HBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025 English Core

Haryana Board
Syllabus
2024-25

BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION HARYANA
Syllabus and Chapter wise Division of Marks (2024-25)
Class: 12 Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

General Instructions:
1. There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire syllabus.
2. The Annual Examination will be that of 80 marks and 20 marks weightage
will be given for Internal Assessment.
3. For Internal Assessment:
The Periodic Assessment will include:
i) For 4 marks- Two SAT exams will be conducted and will have a
weightage of 04 marks (best two out of three) 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- One pre board exam will be conducted and will have a
weightage of 02 marks towards the final Internal Assessment.
iv) For 2 marks- Subject teacher will assess and give maximum 02 marks
for CRP (Classroom Participation) towards the final Internal Assessment.
v) For 5 marks- A project work will be given to the students and a
weightage of 05 marks will be given towards the final Internal
Assessment.
vi) For 5 marks-Students will be awarded 05 marks for attendance as per the
following criteria:
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
Class – 12 ENGLISH (CORE) Code- 501

Sr. Section Skill Content Marks Total
No.
Comprehension of Unseen 10
1. A Reading Passage 15
Skills
Note Making 5

Notice 5
Advertisement
2. B Writing Poster Making
Skills Paragraph Writing 5 15
Report Writing

Letter Writing 5
Application Writing

Tenses 2
Narration 2
3. C Grammar 10
Articles 2
Voice 2
Modals 2
Flamingo (Prose) 18
4. D Textbooks Flamingo (Poetry) 11 40

Vistas 11
Total 80
Internal Assessment 20
Grand Total 100

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FLAMINGO (Prose)
1. THE LAST LESSON Alphonse Daudet
2. LOST SPRING Anees Jung
3. DEEP WATER William Douglas
4. THE RATTRAP Selma Lagerlof
5. INDIGO Louis Fischer
6. POETS AND PANCAKES Asokamitran
7. THE INTERVIEW: PART I Christopher Silvester
THE INTERVIEW: PART II An Interview with Umberto Eco
8. GOING PLACES A. R. Barton
FLAMINGO (Poetry)
1. MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX Kamala Das
2. KEEPING QUIET Pablo Neruda
3. A THING OF BEAUTY John Keats
4. A ROADSIDE STAND Robert Frost
5. AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS Adrienne Rich
VISTAS (SUPPLEMENTARY READER)
1. THE THIRD LEVEL Jack Finney
2. THE TIGER KING Kalki
3. JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH Tishani Doshi
4. THE ENEMY Pearl S. Buck
5. ON THE FACE OF IT Susan Hill
6. MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: THE CUTTING OF Zitkala Sa
MY LONG HAIR
MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD: WE TOO ARE Bama
HUMAN BEINGS
GRAMMAR
1. TENSES (In detail) - Filling suitable forms of verbs given in bracket
2. NARRATION - Change direct speech into indirect speech & vice-versa
3. ARTICLES - Types of Articles, use of A, An & The, Omission of articles.
4. VOICE - Active and Passive Voice
5. MODALS (In detail) – All Modals
READING SKILLS
1. Unseen Passage
2. Note Making
WRITING SKILLS
1. NOTICE, ADVERTISEMENT, POSTER
2. PARAGRAPH, REPORT WRITING
3. LETTER WRITING, APPLICATION WRITING

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Month wise Syllabus Teaching Plan (2024-25)
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CLASS: 12 Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

Month Name of Name of Activities suggested Teaching Revision
Books / Units/Chapters Periods Periods
Skills
April Introduction Students must be made 01
familiar with the two
textbooks prescribed by
BSEH, Exam pattern,
Marking Scheme,
Question Paper Design,
word limit, weightage of
each section etc.
Flamingo The Last 1. Dramatization/role 05 01
(Prose) Lesson play by students
based on the lesson.
2. Teaching with map
as given in the text
making students
understand the war
like situation
between neighboring
countries.
3. Discussion / Debate
on Linguistic
Chauvinism v/s
Linguistic Pride.
Flamingo My Mother at 1. Reading aloud helps 04 01
(Poetry) Sixty-Six understanding and
pronunciation
specifying figures of
speech throughout
the poem such as
simile,
personification,
alliteration etc.
2. Ask students to write

