CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus (2024-25)
1. Detailed Syllabus:
Section A: Reading Skills
- Unseen Passage (factual, descriptive, or literary)
- Case-Based Unseen (Factual) Passage
Section B: Creative Writing Skills
- Notice Writing
- Formal and Informal Invitations and Replies
- Letter Writing:
* Business or Official Letters (e.g., inquiries, complaints, placing orders)
* Letters to the Editor (opinions on issues of public interest)
- Article Writing
- Report Writing
Section C: Literature Textbooks and Supplementary Reading Text
- Flamingo (Prose):
* The Last Lesson
* Lost Spring
* Deep Water
* The Rattrap
* Indigo
* Poets and Pancakes
* The Interview
* Going Places
- Flamingo (Poetry):
* My Mother at Sixty-Six
* Keeping Quiet
* A Thing of Beauty
* A Roadside Stand
* Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
- Vistas (Supplementary Reader):
* The Third Level
* The Tiger King
* Journey to the End of the Earth
* The Enemy
* On the Face of It
* Memories of Childhood:
- The Cutting of My Long Hair
- We Too are Human Beings
2. Reduced Topics/Chapters:
- Flamingo (Poetry):
* An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
- Vistas (Prose):
* Should Wizard Hit Mommy
* Evans Tries an O-Level
3. Weightage of Sections:
| Section | Marks | Description |
|---------------------------------------|-------|---------------------------------------------|
| Reading Skills | 20 | Interpretation and inference skills |
| Creative Writing Skills | 20 | Writing tasks like notice, article, report |
| Literature Textbooks and Supplementary| 40 | Questions based on prescribed texts |
| **Total** | **80**| |
4. Important Questions/Topics:
Prose (Flamingo):
- The Last Lesson: Discuss the theme of linguistic chauvinism.
- Lost Spring: Analyze the plight of street children.
- Deep Water: Describe how the author overcomes his fear of water.
- Indigo: Explain Gandhi's role in the Champaran movement.
Poetry (Flamingo):
- My Mother at Sixty-Six: Interpret the theme of aging and separation.
- Keeping Quiet: Discuss the poet's appeal for introspection and peace.
- A Thing of Beauty: Explain how beauty provides a constant source of joy.
Prose (Vistas):
- The Third Level: Analyze the theme of escapism.
- The Enemy: Discuss the conflict between duty and humanity.
