Class 11 Cbse English Core Syllabus 2012-13
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The document outlines the examination specifications for Class XI English Core, including sections on reading comprehension, writing skills, grammar, textual questions, long reading texts, conversation skills, and a reading project. It details the marks allocation and types of tasks for each section, emphasizing the development of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Schools are encouraged to introduce independent reading projects to foster critical thinking and comprehension among students.
Class 11 Cbse English Core Syllabus 2012-13
- 1. w w w .edurite.com 48 SECTION - A Reading Comprehension - 15 Marks READING Reading Unseen Passages for Comprehension and Note Making Thissectionwillhavetwounseenpassagesfollowedbyavarietyofquestions. Thetotallengthofthe two passages shall be around 1100 (600 + 500). Question 1: Long Reading Passage of 600 Words 08 Marks Question 1 shall have two sets of questions a) 6 Questions carrying 1 mark each, out of which two shall be MCQs - 6x1= 6 Marks b) VocabularyTesting - 2 Questions carrying one mark each. 2x1= 2 Marks Question 2: Reading Passage of 500Words for Summary and Note Making 07 Marks a) Note making - 5 Marks b) Summary - 2 Marks EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS Class XI (ENGLISH CORE) One paper 3 Hours Marks: 100 Unitwise Weightage Unit Areas of Learning Marks A. Reading Unseen Passages (Two) 8+7=15 B. Writing 5+8+7=20 45 C. Grammar 10 D. Textual Questions (i) Textbook 4+10+6=20 20 (ii) SupplementaryReader E. Long Readin Text-Novel 7+8=15 15 F. Conversation Skills (i) Listening 5+5=10 10 (ii) Speaking G. Reading Project 10 10 TOTAL 100
- 2. w w w .edurite.com 49 SECTION B Writing Skills - 20 Marks WRITING 20 Marks 40 periods Question 3: One out of two short writing/composition tasks based on notice/ poster/ advertisement. (50 Words) 05 Marks Question 4: One out of two compositions in the form of article, speech, report writing or a narrative (150 - 200 Words) 08 Marks Question 5:Writing one out of two letters based on verbal input. It would cover all types of letters. 07 Marks Letter types may include: (a) business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and givinginformation,placingordersandsendingreplies): (b) letterstotheeditor(givingsuggestionsonanissue) (c) application for a job (d) letter to the school or colleges authorities, regarding admissions, school issues, requirements/suitabilityofcoursesetc. 07 Marks SECTION C Grammar - 10 Marks Different grammatical structures in meaningful contexts will be tested. Item types will include gap filling,sentencere-ordering,dialoguecompletionandsentencetransformation. Thegrammarsyllabus willincludedeterminers,tenses,clauses,modalsandVoice. Thesegrammarareaswillbetestedusing thefollowingtesttypes. Question 6: Error Correction 04 Marks Question 7: EditingTask 04 Marks Question 8: Re - Ordering of Sentences 02 Marks SECTION D Textual Question - 20 Marks Questionsontheprescribedtextbookswilltestcomprehensionatdifferentlevels:literal,inferentialand evaluativebasedonthefollowingprescribedtextbooks: 1. Hornbill :Text Book published by NCERT, New Delhi 12 Marks 2. Snapshots : Supplementary Reader published by NCERT, New Delhi 08 Marks Thefollowinghavebeendeleted:
- 3. w w w .edurite.com 50 Name of the Text Book Name of the lessons deleted Hornbill 1. Landscape of the Soul 2.TheAdventure 3. Silk Road 4.The LaburnumTop (Poetry) Snapshots 5.The Ghat of the onlyWorld Question 9: One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test reference to context,comprehensionandappreciation. 01x04 = 04 Marks Question 10: Five out of six short answer questions (up to 40 words) on the lessons from poetry prose and plays from both Hornbill and Snapshots with 3+3 pattern. (3 questions each from each book) 05X02 = 10 Marks Question 11: One out of two long answer questions based on the prescribed Text Books both Hornbill and Snapshots with 1+1 pattern. (150Words) 01X06 = 06 Marks SECTION E Long Reading Text - Novel - 15 Marks With a view to inculcate the habit of reading among the students, CBSE has introduced compulsory reading of a Long Reading Text - Novel in the English Core Course and will be evaluated in both FormativeandSummativeAssessments. The long reading text prescribed for class XI is: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (unabridgedversion1906Edition) or Up From Slavery by BookerT. Washington 2000 Edition Schools can opt for anyone of the above texts. Therewillbetwolonganswerquestionsonthetheme,plot,characterandincidentsfromtheprescribed Novel. Question 12: LongAnswer Question (Approximately 150Words) 08 Marks Question 13: LongAnswer Question (Approximately 130Words) 07 Marks
