Class X English Syllabus [2020-21]

Revised Syllabus with a complete solution for CBSE 9th and 10th Class

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
SYLLABUS CLASS – X (10th), 2020-21

Note: Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Literature Textbooks ( 10-Marks)

• Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation, and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5×1=5)
• Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5×1=5)

Grammar (10-Marks)

Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered. Questions shall be based on the following

• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-verb concord
• Reported speech (Commands and requests, Statements, Questions)
  • Statement
  • Questions
  • Command and Order
  • Wish and Curse (Optative)
• Determiners

Deleted Part due to COVID-19

• Use of Passive Voice
• Clauses: Noun, Adverb clauses of condition and time, Relative
• Prepositions

Part B-Writing and Literature (Mark 40)

Writing and Composition 10 Marks

1. Formal letter [Word limit 100-200 words] based on a given situation. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks
2. Writing an analytical paragraph [word limit 100-120 words] based on a given outline / Data / Chart / Cue /s. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks
   • Literature
3. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 20-30 words each from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two out of three from FIRST FLIGHT and two out of three from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET).2×4=8 Marks
4. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two out of three from FIRST FLIGHT and two out of three from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET). 3×4=12 marks
5. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination, and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. 5 marks
6. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words.

• Section-A Reading Skills
• Section-B Writing Skills And Grammar
• Section-C Literature Textbook And Supplementary Reading

Part A- Reading Unseen Passage|Literature|Grammar (40 Marks)

Reading Unseen Passage

• Multiple Choice Questions based on a Discursive passage of 400-450 words to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. 10×1=10
• Multiple Choice Questions based on a Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words to test analysis and interpretation. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)

Note: Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Literature Textbooks ( 10-Marks)

• Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation, and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5×1=5)
• Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5×1=5)

Grammar (10-Marks)

Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered. Questions shall be based on the following

• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-verb concord
• Reported speech (Commands and requests, Statements, Questions)
  • Statement
  • Questions
  • Command and Order
  • Wish and Curse (Optative)
• Determiners

Deleted Part due to COVID-19

• Use of Passive Voice
• Clauses: Noun, Adverb clauses of condition and time, Relative
• Prepositions

Part B-Writing and Literature (Mark 40)

Writing and Composition 10 Marks

1. Formal letter [Word limit 100-200 words] based on a given situation. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks
2. Writing an analytical paragraph [word limit 100-120 words] based on a given outline / Data / Chart / Cue /s. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 Marks
   • Literature
3. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 20-30 words each from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two out of three from FIRST FLIGHT and two out of three from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET).2×4=8 Marks
4. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two out of three from FIRST FLIGHT and two out of three from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET). 3×4=12 marks
5. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination, and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. 5 marks
6. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words.

Topic-wise Marks weightage in a GLANCE

Syllabus; prescribed by CBSE in English Literature

FIRST FLIGHT – Prose Section

1. A Letter to God By G.L. Fuentes
2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
3. Two Stories about Flying
   1. His First Flight by Liam O’ Flaherity
   2. Black Aeroplane by Frederick Forsyth
4. From The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
5. The Hundred Dresses-I by El Bsor Ester
6. The Hundred Dresses-II by El Bsor Ester
7. Glimpses of India
   1. A baker From Goa by Lucio Rodrigues
   2. Coorg by Lokesh Abrol
   3. Tea From Assam by Arup Kumar Dutta
8. Mijbil the Otter by Gavin Maxwell
9. Madam Rides the Bus by Vallikkanah
10. The Sermon at Benares
11. The Proposal by Anton Checkov

FIRST FLIGHT: Poetry Section

1. Dust of Snow by Robert Frost
2. Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
3. A Tiger in The Zoo by Leslie Norris
4. How to Tell Wild Animals by Carolyn Wells
5. The Ball Poem by John Berryman
6. Amanda by Robin Klein
7. Animals by Walt Whitman
8. The Tree by Adrienne Rich
9. The Tell of Custard The Dragon by Ogden Nash
10. For Anne Gregory by William Butler Yeats

FOOT PRINT WITHOUT FEET

1. A Triumph of Surgery by James Herriot
2. The Thief’s Story by Ruskin Bond
3. The Midnight Visitor by Robert Arthur
4. A Question of Trust by Victor Canning
5. Footprints without Feet by HG Wells
6. The Making of Scientist by Robert W. Peterson
7. The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
8. The Hack Driver by Sinclair Lewis
9. Bholi K.A. Abbas
10. The Book that Saved The Earth by Claire Boiko