Official 5
(e) Essay/Speech 5
(f) Functional Grammar (MCQ) 7
Section C
Unit-III Prose 18
Selected Pieces:
i. The Lesson of History–Jawaharlal Nehru
ii. The Three Questions–Leo Tolstoy
iii. Student Mobs–JB Priestly
iv. The Scientific Point of View–JBS Haldane
v. Drought–Saratchandra Chatterjee

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Note:
(a) One critical question out of two questions
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(in about 120 words). LA/E
(b) Two SA-II type questions out of three or four
3x2=6
questions (in about 50 words each).
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iii. The Quiet Life–A. Pope
iv. The Human Seasons–John Keats
v. Lead, Kindly Light–Cardinal
vi. The Brook–Lord Tennyson
vii. Design–Robert Frost
viii. Silent Steps–Rabindranath Tagore
ix. The Patriot–Robert Browning
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(d) One MCQ type question. 1

PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS :
1. The Glittering Jewels Book - I (An Anthology of Alternative English for Class XI)
Printed at : Samadon Press, Sagolband Moirang Hanuba Maning Leirak, Imphal for the
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
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By : Champa Tickoo and Jaya Sasikumar

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Published by : Oxford University Press.
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By : Renu Anand and Gayatri Khanna
Published by : Oxford University Press
4. A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students by F.T. Wood.
5. A Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet.
6. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English by A.S. Hornby
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ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT: 20 Marks
PERIODIC TEST: 10 marks
PROJECT WORK WITH VIVA-VOCE : 10 marks

NB: Three (3) Periodic Tests should be conducted in an academic session. Each Test will be
of 20 Marks. The best two of the three tests can be considered and marks be submitted
by scaling down to 10 marks as full marks. From the remaining 10 Marks a Project
Work of 5 marks in about 800-1000 words and a viva-voce of 5 marks based on the
project report should be conducted.

Test Contents: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and Project Work with
Viva-Voce

Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills
Listening skills will be assessed based on the following parameters:

 Literal Comprehension (recall specific facts, figures, or names stated in the audio)
 Inferential & Analytical Skills (able to draw logical conclusions)
 Interactive Competence (listener respond to questions and provide relevant feedback)
Listening Activities
o Listening to a speech and summarizing it
o Note-taking from an audio lecture
o Podcast review
o Listening to poetry recitation and interpretation

Speaking skills will be assessed based on the following parameters:

 Interactive competence
 Fluency
 Pronunciation
 Language (grammar/vocabulary)

Speaking Activities
o Group discussion
o Debate
o Extempore speech
o Seminar presentation
o News reading
o Story telling
Assessment of Reading and Writing:
Test understanding and inference skills to assess reading comprehension

Reading Activities
o Critical review of newspaper editorials
o Comparative study of two texts
o Reading journals
o Character analysis from prescribed texts
o Literary appreciation of poems and prose

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Test writing skills by evaluating the following components:
 Content
 Organization
 Expression and grammar
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 Creativity and coherence
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o Notice writing
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1. Class XI: Project Work - 5 Marks + Viva Voce - 5 Marks
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Please base your assessment on the following criteria:
 Preparation/submission of Project Report
 Content
 Process and Methodology
 Creativity and Originality
 Communication and Presentation
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 Research Projects (visit to public places-Museum, Historical Site, Market Place, etc.)
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Test the understanding of the project report through 4 to 5 questions related to it.

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