HBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2024 English

BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION HARYANA
Syllabus and Lesson/Topic wise division of Marks (2023-24)
Class- 9 Subject: English Code:005
General Instructions:
1. There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus.
2. The Annual Examination will be of 80 marks and 20 marks weightage shall be for Internal
Assessment.
3. For Internal Assessment:
There will be Periodic Assessment that would include:
i) For 6 marks- Three SAT exams will be conducted and will have a weightage of 06
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 (Class Room Participation).
iv) For 5 marks- A project work to be done by students and will have a weightage of 05
marks towards the final Internal Assessment.
v) For 5 marks- Attendance of student will be awarded 05 marks as:
Above 75% to 80% - 01 marks
Above 80% to 85% - 02 marks
Above 85% to 90% - 03 marks
Above 90% to 95% - 04 marks
Above 95% - 05 marks

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Course Structure (2023-24)
Class- 9 Subject: English Code: 005

Sr. No. Lessons/Topics

1 Beehive Lessons:
1. The Fun They Had
2. The Sound of Music
3. The Little Girl
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind
5. The Snake and the Mirror
6. My Childhood
7. Reach for the Top
8. Kathmandu
9. If I Were You

Poems:
1. The Road Not Taken
2. Wind
3. Rain on the Roof
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
5. A Legend of the Northland
6. No Men Are Foreign
7. On Killing a Tree
8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
2 Moments Lessons:
1. The Lost Child
2. The Adventure of Toto
3. Iswaran the Storyteller
4. In the Kingdom Of Fools
5. The Happy Prince
6. The Last Leaf
7. A House is Not a Home
8. The Beggar
3 Grammar Topics:
1. Punctuation Marks
2. Articles
3. Tenses

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4. Reported Speech
5. Active-Passive Voice
6. Conjunctions
7. Prepositions
8. Modals
9. Subject-Verb-Agreement
10.Transformation of Sentences
4 Writing Skill Topics:
1. Applications
2. Business Letters
3. Description of Events/Incidents
4. Paragraph Writing
5. Report Writing
6. Message Writing
7. Notice Writing
8. Classified Advertisement
9. Poster Making
5 Reading Skill Unseen Passages

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Monthwise Syllabus Teaching Plan (2023-24)
Class: 9 Subject: English Code:005

Month Name of Lessons/Topics Teaching Revision Suggested
Books Periods Periods Activities/Project
Work
Beehive & Introduction 1 0 The students may
April be made familiar
Moments with the two
textbooks
prescribed by
SCERT/NCERT,
examination
pattern and
marking scheme.

Beehive Prose-The Fun They Had 4 1 *Debate on E-
learning and real
schools.

*Activity-
Calculate how
many years and
months ahead
from now
Margie’s Diary
entry is.

*Project-Students
will collect
information about
Digital India and
present in the
class.
2 1 *Group discussion
Poem- The Road Not about making
Taken choices in life.

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*JAM (Just a
Minute) Activity-
Students will
speak about their
Aim in Life.

4 1 *Write a
Moments Prose-The Lost Child paragraph on A
Visit to Fair.
* Make a Picture
Collage of
different
fairs/melas
celebrated in
India.

Grammar Punctuation Marks 5 1 *Worksheets
(full stop, comma, semi would be provided
colon, colon, dash, for practice.
hyphen, apostrophe,
question mark, *The teacher will
exclamation mark and dictate a
capital letters) paragraph and the
students will write
down it with
correct
punctuation
marks.
Composition Applications, Business 5 1 *Divide the
letter (order and students into
complaint) different groups
and give each
group a different
topic to write an
application like
sick leave, urgent
piece of work, fee
concession etc.

Reading Skill Unseen passages 2 0 *Read a short
story/passage and

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prepare 5
questions from it.

Literary Figures of Speech 1 0 *Teacher will
Terms (Simile, Metaphor, explain in brief for
(Introduction) Personification, better
Alliteration & rhyme understanding of
scheme) poetry.

May Beehive Prose-The Sound of 6 2 *Share the success
Music story of Sudha
Part-I Evelyn Glennie Chandran, a
Part-II Bismillah Khan classical dancer,
who lost her leg in
an accident.

*Imagine the
famous singer
Kishori Amonkar
is going to visit
your school. You
have been asked
to introduce her to
the audience
before her
performance.
Make a sort note
for the same.

