Class 10 || Term Wise Syllabus (2021-22) || English Language and Literature [Code No. 184]

Term Wise Syllabus

English Language and Literature

Code No. 184

Class X (2021-22)

Term - I

READING 

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary, analysis and interpretation: 

Q. 1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

Q. 2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 words)

WRITING SKILL

Q. 1. Formal letter based on a given situation.

* Letter to the Editor

* Letter of Complaint (Official) 

* Letter of Complaint (Business)

GRAMMAR

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject-Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts.

FIRST FLIGHT 

PROSE

1. A Letter to God

2. Nelson Mandela 

3. Two Stories About Flying

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

5. The Hundred Dresses 1

6. The Hundred Dresses 2

POEMS

1.1. Dust of Snow

1.2. Fire and Ice

2. A Tiger in the Zoo

3.2. The Ball Poem

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET 

1. A Triumph of Surgery

2. The Thief's Story

3.   ××××××××××××××

4.   ××××××××××××××

5. Footprints Without Feet

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                     TERM - I

SECTION     WEIGHTAGE (IN MARKS)

READING                              10

WRITING & GRAMMAR       10

LITERATURE                         20            

TOTAL                                   40            

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT   10            

GRAND TOTAL                      50            

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TERM - II

READING 

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary, analysis and interpretation: 

Q. 1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

Q. 2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 words)

 

WRITING SKILL

Q. 1. Formal letter based on a given situation

* Letter of Order

* Letter of Enquiry

 2. Analytical Paragraph (based on outline/chart/cue/map/report etc.)

GRAMMAR

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond  the text and across the texts.

FIRST FLIGHT 

7. Glimpses of India

8.   ××××××××××××××

9. Madam Rides the Bus

10. The Sermon at Benares 

11. The Proposal (Play)

POEMS

4. Amanda

5.   ××××××××

6. Animals

7.   ××××××××××××

8.   ××××××××××××

9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET 

6. The Making of a Scientist

7. The Necklace

8. The Hack Driver

9. Bholi

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                     TERM  II

SECTION     WEIGHTAGE (IN MARKS)

READING                              10

WRITING & GRAMMAR       10

LITERATURE                         20            

TOTAL                                   40            

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT   10            

GRAND TOTAL                      50            

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