TBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2024 English

SYLLABUS-2023-24
Sub: ENGLISH

Sections Weight age
A Reading Skills (40 periods) 20 Marks
B Writing Skills and Grammar (40 periods) 20 Marks
Language through Literature (50 periods) 40 Marks
C

Section A
Reading Skills
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage ( 20 Marks)
1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 marks)
2. 2. Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) (10 marks)

(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions/Very Short Answer
Questions will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis,
inference, evaluation and vocabulary.

Section B
Writing Skills and Grammar 20 Marks

II Grammar
• Determiners
• Tenses

• Modals
• Subject – verb concord 10 Marks
• Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions

3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of
grammatical items and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation
and grammar will be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation
exercises. Ten out of twelve questionswill be attempted.)

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III .Writing Skills 10 Marks
4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (Word limit 100-120 words), describing a person
/ event/ situation. One out of two questions to be answered. 5 Marks
5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered. 5 Marks

Section C
Language through Literature 40 Marks

IV. Reference to the Context (5+5 = 10 Marks)

6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.
7. One extract out of two, from poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess
interpretation,analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.

V. Short & Long Answer Questions
8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from
the book BEEHIVE. 3x4=12 Marks
9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words
from book MOMENTS. 3x2= 6 Marks

10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in
about 100-120 words. 6 Marks

11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS to be
answered in about 100-120 words. 6 marks

Prescribed Books: Published by

NCERT, New Delhi Beehive

Prose

a. The Fun They Had
b. The Sound of Music
c. A Truly Beautiful Mind
d. My Childhood
e. Reach For The Top

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Poems-

1. The Road Not taken
2. Wind
3. Rain on The Roof
4. A Legend of The Northland
5. On killing a tree

Moments

1. The Lost Child
2. The adventures of Toto
3. The Happy Prince
4. The Last Leaf

Syllabus of Half-Yearly Exam (2023-24)

Prose Poem Supplementary Reader

The Road Not The Lost Child
The Fun They
Taken The Adventures of
Had
Wind Toto
The Sound of
Music

Syllabus of Annual Exam (2023-24)

Prose Poem Supplementary Reader

Truly Beautiful Rain on The Roof The Happy Prince
Mind A Legend of The The Last Leaf
My Childhood Northland
Reach For The On killing a tree
Top

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Subject: English
Blue Print of Distribution of Marks
(Half-Yearly/ Annual Exam) 2023-2024
Marks: 80
Section Contents MCQ VSA SA LA I LA II Total
(1 Mark) ( 1 Mark) (3 Mark) (5 Marks) (6 Marks) Marks
A Reading 1x10=10 1x10=10 20
(20)
- - -
Writing (20)
Grammar - 1x10=10 - 10
B Descriptive
- -
Paragraph - - 5x2=10 - 10
Story/Diary -
Entry

Literature
(40)
C TB - - 3x4=12 5x2=10 6x1=06 28
(Beehive)
Suppleme - - 3x2=06 - 6x1=06 12
ntary
Reader
(Moments)
Total Marks 10 20 18 20 12 80
* Internal Assessment Marks : 20 Marks

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