HBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2027 English Core

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BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION HARYANA
Syllabus and Chapter wise Division of Marks (2026-27)
Class: 12 Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

General Instructions:
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2. The Annual Examination will be that of 80 marks and 20 marks weightage
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The Periodic Assessment will include:
i) For 4 marks- Two SAT exams will be conducted and will have a
weightage of 04 marks (best two out of three) towards the final Internal
Assessment.
ii) For 2 marks- One half yearly exam will be conducted and will have a
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For 2 marks- One pre board exam will be conducted and will have a
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For 2 marks- Subject teacher will assess and give maximum 02 marks
for CRP (Classroom Participation) towards the final Internal Assessment.
v) For 5 marks- A project work will be given to the students and a
weightage of 05 marks will be given towards the final Internal
Assessment.
vi) For 5 marks-Students will be awarded 05 marks for attendance as per the
following criteria:
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Course Structure
Class – 12 ENGLISH (CORE) Code- 501

Sr. Section Skill Content Marks Total
No.
Comprehension of Unseen 10
1. A Reading Passage 15
Skills
Note Making 5

Notice 5
Advertisement
2. B Writing Poster Making
Skills Paragraph Writing 5 15
Report Writing

Letter Writing 5
Application Writing

Tenses 2
Narration 2
3. C Grammar 10
Articles 2
Voice 2
Modals 2
Flamingo (Prose) 16
4. D Textbooks Flamingo (Poetry) 11 40

Vistas 13
Total 80
Internal Assessment 20
Grand Total 100

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FLAMINGO (Prose)
1. THE LAST LESSON Alphonse Daudet
2. LOST SPRING Anees Jung
3. DEEP WATER William Douglas
4. THE RATTRAP Selma Lagerlof
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6. POETS AND PANCAKES Asokamitran
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8. GOING PLACES
FLAMINGO (Poetry)
A. R. Barton

1. MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX Kamala Das
2. KEEPING QUIET Pablo Neruda
3. A THING OF BEAUTY John Keats
4. A ROADSIDE STAND Robert Frost
5. AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS Adrienne Rich
VISTAS (SUPPLEMENTARY READER)
1. THE THIRD LEVEL
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2. THE TIGER KING
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3. JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH
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4. THE ENEMY
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6. MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: THE CUTTING OF
Susan Hill
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MY LONG HAIR
MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: WE TOO ARE Bama
HUMAN BEINGS
GRAMMAR
1. TENSES (In detail) - Filling suitable forms of verbs given in bracket
2. NARRATION - Change direct speech into indirect speech & vice-versa
3. ARTICLES - Types of Articles, use of A, An & The, Omission of articles.
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4. VOICE - Active and Passi e Voice
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1. NOTICE, ADVERTISEMENT, POSTER
2. PARAGRAPH, REPORT WRITING
3. LETTER WRITING, APPLICATION WRITING

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Month wise Syllabus Teaching Plan (2026-27)
CLASS: 12 th
Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

Month Name of Name of Activities suggested Teaching Revision
Books / Units/Chapters Periods Periods
Skills
April Introduction Students must be made 01
familiar with the two
textbooks prescribed by
BSEH, Exam pattern,
Marking Scheme,
Question Paper Design,
word limit, weightage of
each section etc.
Flamingo The Last 1. Dramatization/role 05 01
(Prose) Lesson play by students
based on the lesson.
2. Teaching with map as
given in the text
making students
understand the war
like situation between
neighboring countries.
3. Discussion / Debate
on Linguistic
Chauvinism v/s
Linguistic Pride.

Flamingo My Mother at 1. Reading aloud helps 04 01
(Poetry) Sixty-Six understanding and
pronunciation
specifying figures of
speech throughout the
poem such as simile,
personification,
alliteration etc.
2. Ask students to write

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about their feeling
about their own old
age grandmother
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underground trains
coming out at
different stations
such as metro train.
3. Imagine and write
Charley’s reply to
Sam’s letter.
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4. Discuss/debate on
‘Escapism’.
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Notice Writing as 1. Divide the class into
Writing
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Skills a students towork
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Notices in
appropriate format on
different events e.g.
Annual Day, Singing
Competition,Rangoli,
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2. Notes on tenses (Fill
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suitable forms of
verbs) must be
provided to the
students.
3. Provide exercise on
tenses from text of
various chapters.
May Flamingo Lost Spring 1. Show a documentary 05 1
(Prose) to the students on
child labour and slum
areas and ask them to
present their views in
the form of an article.
2. Talking to the rag
pickers and writing
experiences (by the
students as well as
the teachers).
3. Pasting such
pictures/photos from
newspapers and
magazines (Project
work).
Flamingo Keeping Quiet 1. Write an article on 04 1
(Poem) the benefits of
introspection.
2. Discussion/debate –
‘Peace of mind leads
to success.’
3. Read aloud and
summarize your
views on keeping
quite.
Vistas The Tiger King 1. Ask students to 04 1
dramatize the
story or play the
roles.
2. Write a letter to
the Editor on
increasing cruelty

