HBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2023 English

Guidelines for teachers
1 Teacher should correlate the contents of the chapter with the examples of
day to day life to make the students understand the text well.
2 Teacher must stress the vocabulary given in a particular chapter to enrich the
word power of students, to enhance their understanding pronunciation and
stress while reading aloud in classroom.
3 Stress must be given on correct pronunciation while reading the text aloud
and letting the children read the text.
4 The style of a writer enunciating his experiences or writing about historical
events and places, must be explained to the students i.e. whether it is
narrative, persuasive, expressionistic or impressionistic.
5 A critical appreciation of the poem must be given to the students; while
teaching poems the teacher must explain used vocabulary, style, diction, use
of figures of speech etc in the text.
6 Prose/play must be taught on the basis of activities such as group discussion,
role playing, debate, declamation etc. (developing similar topics as given in
the chapters.)
7 Grammar already used in the text of a chapter must be related to the topics
of grammar taught in the class i.e. parts of speech, prepositions,
conjunctions etc. used in the sentences of text.
8 To enhance the correct usage of English, teacher must encourage the
students to go on the pattern used in the text of the chapter.
9 Students must be encouraged for a comparative study of the text giving
references and allusions from other chapters if there is any relation in the
text i.e. ideas, style, lexical and grammatical usage.
10 For improving the communicative skills of students, teacher must
encourage the students to participate in different types of activities to be
done in classroom such as; Newspaper cuttings, preparing charts based on
grammar, flow charts based on story or paragraph, developing paragraph by
speaking in front of class and organizing debate and discussions based on
chapters and related issues.

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Chapter wise Guidelines

1. In chapters like A LETTER TO GOD and THE HUNDERD DRESSES
teacher must explain ironical scenes and situations to the students in addition
to the detailed study of phrases used in the chapter.
2. In chapters NELSON MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM and
FROM THE DAIRY OF ANNE FRANK autobiographical note and a good
usage of vocabulary must be told to the students in detail making them follow
their righteous deeds.
3. The moral values that reflect in the chapters THE HUNDRED DRESSES,
THE THIEF’S STORY, THE NECKLACE and BHOLI should be discussed
and explained purely to embellish students’ moral and ethical instincts.
4. Students must be told to take inspiration from the chapters like NELSON
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, HIS FIRST FLIGHT, THE
MAKING OF A SCIENTIST and BHOLI. Such chapters must be discussed
once and again in the class to encourage the students.
5. The chapter GLIMPSES OF INDIA is a panorama of unity in diversity. This
chapter should be discussed with the help of map (if necessary) making the
students aware about cultural and regional diversity of India.
6. To arouse love, care and sympathy towards animals and nature the
chapters/poems like MIJBIL THE OTTER, MADAM RIDES THE BUS, A
TIGER IN THE ZOO and ANIMALS should be elaborated highlighting the
role and importance of animals and nature in human life.
7. The difference between comedy and tragedy must be told to the students while
discussing the chapters MADAM RIDES THE BUS, THE PROPOSAL, THE
MIDNIGHT VISITOR, A QUESTION OF TRUST, THE BOOK THAT
SAVED THE EARTH etc.
8. The poem and chapter THE TREES and BHOLI respectively reflect feministic
approach and that must be enunciated to the students in detail.

Subject-English
Syllabus
Month Name of Contents Periods Periods
Allotted of
Books
Revision
April First Flight A Letter to God 5 4
Dust of Snow(Poem) 2
Fire and Ice (Poem) 2
Footprints Without A Triumph of Surgery 4
Grammar Punctuation [ Semicolon, Colon, 3
Dash, Hyphen, Parenthesis, use of
brackets and exclamation mark]
Composition Skills in writing (business letters) 4
May First Flight Nelson Mandela- Long Walk to 5 4
Freedom
A Tiger in the Zoo(Poem) 2
Footprints Without The Thief’s Story 4
Feet The Midnight Visitor 3

Grammar Tenses (Present, past, future) 4
Articles (Definite, Indefinite) 1
Composition Skills in writing (personal, official 4
letters including letters on road
safety)
Reading Skill Unseen passages 2
June Vacation
July First Flight The Stories About Flying 3
His First Flight, Black Aeroplane 4
How to Tell Wild Animals (Poem) 2
The Ball Poem (poems) 2
Footprints Without A Question of Trust 3
Feet Footprints Without Feet 3
Grammar Reported Speech (Direct and 3
Indirect speech)
Composition Writing skills (Description of 3
Function/events/incidents/including
road safety)
August First Flight From the Diary of Anne Frank 5 4
Amanda! (Poem) 2
Animals (Poem) 2
Footprints Without The Making of a Scientist 4
Grammar Modals (shall, will, can, could, 4
may might, must, should, would,
ought to, need, dare, used to)
Composition Writing Skills (Verbal and 4
pictorial story writing)
Sept First Flight The Hundred Dresses (Part I&II) 8 2
Footprints Without The Necklace 4
Grammar Clauses : Complex and Compound 4

sentences [Noun, adjective and
adverbial clauses]
Composition Interview (Dialogue completion) 2
October First Flight Glimpses of India 6 4
(I) A Baker from Goa
(II) Coorg
(III)Tea from Assam
The Trees (Poem) 2
Footprints Without The Hack Driver 4
Feet Non finites (The Infinitives, 3
Grammar Gerund and participles)
Composition Reports (Present and past 3
happening & functions)
November First Flight Mizbil the Otter 3 4
Fog (poem) 2
Footprints Without Bholi 4
Grammar Use of Idioms (Verbal & 3
prepositional phrases)
Composition Simple Advertisement (Classified 4
advertisement e.g. Situation
vacant, job wanted for, sale &
purchase, accommodation
wanted, lost & found)
December First Flight Madam Rides the Bus 4 4
The Sermon at Benares 3
The Tale of Custard the Dragon 3
(Poem)
Footprints Without The Book That Saved the Earth 3
Literary Terms Figures of speech (Simile, 2
metaphor, rhyme scheme)
Composition Conversation & Discussion 2
(Simple conversation on topics
given by the teacher)
January First Flight The Proposal 6 3
For Anne Gregory (Poem) 2
Footprints Without Road Safety 3
Grammar Revision (Tenses, reported 2
speech, modals, and clauses)
Composition Writing skills (Application, letters 3
and stories) Reading skills (unseen
passages poster making including
Road Safety)
February Revision of the whole syllabus
March Exam