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about their feeling
about their own old
age grandmother
/grandfather/relatives
/neighbours etc.
3. Discuss/debate on
‘Problems of old
age’.
Vistas The Third Level 1. Students may enact 05 01
the roles of Charley
and Sam.
2. Give examples of
underground trains
coming out at
different stations
such as metro train.
3. Imagine and write
Charley’s reply to
Sam’s letter.
4. Discuss/debate on
‘Escapism’.

Writing Notice Writing 1. Divide the class into 04
Skills groups and ask
students to work on
first draft of Notices
in appropriate format
on different events
e.g. Annual Day,
Singing Competition,
Rangoli, tour,
cultural activities etc.
to be organized in
school.
Grammar Tense 1. A recapitulation of 04 01
tenses in detail
through bilingual
method.
2. Notes on tenses (Fill
in the blanks with

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suitable forms of
verbs) must be
provided to the
students.
3. Provide exercise on
tenses from text of
various chapters.
May Flamingo Lost Spring 1. Show a documentary 05 1
(Prose) to the students on
child labour and slum
areas and ask them to
present their views in
the form of an article.
2. Talking to the rag
pickers and writing
experiences (by the
students as well as
the teachers).
3. Pasting such
pictures/photos from
newspapers and
magazines (Project
work).
Flamingo Keeping Quiet 1. Write an article on 04 1
(Poem) the benefits of
introspection.
2. Discussion/debate –
‘Peace of mind leads
to success.’
3. Read aloud and
summarize your
views on keeping
quite.
Vistas The Tiger King 1. Ask students to 04 1
dramatize the
story or play the
roles.
2. Write a letter to
the Editor on
increasing cruelty

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to animals
requesting the
authorities to
prohibit animal
use/abuse in
circus/movies.
3. Students must be
told the difference
between killing
animals and
bringing them up.
4. What would
happen if the king
had not killed
even a single
tiger?
5. Discuss/debate -
Killing Tigers by
the King, a
wisdom or
foolishness.
Grammar Active and 1. For making the 04 01
Passive Voice base of Active
and Passive Voice
student may be
asked to revise
tenses.
2. Make the students
differentiate
between transitive
and intransitive
verbs.
3. Supply with tense
wise rules of
Active and
Passive Voice and
other essential
rules.
4. Make the students
aware, why future
continuous and all

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perfect continuous
can’t be changed
into passive voice.
Reading Unseen Passage 1. Take passages from 03
Skills Comprehension the book “Flamingo”
(Case Based and frame questions.
Passage) 2. Take some Literary
/Factual /Discursive
passages from news-
papers and read them
comprehensively for
a better
understanding of the
comprehension
passage.
3. Suitable passages
will be given for
practice from the text
book chapters,
newspapers for
practice of MCQs /
Objective type
questions.
Writing Letter Writing : 1. Students must 03
Skills Letter to Editor practice writing
letters to editor on
various social,
environmental and
cultural problems.
2. Students must
practice writing
letters to editor for
voicing their
complaints.
June SUMMER VACATION
Note: - Project Work will be assigned to the students
July Flamingo Deep Water 1. One’s own 05 2
(Prose) experience of fear
from water or
swimming.

