UP Board Class 9 Syllabus 2023 English

Subject- English
¼Class- IX½
There will be one question paper of 70 marks. Internal Assessment will be for 30
marks.
Reading 10 marks
1. One short passage followed by three MCQs. 3x1=3
2. One passage followed by three very short answer type questions. 3x2=6
One vocabulary based question 1

Writing Skills 10 marks
3. Letter (formal/informal)/Application . 4
4. Descriptive paragraph/Report/ Article (based on given verbal/figurative
input)in about 80-100 words. 6
Grammar 15 marks
5. Five MCQs based on parts of speech, tenses, articles, reordering of sentences,
spellings. 5x1=5
6. Three very short answer type questions based on narration, voice,
punctuation. 3x2=6
7. Translation of a short passage from Hindi to English. 4

Literature 35 marks
Beehive (23 marks)
Prose(15 marks)
8. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
9. Three MCQs based on lessons. 3x1=3
10.Two short answer type questions in about 30-40 words each. 2x3=6
11.One long answer type question in about 60 words. 4

Poetry(08 marks)
12.Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
13. One short answer type question based on poetry lessons in about 30-40
words . 3
or

Four lines from any poem prescribed in the syllabus
14. Central idea of the given poem. 3
Moments (12 marks)
15. Five MCQs based on prescribed lessons. 5x1=5
16. One short answer type question in about 30-40 words. 3
17. One long answer type question in about 60 words. 4
Prescribed books and Lessons
Beehive (Text Book)
Prose –
1. The Fun They Had – Isaac Asimov
2. The Sound of Music – I. EvelynGlennie – Deborah Cowley
II. Bismillah Khan
3. The Little Girl – Katherine Mansfield
4.` A Truly Beautiful Mind
5. The Snake and the Mirror – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
6. My Childhood – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
7. Reach for the Top (I) Santosh Yadav (II) Maria Sharapova
Poetry –
1. The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost
2. Wind – Subramania Bharati
3. Rain on the Roof – Coates Kinney
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree – William Butler Yeats
5. A Legend of the Northland – Phoebe Cary
6. No Men Are Foreign – James Kirkup
7. The Duck and the Kangaroo – Edward Lear
Moments (Supplementary Reader) –
1. The Lost Child – Mulk Raj Anand
2. The Adventures of Toto – Ruskin Bond
3. Iswaran the Storyteller – R.K. Laxman
4. In the Kingdom of Fools – A.K. Ramanujan
5. The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde
6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama – Harsh Mander
7. The Last Leaf – O Henry

Words & Expression [Eng. Work book]

For the Academic Session 2022-23

The internal assessment should be conducted as follows:-

1.First Internal Assessment (Oral Expression Based) August 10 Marks
2.Second Internal Assessment(Creative Writing Based) December 10 Marks
Four Monthly Tests- 10 Marks
1. First Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) July
2. Second Monthly Test (MCQs Based) August
3. Third Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) November
4. Fourth Monthly Test (MCQs Based) December

The Sum of the marks obtained in all the four monthly Tests should be converted
into 10 Marks.

30% Reduced Syllabus for session 2022-23
Beehive Text Book
Prose-
1-Packing – Jerome K. Jerome
2-The Bond of Love – Kenneth Anderson
3-Kathmandu – Vikram Seth
4- If I were you – Douglas James
Poetry-
1. On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel
2. The Snake Trying – W.W.E. Ross
3. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – William Wordsworth
Supplementary Reader –
1. A House is not a Home – Zan Gaudioso
2. The Accidental Tourist – Bill Bryson
3. The Beggar – Anton Chekhov