English class 10 cbse syllabus ?????both literature and grammar
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Section A: Reading 20 Marks 50 Periods
This section will have two unseen passages of a total length of 700-750. The arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q.1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Very Short Answer Type Questions. (8 marks)
Q. 2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions of eight marks to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions to test vocabulary and comprehension (two VSA for vocabulary and two for
comprehension) (12 marks)
Section B: Writing and Grammar 30 Marks 60 Periods
Q. 3: Formal letter (Complaints / Inquiry / Placing order / Letter to the editor) in about 100-120 words. The questions will be thematically based on the Main Course Book. (8 marks)
Q. 4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 200 – 250 words. (10 marks)
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Grammar:
The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class X:
1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Use of passive voice
4. Subject – verb concord
5. Reporting
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
(i) Noun clauses
(ii) Adverb clauses
(iii) Relative clauses
7. Determiners
8. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types as given below:
Q.5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. (4 marks)
Q.6: Editing or Omission (4 marks)
Q.7: Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. (4 marks)
Section C: Literature Textbook and Extended Reading Text 30 Marks 60 Periods
Q.8. One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Four Very Short Answer Questions: Two questions of one mark each for global comprehension and two questions of one mark each for interpretation. (4 marks)
Q.9. Four Short Answer type Questions from from First Flight and Footprints Without Feet (two from each to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas. (30-40 words each) (4 × 2 = 8 Marks)
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Q.10. One out of two Long Answer type Questions to assess how the values inherent in the text have been brought out. Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts, will be assessed. (100-120 words). (8 marks)
Q.11. One out of two very Long Answer Questions on theme or plot involving interpretation, inference and character, in about 200-250 words based on prescribed extended reading text. (10 Marks)
English Language And Literature Course
Textbooks
Literature Reader
PROSE
1. Two Gentlemen of Verona
2 Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger
3. The Letter
4. A Shady Plot
5. Patol Babu
6. Virtually True
POETRY
1. The Frog and the Nightingale
2. Mirror
3. Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments
4. Ozymandias
5. The Rime of Ancient Mariner
6. Snake
DRAMA
1. The Dear Departed
2. Julius Caesar
Main Course Book
1. Health and Medicine
2. Education
3. Science
4. Environment
5. Travel and Tourism
6. National Integration
Extended Reading Texts – (either one)
Diary of a Young Girl – 1947
June 12, 1942 to March 14, 1944
by Anne Frank (unabridged edition)
Published by CBSE
Diary of a Young Girl – 1947
March 16, 1944 to August 01, 1944
by Anne Frank (unabridged edition)
Published by CBSE
The Story of My Life – 1903 Chapters 1-14 by Helen Keller (unabridged edition)
The Story of My Life – 1903 Chapters 15-23 by Helen Keller (unabridged edition)
WORK BOOK* – Suggested Break-up of Units for the purpose of classroom teaching only – NOT FOR TESTING (see the following note).
1. Determiners
2. Tenses
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
4. Non-Finites
5. Relatives
6. Connectors
7. Conditionals
8. Comparison
9. Avoiding Repetition
10. Nominalization
11. Modals
12. Active and Passive
13. Reported Speech
14. Prepositions
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Prescribed Books: Published by CBSE, New Delhi
Interact in English Series
Extended Reading Texts (either one)
Main Course Book (Revised Edition)
Diary of a Young Girl – 1947 by Anne Frank (unabridged edition), Published by CBSE
Workbook (Revised Edition)
Literature Reader (Revised Edition)
The Story of My Life – 1903 by Helen Keller(unabridged edition)