Class 9 Cbse English Communication Syllabus 2012-13
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The document outlines the examination specifications for Class IX English Communicative syllabus for the academic year 2012-13, detailing the weightage of assessments across two terms. Summative assessments (I and II) each account for 30% of the total marks, while formative assessments contribute 40%, with specific sections for reading, writing, grammar, and literature outlined. Key requirements include various writing tasks, grammar assessments, and prescribed readings, emphasizing a holistic approach to language skills development.
Class 9 Cbse English Communication Syllabus 2012-13
- 1. w w w .edurite.com 73 EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS EnglishCommunicative Code No. 101 CLASS-IX FROM THEACADEMICYEAR 2012 - 13 Division of Syllabus forTerm I (April-September) Total WeightageAssigned SummativeAssessment I 30% Section Marks Reading 15=8+7 Writing 20=3+5+6+6 Grammar 15=3+3+3+3+3 Literature 20 LongReadingText 10 ListeningandSpeaking 10 FormativeAssessment 20% TOTAL 90 marks 50% Division of Syllabus forTerm II (October -March) Total WeightageAssigned SummativeAssessment II 30% Section Marks Reading 15=8+7 Writing 20=3+5+6+6 Grammar 15=3+3+3+3+3 Literature 20 LongReadingText 10 ListeningandSpeaking 10 FormativeAssessment 20% TOTAL 90 marks 50% Note: 1. ThetotalweightageassignedtoSummativeAssessment(SAI&II)is60%. Thetotalweightagweassignedto FormativeAssessment (FA1, 2, 3 & 4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to FormativeAssessment, 10%
- 2. w w w .edurite.com 74 weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I &II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term) 2. The SummativeAssessment I and SummativeAssessment II are for ninety marks each. Ten marks of listening and speaking test will be added to the 80 marks SummativeAssessment paper ie 80 + 10 = 90 marks in each semester.The weighatge assigned to SummativeAssessment I is 30% and the weightage assignedtoSummativeAssessmentIIis30%. SECTIONA: READING 15 Marks Qs 1 & 2 Thereadingsectionwillhavetwounseentextsasshownbelow: Text Number Text Type Length Marks Type of Questions. Text 1 Factual/Discursive/ 500 - 550 8 marks SupplyType Literary words (Gapfilling,sentencecompletion, Table completion, word attack questions, Reference and Short AnswerQuestions) Text 2 Factual/Discursive/ 300 - 350 7 marks MultipleChoiceQuestions. Literary words The word limit has been reduced from 1100 to 900. The total length of the three passages will be between 800 - 900 words. There will be at least 3 marks for assessing vocabulary. Careshouldbetakentocoverallthetexttypes,iediscursiveandliterarywhileselectingthepassages.Apoemmay or may not be used as one of the three texts. Apart from a poem, prose literary texts may include excerpts from authenticliteraturesuchasshortstory,autobiography,biography,travelogue,noveletc. Wheneverapoemoraprose/literarytextisused,theothertwotextsshouldbediscursive.Ifapoemisseletedthen, the length of the poem may be between 14 to 25 lines. SECTION B: WRITING 20 Marks Thewritingsectioncomprisesfourwritingtasksasindicatedbelow. Q. 3 Ashort composition of about 50 words in the form of a Notice, Message or Diary Entry. 3 Marks Q. 4 A composition of about 100 words in the form of Biographical sketch, Data Interpretation, Dialogue Writing or Description (People, Objects or Events) 5 Marks Questions4&5willassessstudents'skillofexpressingideasinclearandgrammaticallycorrectEnglish,presenting ideascoherentlyandconcisely,writingacleardescription,aclearaccountofevents,expandingnotesintoapieceof writing, transcodinginformationfromoneformtoanotherorusingastyleappropriateforanotice,messageordiary entry.
