WBCHSE Class 12 Syllabus for English

ENGLISH-A (ENGA)

LITERATURE: 50 Marks
a) Prose:20 Marks
b) Verse: 20 Marks

a) Textual Grammar: 10 Marks
b) Substance with Critical Analysis—10 Marks
c) ESP—10 Marks

PROJECT:20 Marks

LITERATURE : 50 Marks

Prose:
1. Michael Angelo – Gulzar
2. Debut on Stage – Charles Chaplin
3. War – Luigi Pirandello
4. A Chameleon – Anton Chekov

1. Let me Not – William Shakespeare
2. Song Offerings # 63 – Rabindranath Tagore
3. Dulce et Decorum – Wilfred Owen
4. Tonight I can write – Pablo Neruda

Cathleen in Houlihan – W.B Yeats

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i Synthesis and splitting of sentences
ii Change of narration
iii Correction of Errors
Substances with critical analysis
Students have to write substances either from a prose passage (200-250 words) or from a
poem (14 lines).

ESP [business letter, article writing]
Either business letter (120-150 words) or article writing (150-200 words)

Topics for project: (any one)
I. Victorian Novel
II. Victorian Poetry
III. Modern Drama
IV. Modern Poetry

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ENGLISH-B (ENGB)
LITERATURE: 50 Marks
a) Prose;20 Marks
b) Verse: 20 Marks

a) Textual Grammar: 10 Marks
b) Reading Comprehension—10 Marks
c) ESP—10 Marks

PROJECT:20 Marks

LITERATURE : 50 Marks
Prose
1. The Eyes Have It – Ruskin Bond
2. Extract from the chapter Orientation from Wings of Fire – APJ Abdul Kalam
(Universities Press-2012 edition) (Chapter I, Page: 3 – 6 upto paragragh ending
with…….’freedom,happiness and peace of mind’ on page 6)
3. Thank You, Ma’am – Langston Hughes
4. The Three Questions – Leo Tolstoy

1. On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel
2. Asleep in the Valley – Arthur Rimbaud
3. Shall I Compare Thee – William Shakespeare
4. The Poetry of Earth – J. Keats

Charandas Chor – Habib Tanvir for 2015 H.S Examination
The Proposal - A chekov from 2016 H.S onwords

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I. Synthesis and splitting of sentences
II. Change of narration
III. Correction of Errors

Reading Comprehension
Unseen Prose Passage (200-250 words)

ESP
Précis writing/Report writing/Business/Formal letter

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ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH (ALTE)

LITERATURE: 40 Marks
a) Prose: 15 Marks
b) Verse: 15 Marks

LANGUAGE: 40 Marks
a) Textual Grammar 10 Marks
b) Reading Comprehension—15 Marks
c) ESP—15 Marks

PROJECT: 20 Marks

LITERATURE : 40 Marks
Prose
1. Sparrows – K Abbas
2. The Disk – Jorge Luis Borges
3. Mask of Vishnu – Khushwant Singh
4. Science and Religion – Albert Einstein

1. A bird came Down the walk – Emily Dickinson
2. Break, Break, Break – Alfred Tennyson
3. The World is too much with us – William Wordsworth
4. Lotus – Toru Dutt

The Rising of the Moon – Lady Gregory

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LANGUAGE: 40 Marks

I. Synthesis and splitting of sentences
II. Change of narration
III. Correction of Errors

Reading Comprehension
Unseen Prose Passage (200-250 words)

ESP
Business Report writing, Précis writing

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