*Project: Write
detailed biography
along with
photographs on
the life of
Bismillah Khan.

Poem-Wind 2 1 *List all the
figures of speech
used in the poem.

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*Tell the rhyming
scheme of the
poem.
Moments Prose-The Adventures of 3 1 *Imagine you are
Toto Ruskin Bond.
Write a letter to
your friend
sharing your
experience with
your pet monkey,
Toto.

*Discussion on
bonding between
animals and
humans.
Grammar Articles (Indefinite and 4 1 *Students will
definite) write 10 sentences
at their own using
articles.

*Students will
underline articles
in a given
paragraph and will
tell reason also.
Composition Notice Writing 2 0 *Prepare a notice
for school notice
board for any
upcoming event or
competition.

Description of 2 0 *Students may be
Events/Incidents(day to asked to write on
day events, past events, any of the topics
functions, eye witnessed in groups- A
incidents and accidents) wedding in My
Family, A Football
Match, A Road
Accident , A
Scene at Railway
Station etc.
June Do Assigned Activities during Summer Vacation

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July Beehive Prose-The Little Girl 3 1 *Write a letter to
your father
appreciating him
for all the little
things he does.

*Students will try
to find out words
or expressions that
have the same
meaning
(synonyms).

Poem-Rain on the Roof 2 1 *Write a
paragraph on
Rainy Season.

*Poem Recitation
Activity may be
conducted where
students will
recite with proper
stress, intonation
and expression.

*Story Telling-
Moments Iswaran the Story teller 4 1 Divide the class
into groups. The
students will
develop a ghost
story based on
given outline.
Then each group
will present the
story.

Grammar Tenses (Present and Past) 10 2 *Students will
write about their
daily routine using
Present Tense.

*Worksheets on
Tenses will be

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given to the
students.
August Beehive Prose-A Truly Beautiful 3 1 *Arrange a special
Mind lecture of a
Science teacher to
explain Einstein’s
Theory of
Relativity, to talk
about Einstein and
build inter-subject
cooperation.

*Find out Present
and Past Tenses
and identify their
types from the text
‘A Truly Beautiful
Mind’.
Poem-The Lake Isle of 2 1 *Search and write
Innisfree a short note on the
place The Lake
Isle of Innisfree.

*Collect the
information about
a lyric and some
famous examples.
Moments – Prose-In the Kingdom of 3 1 *Role Play-
Fools Students will be
divided into
groups and
construct
dialogues and
enact the roles of
a) the king and the
Minister
b) the Guru and
the disciple

*Suggest any
other ending of
the story ‘In The

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Kingdom of
Fools’.

Grammar Reported Speech 6 1 *Worksheets on
(Assertive, Imperative, Reported speech
Interrogative and will be given to
Exclamatory) the students.

Composition Paragraph/Article 3 0 *Write a
Writing on current paragraph on The
affairs, persons, visits, Person I Admire
common social issues the Most.
and problems)
September Beehive - Prose-The Snake and the 4 1 *Search and write
Mirror about some breeds
of snakes which
are harmful and
which are
harmless.

*The students
may be asked to
find out
unfamiliar words,
learn their
spellings and
meanings.
Grammar Conjunctions 4 1 *Worksheets
(Coordinating, would be provided
Subordinating and for better
Correlative) understanding of
the topic.
Revision for Half Yearly Exams
October Beehive Prose-My Childhood 3 1 *Project: Read Dr
A P J Kalam’s
‘The Wings of
Fire’.

*To develop
critical thinking,
the students may
be asked to list
down the

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differences
between
Dhanushkodi and
Rameswaram.
Poem-A Legend of 2 1 *Identify the
Northland poetic devices
used in the poem.

*Tell the stories
about some Indian
Legends.
Moments Prose-The Happy Prince 3 1 *The students will
make a web chart
of the qualities of
the Happy Prince.

*The students will
tell the moral of
the story and
narrate another
story of the same
moral.
Grammar Active-Passive 5 1 *Activity-Inform
Voice(Tense wise, the students in
Imperative, Double advance to
objects, wh-words and observe a school
miscellaneous) event/competition
and let them
report in class the
next day, whatever
they witnessed
using a mix of
Active-Passive
construction.
Composition Message Writing 2 0 *Give some real
(Informal) life situations to
write messages.

Report writing (Present 2 0 *Write a report for
and past happenings and your school
functions) magazine on
recently held
event/competition.