- 4. w w w .edurite.com 51 SECTION F Conversation Skills - 10 Marks FormaltestingofConversationskillsbothlisteningandspeakingwillbeconductedinClassesIXand XIbyCBSEincollaborationwithanexternalagency. Conversation Skills 10 marks (Listening + Speaking) Conversation Skills will be tested both as part of Formative & SummativeAssessment. Out of the 10 marks allotted for Conversation, 05 marks may be used for testing listening and 05 marks for testing speaking. The Conversation SkillsAssessment Scale may be used for evaluation. Listening The examiner will read aloud either a passage on a relevant theme or a short story. The passage may be factual or discursive. The length of the passage should be around 350 words. The examinees are expectedtocompletethelisteningcomprehensiontasksgiveninaseparatesheetwhilelisteningtothe teacher. The tasks set may be gap-filling, multiple choice, true or false or short answer questions. There may be ten different questions for half a mark each. Speaking Speakingshallbetestedeitherthroughnarrationusingasequenceofpicturesorthroughdescriptionof a picture of people or places. It may also require speaking on a given topic involving a personal experience. Description of a picture (can be pictures of people or places) NOTE: The duration of the speaking test should not be less than 5 minutes for each candidate. Atthestartoftheexaminationtheexaminerwillgivethecandidatesometimetoprepare for the task. Once the candidate has started speaking, the examiner should intervene as little as possible. Topicschosenshouldbewithinthepersonalexperienceoftheexamineesuchas:relating afunnyanecdote,retellingthethemeofabookreadoramovieseen recently.defending characters' actions in the story.
- 5. w w w .edurite.com 52 Conversation Skills Assessment Scale Listening The learner: 1. Hasgeneralabilitytounderstandwordandphrasesinafamiliarcontextbutcannotfollow connected speech. 2. Hasabilitytofollowshortconnectedutterancesinafamiliarcontext; 3. Hasabilitytounderstandexplicitlystatedinformationinbothfamiliarandunfamiliarcontexts; 4. Understands a range of longer spoken texts with reasonable accuracy, and is able to draw inferences; 5. Shows ability to interpret complex discourse in terms of points of view; adapts listening strategies to suit purposes. Speaking The learner: 1. shows ability to use only isolated words and phrases but cannot operate on connected speechlevel; 2. infamiliarsituations,usesonlyshortconnectedutteranceswithlimitedaccuracy; 3. shows ability to use more complex utterances with some fluency in longer discourse; still makessomeerrorswhichimpedecommunication; 4. organises and presents thoughts in a reasonably logical and fluent manner in unfamiliar situations;makeserrorswhichdonotinterferewithcommunication; 5. c a n s p o n t a n e o u s l y a d a p t s t y l e appropriate to purpose and audience; makesonlynegligibleerrors. SECTION G Reading Project - 10 Marks IInculcatinggoodreadinghabitsinchildrenhasalwaysbeenaconcernforallstakeholdersineducation. Thepurposeistocreateindependentthinkingindividualswiththeabilitytonotonlycreatetheirown knowledgebutalsocriticallyinterpret,analyseandevaluateitwithobjectivityandfairness.Thiswill alsohelpstudentsinlearningandacquiringbetterlanguageskills. Creating learners for the 21st century involves making them independent learners who can 'learn, unlearnandrelearn'andifourchildrenareinthehabitofreadingtheywilllearntoreinventthemselves anddealwiththemanychallengesthatlieaheadofthem. Readingisnotmerelydecodinginformationorpronouncingwordscorrectly,itisaninteractivedialogue betweentheauthorandthereaderinwhichthereaderandauthorsharetheirexperiencesandknowledge