- 3. w w w .edurite.com 75 Q. 5 Anextendedwritingtaskof about120wordsintheformofaFormal/InformalLetterorEmail.Thelong piece of writing will assess the use of appropriate style, language, content and expression. 6 Marks Q. 6 An extended writing task of about 120 words in the form of an Article, Speech, Debte, Newspaper/ School Magazine Report or Story. 6 Marks Students' skill in expressing ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, planning, organising and presenting ideascoherentlybyintroducing,developingandconcludingatopic,comparingandcontrastingideasandarrivingat aconclusion,presentinganargumentwithsupportingexamples,usinganappropriatestyleandformatandexpanding notes into longer pieces of writing and creative expression of ideas will be assessed. Qs 5 & 6 will make use of a visual/ verbal stimulus and one of the questions will be thematically based on MCB. Important Note on Format andWord Limit: • Formatwillnotcarryanyseparatemarksandinmostcases,formatwillbegiveninthequestionpaper. • Thewordlimitgivenisthesuggestedminimumwordlimit. Nocandidatemaybepenalisedforwriting moreorlessthanthesuggestedwordlimitprovidedthetopiciscoveredadequately. Stressshouldbe on content, expression, coherence and relevance of the content presented. SECTION C: GRAMMAR 15 Marks This section will assess Grammar items in context for 15 Marks. It will carry 5 questions of 3 marks each. Questions 7 & 8 will have Multiple Choice Questions. The test types for MCQs include the following: • Gapfilling • Sentence completion / Dialogue completion Questions 9,10 & 11 will be based on response supplied by students (Supply Type). The test types will include the following: • Sentence reordering • Editing / Omission • Sentence transformation Questions7to11willtestgrammaritemswhichhavebeendealtwithinclassIX. Differentstructuressuchasverb forms, sentence structure, connectors, determiners, pronouns, prepositions, clauses, phrases etc., can be tested through formative assessment over a period of time. As far as the summative assessment is concerned, it will recycle grammar items learnt over a period of time and will test them in context. Teststypesusedwillincludegap-filling,cloze(gapfillingexercisewithblanksatregularintervals),sentencecompletion, recordingwordgroupsintosentences,editing,dialogue-completionandsentence-transformation.
- 4. w w w .edurite.com 76 Thegrammarsyllabuswillbesampledeachyear,withmarksallottedfor: Verbsforms Sentencestructures Other areas Note:Jumbledwordsinreorderingexercisetotestsyntaxwillinvolvesentencesinacontext. Eachsentencewillbe splitintosensegroups(notnecessarilyintosinglewords)andjumbledup. Section D: LITERATURE 20 Marks Q 12 willhavethefollowingarrangement: 12A: An extract from poetry with three questions based on reference to context requiring the students to supplytheanswers. 3 Marks 12 B: Anextractfromashortstorywiththreereferencetocontextquestionsrequiringthestudentstosupply the answers. 3 Marks 12 C:An extract from a play with three reference to context questions requiring the students to supply the answers. 3 Marks Q 13 Two out of three short answer type questions based on prose, poetry and play of 3 marks each. The questions will not test recall but inference and evaluation.(30 - 40 words each) 6 Marks Q 14 One out of two long answer type questions to assess personal response to text (story, poem or play) by goingbeyondthetext/poem/storyorextract. Creativity,imaginationandextrapolationbeyondthetextand across two texts will also be assessed. (150 words) 5 Marks Novel/Long Reading Text 10 Marks Q 15 Type of Questions: Global questions on theme and plot involving interpretation and inference . 5 marks Q16 One out of two character sketches in 100 words. 5 marks Prescribed Books/Materials 1. Interact in English - IX Main Course Book Revised edition 2. InteractinEnglish-IX LiteratureReaderRevisededition PublishedbyCBSE 3. Interact in English - IX Workbook Revised edition Delhi-110092 Novel/Long Reading Text 4. Gulliver's Travel - 2005 (unabridged edition) JonathanSwift 5. Three Men in a Boat - 1889 (unabridged edition) Jerome K. Jerome
- 5. w w w .edurite.com 77 Reading Section: Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference and analysis is a skill to be tested formatively as well as summatively. There will be no division of passages for this section, however, for reading purpose.The Interact in English Main Course Book will be read in two terms i.e.Term I (April-September) andTerm II (October-March). Writing Section: All types of short and extended writing tasks will be dealt with in both I and II Term Summative as well as in FormativeAssessment. For purpose of assessment all themes dealt with in Main Course Book and other themes may be used. Note on assessing Writing Tasks. Q. 3 Content : 2 marks Expression : 1 mark (Accuracy & Fluency) Total : 3 marks Upto one mark may be deducted for spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. Q. 4 Content : 3 marks Fluency : 1 mark Accuracy : 1 mark Total : 5 marks Upto one mark may be deducted for spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. Q. 5 Content : 3 marks Accuracy : 1.5 marks Fluency : 1.5 marks Total : 5 marks Upto two marks may be deducted for spelling punctuation and grammar errors. Q. 6 Content : 3 marks Accuracy : 1.5 marks Fluency : 1.5 marks Total : 6 marks Upto two marks may be deducted for spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. ThoughmarkshavebeenallottedspecificallyforContent,theyshouldnotbeawardedinamechanicalmanner.For instance, if a student has merely mentioned the value points (content) as per the marking scheme, the examiner should assess whether the content has been expressed/communicated in a coherent and cohesive manner. It means content and expression are perceived as interlinked aspects of writing.
