ENGLISH (ELECTIVE) CLASS XII The CBSE has prescribed the following novels in the curriculum: (a) The Invisible Man (Unabridged) (b) Silas Marner (Unabridged) by H.G. Wells by George Eliot The students have to opt for any of these. In order to keep the price of the book, English (Elective) XII, reasonable, we have published both the above mentioned novels with word-notes, summary, etc in separate volumes. The students can purchase any of the novels, as per their requirement, from their nearest booksellers.
Strictly According to the Latest Syllabus of C.B.S.E. ENGLISH (ELECTIVE) [A BOOK WITH A DIFFERENCE] CLASS XII By R.K. Gupta LITERATURE READER LANGUAGE SKILLS BOOK READING SKILLS WRITING SKILLS GRAMMAR LAXMI PUBLICATIONS (P) LTD (An ISO 9001:2008 Company) BENGALURU CHENNAI COCHIN GUWAHATI HYDERABAD JALANDHAR KOLKATA LUCKNOW MUMBAI RANCHI NEW DELHI BOSTON (USA) ACCRA (GHANA) NAIROBI (KENYA)
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CONTENTS Chapters Syllabus Pages (ix) (xi) A. LITERATURE READER (1 317) Prose... 1 145 Unit 1. What s Your Dream?... 2 Unit 2. A Devoted Son... 19 Unit 3. The Hum of Insects... 45 Unit 4. The Judgement of Paris... 62 Unit 5. On Education... 86 Unit 6. I Can Play Schools... 103 Unit 7. The Last Letter... 127 Poetry... 147 275 Unit 1. (a) The Darkling Thrush... 148 (b) Hope... 163 Unit 2. Survivors... 173 Unit 3. At a Potato Digging... 185 Unit 4. Ode to Autumn... 207 Unit 5. Hamlet s Dilemma... 225 Unit 6. Curtain... 242 Unit 7. A Walk by Moonlight... 256 Drama... 277 317 Unit 1. Remember Caesar... 278 Unit 2. The Monkey s Paw... 296 B. LANGUAGE SKILLS BOOK (319 445) Unit 1: Sports and Sportsmanship... 321 Unit 2: Arts and Aesthetics... 342 Unit 3: Inventors and Inventions... 364 Unit 4: Exploring New Avenues... 384 Unit 5: Speaking and Listening A Review... 408 Sample Questions for Practice... 421 ( vii )
Chapters SECTION A I. READING SKILLS (1 57) A1. Unseen Passages... 2 A2. Unseen Passages... 25 A3. Unseen Poems... 49 SECTION B II. WRITING SKILLS (59 267) Short Answer Questions... 60 145 1. Notices... 61 2. Advertisements... 78 3. Factual Description... 96 4. Posters... 111 5. Invitations... 133 (Formal and Informal; and Replies) Long Answer Questions... 147 206 Letters... 148 1. Business Letters... 148 2. Letters to Principals/Institutes... 169 3. Official Letters... 175 4. Letters to the Editor... 185 5. Application for a Job... 198 Very Long Answer Questions... 207 267 (Based on Verbal/Visual Inputs) A. Very Long Answer Questions I... 209 (Verbal Input) 1. Articles/Speeches... 209 2. Reports... 250 B. Very Long Answer Questions II... 263 (Visual Input) III. GRAMMAR (269 301) Type I Reordering of Words and Sentences... 270 Type II Error Correction in Sentences... 277 Type III Drafting Questions/Questionnaires (Based on given Input)... 286 Type IV Composing a Dialogue (Based on given Input)... 293 MODEL TEST PAPERS... M 1 M 16 As the CBSE keeps on changing the syllabii for the senior classes frequently, we are giving a variety of questions in this book so that the students may have an edge in case of any change. Please refer to the CBSE syllabus while reading this book. ( viii ) Pages
SYLLABUS EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS FOR CLASS XII Issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi One Paper 3 Hours Marks : 100 Unitwise Allocation Unit Areas of Learning Marks 1. Reading Skills 20 2. Writing Skills and Grammar 40 3. Literature and Long Reading Text (Novel) 40 SECTION A READING SKILLS 60 Periods Very Short Answer/Short Answer and MCQ Type Questions Two unseen passages (including poems) with a variety of questions including 04 marks for vocabulary such as word formation and inferring meaning. The total range of the two passages including a poem or a stanza, should be around 850-950 words to assess comprehension, analysis, inference, evaluation and literary appreciation. 1. 550-600 words in length (for note-making and summarising) 2. 