Class: XII Text

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Syllabus  of  the  ENGLISH-B  of  WBCHSE

CLASS-XII
MARKS
LITERATURE
a) Prose :
b) Poetry :
c) Drama :
LANGUAGE
a) Textual Grammar :
b) Comprehension (Unseen) :
c) ESP :
PROJECT
50
20
20
10
30
10
10
10
20
Full Marks :                                          100

Proses:

  • The Eyes Have It-- Ruskin Bond
  • Three Questions-- Leo Tolstoy
  • Strong Root-- APJ Abdul Kalam(An extract from the chapter Orientation from Wings of Fire) 
  • Thank You Ma'am-- Langston Hughes
Poems:
  • Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day-- William Shakespeare
  • On Killing a Tree-- Gieve Patel
  • Asleep in the Valley-- Arthur Rimbaud
  • The Poetry of Earth-- J. Keats
Play:
  • The Proposal-- Anton Chekhov

Textual Grammar:

  • 1. Change of Narration
  • 2. Change of voice
  • 3. Transformation of Sentences
    a) Simple, Complex, compound sentences
    b) Change of Degrees of Comparison
    c) Interchange of the parts of speech
    d) i) Affirmative to Negative / vice versa
        ii) Assertive to Interrogative / vice verse
        iii) Assertive to Exclamatory / vice versa
  • 4. Splitting into two simple sentences and Synthesis of Sentences
    (Joining into Simple and Complex sentences)
  • 5. Fill in the blanks with approproate articles and /
    or prepositions
  • 6. Correction of errors (based on ) :
    a) Subject-verb agreement
    b) Wrong usage of words
    Question Pattern : Choosing the right one from
    among three alternatives given.
    For example :
    a) Incorrect Usage : Rice and curry are his favourite dish.
    Correct Usage : Rice and curry is his favourite dish.
    Options : is / were / be
    b) Incorrect Usage : I prefer tea than coffee.
    Correct Usage : I prefer tea to coffee.
    Options : of / in / to

ESP
Precis writing: [Break up of marks : Title = 2 marks + Precis = 8 marks]
OR
Reporting an event: [ Break up of marks : Form = 2 marks + Content = 8 marks]
OR
Business/Formal Letter: [ Break up of marks : Form = 2 marks + Content = 8 marks]