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to animals
requesting the
authorities to
prohibit animal
use/abuse in
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even a single
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Grammar Active and
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asked to revise
tenses.
2. Make the students
differentiate
between transitive
and intransitive
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perfect continuous
can’t be changed
into passive voice.
Reading Unseen Passage 1. Take passages from 03
Skills Comprehension the book “Flamingo”
(Case Based and frame questions.
Passage) 2. Take some Literary
/Factual /Discursive
passages from news-
papers and read them
comprehensively for
a better
understanding of the
comprehension
passage.
3. Suitable passages
will be given for
practice from the text
book chapters,
newspapers
forpractice of MCQs
/ Objective type
questions.
Writing Letter Writing : 1. Students must 03
Skills Letter to Editor practice writing
letters to editor on
various social,
environmental and
cultural problems.
2. Students must
practice writing
letters to editor for
voicing their
complaints.
June SUMMER VACATION
Note: - Project Work will be assigned to the students
July Flamingo Deep Water 1. One’s own 05 2
(Prose) experience of fear
from water or
swimming.

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2. Debate/discussion on
– Determination
leads to success.
3. Speaking activity-
How I overcame my
fear of……
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Journey to the 1. With the help of a 05 2
End of the Earth Map, make students
familiar with the
environmental
conditions of
Antarctica.
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enumerating your
own experiences of a
hilly area.
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different characters
in the chapters of
Flamingo and Vistas.
3. Provide notes on
rules of narration.
Writing Advertisement 1. Make the students 04
Skills practice the format of
advertisements.
2. Find out and learn to
write advertisement
from the newspapers,
posters and
pamphlets.
3. Collect and paste in
file (project work).
4. Draft advertisement
on different topics
given by the teacher.
Reading Note Making 1. Explain in detail 03
Skills the format
ofNotemaking.
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any topictaught
tothem inanyother
subject, using an
appropriateformat
of headings
andsubheadings.
Let them writethis
in their English
notebookas an
inter-
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August Flamingo The Rattrap 1. Play the story on 05 1
(Prose) mobile/LED and
write in your own
words.
2. Motivate the students

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to dramatize the story
through short
video/clips in groups.
3. Write an article on
‘Kindness wins all
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finding out a few
difficult word
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2. Find/explore figures
of speech/literary
devices used in the
poem.
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Vistas The Enemy 1. Write characteristics 06 1
of the main
characters such as
Sadao, Hana &
General Takima.
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Grammar Modals 1. Make the students 05
differentiate between
primary auxiliaries
and modal auxiliaries.
2. An extensive usage of
modal exercises will
make the students
familiar with the
mood of the
sentences.
3. Students must be
made familiar with
specific modals and
conditions such as
possibility, ability,
remote possibility,
past habit,
suggestions,
compulsion,
necessity, obligation,
future sense etc.
Writing Report Writing 1. Discuss the format of 03
Skills report writing, its
content and
expression.
2. Find small
reports/incidents/eve
nts from newspaper
and paste them in
project file (project
work).
3. Write report on any
of the incident/event
held in your school
for your school
magazine.
Reading Unseen Passage 1. Take a few passages 03
Skills Comprehension from newspapers/
- Case-Based magazines and frame
Passages questions.
2. Enhance the reading

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skills of students by
providing passages
from video clipping
and sending them on
What’s app group.
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2. Enlist the people who
work for the
community such as
Rajkumar Shukla and
Mahatma Gandhi.
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contribution of
Rajkumar Shukla in
comparison to
Mahatma Gandhi.
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(Poetry) Stand asked to enrich their
vocabulary by
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roadside stand and
write your own
experiences.
Grammar Articles 1. Students should be 04 01
made familiarize
with the vowel and
consonant sounds.
2. A few rules of
general / specific
cases be taught with
special emphasis on
omission of articles.
3. Students may be
asked to use articles
‘A, An, The’ in the
blanks before single
words.
Reading Passages from
Skills the above 1. Give a few
taught chapters passages to the 03
students for
framing
questions on
them and
answering them.

Writing Letter Writing : 1. Students must 03
Skills Application for write their own
Job Bio-Data under
the guidance of
teachers.
2. A variety of
questions on
vacancies may be
given to the
students for
applying against
different jobs
/vacant posts.

