HBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2024 English

BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION HARYANA
Syllabus and Lesson/Topic wise division of Marks (2023-24)
Class:10 Subject: English Code:102
General Instructions:
1. 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- Two SAT exams will be conducted and will have a weightage of 04 marks
and one Pre-Board exam and will have a weightage of 02 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:10 Subject: English Code: 102

Sr. No. Name of Books Lessons/Topics

1 First Flight Lessons:
1. A Letter to God
2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
3. Two Stories about Flying
i) His First Flight ii) The Black Aeroplane
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
5. Glimpses Of India
i) A Baker from Goa
ii) Coorg
iii) Tea from Assam
6. Mijbil the Otter
7. Madam Rides the Bus
8. The Sermon at Benares
9. The Proposal

Poems:
1. Dust of Snow
2. Fire and Ice
3. A Tiger in the Zoo
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
5. The Ball Poem
6. Amanda!
7. The Trees
8. Fog
9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
10.For Anne Gregory
2 Footprints Lessons:
Without Feet 1. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief’s Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
5. Footprints Without Feet
6. The Making of a Scientist

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7. The Necklace
8. Bholi
9. The Book that Saved the Earth
3 Grammar Topics:
1. Punctuation Marks
2. Articles
3. Tenses
4. Reported Speech
5. Modals
6. Simple, Compound &Complex Sentences
7. Clauses (Noun, Adjective & Adverb)
8. Non-Finites
9. Idioms
10.Phrasal Verbs
11.Figures of Speech

4 Writing Skill Topics:
1. Applications
2. Letters
3. Description of Events/Incidents
4. Paragraph Writing
5. Story Writing
6. Report Writing
7. Classified Advertisement
8. Interviews
9. Conversation
5 Reading Skill Unseen Passages

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Monthwise Syllabus Teaching Plan (2023-24)
Class: 10 Subject: English Code:102
Month Name of Lessons/Topics Teaching Revision Suggested
Books Periods Periods Activities/Project
Work
April First Flight Introduction 1 0 The students may be
& Footprints made familiar with
Without Feet the two textbooks
prescribed by
SCERT/NCERT,
examination pattern
and marking
scheme.

First Flight Prose-A Letter to God 5 1 *Imagine yourself
Lencho and write a
letter to God for
seeking help.

*Project-There are
different names in
different parts of the
world for storm
depending on their
nature. Make a
pictorial project
along with their
description.

Poem- Dust of Snow 1 0 *Discuss about
some natural
phenomenon
occurring around
like snow, fog, hail,
wind etc.

Poem- Fire and Ice 1 0 *Students will try to
suggest different
feelings/emotions

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associated with the
words Fire and Ice.

Footprints Prose- A Triumph of 4 1 *Teacher can narrate
Without Feet Surgery related stories like
i)Rikki Tikki Tawi
by Rudyard Kipling
ii) Dog Stories by
James Harriot

Grammar Articles (Definite & 4 1 *Students will write
Indefinite) 10 sentences at their
own using articles.

*Students will
underline articles in
a given paragraph
and will tell reason
also.

Punctuation Marks 4 1 *The teacher will
(full stop, comma, semi dictate a paragraph
colon, colon, dash, and the students will
hyphen, apostrophe, write down it with
question mark, correct punctuation
exclamation mark and marks.
capital letters)
*Worksheets would
be provided for
practice.

Composition Personal Letters & 4 0 *Divide the students
Applications into different groups
and give each group
a different topic to
write an application
like sick leave,
urgent piece of
work, fee concession
etc.

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Reading Unseen Passages 2 0 *Arrange DEAR
Skill (Drop Everything
and Read) lesson
where students will
read and
comprehend.

Literary Figures of Speech 2 0 *Students may be
Terms (Simile, Metaphor, asked to list
Personification, figures of speech
Alliteration & rhyme
scheme)
used in April
month poems
May First Flight Prose-Nelson Mandela- 5 1 *Special lecture of
Long Walk to Freedom Social Science
teacher to share
extra information
related to Nelson
Mandela.

*Divide your Class
into three groups
and give each group
one of the following
topics to research:
i) black Americans
and their fight
against
discrimination.
ii) women and their
fight for equality
iii) the Vietnamese
and their fight for
independence.

