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SYLLABUS – 2024- 2025
CLASS – XII
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
Total Marks – 80 Internal Assessment - 20
PRE-BOARD/ BOARD FINAL EXAMINATION : 2024-2025
SECTION- A 22 Marks
READING SKILLS
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage (10+12 = 22 Marks)
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and inference. Vocabulary
assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.
2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.
to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer type Questions (to be
answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.
SECTION- B 18 Marks
WRITING SKILLS
II. Writing Skills
3. Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
(4 Marks: Format: 1/Content: 2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
4. Advertisement, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks:
Format: 1/Content: 2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
5. Letters to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job
with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public
interest). One out of the two given questions to be answered.
(5 Marks: Format: 1/ Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
6. Article/ Report Writing to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to
be answered.
(5 Marks: Format: 1/Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
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SECTION- C 40 Marks
Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text:
This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions,
Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to
assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.
7. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo (6x1=6 Marks)
8. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas (4x1=4 Marks)
9. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo (6x1=6Marks)
10. Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in
40-50 words each. Five questions out of the six given are to be answered. (5x2-10 Marks)
11. Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40-50 words each. Any two
out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks)
12. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120-150
words. Any one out of two questions to be done. (6x1=6 Marks)
13. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in
120-150 words. Any one out of two questions to be done. (6x1=6 Marks)
Prescribed Books
1. Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New
Delhi.
PROSE POETRY
➤ Lost Spring ➤My Mother at Sixty-Six
➤ Deep Water ➤Keeping Quiet
➤The Rattrap ➤A Thing of Beauty
➤Indigo ➤Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
➤The Last Lesson
2. Vistas : Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and
Training, New Delhi.
➤The Tiger King
➤Memories of Childhood
* The Cutting of My Long Hair
* We Too are Human Beings
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SYLLABUS FOR HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
PROSE POETRY
➤The Rattrap ➤ My Mother at Sixty-Six
➤ Lost Spring ➤ Keeping Quiet
➤ Deep Water (Supplementary Reader)
➤ The Tiger King
SYLLABUS FOR PRE-BOARD/BOARD FINAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
PROSE POETRY
➤The Rattrap ➤ My Mother at Sixty-Six
➤Lost Spring ➤ Keeping Quiet
➤Deep Water ➤ A Thing of Beauty
➤ Indigo ➤ Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
➤The Last lesson (Supplementary Reader)
➤ The Tiger King
➤ Memories of Childhood- The Cutting of My
Long Hair & We too are Human Beings.
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(HALF-YEARLY/ PRE-BOARD/ BOARD FINAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
BLUE-PRINT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
Full Marks- 80
Section Contents MCQ VSA SA LA-I LA-II Total
(1 Mark) (1 Mark) (2 (4 (5 Marks
Marks) Marks) Marks)
Reading (22)
A 1x10=10 1x12=12 - - - 22
Writing (18)
B
- - - 4x2=8 5x2=10 18
Literature (40)
- - 1x16=16 2x7=14 - 5x2=10 40
C
- - - - - - -
Total 10 28 14 08 20 80
** Internal Assessment: 20 Marks
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