The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I&II) IS 60%. The total weightagwe assigned to Formative Assessment (FA1, 2, 3, &4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to Formative Assessment, 10% weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I&II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term) The Summative Assessment I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks each. The weighatge assigned to Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative Assessment II is 30%.

SECTION A: READING : 20 Marks - 30 periods

Qs 1-4 This section will have four unseen passages of a total length of 800 words.

The arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q 1&2:Five Multiple Choice Questions on each passage carrying 5 marks for each question.
Q 3&4:Five Supply Type Questions carrying 5 marks on each passage.
Out of the 20 marks, 4 marks will be for vocabulary.

The questions will test inference, evaluation and analysis. The passages may be extracts from poetry/ factual/ literary/ discursive texts.
At least one passage will be an extract from a poem.

SECTION B: WRITING : 20 Marks - 40 periods

Q 5 Letter Writing: One out of two letters (formal/informal/email) in not more than 120- 150 words based on verbal stimulus and context provided.
Types of letter: Informal - personal, such as to family and friends.
Formal - letters to the editor / the principal of a school.
Email - formal letters to principal of the school or to the editor of a Newspaper or a Magazine.8 Marks

The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I&II) is 60%. The total weightage assigned to Formative Assessment (FA1, 2, 3, &4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to Formative Assessment, 10% weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I&II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term) 2. The Summative Assessment I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks each. The weighatge assigned to Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative Assessment II is 30%.

SECTION A: READING : 20 Marks

Qs 1-3 The reading section will have three unseen texts as shown below:

The total length of the three passages will be between 850 - 1100 words. There will be at least 5 marks for assessing vocabulary. All questions on vocabulary will not be from the same passage. Care should be taken to cover all the three text types, ie factual, discursive and literary while selecting the passages. A poem may or may not be used as one of the three texts. Text I will be either factual or discursive. Apart from a poem, prose literary texts may include excerpts from authentic literature such as short story, autobiography, biography, travelogue, novel etc.

Whenever a poem or a prose literary text is used, the other two texts should be discursive and factual, thus covering all the three text types.

SECTION B: WRITING : 25 Marks

The writing section comprises four writing tasks as indicated below.
Q. 4 A short composition of upto 50 words in the form of a Notice, Message or Diary Entry. : 4 Marks
Questions 4 & 5 will assess students' skill of expressing ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, presenting ideas coherently and concisely, writing a clear description, a clear account of events, expanding notes into a piece of writing, transcoding information from one form to another or using a style appropriate for a notice, message or diary entry.

Q. 5 A composition of upto 100 words in the form of Biographical sketch, Data Interpretation, Dialogue writing or Description (people, Objects or Events) : 6 Mark