R.T.

M Nagpur University, Nagpur

Syllabus
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Semester I
1T5- Compulsory English

Prescribed Text : Epiphanies by Board of Editors (Publisher: Orient BlackSwan)

Unit 1: Prose

1. Sreelakshmi Suresh
2. Why a Startup Needs to Find its Customers First- Pranav Jain
3. Devender Pal Singh

Unit 2: Prose

1. The Model Millionaire- Oscar Wilde

2. The Monkey’s Paw -W.W.Jacobs
3. The Lumber Room-Saki

Unit 3: Poetry

1. Invictus-William Earnest Henley

2. The Builders- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3. Stay Calm- Grenville Kleiser

Unit 4: Writing Skills

1. Emails
2. Speeches
3. Views and Opinions

Unit 5: Language Study

1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Verbs
4. Adjectives
5. Adverbs
6. Prefixes
7. Suffixes
8. Root Words
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Question Paper Pattern

1T5-Compulsory English

Semester I
N.B: SAQ – Short Answer Questions to be answered in about 75-100 words
VSAQ- Very Short Answer Question to be answered in two or three sentences
PRQ- Personal Response Question to be answered in about 75- 100words

Total 80 Marks

Q.1. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 1) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

Q.2. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 2) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

Q.3. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

Q.4 .(A).ONE Business Email (05)

(B)One Speech (150 Words) (05)

( C) One View and Opinion (150 Words) (06)

Q.5.(A)i) Synonyms (3 Words)/Antonyms (3Words) (06)

ii)Textual Match the following based on Unit-I & II(- 4 Items (02)

(B ) Nouns/Pronouns/ Verbs/ Adjectives/Adverbs (06)

(C) Root word/Suffixes/Prefixes (02)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT : 20 MARKS
The Internal Assessment would be done on the basis of the assignments submitted by the student
and his/her performance, attendance and conduct during the Semester. The concerned teacher
shall provide, in advance, a list of topics/assessment items/Question Bank (to the students) based
on the Units prescribed for the Theory Examination. Students shall finalize 2 topics/items from 2
different units with the approval of the concerned teacher and submit the same within the
prescribed deadline as Assignments.

Students may be given freedom to submit a creative writing assignment on human values/world
peace/environmental issues inspired by or related to the lessons/poems prescribed in the syllabus
and give a Power Point Presentation/Oral of the same.

2 Assignments – 5+5 = 10 Marks

Power Point Presentation/Oral Presentation– 5 Marks

Attendance – 5 Marks TOTAL – 20 MARKS

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Semester II
2T5- Compulsory English

Prescribed Text : Epiphanies by Board of Editors (Publisher: Orient BlackSwan)

Unit 1: Prose

1. Stephen Hawking
2. How to be a Healthy User of Social Media-Peggy Kern
3. Jadav Payeng

Unit 2: Prose

1. Luck-Mark Twain

2. How I Became a Public Speaker-George Bernard Shaw

3. My Lord, the Baby-Rabindranth Tagore

Unit 3: Poetry

1. Success is Counted Sweetest-Emily Dickinson

2. The World is Too Much with Us-William Wordsworth
3. No Man is an Island-John Donne

Unit 4: Writing Skills

1. Weave Your Idea/Story

2. Interviews
3. Narrating an Experience

Unit 5: Language Study

1. Articles
2. Prepositions
3. Conjunctions
4. Interjections
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Question Paper Pattern

1T5-Compulsory English

Semester II
N.B: SAQ – Short Answer Questions to be answered in about 75-100 words
VSAQ- Very Short Answer Question to be answered in two or three sentences
PRQ- Personal Response Question to be answered in about 75- 100words

Total 80 Marks

Q.1. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 1) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

Q.2. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 2) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

Q.3. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

Q.4 .(A). Weave Your Idea/Story (05)

(B) Framing Interview Questions (5x1) (05)

( C) Narrating an Experience (06)

Q.5.(A) i)Synonyms(03 Words) & Antonyms(03 Words) (06)

ii)Textual Match the Columns based on Unit I & II( 4 items) (02)

(B )Articles(03) and Prepositions(03)-Fill in the Blanks (06)

(C) Conjunctions(01) and Interjections(01) (02)
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT : 20 MARKS
The Internal Assessment would be done on the basis of the assignments submitted by the student
and his/her performance, attendance and conduct during the Semester. The concerned teacher
shall provide, in advance, a list of topics/assessment items/Question Bank (to the students) based
on the Units prescribed for the Theory Examination. Students shall finalize 2 topics/items from 2
different units with the approval of the concerned teacher and submit the same within the
prescribed deadline as Assignments.

Students may be given freedom to submit a creative writing assignment on human values/world
peace/environmental issues inspired by or related to the lessons/poems prescribed in the syllabus
and give a Power Point Presentation/Oral of the same.