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2. Debate/discussion on
– Determination
leads to success.
3. Speaking activity-
How I overcame my
fear of……
4. Pen down a few
learning outcomes
from the story.
5. How can we apply
same approach in our
day-to-day life.
Vistas Journey to the 1. With the help of a 05 2
End of the Earth Map, make students
familiar with the
environmental
conditions of
Antarctica.
2. Discuss/debate
current
environmental
problems – causes
and solution.
3. Write an article
enumerating your
own experiences of a
hilly area.
4. Ask the students to
write an article/letter
to the editor on the
major environmental
issues highlighted in
the lesson.
Grammar Change the 1. A few sentences 06 01
narration from speeches may
direct/indirect be taken and taught
to convert them in
indirect speech.
2. Find out the direct
sentences spoken by

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different characters
in the chapters of
Flamingo and Vistas.
3. Provide notes on
rules of narration.
Writing Advertisement 1. Make the students 04
Skills practice the format of
advertisements.
2. Find out and learn to
write advertisement
from the newspapers,
posters and
pamphlets.
3. Collect and paste in
file (project work).
4. Draft advertisement
on different topics
given by the teacher.
Reading Note Making 1. Explain in detail 03
Skills the format of Note
making.
2. Students may be
asked to make
notes on any topic
taught to them in
any other subject,
using an
appropriate format
of headings and
subheadings. Let
them write this in
their English
notebookas an
inter-disciplinary
exercise.
August Flamingo The Rattrap 1. Play the story on 05 1
(Prose) mobile/LED and
write in your own
words.
2. Motivate the students

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to dramatize the story
through short
video/clips in groups.
3. Write an article on
‘Kindness wins all
vices.
4. Write some points of
differences among all
the major characters.
Flamingo A Thing of 1. Reading the poem 03 1
(Poetry) Beauty aloud with correct
pronunciation and
finding out a few
difficult word
meanings.
2. Find/explore figures
of speech/literary
devices used in the
poem.
3. Make a list of
beautiful things
around you, cut and
paste beautiful
pictures in the file
(project work).

Vistas The Enemy 1. Write characteristics 06 1
of the main
characters such as
Sadao, Hana &
General Takima.
2. Discuss/debate on
‘Duty Vs.
Patriotism’.
3. Different scenes from
the story may be
enacted by students
in groups/pairs.

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Grammar Modals 1. Make the students 05
differentiate between
primary auxiliaries
and modal auxiliaries.
2. An extensive usage of
modal exercises will
make the students
familiar with the
mood of the
sentences.
3. Students must be
made familiar with
specific modals and
conditions such as
possibility, ability,
remote possibility,
past habit,
suggestions,
compulsion,
necessity, obligation,
future sense etc.
Writing Report Writing 1. Discuss the format of 03
Skills report writing, its
content and
expression.
2. Find small
reports/incidents/
events from
newspaper and paste
them in project file
(project work).
3. Write report on any
of the incident/event
held in your school
for your school
magazine.
Reading Unseen Passage 1. Take a few passages 03
Skills Comprehension from newspapers/
- Case-Based magazines and frame
Passages questions.
2. Enhance the reading

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skills of students by
providing passages
from video clipping
and sending them on
What’s app group.
3. Give any passage
randomly and let the
students frame
questions.
September Flamingo Indigo 1. Read and enlist 06 1
(Prose) Mahatma Gandhi’s
main movements.
2. Enlist the people who
work for the
community such as
Rajkumar Shukla and
Mahatma Gandhi.
3. A few videos on
freedom moment
may be shown to the
students related to
the indigo movement
in Champaran.
4. Enumerate the
contribution of
Rajkumar Shukla in
comparison to
Mahatma Gandhi.
Flamingo A Road side 1. Students may be 03 1
(Poetry) Stand asked to enrich their
vocabulary by
finding out difficult
words from the
poems.
2. Discuss/debate on the
life style of village
people who depend
on earning from a
Roadside Stand.
3. Activity – Talk to
some owner of a

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roadside stand and
write your own
experiences.
Grammar Articles 1. Students should be 04 01
made familiarize
with the vowel and
consonant sounds.
2. A few rules of
general / specific
cases be taught with
special emphasis on
omission of articles.
3. Students may be
asked to use articles
‘A, An, The’ in the
blanks before single
words.
Reading Passages from
Skills the above 1. Give a few
taught chapters passages to the 03
students for
framing
questions on
them and
answering them.