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Reading Skill Unseen passages 2 0 *Read English
newspaper and try
to understand the
news.

November Beehive - Prose-Reach for the Top 4 1 *Conduct a Quiz
Part I-Santosh Yadav based on the life
Part II-Maria Sharapova story of Santosh
Yadav, an Indian
Mountaineer.

*Imagine that you
are Maria
Sharapova. You
have been invited
to speak at an All
India Girls’
Athletic Meet, as
Chief Guest.
Prepare a short
speech to motivate
girls.
Poem-On Killing a Tree 2 1 *Aware the
students about
‘Vriksharopan
Abhiyan’ and
motivate students
for Tree Plantation
drive.
Moments Prose-The Last Leaf 3 1 *Share any real
incident of your
life where you
supported your
friend in crucial
situation.
Prose-A House is Not a 4 1 Through ‘Ek
Home Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat Compaign’
promote mutual
understanding
between people.

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Prepositions(Prepositions 4 1 *Topic will be
of Time, Place, elaborated with
Movement and Position) the help of flash
Grammar cards.
Modals (shall, will , can, 3 1 *Situations would
may, should, would, be given and
could, might, must, ought students will fill
to, used to) appropriate
Suffixes, Correct modals.
spellings

Classified 5 1 *Cut and paste
Composition Advertisement(Situation various
Vacant & Wanted, Lost advertisements
& Found, Sale & they come across
Purchase, in English
Accommodation Wanted newspaper in their
notebooks.
December Prose-Kathmandu 5 1 *Quiz on the
famous shrines of
India.

*Explore the
meaning of
Travelogue and
find many
examples of
travelogues online
in the form of
Travel Blogs.
Prose-If I Were You 4 1 *The information
about RAW:
India’s External
Intelligence
Agency will be
Shared with the
students.

Poem-A Slumber Did 2 1 *Poem Recitation
My Spirit Seal can be conducted.

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Moments Prose-The Beggar 4 1 *Students may be
asked to deliver a
Speech on How
can we help
beggars/abolish
begging.

Grammar Subject-Verb- 2 1 *Students should
Agreement(based on be given drills
Tenses, Modals, Verbs with the help of
and Conjunctions) exercises.

Transformation of 3 1 *Students should
Sentences- Simple, be given drill with
Compounds and the help of
Complex sentences exercises on
transformation of
sentences.

Composition Dialogue Writing 1 0 *Provide a simple
(between two persons) situation to frame
some dialogues
and deliver in the
class.

Paragraph Writing & 2 0 *Conduct an
Poster Making (including activity of Poster
road safety) Making on Road
Safety.

January Revision
February Revision
March Annual Examination

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Note:
 Subject teachers are advised to direct the students to prepare notebook of the
Terminology/Definitional Words used in the lessons for enhancement of vocabulary or
clarity of the concept.
 Project work must be given to the students as per the convenience of the teacher.
(Preferably in the month of December)
Prescribed Books:
1. NCERT- Beehive(Main Reader)
2. NCERT-Moments(Supplementary)

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Weightage of Content & Question Paper Design (2023-24)
Class: 9 Subject: English Code: 005
Sections Description & Type of Questions Number Marks Total
of Marks
Question
Section-A Unseen Passages 2 1 20
Reading MCQs (10) & Very Short Answer Type(10) (Sub-
Skills Parts 20)
Section-B Punctuation Marks, Articles ,Tenses, Reported 1 1 10
Grammar Speech, Active-Passive Voice, Conjunctions, (Sub-
Prepositions, Modals, Subject-Verb-Agreement, Parts 10)
Transformation of Sentences
Attempt any 10 out of 12 MCQs

Section-C a) Applications/Business Letters 1 5 10
Writing (with internal choice)
Skills b) Notice/Message Writing/Description of 1 5
Events, incidents/Article Writing/Report
Writing/Paragraph Writing/ Advertisements/
Dialogue Writing
(with internal choice)
Both Questions Essay Type
Section-D Beehive(Main Reader):
Literature Lessons (1 to 9)- Seen Extract 1 5
(Very Short Answer Type)
Short Answer Type 2 3
Essay Type Question 1 6 40

Poems(1 to 8)- Seen Extract 1 5
(Very Short Answer Type)
Short Answer Type 2 3

Moments(Supplementary):
Lessons(1 to 8)- Short Answer Type 2 3
Essay Type Question 1 6

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