ENGLISH
(Elective)
Class XI
One Paper 3 Hours Marks 100
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Unitwise Weightage
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1.
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Reading an unseen passage
and a poem
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Marks
20
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Periods
35
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(a) Literary or discursive passage of about 500-600 words
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12
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(b) A poem
of about 15 lines
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08
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2.
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Writing
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20
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35
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(a) To write an essay on an argumentative/discursive/reflective/or
descriptive topic (150 words)
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10
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(b) To write a composition such as an article, a report,
a speech
(150 words)
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10
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3.
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Seminar
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10
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z
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Presentation of a
book review, a play, a short story, a novel, novella
(tale, fable, parable) to be followed by a
question answer session
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25
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z
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Poetry reading
to be followed by interpretative tasks based on cloze reading
and literary analysis of the text.
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z
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Critical review of a
film or a
play
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z
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Conducting a theatre
workshop to be followed by a discussion
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Note:
The above activities would develop presentation skills, analytical skills, spoken skills and literary
criticism.
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4.
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Text for detailed study
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30
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75
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Prose
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20
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(a)
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Two passages for comprehension with short question answers
testing deeper interpretation and drawing inferences (04 ×
2)
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08
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(b)
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Two questions for testing global comprehension
(Any One to be answered in 100 words)
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06
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(c)
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Two
short answer
type questions testing comprehension to be
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answered in a paragraph
of about 30-40 words each 06
Poetry 10
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(a)
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One extract from the prescribed poems for
comprehension and literary interpretation
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04
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(b)
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One out of two questions on the prescribed poems for
appreciation to be answered
in 100 words
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06
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5. Drama - Arms and the Man 10 20
(a) One out of two questions to be answered in about 150-200 words
to test the evaluation of characters, events and episodes.
6. Fiction 10 20
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(a)
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One question to be answered in about 150 words for the analysis
of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships.
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06
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(b)
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Two out of three short answer type questions to be answered
in about 30-40 words on content, events and episodes. (2×2)
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04
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Books prescribed
1. Text book: Woven words published by NCERT
2. Fiction: The Old Man and The Sea Novel (unabridged) by E. Hemingway
3. Drama: Arms and the Man – Bernard
Shaw
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