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Half Yearly Examination

October Flamingo Poets and 1. Students must try 06 01
(Prose) Pancakes to explore the
relationship
between poets and
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3. Enumerate the
difference between
old and new
cinema technology.
4. Discuss on
character
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versatile
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Flamingo Aunt Jennifer’s 1. The poem has been 03 1
(Poetry) Tigers set in an Indian
scenario. Ask the
students to relate it
with rural and urban
life of married
woman.
2. Read the poem aloud
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4. Differentiate –
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transient world in
relation to the poem.
Vistas On The Face of 1. Make students enact 06 1
It the play in classroom
for better
understanding of
gestures and
emotions.
2. Develop a
conversation between
you and a
handicapped person.
3. Discuss/debate on
counselling/
conversation is the
best remedy for any
disease/ depression/
psychological
disorder.
4. How do the students
observe the general
attitude of the people
towards the disabled
persons.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Tenses with ‘tenses’ will be
analyzed on the basis
of performance of
SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Quiz may be
organized to create
interest of the
students and make
the teaching and
learning process
interactive and
interesting.

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Writing Article Writing/1. Sharing different
Skills Paragraph topics including 04
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2. Read and write
samples from
newspaper reports
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students understand
and frame questions
on them.
2. Revision from
previous years’
question papers
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platforms can be m
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interview, its aims
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importance and
nuances.
2. Discussion about
the interviews of
famous
personalities
watched by you.
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Childhood
1. Students must be
asked to write a
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2. Write the main points
of both the stories
and bring out the
thematic similarities.
3. Read
comprehensively a
few essays on
Apartheid and relate
with the story.
4. Recall ‘A Long Walk
to Freedom’ by
Nelson Mandela of
class 10th.
5. Discuss / Debate on
‘Hard work is the
Key to the World of
Respect /
Knowledge.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Active and with ‘Active and
Passive Voice Passive Voice’ will
be analyzed on the
basis of performance
of SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Error finding
exercises may be
used to make the
students more
competent to use
‘active and passive
voice.’
Writing Letter Writing 1. Discuss the complete 3 1
Skills (Complaints) format of Letter
writing for complaints
especially with left
hand symmetry.
2. Divide the students

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into different groups
and ask them to find
the situations in which
a person has to write
complaints to the
different offices.
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groups may be given
different letters
complaining the
different authorities
on different issues to
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1. Passages from 03
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Passage will be used with the
help of Smart Class.
2. Sample papers may
be used for regress
practice of
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Going Places 1. Discuss the life of a
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each other with their
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‘Living in a real
world is better than
in a world of dreams.
4. Imagine a happy
ending to the lesson
based on the world of
reality.
Vistas Revision of 1. Class tests will be 05
First 3 Chapters conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Narration with ‘Narration’ will
be analyzed on the
basis of performance
of SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Students will be
asked to find out
direct and indirect
narration in their
textbooks and
newspaper.
Reading Revision of 1. Explain in detail 03
Skills Note Making the format
ofNotemaking.
2. Studentsmaybeaske
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conducted.
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results of the tests,
problems of the
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solved.
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problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Vistas Revision of last 1. Class tests will be 03
3 Chapters conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 02
Articles and with ‘Articles and
Modals Modals’ will be
analyzed on the basis
of performance of
SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
Writing Revision of 1. Class tests will be 04
Skills whole syllabus conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Reading Practice of Variety of passages 02
Skills Comprehension to be taken from
previous years’
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Vistas (Supplementary) -Class XII, BSEH Publication (© NCERT)

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN (2026-27)
Class: 12th
Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

Sr. Section Skill/ Content No. of Questions Description Marks
No. Textbook
Comprehension 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ 10
1. A Reading Unseen Passage choice) and 5 Objective question of
Skills 1 mark each
Note Making 1 Note making along with its 5
title
Notice, 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Advertisement, choice) questions
2. B Writing Poster Making
Skills Paragraph 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Writing, choice) questions
Report Writing
Letter Writing, 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Application choice) questions
Writing
Tenses 1 (With 15 sub 2
Narration questions; 3 Do any two out of three sub 2
3. C Grammar questionsincluding questions from each section
Articles 2
1 MCQ from each
Voice section) 2
Modals 2
Comprehension 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ 5
4. D Passage choice) of 1 mark each
Essay Type 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Flamingo Question choice) questions
(Prose) Short Answer 1 (with 5 sub Do any three out of five sub 6
Type Questions questions) questions of 2 marks each
Stanza for 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ 5
Flamingo Comprehension choice) of 1 mark each
(Poetry) Short Answer 1 (with 3 sub Do any two out of three sub 6
Type Questions questions) questions of 3 marks each
Comprehension 1 (with internal 4 questions having 1 mark 4
Vistas passage choice) each
Essay Type 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Question choice) questions
Short Answer 1 (with 4 sub Do any two out of four sub 4
Type Questions questions) questions of 2 marks each
Total 14 80

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN (2026-27)
Class: 12th Subject: English (Core) Code: 501
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inferring, analysing, appreciating,
interpreting, conventions and
vocabulary, using appropriate 19%
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Conceptual understanding,
application of rules, analysis, 15 Marks
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analysis, creativity, evaluation and 19%
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literary convention, analysis,
D Literature inference, creativity with fluency,
Critical Thinking 50 %

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