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ENGLISH
CLASS-XI
One Paper 3 Hours 1OO Marks
Section Unit Marks
I) Prose 19
A. II) Poetry 12
III) Supplementary Reader 14
B. IV) Reading Unseen Passages (two) 20
C. V) Writing 31
D. VI) Grammar 04
Total 100
SECTION-A
Unit-I PROSE Marks 19
Selected Pieces :
(i) Relative Duties of Young men - Henry Ward Beecher
(ii) The Image - R.K. Narayan
(iii) Paul Julius Reuter - Harry Menicol
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Unit-II POETRY Marks 12
Selected Pieces :
(i) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
(ii) No Men are Foreign - James Kirkup
(iii) La Belle Dame Sans Merci - John Keats
(iv) Ozymandias of Egypt - P.B. Shelley
Unit-III SUPPLEMENTARY READER Marks14
Selected pieces :
(i) The Man with the Scar - W.Somerset Maugham
(ii) A Scene from Abraham Lincoln - John Drinkwater
(iii) God is Near - James Herriot
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SECTION-B
Unit-IV READING UNSEEN PASSAGES (TWO) Marks 20
1. (i) Unseen passage I (Comprehension) Marks 12
(ii) Unseen Passage II (Note making and summarizing) Marks 4+4 = 08
SECTION-C
Unit-V WRITING Marks 35
a) Advertisement/Message 3
b) Report Writing 8
c) Letter writing (Personal/Official/Application) 8
c) Article/Essay/Debate/Speech 8
d) Amplification 4
e) Grammar (MCQ) 4
PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS:
1. An Anthology of English Prose and Poetry for class XI
Published by: Frank Bros. & Co. (a division of Macmillan Publisher India Private Limited)
21, Patullos Road, Chennai, 60002, India for the Council of Higher Secondary Education,
Manipur.
2. Supplementary Reader (for Classes XI and XII)
Published by: Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Writing with a Purpose
By: Champa Tickoo and Jaya Sasikumar
Published by: Oxford University Press.
2. Oxford English Grammar for Class XI
Published by: Oxford University Press
3. Communicative English for Class XI
By: Renu Anand and Gayatri Khanna
Published by: Oxford University Press
4. A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students by FT. Wood.
5. A Practical English Grammar by A J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet.
6. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English by A.S. Hornby
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ENGLISH
CLASS-XII
One Paper 3 Hours 1OO Marks
Section Unit Marks
I) Prose 19
A. II) Poetry 12
III) Supplementary Reader 14
B. IV) Reading Unseen Passages (two) 20
C. V) Advanced Writing Skills and Grammar 35
Total 100
SECTION-A
Unit-I PROSE Marks 19
Selected Pieces
(i) On the Conduct of Life - William Hazlitt
(ii) Sinking of the Titanic - M. Geelan
(iii) The Kite Maker - Ruskin Bond
(iv) The Scourge of HIV - L. Kamakhya Kumar Singh
Unit-II POETRY Marks 12
Selected Pieces :
(i) God Made the Country - William Cowper
(ii) To the Skylark - W. Wordsworth
(iii) Youth and Age - S.T.Coleridge
(iv) The Soldier - Rupert Brooke
Unit-III SUPPLEMENTARY Marks 14
Selected Pieces :
(i) Love Across the Salt Desert - Keki, N. Daruwalla
(ii) The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
(iii) Coin Diver - Cyprian Ekwensi
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SECTION-B
Unit-IV READING UNSEEN PASSAGES (TWO) Marks 20
Selected Pieces :
1. (i) Unseen passage I (Comprehension) Marks 12
(ii) Unseen Passage II (Note making and summarizing) Marks 4+4 = 08
SECTION-C
Unit-V ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS Marks 35
1. Notice/Diary 3
2. Report/Factual description 8
3. Letter Writing (Formal/Official) 8
4. Precis 4
5. Article/Speech/Debate/Essay 8
6. Grammar 4
PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS:
1. An Anthology of English Prose and Poetry for class XII
Published by: Frank Bros. & Co. (a division of Macmillan Publisher India Private Limited)
21, Patullos Road, Chennai, 60002, India for the Council of Higher Secondary Education,
Manipur.
