WBBSE Class 10 Syllabus for English

English (First Language)
Class IX
Textbook : ‘Splendour’

Contents :

Lesson 1 : The Coral Island —R. M. Ballantyne
2 : How it Happened —Arthur Conan Doyle
3 : I Want to Write —Margaret Walker
4 : Seasons and Time —William Barnes
5 : On the Way to Pretoria —M. K. Gandhi
6 : The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship —Nicholas Fisk
7 : Evening : Ponte Al Mare, Pisa —Percy Bysshe Shelley
8 : Night Journey —Theodore Roethke
9 : The Taste of Watermelon —Borden Deal
10 : After Twenty Years —O.Henry
11 : At The Railway Station, Upways —Thomas Hardy
12 : The Money Box —Robert Lynd
13 : Petals —Amy Lowell
14 : The Absent-minded Man —Jerome K. Jerome
15 : In A Disused Graveyard —Robert Frost
Rapid Reader
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—Robert Louis Stevenson
Chapter 1 : Story of the Door
2 : Search for Mr. Hyde
3 : Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
4 : The Carew Murder Case
5 : Incident of the Letter
6 : Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon
7 : Incident at the Window
8 : The Last Night
9 : Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative

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10 : Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks (April)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 1 : The Coral Island —R. M. Ballantyne
2 : How it Happened —Arthur Conan Doyle
3 : I Want to Write —Margaret Walker
4 : Seasons and Time —William Barnes
5 : On the Way to Pretoria —M. K. Gandhi
Rapid Reader :
Textbook : ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
Chapter 1 : Story of the Door
2 : Search for Mr. Hyde
3 : Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
4 : The Carew Murder Case
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks (August)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 6 : The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship —Nicholas Fisk
7 : Evening : Ponte Al Mare, Pisa —Percy Bysshe Shelley
8 : Night Journey —Theodore Roethke
9 : The Taste of Watermelon —Borden Deal
10 : After Twenty Years —O.Henry
Rapid Reader :
Textbook : ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
Chapter 5 : Incident of the Letter
6 : Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon
7 : Incident at the Window
8 : The Last Night
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks (December)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks

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Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 11 : At The Railway Station, Upways —Thomas Hardy
12 : The Money Box —Robert Lynd
13 : Petals —Amy Lowell
14 : The Absent-minded Man —Jerome K. Jerome
15 : In A Disused Graveyard —Robert Frost
Rapid Reader :
Textbook : ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
Chapter 9 : Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative
10 : Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
The Lessons of ‘Splendour’ and the Chapters of ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ included in
the first and second Summative Evaluations are also to be included.
Grammar, Rhetoric and Writing items practised in classes IX are to be included.

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Syllabus and Evaluation Structure for English (First Language)
Class IX

First Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Lesson 1 — 5 (Textbook : ‘Splendour’ )
Rapid Reader
Lesson 1— 4 (Textbook : ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks. Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
* Lesson 6 — 10 (Textbook : ‘Splendour’)
Rapid Reader
* Lesson 5 — 8 (Textbook : ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’)
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks. Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
* ‘Splendour’— Complete book
Rapid Reader
* ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’— Complete book
* Grammar, Rhetoric and Writing items practised in classes IX are to be included.

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Number Division in Third Summative Evaluation

Testing MCQ VSAQ SAQ LAQ SDAQ EAQ DAQ Total
areas 1 mark per 1mark per 2 marks 3marks 5marks 7 marks 10 marks marks
per per per per per per per per
question question question question question question question question
(A) Prose No. of No. of No. of
questions: 8 questions:3 questions:2
1×8=8 1×3=3 7×2=14 25
(B)Poetry No. of No. of No. of No. of
questions:7 questions:2 questions:2 questions:1
1×7=7 1×2=2 2×2=4 7×1=7 20
(C)Rapid No. of No. of No. of
questions:5 questions:5 questions:1
1×5=5 1×5=5 5×1=5 15
Reader
(D)Grammar No. of
questions:6
& 1×6=6
No. of
Rhetoric questions:4 10
1×4=4
(E)Writing No. of No. of No. of
questions:1 questions:1 questions:1
3×1=3 7×1=7 10×1=10 20
Total marks
per question
type 20 20 4 3 5 28 10 Total 90

N.B. : Questions in the first and second summative evaluations to be set for 40 marks . Marks distribution will
be in proportion to the third summative evaluation.