300-350 words in length (to test comprehension) The passage could be of any one of the following types: Factual passages, e.g., illustrations, description, reports Discursive passages involving opinion, e.g., argumentative, persuasive Literary passages, e.g., poems, extracts from fiction, biography, autobiography, travelogue, etc. In the case of a poem, the text may be shorter than the prescribed word limit. SECTION B WRITING SKILLS AND GRAMMAR WRITING 60 Periods 30 Periods Short Answer Question: Notices, advertisements, factual description of people, places and objects, drafting posters, accepting and declining invitations. Long Answer Question: Letter of any of the following types based on a verbal or visual input: ( ix )
( x ) (a) Official letters for making inquires, suggesting changes registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies. (b) Letters to the editor on various social, national and international issues. (c) Application for a job including CV (Curriculum Vitae)/Resumé. Very Long Answer Question: Sustained writing task such as writing a speech, an article for a magazine or a report based on verbal/visual input. GRAMMAR 30 Periods A variety of questions, as listed below may be asked, involving the application of grammar items in context (i.e., not in isolated sentences). The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year. Though only modals, determiners, voice and tense forms have been dealt with in class XI, however, other grammar items such as prepositions, verb forms, connectors which have been learnt earlier would also be included. Very Short Questions and Multiple Choice Questions Reordering of words and sentences Composing a dialogue based on a given input Error correction in sentences Drafting questions/questionnaires based on given input. SECTION C LITERATURE Prescribed Books and Long Reading Text (Novel) 70 Periods Questions to test comprehension at different levels and of different kinds local, global, interpretative, inferential, evaluative and extrapolatory. Very Short and Short Answer Questions: Based on different poems to test theme, setting and literary devices. Short Answer Questions: Based on different prose/drama/poetry pieces from the Literature Reader to test local and global comprehension of ideas and languages used in the text. Long Answer Question: Extended questions based on one of the prose texts or play in the Literature Reader to test global comprehension and for extrapolation beyond the text. Long Answer Questions: To test understanding, appreciation analysis, inference in a plot and writing a character sketch. Note: Value-based questions for 4 marks may be asked in Section B or C. Prescribed Books: 1. Language Skills Book Class XII English (Elective) published by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. 2. Literature Reader Class XII English (Elective) published by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. 3. Novel (either one) Author (i) The Invisible Man (Unabridged) H.G. Wells (ii) Silas Marner (Unabridged) George Eliot
QUESTION PAPER DESIGN 2014-15 CLASS XI English (Elective) XII (Code No. 101) Time 3 hours Marks = 100 Typology Testing MCQ Very Short Long Long Very Total Over Competencies/ 1 mark Short Anwer Answer I Answer II Long marks all % learning Answer 50 60 80 100 120 150 Answer outcomes 1 mark words words words 150 200 4 5 marks 6 marks words marks (HOTS) 10 marks Reading Conceptual 5 5 1 1 20 20 Skills understanding, decoding, analysing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary conventions and vocabulary, summarising and using appopriate format/s Writing Reasoning, appro- 10 1 1 2 40 40 Skills and priacy of style and Grammar tone, using appropriate format and fluency Applying language conventions appropriately using structures integratively, with accuracy and fluency Literary Recalling, 10 1 2 1 1 40 40 Texts and reasoning, Long appreciating Reading literary Texts/ conventions Novel and fluency TOTAL 5 1=5 25 1=25 3 4=12 2 5=10 3 6=18 3 10=30 100 100 ( xi )