cbse class xi english Elective syllabus 2014-2015

ENGLISH(Elective)

Class XI

One Paper                                   3 Hours                                   Marks 100

Unit Marks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Reading an unseen passage and a poem Writing Seminar Text for detailed study Drama Fiction 20 20 10 30 10 10

Unitwise Weightage

1.	Reading an unseen passage and a poem		Marks 20	Periods 35
	(a)    Literary or discursive passage of about 500-600 words		12
	(b)    A poem of about 15 lines		08
2.	Writing		20	35
	(a)     To write an essay on an argumentative/discursive/reflective/or descriptive topic (150 words)		10
	(b)     To write a composition such as an article, a report, a speech (150 words)		10
3.	Seminar		10
z		Presentation of a book review, a play, a short story, a novel, novella (tale, fable, parable) to be followed by a question answer session		25
z		Poetry reading to be followed by interpretative tasks based on cloze reading and literary analysis of the text.
z		Critical review of a film or a play
z		Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a discussion

Note:  The above activities would develop presentation skills, analytical skills, spoken skills and literary

criticism.

4.	Text for detailed study		30	75
	Prose		20
(a)		Two passages for comprehension with short question answers testing deeper interpretation and drawing inferences (04 × 2)	08
(b)		Two questions for testing global comprehension (Any One to be answered in 100 words)	06
(c)		Two short answer type questions testing comprehension to be

answered in a paragraphof about 30-40 words each                      06

Poetry                                                                                                     10

(a)	One extract from the prescribed poems for comprehension and literary interpretation	04
(b)	One out of two questions on the prescribed poems for appreciation to be answered in 100 words	06

5.      Drama - Arms and the Man                                                                   10                 20

(a)     One out of two questions to be answered in about 150-200 words to test the evaluation of characters, events and episodes.

6.      Fiction                                                                                                     10                  20

(a)	One question to be answered in about 150 words for the analysis of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships.	06
(b)	Two out of three short answer type questions to be answered in about 30-40 words on content, events and episodes. (2×2)	04

Books prescribed

1.      Text book: Woven words published by NCERT

2.      Fiction: The Old Man and The Sea Novel (unabridged) by E. Hemingway

3.      Drama: Arms and the Man – BernardShaw