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English (Second Language)
Class IX
Textbook : ‘Bliss’

Contents :

Lesson 1 : Tales of Bhola Grandpa — Manoj Das
2 : Autumn — John Clare
3 : All about a dog — A.G Gardiner
4 : A Day in the Zoo —Gerald Durrell
5 : All summer in a Day —Ray Bradbury
6 : Mild the Mist upon the Hill —Emily Jane Bronte
7 : Tom Loses a Tooth —Mark Twain
8 : His first flight —Liam O’Flaherty
9 : The North Ship —Philip Larkin
10 : The Price of Bananas —Mulk Raj Anand
11 : A Shipwrecked Sailor —Daniel Defoe
12 : Hunting Snake —Judith Wright
First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks (April)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 1 : Tales of Bhola Grandpa — Manoj Das
2 : Autumn — John Clare
3 : All about a dog — A.G Gardiner
4 : A Day in the Zoo —Gerald Durrell
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks (August)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 5 : All summer in a Day —Ray Bradbury
6 : Mild the Mist upon the Hill —Emily Jane Bronte
7 : Tom Loses a Tooth —Mark Twain

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8 : His first flight —Liam O’Flaherty
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks (December)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
9 : The North Ship —Philip Larkin
10 : The Price of Bananas —Mulk Raj Anand
11 : A Shipwrecked Sailor —Daniel Defoe
12 : Hunting Snake —Judith Wright
Lessons 1 - 8 are to be included in the Third Summative Evaluation.
Grammar, Vocabulary and Writing items practised in classes IX are also to be included.

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Syllabus and Evaluation Structure for English
(Second Language)
Class IX

First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 1—4

Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 5—8

Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’ — Complete book
Grammar and Writing items practised in classes IX are to be included.

Marks Distribution for First and Second Summative Evaluations

* Reading Skill (Seen) : 10 marks For Seen (Prose)
* Reading Skill (unseen ) : 10 marks MCQ - 1 × 2 = 2
* Writing Skill : 10 marks VSAQ -1 × 2 = 2
* Grammar : 6 marks SAQ - 2 × 1 = 2
* Vocabulary : 4 marks For Seen (Poem)
MCQ - 1 × 2 = 2
VSAQ -1 ×2 = 2
For Unseen
MCQ - 1 × 4 = 4
VSAQ -1 × 4 = 4
SAQ - 2 × 1 = 2

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Distribution of Marks and Question pattern for Third Summative
Evaluation

Testing MCQ Very short Short answer Long Total
areas 1 mark per answer question (SAQ) answer type marks
question type question 2 mark per questions (LAQ)
(VSAQ) question 10 mark per
1 mark per question
question
(A). Prose:- Prose:- Prose:-
Reading No. of No. of No. of
(Seen) questions=5 questions =3 questions =2 12
Total:1×5=5 Total: 1×3=3 Total: 2×2=4
Poetry: -
No. of Poetry: - nil 8
questions=4 No. of
Total: 1×4=4 questions= 2
Total: 2×2=4
(B) No. of No. of No. of
Reading questions=6 questions=3 questions= 4 nil 20
(Unseen) Total:1×6=6 Total: Total: 2×4=8
(1+1)×3=6
(C) Gra- No. of No. of No. of
mmar & questions=3 questions = 9 questions = 4 nil 20
Vocabu- Total:1×3=3 Total: 1×9=9 Total: 2×4=8
lary
(D) nil nil nil No. of 30
Writing questions=3
Total 10×3=30
Total
marks
per
question
type 18 18 24 30 Total: 90

