Class 09 || Term Wise Syllabus (2021-22) || English Language and Literature [Code No. 184]

Term Wise Syllabus

English Language & Literature

[Code No. 184]

Class IX (2021-22)

TERM - I

READING (10 Marks)

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. 200-250 words)

WRITING  (10 Marks)

Q. 1. Descriptive paragraph (Person)

Q. 2. Short Story (based on beginning line, outline, cues etc.)

GRAMMAR  (10 Marks)

1. Tenses

2. Subject-Verb Concord

3. Modals

4. Determiners

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE  (20 Marks)

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

MOMENTS

1. The Lost Child

2. The Adventures of Toto

3.   ×××××××××××××××××××

4. In the Kingdom of Fools

5. The Happy Prince

BEEHIVE 

Prose

1. The Fun They Had

2. The Sound of Music

3. The Little Girl

4. A Truly Beautiful Mind

5.   ×××××××××××××××××××

6. My Childhood

Poems

1. The Road Not Taken

2. Wind

3. Rain on The Roof

4.   ×××××××××××××××××××

5. A Legend of The Northland

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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. 200-250 words)

WRITING

Q. 1. Descriptive Paragraph (Diary)

Q. 2. Story writing (based on beginning line, outline, cues etc.)

GRAMMAR

1. Tenses

2. Subject-Verb Concord

3. Modals

4. Determiners

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.

MOMENTS 

6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama 

7. The Last Leaf

8. A House is not a Home

9.   ×××××××××××××××××××

10. The Beggar

BEEHIVE 

Prose

7. Packing

8. Reach for The Top

9. The Bond of Love

10.   ××××××××××××

11. If I were You

Poems

6. No Men Are Foreign

7.   ×××××××××××××××

8. On killing a Tree

9. The Snake Trying

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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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