Detailed Syllabus English CORE Class XI 2008

EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS
Class XI (ENGLISH CORE)
One paper 3 Hours Marks: 100

Unitwise Weightage

 SECTION - A
Reading unseen Passages for Comprehension and Note-making 20 Marks (40 Periods)
Two unseen passages with a variety of questions including 5 marks for vocabulary such as words formation and inferring meaning. The total length of both the passages together should be around 1100 words.
1. The passages could be any of the following two types:
 (a) Factual passages e.g. instructions, descriptions, reports.
 (b) Discursive passages involving opinion e.g. argumentative, persuasive.

One of the passages should have about 600 words carrying 12 marks, the other passage should have about 500 words carrying 8 marks.
The passage carrying 08 marks should be used for testing note-making for 5 marks and testing vocabulary for 3 marks. Vocabulary for 2 marks may be tested in the other passage carrying 12 marks.

SECTION B
WRITING 20 Marks 40 periods
1. One out of two tasks such as a factual description of any event or  incident, a report or a  process based on verbal input provided 04 Marks(80-100 words).
2. One out of two compositions based on a visual and/or verbal input (in about 100-150 words). The output may be descriptive or argumentative in nature such as an article for publication in a newspaper or a school magazine or a speech.  08 Marks

3. Writing one out of two letters based on given input. Letter types include (a) business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies); (b) letters to the editors (giving suggestions, opinions on an issue of public interest) or (c) application for a job.  08 Marks

SECTION C
GRAMMAR 10 Marks 30 Periods
Different grammatical structures in meaningful contexts will be tested. Item types will include gap-filling, sentence-reordering, dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation. The grammar syllabus will include the following areas:
1. Determiners, Tenses, Clauses, Modals and Error Correction 4 Marks
2. Editing Task 4 Marks
3. Reordering of sentences 2 Marks

SECTION D
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS 40 Marks 100 Periods
Questions on the prescribed textbooks will test comprehension at different levels: literal, inferential and evaluative based on the following prescribed text books:
1. Hornbill : Text book, published by NCERT, New Delhi.
2. Supplementary Reader, published by NCERT, New Delhi.

English Reader 30 Marks
1. One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test comprehension and appreciation.04 Marks
2. Two out of three short answer questions from the poetry section to test local and global comprehension of text (upto 30 words). 06 Marks
3. Five out of six short answer questions on the lessons from prescribed text (upto 30 words) 2x5=10 Marks
4. One out of two long answer type questions based on the text  to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text. (Expected word limit would be about 100-125 words each)  10 Marks 

Supplementary Reader 10 Marks
13. One out of two long answer type questions based on  Supplementary Reader to test comprehension of theme, character and incidents. (upto 100 words) 04 Marks
14. Two out of three short answer questions from the  Supplementary Reader (upto 30 words) 3+3 =6 Marks

Prescribed Books
1. Hornbill : English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi.
2. Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi.

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