Poem-A Tiger in the Zoo 2 1 *Students will
compare their
situation during
lockdown with the
animals and birds in
the cages and share
their views.

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*Arrange a debate
on ‘Should Zoos still
Exist or Not?’

Footprints Prose-The Thief’s Story 3 1 *Narrate stories like
Without Feet Bishop’s
Candlesticks & The
Beggar to make
them understand
how trust can reform
a person.
Grammar Tenses (Present, Past & 8 2 *Find out Present,
Future) Past & Future
Tenses and identify
their types from the
text ‘The Thief’s
Story.’
Composition Official and Business 5 0 *Based on taught
Letters including letters format students will
on road safety write letters on the
given topics.

June Do assigned activities during Summer Vacation
July First Flight Prose-Two Stories About 6 1 *Write a short
Flying composition on your
Part-I His First Flight initial attempts at
Part-II Black Aeroplane learning a skill. You
can describe the
challenges of
learning to ride a
bicycle or learning
to swim.

*Debate on the role
of parents in shaping
the future of their
children.

*Ask students to
narrate their own
stories about flying.

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It could be about
flying in an airplane,
or flying a kite or
watching a bird
flying.

Poem-How to Tell Wild 2 0 *A visit may be
Animals arranged to a Jungle
Safari or Wildlife
Sanctuary.

*Flash cards may be
used for explaining
different animals
mentioned in the
poem.

Footprints Prose-The Midnight 4 1 *Suggest given
Without Feet Visitor situations and ask
students how would
they handle/use their
presence of mind in
those problems or
dangers-
i)A small fire starts
in your kitchen.
ii)An electrical
appliance gives out
sparks.
iii) A bicycle knocks
down a pedestrian.

Prose-A Question of 4 1 *Do you think
Trust Horace Danby was
unfairly punished or
that he deserved
what he got
?Discuss it with the
students.

Grammar Reported Speech 8 2 *Worksheets on
(Assertive, Imperative, Reported speech

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Interrogative and will be given to the
Exclamatory) students.

Composition Description of 4 0 *Activity-Conduct
Function/events/incidents JAM (Just a Minute)
including road safety on an event like
School Annual
Function, Sports
Meet etc.
August First Flight Prose-From the Diary of 5 1 *Study the history
Anne Frank and works of Anne
Frank and write
about difficulties
faced by her in life.

*Students will 5
diary entries sharing
different experiences
such as first day in
school, Summer
vacation trip,
meeting an old
friend, first day of
online classes etc.
Poem- The Ball Poem 2 1 *Write a diary entry
expressing your
feeling when you
lost a precious thing.

Poem- Amanda! 2 1 *Students will
search and narrate
the story about
Princess Rapunzel.

*Conduct Poem
Recitation activity.
Footprints Prose- Footprints Without 3 1 *Students will
Without Feet Feet deliver a Speech on
‘Science is a good
servant but a bad
master.’

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Grammar Modals (shall, will, can, 4 0 *Tell a story
could, may, might, must, consisting of all the
should, would, ought to, modals so that
need, dare, used to) students can
comprehend the
topic.
Composition Story Writing(Verbal and 2 0 *Through pictures
Pictorial) students will
develop a story.
They will suggest
title and moral of the
story.

Interview (Dialogue 2 0 *Provide a situation
completion) and roles to the
students and they
will try to converse
through dialogues.
September Revision
Half-Yearly Exams
October First Flight Prose-Glimpses of India 6 2 *In groups, collect
(I) A Baker from Goa information on how
(II) Coorg bakeries bake bread
(III)Tea from Assam now and how the
process has changed
over time.

*Underline the
adjectives used in
the lesson and using
those adjectives
write a paragraph
about Coorg.

*Arrange an
exhibition of
photographs of three
places mentioned in
the lesson. Sources
of photos may be
Sunday newspapers,

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travel magazines or
brochures.

*Through ‘Ek
Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat Compaign’
promote mutual
understanding
between people.

Poem-The Trees 2 0 *Aware the students
about ‘Vriksharopan
Abhiyan’ and
motivate students
for Tree Plantation
drive.

