HBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2027 English Elective

FOR HARYANA CLASS 11 PREPARATION

HBSE Class 11 Syllabus
2027 English Elective
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Haryana Class 11 2027 Syllabus English

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BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
Syllabus and Chapter wise Division of Marks (2026-27)
Class - 11 Subject: English (Elective) Code: 520
General Instructions:
1. There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus.
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i) For 6 marks-
towards the final Internal Assessment.
ii) For 2 marks- One half yearly exam will be conducted and will have a weightage of 02 marks
towards the final Internal Assessment.
iii) For 2 marks- Subject teacher will assess and give maximum 02 marks for CRP (Classroom
Participation) towards the final Internal Assessment.

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Above 80% to 85% - 02 marks

Above 85% to 90% - 03 marks

Above 90% to 95% - 04 marks
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Course Structure (2026-27)
Class - 11 Subject: English (Elective) Code: 520

Sr. No. Section Skill Content Marks Total

1. A Reading Unseen 5 10
Skills Comprehension
Passage

Unseen 5
Comprehension
Stanza
2. B Writing Paragraph 5 10
Skills Writing

Debate Writing
5
3. C Textbooks Woven Words 50

4. D Grammar Integrated 10 10
grammar

Total 80

Internal Assessment 20

Grand Total 100

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LITERATURE TEXTBOOK – WOVEN WORDS
SHORT STORIES
1. The Lament Anton Chekhov
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4. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs Arthur Conan Doyle
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7. Glory at Twilight Bhabani Bhattacharya
8. The Luncheon William Somerset Maugham
POETRY
1. The Peacock Sujata Bhatt
2. Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds William Shakespeare
3. Coming Philip Larkin
4. Telephone Conversation Wole Soyinka
5. The World is too Much With Us William Wordsworth
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6. Mother Tongue Padma Sachdev
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10. Felling of the Banyan Tree agDilip Chitre
11. Ode to a Nightingale John Keats
12. Ajamil and the Tigers Arun Kolatkar
ESSAY
1. My Watch Mark Twain
2. My Three Passions Bertrand Russell
3. Patterns of Creativity S.Chandrasekhar
4. Tribal Verse G.N.Devy
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1. Unseen Passage
2. Unseen Poem/Stanza
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1. Paragraph Writing
2. Debate Writing

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Class:11 Subject-English Elective Code-520

Month wise Syllabus Teaching Plan (2026-27)

Month Section Topic Subtopic Teaching Revision
Periods Periods

April A Reading Unseen passage (literary/ 4 3
Comprehension discursive)

B Creative Essay (on an 2
Writing Skills Argumentative/Discursive
topic)

C Literature Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs
to test for comprehension,
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literary appreciation and
inference.

Book-Woven Words-
ShortStories
 The Lament - 3
AntonChekhov
(Misery as main theme)
Book-Woven Words-Poetry
 The Peacock- Sujata Bhatt 2
(Magnificence of the
National Bird)
Book-Woven Words-Essays
 My Watch- Mark Twain
(Deliberate exaggeration
and personification)

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June Summer Vacation

Activities to be done during Summer Break:

 Presentation – book review /a play /a short story/a
novel/novella (tale, fable, parable) to be followed by a
question answer session.
 Poetry reading (to be followed by interpretative tasks) based
on close reading and literary analysis of the text.
 Critical review of a film or a play.
 Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a
discussion.

July A Reading Unseen passage (literary / 2
Comprehension discursive) 4

C Literature Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs
to test for comprehension,
literary appreciation and
inference 6
Book-Woven Words- Short
Stories
 The Rocking-horse
Winner- D.H. Lawrence
(Obsession with money
and Other recurring 3
themes)
Book-Woven Words-Poetry
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 Coming- Philip Larkin
(Grief in greenness)
Book-Woven Words-Essays
 Patterns of Creativity -
S.Chandrasekhar
(Supremacy of Science
over literature)
Grammar Integrated Grammar-
Modals

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B Creative Essay (on an Argumentative/ 2
a Writing Skills Discursive topic) 4
C Literature Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs to
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Literary Terms: Simile,
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Lyric,Ballad, Refrain,
Sarcasm, Allegory, Fable,
Dramatic Monologue)

Half Yearly Exams
October B Creative Essay (on a 2
Writing Skills Reflective/Descriptive 4
topic)
C Literature
Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs
to test for comprehension,
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Book-Woven Words-
ShortStories
Pappachi’s Moth - Arundhati
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characters)
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Book-Woven Words-Poetry
Hawk Roosting- Ted
Hughes (Dramatic 2
Monologue)

Book-Woven Words-
Essays What is a Good
Book?- John Ruskin
(Role of good book in life)
Integrated Grammar – Active
and Passive Voice

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Book-Woven Words-Poetry
Felling of the Banyan Tree
- Dilip Chitre
January Literature Literary-Prose/Poetry-MCQs
C totest for comprehension, 4 2
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inference
Book-Woven Words-Poetry
 Ode to a Nightingale-
JohnKeats
(Escapism and transience of life)
Ajamil and the Tigers-Arun
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February Revision

March Annual Examination

Note:
Subject teachers are advised to direct the students to prepare notebook of the
Terminology/Definitional Words used in the chapters for enhancement of vocabulary or clarity
of the concept.

Prescribed Books:
1. Woven words-Class XI, BSEH Publication (© NCERT)

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN (2026-27)
Class: 11th Subject: English (Elective) Code: 520 Time: 3 Hours
Sr. Section Textbook Content No. of Description Marks
No. Questions
1 A Reading Comprehension 1 1 question having 2 MCQ and 5
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3 C Literature Comprehension 1 1 question having 2 MCQs and 5
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Words Short Stories questions of 1 mark each
(Short Comprehension 1 1 question having 2 MCQs and 5
Stories, Stanza from 3 Very Short Answer Type
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Essay Type 1(With Do any one of the given 5
Question from internal questions
Essays Choice)
Short Answer 1(With 5 Do any four out of the given 8
Type Question sub five sub questions of two marks
from Short questions) each
Stories
Short Answer 1(With 5 Do any four out of the given 8
Type Question sub five sub questions of two marks
from Short questions) each,
Essays
Short Answer 1 Do any two out of the given 4
Type Question three sub questions of two
from Poetry marks each
Total 14 80

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN
Class: 11th Subject: English (Elective) Code: 520

Section Competencies % Weightage
Reading Comprehension Conceptual understanding, 31.25
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Writing Skills Reasoning, appropriacy of style and 12.5
tone, using appropriate format and
fluency, inference, analysis,
evaluating, creativity with fluency.
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