- 6. w w w .edurite.com 78 Similarly in all the writing tasks credit should be given to creativity in the realm of ideas and language use. What it meansfortheexamineristhatstudentswhothinkdifferentlyandareabletousethelanguagewithfelicityintermsof structuresaswellasvocabularyshouldbegivendueweightage.Thisneednotnecessarilybeseenasleaningtowards subjectivity in marking.Aproperbalance of content, expression (accuracy, fluency, cohesion and coherence) andcreativitywouldencouragestudentstoaimforhigherstandardsinwrittencommunication.Errorsinspelling, punctuation and grammar should be penalised to the extent of marks allotted forAccuracy. Grammar: Grammar items mentioned in the syllabus will be taught and assessed summatively as well as formatively over a periodoftime. TherewillbenodivisionofsyllabusforGrammarinthesummativeofformativeassessmentsforthe terms.Howeverasuggestedsplit-upoftheWorkBookforthetwotermsisgiventohelpteachersinplanningtheir classroomteaching. CLASS IX - COMMUNICATIVE Syllabus for the Two Terms S.No. Text Books FirstTerm Second Term (April - September) (October - March) FA 1 10 FA2 10 SA I 30 FA3 10 FA4 10 SA II 30 Literature Reader PROSE 1. How ITaught My Grandmother to Read 3 3 2. A Dog Named Duke 3 3 3. The Man Who Knew too Much 3 3 4. KeepingitfromHarold 3 3 5. BestSeller 3 3 POETRY 1. The Brook 3 3 2. The Road Not Taken 3 3 3. TheSolitaryReaper 3 3 4. LordUllin'sDaughter 3 3
- 7. w w w .edurite.com 79 5. TheSevenAges 3 3 6. Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After MeTeeth 3 3 7. SongoftheRain 3 3 DRAMA 1. VillaforSale 3 3 2. TheBishop's Candlesticks 3 3 Main Course Book 1. People 3 3 2. Adventure 3 3 3. Environment 3 3 4. The Class IX Radio and Video Show 3 3 5. Mystery 3 3 6. Children 3 3 7. Sports and Games 3 3 WORK BOOK* - Suggested Break-up of Units for the Purpose of Classroom Teaching only- NOT FOR TESTING (see the note below) Term I 1. Verb Forms 2. Determiners 3. FutureTimeReference 4. Modals Term II 5. Connectors 6. ThePassive 7. Reported Speech 8. Prepositions
- 8. w w w .edurite.com 80 Long Reading Text Guliver's Travels in Four Parts Part I & II Part III & IV Three Men in a Boat Chapters 1-10 Chapters 11-19 *NOTE ON WORKBOOK The suggested split up of the units of theWorkbook reflects a distribution for the purpose of classroom teaching only. Since grammar and usage is not to be tested discreetly, but in an integrated manner, the split up as shown above will not restrict questions in the grammar section of SA I and SA II question papers to the specificunitsshowninthesplitupofWorkbookunits. Grammarwillbetestedrecyclinggrammaritemslearnt over a period of time in a comprehensive manner. Teachers may adapt this suggested distribution for classroom teachingmakingmodificationsaccordingtotheirspecificneeds. SimilarlyFormativeAssessmentofgrammaritems mayalsobecarriedoutinanintegratedmanneralongwiththeskillsofReading,Writing,SpeakingandListeningas wellasLiterature. Note: 1. FormativeAssessment is assessment 'for' learning. Thus schools may adapt the above break-up as per theirconvenience. 2. All activities related to Formative Assessment such as Language games, quizzes, projects, role plays, dramatization, script writing etc must be done as 'in class' and 'in school' activities. In case, a field survey or visit is taken up it must be under the direct supervision of the teacher.