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English (First Language)
Class X
Textbook : ‘Splendour’

Contents :

Lesson 1 : Repaying — Harper Lee
2 : Reapers — Mathilde Blind
3 : Hints to Travellers — Stephen Leacock
4 : Far in a Western Brookland — Alfred Edward Housman
5 : Regret — Kate Chopin
6 : To Fight Aloud is Very Brave — Emily Dickinson
7 : Books on the Shelf — Graham Greene
8 : Childhood — Edwin Muir
9 : Drought — S. Raja Ratnam
10 : I left my low and humble home — Nathaniel Hawthorne
11 : To Err is Human — Lewis Thomas
12 : Imagine — John Lennon
Rapid Reader
The Hound of the Baskervilles—Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 : Mr. Sherlock Holmes
2 : The Curse of the Baskervilles
3 : The Problem
4 : Sir Henry Baskerville
5 : Three Broken Threads
6 : Baskerville Hall
7 : The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 : First Report of Dr. Watson
9 : The Light upon the Moor
10 : Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson

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11 : The Man on the Tor
12 : Death on the Moor
13 : Fixing the Nets
14 : The Hound of the Baskervilles
15 : A Retrospection
First Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks (April)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 1 : Repaying — Harper Lee
2 : Reapers — Mathilde Blind
3 : Hints to Travellers — Stephen Leacock
4 : Far in a Western Brookland — Alfred Edward Housman
5 : Regret — Kate Chopin
Rapid Reader
Textbook : ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Chapter 1 : Mr. Sherlock Holmes
2 : The Curse of the Baskervilles
3 : The Problem
4 : Sir Henry Baskerville
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks. (August)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 6 : To Fight Aloud is Very Brave — Emily Dickinson
7 : Books on the Shelf — Graham Greene
8 : Childhood — Edwin Muir
9 : Drought — S. Raja Ratnam
10 : I left my low and humble home — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rapid Reader
Textbook : ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’

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Chapter 5 : Three Broken Threads
6 : Baskerville Hall
7 : The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 : First Report of Dr. Watson
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks. (December)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Splendour’
Lesson 11 : To Err is Human — Lewis Thomas
12 : Imagine — John Lennon
Textbook : ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Chapter 11 : The Man on the Tor
12 : Death on the Moor
13 : Fixing the Nets
14 : The Hound of the Baskervilles
15 : A Retrospection
The Lessons of ‘Splendour’ and the Chapters of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ included in the first and
second Summative Evaluations are also to be included.
Grammar, Rhetoric and Writing items practised in classes IX & X are also to be included.

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Syllabus and Evaluation Structure for English (First Language)
Class X

First Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Lesson 1 — 5 (Textbook : ‘Splendour’ )
Rapid Reader
Lesson 1— 4 (Textbook : ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks. Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
* Lesson 6 — 10 (Textbook : ‘Splendour’)
Rapid Reader
* Lesson 5 — 8 (Textbook : ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’)
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks. Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
* ‘Splendour’— Complete book
Rapid Reader
* ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’— Complete book
* Grammar and Writing items practised in classes IX & X are also to be included.

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Number Division in Third Summative Evaluation / Selection Test

Testing MCQ VSAQ SAQ LAQ SDAQ EAQ DAQ Total
areas 1 mark per 1mark per 2 marks 3marks 5marks 7 marks 10 marks marks
per per per per per per per per
question question question question question question question question
(A) Prose No. of No. of No. of
questions: 8 questions:3 questions:2
1×8=8 1×3=3 7×2=14 25
(B)Poetry No. of No. of No. of No. of
questions:7 questions:2 questions:2 questions:1
1×7=7 1×2=2 2×2=4 7×1=7 20
(C)Rapid No. of No. of No. of
questions:5 questions:5 questions:1
1×5=5 1×5=5 5×1=5 15
Reader
(D)Grammar No. of
questions:6
& 1×6=6
No. of
Rhetoric questions:4 10
1×4=4
(E)Writing No. of No. of No. of
questions:1 questions:1 questions:1
3×1=3 7×1=7 10×1=10 20
Total marks
per question
type 20 20 4 3 5 28 10 Total 90

N.B. : Questions in the first and second summative evaluations to be set for 40 marks . Marks distribution will
be in proportion to the third summative evaluation.
* This question pattern is indicative of Madhyamik Examination.