2. Supplementary Reader (for Classes XI and XII)
Published by: Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
1. Writing with a Purpose
By: Champa Tickoo and Jaya Sasikumar
Published by: Oxford University Press
2. Oxford English Grammar for Class XII
Published by: Oxford University Press
3. Communicative English for Class XII
By: Renu Anand and Gayatri Khanna
Published by: Oxford University Press
4. A Remedial English Grammar for Foreign Students by F.T. Wood.
5. A Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson and A. V. Martinet.
6. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English by A.S. Hornby
DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER
Subject: ENGLISH
Class: XI
Full Mark: 100
Time: 3 Hours
WEIGHTAGE TO OBJECTIVES
Objectives Marks Percentage
Knowledge (K) 35 35
I Understanding/Comprehension (U/C) 45 45
Expression (Exp) 20 20
Skill(S), - -
Total: 100 100
WEIGHTAGE TO FORMS OF QUESTIONS:
Form of Questions No. of Question Time (in Marks Percentage
minute)
Essay/Long Answer (E/LA) 5 85 40 40
Short Answer (SA-I) 5 40 20 20
II
Short Answer (SA-II) 2 10 6 6
Short Answer (SA-III) 12 30 24 24
Very Short Answer (VSA) 6 10 6 6
MCQ 4 5 4 4
Total: 34 180 100 100
WEIGHTAGE TO CONTENT:
UNIT/CONTENTS : Marks Percentage
Unseen passage(Comprehension) 12 12
A. Reading
Unseen passage (Note making/Summaries) 4+4 8
Advertisement/Message 3 3
News-Report/Magazine Report 8 8
III Letter Writing(Personal/Application) 8 8
B. Writing
Functional Grammar 4 4
Amplification/ (Symposym) 4 4
Essay/ Debate/Speech/Article 8 8
Prose 8(1)+4(1)+3(1)+4(2) 19 19
C. Text Poetry 8(4) +4(4) Extract 12 12
Supplementary reader 8(1)+4(1)+2(1) 14 14
Total : 100 100
IV SCHEME OF SECTIONS : A,B & C
V SCHEME OF OPTIONS : Internal option in Essay Type ,SA-I, Extract (Poem).
DIFFICULTY LEVEL :
VI Difficult : 20 % marks
Average : 45% marks
Easy : 35% marks
Abbreviation : K(Knowledge),U(Understanding),C(Comprehension), Exp.(Expression),
(S)Skill, E(Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type), VSA (Very Short Answer
Type), MCQ(Multiple Choice Question)
DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER
Subject : ENGLISH
Class : XII
Full Mark : 100
Time : 3 Hours
WEIGHTAGE TO OBJECTIVE
Objectives Marks Percentage
Knowledge (K) 35 35
I
Understanding/Comprehension (U/C) 45 45
Expression (Exp) 20 20
Total : 100 100
WEIGHTAGE TO FORMS OF QUESTIONS:
Form of Questions No. of Question Time Marks Percentage
(in minute)
Essay/Long Answer (E/LA) 5 85 40 40
Short Answer (SA-I) 5 40 20 20
II
Short Answer (SA-II) 2 10 6 6
Short Answer (SA-III) 12 30 24 24
Very Short Answer (VSA) 6 10 6 6
MCQ 4 5 4 4
Total: 34 180 100 100
WEIGHTAGE TO CONTENT:
UNIT/CONTENTS : Marks Percentage
Unseen passage(Comprehension) 12 12
A. Reading
Unseen passage (Note making/Summaries) 4+4 8
Notice/Diary Entry 3 3
Report/Factual Description 8 8
III Letter Writing(Official/Formal) 8 8
B. Writing
Functional Grammar 4 4
Precis (Short) 4 4
Essay/Debate/Speech/Article 8 8
Prose 8(1)+4(1)+3(1)+4(2) 19 19
C. Text Poetry 8(4)+4(4) (Extract ) 12 12
Supplementary reader 8(1)+4(1)+2(1) 14 14
Total : 100 100
IV SCHEME OF SECTIONS : A,B & C
V SCHEME OF OPTIONS : Internal option in Essay Type ,SA-I , Extract (Poem)
DIFFICULTY LEVEL :
VI Difficult : 20% marks
Average : 45% marks
Easy : 35 % marks
Abbreviation : K(Knowledge), U(Understanding), C(Comprehension), Exp.(Expression),
(S)Skill, E(Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type), VSA (Very Short Answer
Type), MCQ(Multiple Choice Question)
