THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL KUWAIT CLASS X -ENGLISH -DIVIDED SYLLABUS

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1 T E R M 1 st T E R M MONTH March April THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL KUWAIT CLASS X -ENGLISH -DIVIDED SYLLABUS WEEK 1 2 TEXT/ SECTION Workbook (Grammar) MCB Helen Keller MCB Helen Keller Workbook (Grammar) PORTION Two Gentlemen of Verona Informal Letter Determiners, Tenses, Subject verb agreement Ch.1 Health and Medicine Mrs. Packletide s Tiger Factual Description, Narrative The Story Of My Life Ch.1- The Frog And The Nightingale (Poem) Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor, Complaints, Enquiry, Placing Order) Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor, Complaints, Enquiry, Placing Order) contd. Ch.2 Education Mirror (poem) The Story of my Life-ch-5-8 Non-Finites Debate 1 The Dear Departed (Drama) 2 May June 1 Helen Keller Workbook (Grammar) Workbook MCB Workbook The Dear Departed (Drama) Contd. The Story of my Life-Ch-9-1 Relatives Article The Letter Connectors Story Ch. Science Not Marble, Nor The Gilded Monuments (poem) Conditionals Speech REVISION FIRST MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION September Summer Vacation 2 School reopens after summer vacation

2 2nd TERM September 1 2 Work book Helen Keller Work book MCB Work book A Shady Plot Active and Passive Voice The Story of my Life-Ch Ozymandias(Poem) Reported speech Ch. Environment Report Patol Babu, Film star Comparison Speech FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION October November 1 Helen Keller Work book MCB Work book MCB Helen Keller Julius Caesar (Play) The Story Of My Life-Ch Avoiding Repetition Julius Caesar (Play)contd. Ch. 5 Travel and Tourism Nominalization Bio-sketch The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (poem) Ch. 6 National Integration The Story Of My Life-Ch Workbook Workbook Helen Keller The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (contd.) Modals Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor, Complaints, Enquiry, Placing Order) Snake (poem) Prepositions Article and Story Virtually True The Story Of My Life-Ch REVISION December 2 REVISION SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION January 1 2 1st Model Exam February 1 2 2st Model Exam

3 Topic wise weightage for Terminal Examinations - 80 marks Periodic test-10 marks (20/2) Notebook submission- 5 marks Subject Enrichment Activity - 5 Marks PORTION FOR FIRST MID TERM EXAMINATION MARKS SECTION A READING Comprehension Passage 20 MARKS SECTION B SECTION C WRITING GRAMMAR LITERATURE Speech/Debate, Article Determiners, Subject - Verb Agreement & Non-Finites Two Gentlemen of Verona Mrs. Packletide's Tiger The Frog and the Nightingale (Poem) Mirror (Poem) The Story of My Life (chapters 1-8) TOTAL 10 MARKS 5 MARKS 15 MARKS 50 MARKS

4 PORTION FOR FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION MARKS SECTION A READING Comprehension Passages(2) = 20 Marks WRITING Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor, Complaints, Inquiry, Placing Order) = M.C.B Story 18 Marks SECTION B GRAMMAR Units 1 - Determiners, Tenses, Subject - verb agreement, Non - Finites, Relatives, Connectors, Conditionals Two Gentlemen of Verona + + = 12 Marks Mrs. Packletide's Tiger SECTION C LITERATURE & LONG READING TEXT The Letter The Frog and the Nightingale (Poem) Mirror (Poem) Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments (Poem) The Dear Departed (Drama) = 0 Marks The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, Chapters 1-1 TOTAL 80 MARKS

5 PORTION FOR SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION MARKS SECTION A READING Comprehension Passages(2) = 20 Marks WRITING Formal Letter (Letter to the Editor, Complaints, Inquiry, Placing Order) = M.C.B Story 18 Marks Units - 6 SECTION B GRAMMAR Comparison, Avoiding Repetition, Nominalization, Modals, Active and Passive Voice, Reported Speech, Prepositions + + = 12 Marks A Shady Plot Patol Babu Virtually True Ozymandias (Poem) Julius Caesar (Drama) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Poem) Snake (Poem) Virtually True The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, Chapters 15-2 TOTAL 80 MARKS PATTERN OF QUESTION PAPER FOR TERMINAL EXAMINATIONS SL NO TOPICS 1 SECTION- A READING 2 SECTION- B- WRITING AND GRAMMAR SECTION- C- LITERATURE TOTAL MARKS 20 0 (20+10) 0 80

6 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE (Code No. 101) SYLLABUS CLASS X ( ) SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE IN ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE Section Total Weightage 80

7 A Reading Skills 20 B Skills with Grammar 0 C Textbook and Extended Reading Text 0 TOTAL 80 Note: The Board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours. SECTION A: READING 20 Marks 50 Periods This section will have two unseen passages of a total of words as per the details below : Q.1: A Factual passage words with eight Very Short Answer Type (VSA) Questions. 8 marks 2: A Discursive passage of words with four Short Answer Type Questions of eight marks to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four VSA to test vocabulary and comprehension (two VSA for vocabulary and two for comprehension) 12 marks SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR 0 Marks 60 Periods :- Q..: Formal Letter (Complaints / Inquiry / Placing order / letter to the editor) in about words. The questions will be thematically based on the Main Course Book. 8 marks Q.: a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about words. 10 marks Grammar :-