2 Assignments – 5+5= 10 Marks

Power Point Presentation/Oral Presentation– 5 Marks

Attendance - 5 Marks TOTAL – 20 MARKS

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Semester III
3T5- Compulsory English

Prescribed Text: Igniting Minds by Board of Editors (Publisher: Orient BlackSwan)

Unit 1: Prose

1. The Chicago Speeches-Swami Vivekananda

2. What Teenagers Need to Know about Cyber Security- Sanjay Goel

3. Values in Life-Rudyard Kipling

Unit 2: Prose

1. Work Brings Solace-A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

2. Too Dear! - Leo Tolstoy

3. The Pleasures of Ignorance-Robert Lynd

Unit 3: Poetry

1. The Tiger and the Deer-Sri Aurobindo

2. A Dream within a Dream- Edgar Allan Poe

3. Leisure-W.H.Davies

Unit 4: Writing Skills

1. Application Letters

2. Etiquette and Manners

3. Writing Blogs

Unit 5: Language Study

1. Types of Sentences(Affirmative, Assertive, Negative, Exclamatory, Interrogative )

2. Tenses
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Question Paper Pattern

3T5-Compulsory English

Semester III
N.B: SAQ – Short Answer Questions to be answered in about 75-100 words
VSAQ- Very Short Answer Question to be answered in two or three sentences
PRQ- Personal Response Question to be answered in about 75- 100words

Total 80 Marks

Q.1. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 1) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

Q.2. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 2) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

Q.3. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

Q.4 .(A).One Application Letter (05)

(B)Etiquette & Manners (05)

( C)Writing Blog (150 Word) (06)

Q.5.(A)i)Idioms and Phrases-Make sentences(03), One Word Substitute(03) (06)

ii)True and False based on Unit II & III (4 items) (02)

(B )Types of Sentences (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Assertive (04)

(C) Tenses (04)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT : 20 MARKS
The Internal Assessment would be done on the basis of the assignments submitted by the student
and his/her performance, attendance and conduct during the Semester. The concerned teacher
shall provide, in advance, a list of topics/assessment items/Question Bank (to the students) based
on the Units prescribed for the Theory Examination. Students shall finalize 2 topics/items from 2
different units with the approval of the concerned teacher and submit the same within the
prescribed deadline as Assignments.

Students may be given freedom to submit a creative writing assignment on human values/world
peace/environmental issues inspired by or related to the lessons/poems prescribed in the syllabus
and give a Power Point Presentation /Oral Presentation of the same.

2 Assignments – 5+5 = 10 Marks

Power Point Presentation/Oral Presentation– 5 Marks

Attendance – 5 Marks TOTAL – 20 MARKS

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Semester IV
4T5- Compulsory English

Prescribed Text: Igniting Minds by Board of Editors (Publisher: Orient BlackSwan)

Unit 1: Prose

1. Gifts-Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. India, What Can it Teach Us?-Max Muller
3. Why We Travel-Pico Iyer

Unit 2: Prose

1. The Doll’s House- Katherine Mansfield

2. The Globe of Gold-Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. The Beggar-Anton Chekhov

Unit 3: Poetry

1. The Ballad of Father Gilligan-William Butler Yeast

2. God’s Grandeur-Gerard Manley Hopkins

3. The Soul’s Prayer- Sarojini Naidu

Unit 4: Writing Skills

1. Comprehension
2. Summary Writing
3. Writing Dialogue
4. Group Discussion

Unit 5: Language Study

1.Voice

2.Direct/Indirect Narration
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Question Paper Pattern

4T5-Compulsory English

Semester IV
N.B: SAQ – Short Answer Questions to be answered in about 75-100 words
VSAQ- Very Short Answer Question to be answered in two or three sentences
PRQ- Personal Response Question to be answered in about 75- 100words

Total 80 Marks

Q.1. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 1) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit1) (05)

Q.2. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on Prose (Unit 2) (3x 2) - (06)

B) One SAQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on Prose (Unit 2) (05)

Q.3. (A) Three VSAQ out of Five based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (3x 2) - (06)

(B) One SAQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

( C ).One PRQ out of Two based on prescribed Poems (Unit 3) (05)

Q.4 .(A).One passage for Comprehension (05)

(B)Summary Writing of the above passage in 4(A) (05)

( C) Dialogue Writing or Group Discussion

(At least 3 Dialogues to be exchanged) (3x2) (06)

Q.5.(A)i)Idioms and Phrases-Make Sentences(03) One Word Substitute(03 Words) (06)

ii)True and False(Textual based on Unit II & III) -4 Items (02)

(B ) Voice (04)

(C) Direct/Indirect Narration (04)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT : 20 MARKS
The Internal Assessment would be done on the basis of the assignments submitted by the student
and his/her performance, attendance and conduct during the Semester. The concerned teacher
shall provide, in advance, a list of topics/assessment items/Question Bank (to the students) based
on the Units prescribed for the Theory Examination. Students shall finalize 2 topics/items from 2
different units with the approval of the concerned teacher and submit the same within the
prescribed deadline as Assignments.

Students may be given freedom to submit a creative writing assignment on human values/world
peace/environmental issues inspired by or related to the lessons/poems prescribed in the syllabus
and give a Power Point Presentation/Oral Presentation of the same.

2 Assignments – 5+5 = 10 Marks

Power Point Presentation/Oral Presentation– 5 Marks
Attendance - 5 Marks TOTAL – 20 MARKS