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Syllabus and Blueprint Class Xii English

The document provides a syllabus for the half-yearly examination for Class XII English Core. It outlines the following sections: Section A focuses on reading skills and comprehension of two unseen passages. Section B assesses creative writing skills through notice writing, invitation and reply letters, application letters, and article writing. Section C evaluates literature comprehension through extracts from the Flamingo and Vistas textbooks, short answer questions, and two long answer questions - one for each text. Students will be assessed on their understanding, interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of the given passages, letters, and literature works.

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Syllabus and Blueprint Class Xii English

The document provides a syllabus for the half-yearly examination for Class XII English Core. It outlines the following sections: Section A focuses on reading skills and comprehension of two unseen passages. Section B assesses creative writing skills through notice writing, invitation and reply letters, application letters, and article writing. Section C evaluates literature comprehension through extracts from the Flamingo and Vistas textbooks, short answer questions, and two long answer questions - one for each text. Students will be assessed on their understanding, interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of the given passages, letters, and literature works.

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SYLLABUS OF HALF - YEARLY EXAMINATION

CLASS XII SUBJECT ENGLISH CORE


READING: Comprehension

WRITING: Short Composition Notice, Report writing, Letter Writing (Editor, Application
for a job), (Invitation & Replies), Article Writing Lost Spring

TEXTBOOKS: FLAMINGO: My Mother at Sixty-Six the Last Lesson, : Lost Spring, Deep
Water, Keeping Quiet, A thing of Beauty, : A Roadside Stand, The Rattrap, Indigo

VISTAS :The Third Level,The Tiger King , The Enemy, Journey to the End Of The Earth

ALS EXAMINATION

BLUE PRINT

ENGLISH CORE CODE NO. 301

CLASS – XII 2023-24

Section A – 22 Marks

Reading Skills

I Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage (12+10 = 22 Marks)

1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and


inference.

Vocabulary assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be

factual, descriptive or literary.

2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data,

charts etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer type
Questions (to be answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.

Section B – 18 Marks Creative Writing Skills

II. Creative Writing Skills

3.Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.(4 Marks:
Format :1 / Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar : 1 ).

4. Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given
questions to

be answered. (4 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spellingand


Grammar :1 ).

5. Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words.

Lettertypes include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor
(giving

suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest) . One out of the two given questions
to

be answered . (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of

Spelling and Grammar :1 ).

6. Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to
be

answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered . (5
Marks:

Format : 1 /Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and


Grammar :1 ).

Section C – 40 Marks Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice

Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long

Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation

and extrapolation beyond the text.

7. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension,

interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)

8. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension,

interpretation,analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks)

9. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks)

10. Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to

be answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses

through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given, are to be answered.

(5x2=10 Marks)

11. Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words

each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two

out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks)

12. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in

120-150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event

as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question

will elicit analytical and evaluative response from the student. Any one out of two

questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)

13. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be

answeredin 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond

the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses using incidents,

events, themes, as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done.

(1x5=5 Marks)

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