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English (Second Language)
Class X
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Contents :
Lesson 1 : Father’s Help — R.K. Narayan
2 : Fable — Ralph Waldo Emerson
3 : The Passing Away of Bapu — Nayantara Sehgal
4 : My Own True Family — Ted Hughes
5 : Our Runaway Kite — Lucy Maud Montgomery
6 : Sea Fever — John Masefield
7 : The Cat — Andrew Barton Paterson
8 : The Snail — William Cowper
First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks (April)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 1 : Father’s Help — R.K. Narayan
2 : Fable — Ralph Waldo Emerson
3 : The Passing Away of Bapu — Nayantara Sehgal
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks (August)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 4 : My Own True Family — Ted Hughes
5 : Our Runaway Kite — Lucy Maud Montgomery
6 : Sea Fever — John Masefield
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks (December)
Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
7 : The Cat — Andrew Barton Paterson
8 : The Snail — William Cowper
Lessons 1 - 6 are to be included in the Third Summative Evaluation.
Grammar, Vocabulary and Writing items practised in classes IX & X are also to be included.

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Syllabus and Evaluation Structure for English
(Second Language)
Class X
First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 1 : Father’s Help — R.K. Narayan
2 : Fable — Ralph Waldo Emerson
3 : The Passing Away of Bapu — Nayantara Sehgal
Second Summative Evaluation : 40 Marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’
Lesson 4 : My Own True Family — Ted Hughes
5 : Our Runaway Kite — Lucy Maud Montgomery
6 : Sea Fever — John Masefield
Third Summative Evaluation : 90 marks Internal Formative Evaluation : 10 Marks
Textbook : ‘Bliss’ — Complete book
Grammar, Rhetoric and Writing items practised in classes IX & X are also to be included.
Marks Distribution for First and Second Summative Evaluations

* Reading Skill (Seen) : 10 marks For Seen (Prose)
* Reading Skill (Unseen ) : 10 marks MCQ - 1 × 2 = 2
* Writing Skill : 10 marks VSAQ - 1 × 2 = 2
* Grammar : 6 marks SAQ - 2 × 1 = 2
* Vocabulary : 4 marks For Seen (Poem)
MCQ - 1 × 2 = 2
VSAQ - 1 × 2 = 2
For Unseen
MCQ - 1 × 4 = 4
VSAQ - 1 × 4 = 4
SAQ - 2 × 1 = 2

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Distribution of Marks and Question pattern for Third Summative
Evaluation / Selection Test

Testing MCQ Very short Short answer Long Total
areas 1 mark per answer question (SAQ) answer type marks
question type question 2 mark per questions (LAQ)
(VSAQ) question 10 mark per
1 mark per question
question
(A). Prose:- Prose:- Prose:-
Reading No. of No. of No. of
(Seen) questions=5 questions =3 questions =2 12
Total:1×5=5 Total: 1×3=3 Total:2×2=4
Poetry: - Poetry: -
No. of No. of nil 8
questions=4 questions= 2
Total: 1×4=4 Total: 2×2=4
(B) No. of No. of No. of
Reading questions=6 questions=3 questions= 4 nil 20
(Unseen) Total:1×6=6 Total: Total: 2×4=8
(1+1)×3=6
(C) Gra- No. of No. of No. of
mmar & questions=3 questions = 9 questions = 4 nil 20
Vocabu- Total:1×3=3 Total: 1×9=9 Total: 2×4=8
lary
(D) nil nil nil No. of 30
Writing questions=3
Total 10×3=30
Total
marks
per
question
type 18 18 24 30 Total: 90

* This question pattern is indicative of Madhyamik Examination.

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