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The document outlines the English Core curriculum for Class XII for the academic year 2025-26, detailing the assessment structure across three sections: Reading Skills, Creative Writing Skills, and Literature. It specifies the types of questions, marks distribution, and prescribed texts for each section, including unseen passages, letters, articles, poetry, and prose. Additionally, it includes internal assessment components for listening and speaking skills, along with project work.

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English Core SrSec 2025 26 Pages Deleted

The document outlines the English Core curriculum for Class XII for the academic year 2025-26, detailing the assessment structure across three sections: Reading Skills, Creative Writing Skills, and Literature. It specifies the types of questions, marks distribution, and prescribed texts for each section, including unseen passages, letters, articles, poetry, and prose. Additionally, it includes internal assessment components for listening and speaking skills, along with project work.

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ENGLISH CORE

CLASS – XII (2025-26)

Section A
Reading Skills-22 Marks

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.

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words.

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

Section B
Creative Writing Skills-18 Marks
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 Spelling and Grammar :1).

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


types 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).

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Section C

Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text- 40 Marks

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
answered in 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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Prescribed Books

1. Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and


Training, New Delhi
Prose
 The Last Lesson
 Lost Spring
 Deep Water
 The Rattrap
 Indigo
 Poets and Pancakes
 The Interview
 Going Places

Poetry
 My Mother at Sixty-Six
 Keeping Quiet
 A Thing of Beauty
 A Roadside Stand
 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and


Training, New Delhi
 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

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment of Listening Skills 05 marks.


Assessment of Speaking Skills 05 Marks
Project Work 10 Marks

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ENGLISH CORE
QUESTION PAPER DESIGN
CLASS- XII (2025-26)

Section Competencies Total marks

Reading Conceptual understanding, decoding,


Skills Analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, 22
literary, conventions and vocabulary,
summarizing and using appropriate format/s.
Creative Conceptual Understanding, application of rules,
Writing Sills Analysis, Reasoning, appropriate style and 18
tone, using appropriate format and fluency,
inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity.
Literature Recalling, reasoning, critical thinking,
Text Book appreciating literary convention, inference, 40
and analysis, creativity with fluency.
Supplementa
ry Reading
Text

TOTAL 80

Internal Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills 10


Assessment
 Listening 5+5
 Speaking
 Project Work 10

GRAND TOTAL 100

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