WBCHSE Class 12 Syllabus 2024 English Alternative
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SYLLABUS FOR CLASSES XI AND XII
Course Overview and Objectives
In the prescribed textbook, learners are exposed to a wide range of English texts. The texts are an
interesting mix of classic and contemporary selection of prose, poetry and play. Both the Indian and the
global authors have been included in the syllabus to enable the students to enjoy the richness of world
literature. The play included in the syllabus highlights Ireland’s struggle for freedom which makes an
interesting reading even today.
We hope the students of Alternative English will enjoy the texts included in the syllabus.
SEMESTER – I
FULL MARKS: 40 CONTACT HOURS: 100 Hours
UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT HOURS MARKS
1 Prose: 25 13
1. Home to Heaven – Pearl S. Buck
2. I Became an Author – W. B. Yeats
2 Poetry: 25 12
1. The Coromandel Fishers – Sarojini Naidu
2. Everyone Sang – Siegfried Sassoon
3 Grammar: 50 15
1. Transformation of Sentences
2. Prepositions
3. Group Verbs
4. Joining of Sentences
5. Splitting of Sentences
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FULL MARKS: 40 CONTACT HOURS :100 HOURS
UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT HOURS MARKS
1 Prose: 25 07
1. Kabuliwallah – Rabindranath Tagore
2. The Man With the Scar - Maugham
2 Poetry: 25 07
1. Bright Star – John Keats
2. A Dog Has Died – Pablo Neruda
3 Rapid: 25 06
1. Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie
4 Writing Skills: 25 20
1. Letter Writing (Formal & Informal)
2. Essay Writing
Project for Class XI
Project on Victorian Poetry in English Literature – 20 marks
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FULL MARKS: 40 CONTACT HOURS: 80 Hours
UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT MARKS
HOURS
1 Prose: 25 13
1. The Disk – Jorge Luis Borges
2. Three Questions - Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
2 Poetry: 25 12
1. The World Is Too Much With Us – William Wordsworth
2. Lotus – Toru Dutt
3 Grammar: 30 15
1. Correction of Error
2. Splitting and Joining of Sentences
3. Change of Narration
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FULL MARKS: 40 CONTACT HOURS: 120 Hours
UNIT No. TOPICS CONTACT HOURS MARKS
1 Prose: 25 07
1. Sparrows – K. Abbas
2. The Mark of Vishnu – Khushwant Singh
2 Poetry: 25 07
1. A Bird Came Down The Walk – Emily Dickinson
2. Break BreakBreak – Alfred Tennyson
3 Play: 25 06
1. The Rising of the Moon - Lady Gregory
4 Comprehension 20 10
5 Precis/ Report Writing 25 10
Project for Class XII
Project on Dramatizing a Story [from within or outside the syllabus] – 20 marks
Document Details
| Board / Org | West Bengal Board |
| Exam | Class 12 |
| Type | Syllabus |
| Pages | 4 |
| Updated | 22 Jul 2026 |