Writing Letter Writing : 1. Students must 03
Skills Application for write their own
Job Bio-Data under
the guidance of
teachers.
2. A variety of
questions on
vacancies may be
given to the
students for
applying against
different jobs
/vacant posts.

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Half Yearly Examination

October Flamingo Poets and 1. Students must try 06 01
(Prose) Pancakes to explore the
relationship
between poets and
pancakes through
internet.
2. Play a few videos
of ancient Indian
cinema to clear the
background of the
chapter.
3. Enumerate the
difference between
old and new
cinema technology.
4. Discuss on
character
delineations of
versatile
personalities like
Subbu.
Flamingo Aunt Jennifer’s 1. The poem has been 03 1
(Poetry) Tigers set in an Indian
scenario. Ask the
students to relate it
with rural and urban
life of married
woman.
2. Read the poem aloud
with rhyme and
rhythm and pay
attention to difficult
words.
3. Discussion/debate
on- ‘Domestic
violence’
4. Differentiate –
Permanent and

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transient world in
relation to the poem.
Vistas On The Face of 1. Make students enact 06 1
It the play in classroom
for better
understanding of
gestures and
emotions.
2. Develop a
conversation between
you and a
handicapped person.
3. Discuss/debate on
counselling/
conversation is the
best remedy for any
disease/ depression/
psychological
disorder.
4. How do the students
observe the general
attitude of the people
towards the disabled
persons.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Tenses with ‘tenses’ will be
analyzed on the basis
of performance of
SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Quiz may be
organized to create
interest of the
students and make
the teaching and
learning process
interactive and
interesting.

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Writing Article Writing/1. Sharing different
Skills Paragraph topics including 04
writing current topics.
2. Read and write
samples from
newspaper reports
and other articles.
Reading Unseen Passage 1. Provide a few 03
Skills Comprehension passages randomly
from a book,
magazine or novel
and make the
students understand
and frame questions
on them.
2. Revision from
previous years’
question papers
3. Other resource
platforms can be
explored.
November Flamingo The Interview 1. Definition of 06 1
(Prose) interview, its aims
and objective;
importance and
nuances.
2. Discussion about
the interviews of
famous
personalities
watched by you.
3. Different video
clippings of famous
personalities,
politicians, actors,
and writers etc.
Vistas Memories of 1. Students must be 08 1
Childhood asked to write a
write-up on ‘Your
Childhood Memory.’

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2. Write the main points
of both the stories
and bring out the
thematic similarities.
3. Read
comprehensively a
few essays on
Apartheid and relate
with the story.
4. Recall ‘A Long Walk
to Freedom’ by
Nelson Mandela of
class 10th.
5. Discuss / Debate on
‘Hard work is the
Key to the World of
Respect /
Knowledge.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Active and with ‘Active and
Passive Voice Passive Voice’ will
be analyzed on the
basis of performance
of SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Error finding
exercises may be
used to make the
students more
competent to use
‘active and passive
voice.’
Writing Letter Writing 1. Discuss the complete 3 1
Skills (Complaints) format of Letter
writing for complaints
especially with left
hand symmetry.
2. Divide the students

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into different groups
and ask them to find
the situations in which
a person has to write
complaints to the
different offices.
3. Students should try to
find how complaints
are different from other
letters.
1. Recapitulation;
Students in different
groups may be given
different letters
complaining the
different authorities
on different issues to
write such as
unhygienic
conditions of
locality, impure
water supply,
irregular power
supply etc.
Reading Comprehension 1. Passages from 03
Skills of Unseen different websites
Passage will be used with the
help of Smart Class.
2. Sample papers may
be used for regress
practice of
comprehension.
December Flamingo Going Places 1. Discuss the life of a 05 1
(Prose) schoolgirl living in a
world of fancy.
2. Discuss how all the
characters differ from
each other with their
unique
characteristics.
3. Discuss/debate on-

