Class XII
One
Paper 3 Hours Marks : 100
Unit wise Allocation
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Unit
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Areas
of Learning
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Marks
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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Advanced Reading Skills (Unseen Passages-two)*
Effective Writing
Skills
Applied
Grammar
Literature
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20
25
20
35
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SECTION
A
ADVANCED
READING SKILLS 20 Marks 60 Periods
Two unseen passages (including poems) with a variety
of questions including 04 marks for vocabulary
such as word formation and inferring meaning. The total range of the 2 passages including a poem or a stanza, should be around 650-1000 words.
1. 350-500 words in length (for note-making and summarising) 08
2. 300-500 words in length (4 marks for word attack skills) 12
The
passages or poems could be of any one of the following types
Factual
passages e.g. illustrations, description, reports
Discursive
passages involving opinion
e.g. argumentative, persuasive
Literary passages e.g. poems, extractsfrom fiction,biography, autobiography, travelogue
etc. In the case of a poem, the text may be shorter than the prescribed word limit.
SECTION B
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3.
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EFFECTIVE
WRITING SKILLS
One
out
of two short writing tasks such as notices, advertisements,
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25 Marks
5
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60
Periods
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factual
description of people arguing for or against topics,
places and objects, drafting posters, accepting and declining
invitations. (50-80 words)
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4.
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Writing one out of two letters of any of the following types based
on given verbal/visual input
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10
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a) Official
letters for making inquiries, suggesting changes-registering complaints asking for and giving
information, placing orders and sending replies (80-100 words)
b) Letters
to the editor on various social, national and international issues (125-150 words)
c) Application for a job including
CV (Curriculum Vitae)/Resume
5. One out of two long and sustained
writing task such as writing a speech,
a report or writing
an article based on verbal/visual input (200 words) 10
SECTION
C
APPLIED
GRAMMAR 20 Marks 30 Periods
Variety of questions, as listed below may be asked, involving the application of grammar items in context
(i.e. not in isolated sentences). The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year. Grammar items such as modals, determiners, voice and tense forms have been dealt with in class XI. However, other items such as prepositions, verb forms, connectors which have been learnt earlier would also be included.
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6.
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Reordering
of words and sentences
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5
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7.
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Composing
a dialogue based
on the given input
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5
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8.
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Error
correction in sentences
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5
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9.
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Drafting
questions/questionnaires based on given input
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5
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SECTION
D
LITERATURE 35 Marks 30 Periods
In
the Literature Reader, questions will be asked to test comprehension at different levels and of
different kinds local, global,
interpretative, inferential, evaluative and extrapolatory.
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10.
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One
out
of two extracts from different poems from the Literature Reader, each
followed by two or three questions to test local and
global comprehension of ideas and language used in the text.
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7
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11.
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Two out of the three short answer questions based on different
poems to test theme, setting and literary devices. It may or may not be based on an extract. (80-100 words)
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8
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12.
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One out of two questions based on the play from the Literature Reader to test comprehension and drawing/evaluating inferences.
An extract may or may not be used (80-100 words)
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5
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13.
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Two
out
of three short questions based on different prose texts
from
the Literature Reader
to test global comprehension of usage &
lexis and meaning (80-100 words)
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8
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14.
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One
out
of two extended questions based on one of the prose
texts in the Literature Reader
to test global comprehension and
for extrapolation beyond the text ( 100-125
words)
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7
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Prescribed Books :
1. Language
Skillsbook- Functional English published by Central
Board of Secondary
Education,
Delhi.
2. Literature Reader
- Functional English
published by Central Board
of Secondary
Education,
Delhi.
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