8 The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class X. 1. Tenses 2. Modals. Use of passive voice. Subject verb concord 5. Reporting (i).commands and requests (ii).statements (iii).questions 6. Clauses: (i).noun clauses (ii).adverb clauses (iii).relative clauses 7. Determiners 8. Preposition Q. 5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. marks Q. 6: Editing or Omission marks Q. 7: Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. marks

9 SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOK AND EXTENDED READING TEXT 0 Marks 60 Periods Q. 8. One out of two extracts from prose / poetry / play for reference to context. Four Very Short Answer Questions: Two questions of one mark each for global comprehension and two questions of one mark each on interpretation. marks Q. 9. Four Short Answer type Questions from the Reader to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (0-0 words each) 2x = 8 Marks Q.10. One out of two long answer type questions to assess how the values inherent in the text have been brought out. Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. ( words). 8 marks Q.11. One out of two Very Long Answer Question on theme or plot involving interpretation, inference and character, in about words based on prescribed novel text for extended reading. 10 Marks Prescribed Books: Published by CBSE, New Delhi INTERACT IN ENGLISH SERIES 1. Main Course Book (Revised Edition) 2. Workbook (Revised Edition). Reader (Revised Edition) 2

10 EXTENDED READING TEXTS (either one): (i) Diary of a Young Girl 197 by Anne Frank (unabridged edition), Published by CBSE (ii) The Story of My Life 190 by Helen Keller(unabridged edition) NOTE: Teachers are advised to: (i) encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as role play, group work etc. (ii) reduce teacher-talk time and keep it to the minimum, (iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their ideas and express and defend their views, and Besides measuring attainment, texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing mistakes and areas of non- learning. To make evaluation a true index of learners attainment, each language skill is to be assessed through a judicious mixture of different types of questions. Reading Section: Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference and analysis are skills to be tested. Grammar: Grammar items mentioned in the syllabus will be taught and assessed over a period of time. There will be no division of syllabus for Grammar. Listening and Speaking Skills. 50 Periods

11 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE COURSE CLASS - X ( ) TEXTBOOKS Reader PROSE 1. Two Gentlemen of Verona. A Shady Plot 2 Mrs. Packletide s Tiger 5. Patol Babu. The Letter 6. Virtually True POETRY 1. The Frog and the Nightingale. Ozymandias 2. Mirror 5. The Rime of Ancient Mariner. Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments 6. Snake DRAMA 1. The Dear Departed 2. Julius Caesar Main Course Book 1. Health and Medicine. Environment 2. Education 5. Travel and Tourism. Science 6. National Integration Extended Reading Texts (either one) Diary of a Young Girl 197 June 12, Diary of a Young Girl 197 March 16, 192 to March 1, 19 By Anne Frank 19 to August 01, 19 By Anne Frank (unabridged edition) (Published by CBSE) The Story of My Life 190, Chapters (unabridged edition) (Published by CBSE) The Story of My Life 190 Chapters 1-1 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition) 15-2 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition)

12 Main Course Book 1. Health and Medicine. Environment 2. Education 5. Travel and Tourism. Science 6. National Integration Extended Reading Texts (either one) Diary of a Young Girl 197 June 12, Diary of a Young Girl 197 March 16, 192 to March 1, 19 By Anne Frank 19 to August 01, 19 By Anne Frank (unabridged edition) (Published by CBSE) The Story of My Life 190, Chapters (unabridged edition) (Published by CBSE) The Story of My Life 190 Chapters 1-1 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition) 15-2 By Helen Keller (unabridged edition) WORK BOOK* Suggested Break-up of Units for the purpose of classroom teaching only NOT FOR TESTING (see the following note). 1 Determiners 8 Comparison 2 Tenses 9 Avoiding Repetition Subject-Verb Agreement 10 Nominalization Non-Finites 11 Modals 5 Relatives 12 Active and Passive 6 Connectors 1 Reported Speech 7 Conditionals 1 Prepositions

13 Class - X English Communicative (Code No. 101) SAQ 0-0 LAQ-II VLAQ 200- Testing competencies/ VSAQ words Typology words Marks learning outcomes mark words (HOTS) 2 marks 8 marks 10 marks Reading Skills Creative Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting and vocabulary Expressing an opinion, reasoning, justifying, Skills and illustrating, appropriacy Grammar of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency. Applying con ventions, using integrated structures with accuracy and fluency Recalling, reasoning, Textbook appreciating, applying and literary conventions, Extended extrapolating, illustrating Reading and justifying etc. Texts Extracting relevant information, identifying the central theme and sub themes,

14 understanding the writer s message and writing fluently. Total 28 x x x 08 = 02 x 10 = 80 = 28 marks = 16 marks 16 marks 20 marks marks

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