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‘Living in a real
world is better than
in a world of dreams.
4. Imagine a happy
ending to the lesson
based on the world of
reality.
Vistas Revision of 1. Class tests will be 05
First 3 Chapters conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 03
Narration with ‘Narration’ will
be analyzed on the
basis of performance
of SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
3. Students will be
asked to find out
direct and indirect
narration in their
textbooks and
newspaper.
Reading Revision of 1. Explain in detail 03
Skills Note Making the format of Note
making.
2. Students may be
asked to make
notes on any topic
taught to them in
any other subject,

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using an
appropriate format
of headings and
subheadings. Let
them write this in
their English
notebookas an
inter-disciplinary
exercise.
Writing Poster 1. Search the posters on 04
Skills Designing different social issues
in newspaper,
internet and other
media.
2. Write down the
benefits of poster
making and what
students can learn
through posters.
3. Give topics on
different issues to the
students to design
posters on them.
January Flamingo Revision of all 1. Class tests will be 08
(Prose) 8 Chapters conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Flamingo Revision of all 1. Class tests will be 05
(Poems) 5 Poems conducted; special
efforts will be made
for comprehension of
stanza.
2. On the basis of
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problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Vistas Revision of last 1. Class tests will be 03
3 Chapters conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Grammar Revision of 1. Problems in dealing 02
Articles and with ‘Articles and
Modals Modals’ will be
analyzed on the basis
of performance of
SAT – Exams.
2. Practice will be
given to the students
with the help of
Worksheets.
Writing Revision of 1. Class tests will be 04
Skills whole syllabus conducted.
2. On the basis of
results of the tests,
problems of the
students will be
solved.
3. Some problems will
be solved using
group discussion.
Reading Practice of Variety of passages 02
Skills Comprehension to be taken from
previous years’
sample papers.

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February Revision Need based exercises
will be provided.
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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. Flamingo-Class XII, BSEH Publication (© NCERT)
2. Vistas (Supplementary) -Class XII, BSEH Publication (© NCERT)

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN (2024-25)
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Class: 12 Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

Sr. Section Skill/ Content No. of Description Marks
No. Textbook Questions
Comprehension 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ 10
1. A Reading Unseen Passage choice) and 5 Objective question of 1
Skills mark each
Note Making 1 Note making along with its 5
title
Notice, 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Advertisement, choice) questions
2. B Writing Poster Making
Skills Paragraph 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Writing, choice) questions
Report Writing
Letter Writing, 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Application choice) questions
Writing
Tenses 1 (With 15 sub 2
Narration questions; 3 Do any two out of three sub 2
3. C Grammar questions questions from each section
Articles 2
including 1
Voice MCQ from each 2
Modals section) 2
Comprehension 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ of 5
4. D Passage choice) 1 mark each
Essay Type 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Flamingo Question choice) questions
(Prose) Short Answer 1 (with 5 sub Do any four out of five sub 8
Type Questions questions) questions of 2 marks each
Stanza for 1 (with internal 1 question having 5 MCQ of 5
Flamingo Comprehension choice) 1 mark each
(Poetry) Short Answer 1 (with 3 sub Do any two out of three sub 6
Type Questions questions) questions of 3 marks each
Essay Type 1 (with internal Do any one of given 5
Vistas Question choice) questions
Short Answer 1 (with 4 sub Do any three out of four sub 6
Type Questions questions) questions of 2 marks each
Total 13 80

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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN (2024-25)
th
Class: 12 Subject: English (Core) Code: 501

Section Competencies Total Marks
(%age)
(approx.)
Conceptual understanding, decoding,
inferring, analysing, appreciating,
A Reading Skills interpreting, conventions and 20%
vocabulary, using appropriate
format(s) and summarizing
Conceptual understanding,
application of rules, analysis,
B Writing Skills reasoning, using appropriate format, 20 %
analysis, creativity, evaluation and
appropriacy of style and tone
Conceptual Clarity, application of
C Grammar rules, analysis, inference and 10 %
reasoning
Recalling, reasoning, appreciating
literary convention, analysis,
D Literature inference, creativity with fluency, 50 %
Critical Thinking

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