*Students may read
the poem ‘On
Killing a Tree’ by
Gieve Patel
(textbook Class IX
Beehive). Compare
and contrast it with
the poem you have
just read.
Poem-Fog 1 0 *Discussion on
different types of
poems- sonnet,
ballad, parable,
Haiku etc.

Footprints Prose-The Making of a 4 1 *A guest lecture
Without Feet Scientist by Science
teacher in order to
give insight into
the scientific
approach and
DNA details.

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*Students will
share their hobby
of collecting
things and will
show it in the
class such as
coins, marbles,
stamps, comic
books, toys etc.
Grammar Simple, Complex and 2 0 *Assignment would
Compound Sentences be given for drill
work.

Clauses(Noun, Adjective 6 1 *Worksheets will
and Adverbial Clauses) be given and
students will
identify the types
of clauses.
Composition Report Writing(Present & 2 0 *Write a report for
Past happening & your school
functions) magazine on
recently held
Paragraph Writing event/competition
like Blood Donation
Camp, Art
Competition ,
Diwali Fair etc.

November First Flight Prose-Mijbil the Otter 4 1 *Write a
description of an
animal or your pet
that you know
very well and
love very much.

*Narrate a story
about an

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interesting and
unusual pet.
Prose-Madam Rides the 3 1 *In pairs, discuss
Bus how you spent your
pocket money last
month. Did you
Spend it on yourself
or on someone dear
to you?

*Activity-Students
may be asked to
collect old/used
bus/train/cinema
tickets from their
neighbours and
acquaintances and
make a collage.

Poem-The Tale of 2 0 *Discuss about
Custard the Dragon Ballad and give
some examples of
famous ballads.

Footprints Prose-Necklace 3 1 *Students will try
Without Feet to predict story on
the basis of the
title of the story.
Non finites (Infinitives, 5 1 *Worksheets will
Grammar Gerund and Participles) be given for drill
work.
3 0 *Project- Students
Use of Idioms will prepare a
Verbal & prepositional project file on the
Phrases
topics Idioms and
Phrases.

Composition Classified 4 0 *Cut and paste
Advertisements e.g. various

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Situation vacant, job advertisements they
wanted for, sale & come across in
purchase, accommodation English newspaper
wanted, lost & found) in their notebooks.

December First Flight Prose-The Sermon at 3 1 *Collect
Benares information about
Namami Gange
Programme and
share in the class.

Prose-The Proposal 5 1 *Role Play-
Students will
select their roles
and enact the
play.

Poem-For Anne Gregory 2 0 *Find out figures
of speech and
rhyme scheme of
the poem.

Prose-Bholi 3 1 *Students may be
asked to collect
Footprints information and
Without Feet
present in the
class about ‘Beti
Bachao Beti
Padhao.’

Prose-The Book That 4 1 *Students will
Saved the Earth choose the
characters and
stage the play.

Composition Poster Making including 2 0 *Conduct Poster
road safety Making Competition
on Road Safety.

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Conversation & 1 0 *Based on a given
Discussion (on simple situation students
topics) will converse and
discuss.

January Revision for Pre-Board Exam
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 lessons for enhancement of vocabulary or
clarity of the topic.
 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- First Flight(Main Reader)
2. NCERT-Footprints Without Feet(Supplementary)

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Weightage of Content & Question Paper Design (2023-24)
Class: 10 Subject: English Code:102
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, Tenses, Articles, Reported 1 1 10
Grammar Speech, Modals, Sentences(Simple, Compound (Sub-
,Complex), Clauses, Non-Finites, Idioms, Figures Of Parts 10)
Speech & Phrasal Verbs
Attempt any 10 out of 12 MCQs

Section-C a) Applications/Letters 1 5 10
Writing (with internal choice)
Skills b) Story Writing/Report Writing/Paragraph 1 5
Writing/Advertisement/Interview/Conversation
(with internal choice)
Both Questions Essay Type
Section-D First Flight(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 10)- Seen Extract 1 5
(Very Short Answer Type)
Short Answer Type 2 3

Footprints Without Feet(Supplementary):
Lessons(1 to 9)- Short Answer Type 2 3
Essay Type Question 1 6

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