- 6. w w w .edurite.com 53 witheachotherwhichhelpsthemtounderstandthetextandimpartmeaningtothetextotherthanwhat the author himself may have implied. Good readers are critical readers with an ability to arrive at a deeper understanding of not only the world presented in the book but also of the real world around them.Theynotonlyrecallwhattheyreadbutcomprehendittoo.Theircriticalreadingandunderstanding ofthetexthelpsthemcreatenewunderstanding,solveproblems,inferandmakeconnectionstoother textsandexperiences.Readingdoesnotmeanreadingforleisureonlybutalsoforinformation,analysis andsynthesisofknowledge.Thechildmaybeencouragedtoreadontopicsasdiverseasscienceand technology,politicsandhistory.Thiswillimprovehis/hercriticalthinkingskillsandalsohelpinimproving his/herconcentration. Reading any text should be done with the purpose of:- 1. readingsilentlyatvaryingspeedsdependingonthepurposeofreading: 2. adoptingdifferentstrategiesfordifferenttypesoftexts,bothliteraryandnon-literary: 3. recognisingtheorganisationofatext: 4. dentifyingthemainpointsofatext; 5. understanding relations between different parts of a text through lexical and grammatical cohesiondevices. 6. anticipatingandpredictingwhatwillcomenext. 7. deducingthemeaningofunfamiliarlexicalitemsinagivencontext: 8. consultingadictionarytoobtaininformationonthemeaninganduseoflexicalitems: 9. analysing,interpreting,inferring(andevaluating)theideasinthetext: 10. selectingandextractingfromtextinformationrequiredforaspecificpurpose. 11. retrievingandsynthesisinginformationfromarangeofreferencematerialusingstudyskills suchasskimmingandscanning: 12. interpreting texts by relating them to other material on the same theme (and to their own experienceandknowledge):and 13. readingextensivelyontheirownforpleasure. A good reader is most often an independent learner and consequently an independent thinker capableoftakinghis/herowndecisionsinliferationally.Suchalearnerwillmostassuredlyalso becapableofcriticalthinking. Reading a book should lead to creative and individual response to the author's ideas presented in the book in the form of:- shortreview dramatisationofthestory commentaryonthecharacters criticalevaluationoftheplot,storylineandcharacters comparingandcontrastingthecharacterswithinthestoryandwithothercharactersin stories by the same author or by the other authors
- 7. w w w .edurite.com 54 extrapolating about the story's ending or life of characters after the story ends defendingcharacters'actionsinthestory. making an audio story out of the novel/text to be read out to younger children. Interactingwiththeauthor Holdingaliteraturefestwherevariouscharactersinteractwitheachother Acting like authors/poets/dramatists, to defend their works and characters. Symposiums and seminars for introducing a book, an author, or a theme Finding similar text in other languages, native or otherwise and looking at differences and similarities. Creatinggraphicnovelsoutofnovels/shortstoriesread Dramatisingincidentsfromanovelorastory Creatingtheirownstories 1. A Reading Project of 10 marks has been introduced in class XI. 2. Schools may use books of their own choice. 3. Schools can vary the level but at least one book per term is to be read by every child. Teachers may opt for:- One book; Books by one author; or Books of one genre; to be read by the whole class. The Project should lead to independent learning/ reading skills and hence the chosen book/ selectionshouldnotbetaughtinclass,butmaybeintroducedthroughactivitiesandbeleftforthe students to read at their own pace.Teachers may, however, choose to assess a child's progress or success in reading the book by asking for verbal or written progress reports, looking at the diaryentriesofstudents,engaginginadiscussionaboutthebook,givingashortquizoraworksheet aboutthebook/shortstory.Themodeofintermittentassessmentmaybedecidedbytheteacher as she/he sees fit. These may be used for Formative Assessment (F1, F2, F3 and F4) only. Various modes of assessment such as conducting Reviews, Discussions, Open Houses, Exchanges, Interact with theAuthor, writing script for plays can be considered.