Edudel Syllabus 2025 Class 10 English

Annual Syllabus
English Language and Literature (Code No. 184)
Class – X (2024 – 25)

TEXT BOOK – FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY READING SKILL ,
FLIGHT READER – FOOTPRINTS WRITING SKILL &
WITHOUT FEET GRAMMAR

PROSE PROSE READING SKILL
Ch 1: A Letter to God Ch 1: A Triumph Of Surgery
Ch 2: Nelson Mandela : Ch 2: The Thief’s Story 1. Discursive Passage (400 –
Long walk to freedom Ch 3: The Midnight 450 words)
Ch 3: Two Stories about Visitor 2. Case – based Factual
Flying Ch 4: A Question of passage (with visual
i) His First Flight Trust input/statistical data/chart etc.
ii) The Black Ch 5: Footprints 200 – 250 words)
Aeroplane. Without Feet
Ch 4: From the Diary of Multiple Choice Questions/
Anne Frank Objective Type Questions,
Ch 5: Glimpses of India and Short Answer Questions
(to be answered in 30 – 40
POEMS words) will be asked to
P1: Dust Of Snow assess comprehension,
P2: Fire And Ice interpretation, analysis,
P3: A Tiger in the Zoo inference, evaluation and
P4: How to tell Wild vocabulary.
Animals
P5: The Ball Poem
WRITING SKILL
1. Formal Letter based on a
given situation in 100 – 120
words.
2. Analytical Paragraph on a
given Map / Chart / Graph
/Cue (s) in 100 – 120 words.

GRAMMAR
1. Determiners
2. Tenses
3. Modals
4. Subject – Verb Concord
5. Reported Speech
a. Command and requests
b. Statements

c. Questions

Accurate use of spelling,
punctuation and grammar
in context will be assessed
through Gap filling/ Editing/
Transformation exercises.

WORDS AND EXPRESSION – II (Workbook) --- Units 1 to 4
Note: Teachers are advised to:
i. Encourage interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as Role
play, discussion, group work etc.
ii. Reduce teacher-talking time and keep it to the minimum.
iii. Take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their
ideas and express and defend their views, and
Follow the Speaking and Listening activities given in the NCERT books.
Note: Completion of the above syllabus till 13 September 2024
Mid -Term Exam

TEXT BOOK – FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY READING SKILL ,
FLIGHT READER – FOOTPRINTS WRITING SKILL &
WITHOUT FEET GRAMMAR

PROSE PROSE READING SKILL
Ch 6: Mijbil the Otter Ch 6: The making of a
Ch 7: Madam Rides the Scientist 1. Discursive Passage (400 –
Bus Ch 7: The Necklace 450 words)
Ch 8: The Sermon at Ch 8: Bholi 2. Case – based Factual
Benares Ch 9: The Book that passage (with visual
Ch 9: The Proposal (Play) saved the Earth input/statistical data/chart etc.
200 – 250 words)
POEMS
P6: Amanda! Multiple Choice Questions/
P7: The Trees Objective Type Questions,
P8: Fog and Short Answer Questions
P9: The Tale Of Custard the (to be answered in 30 – 40
Dragon words) will be asked to
P10: For Anne Gregory assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis,
inference, evaluation and
vocabulary.

WRITING SKILL
1. Formal Letter based on a
given situation in 100 – 120
words.
2. Analytical Paragraph on a
given Map / Chart / Graph
/Cue (s) in 100 – 120 words.

GRAMMAR
1. Determiners
2. Tenses
3. Modals
4. Subject – Verb Concord
5. Reported Speech
a. Command and requests
b. Statements
c. Questions

Accurate use of spelling,
punctuation and grammar
in context will be assessed
through Gap filling/ Editing/
Transformation exercises.
WORDS AND EXPRESSION – II (Workbook) --- Units 7 to 11
Note: Teachers are advised to:
i. Encourage interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as
Role play, discussion, group work etc.
ii. Reduce teacher-talking time and keep it to the minimum.
iii. Take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal
their ideas and express and defend their views, and
iv. Follow the Speaking and Listening activities given in the NCERT books.
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills
Parameters for Assessment:
a. Interactive competence (Initiation & turn taking, relevance to the topic)
b. Fluency (cohesion, coherence and speed of delivery)
c. Pronunciation
d. Language (grammar and vocabulary)

Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills will be for 05 marks

It is recommended that listening and speaking skills should be regularly practiced.

Art-Integrated projects based on activities like Role Play, Skit, Dramatization
etc. must be used. Please refer to the Circular no. Acad-33/2020 dated 14th
May 2020 at the
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2020/33_Circular_2020.pdf for
details
Note:
 Completion of full syllabus till 13 December 2024.
 Full syllabus will be covered in Annual Examination.

 For further detailing kindly visit to CBSE Academics
https://cbseacademic.nic.in/curriculum_2025.html

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
2024-25
CLASS X
Marks 80

For the details of Internal Assessment of 20 marks, please refer to the circular
no. Acad-11/2019, dated March 06, 2019.