WBCHSE : ENGLISH : CLASS-XI
WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
[WBCHSE ]
NEW SYLLABUS ENGLISH [B]
CLASS-XI
SYLLABUS WITH QUESTION PATTERN
FULL MARKS = 100
[Written=80 + Project=20]
Literature
[Prose–20 + Poetry–20 + Rapid Reader–10]
Total 50 Marks
PROSE => 20 Marks WRITER / AUTHOR
1. Leela’s Friend R.K. Narayan
2. Karma Khushwant Singh
3. Jimmy Valentine O Henry
4. Nobel Lecture Mother Teresa
5. The Place of Art in Education Nandalal Bose
POETRY/POEM/VERSE => 20 Marks POET
1. Upon Westminster Bridge William Wordsworth
2. Meeting at Night Robert Browning
3. The Sick Rose William Blake
4. Brotherhood Octavio Paz
5. Daybreak Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Question Pattern for Prose and Poetry
*MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions] {5 of 5}
[1 Mark Each => 1×5=5]
*SAQ [Short Answer-type Questions] {5 of 10}
[1 Mark Each => 1×5=5]
[Answer in a single sentence ]
*DQ [Descriptive Questions ] {2 of 5}
(5 Marks Each => 5×2=10)
[Answer in not more than 100 words each]
[MCQ (5) + SAQ (5) + DQ (10)= 20 Marks]
RAPID READER => 10 Marks
Five summaries of five Shakespearean plays from “A Tales from Shakespeare” by Charles Lamb & Mary Lamb
COMEDY
1. Comedy of Errors
2. As You Like It
3. Twelfth Night
TRAGEDY
1. Othello
2. Macbeth
Question Pattern for Rapid Reader
*MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions] {5 of 10}
(1 Mark Each => 1×5=5)
*DQ [Descriptive Questions ] {1 of 5}
(5 Marks Each => 5×1=5)
Language
[Textual Grammar-10 Marks]
[ESP-English for Specific Purpose-20 Marks]
[Total : 30 Marks]
TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
(Especially from Prose Section) = 10 Marks
Do as Directed –{7 of 7} (1 Mark Each => 1×7=7)
[The grammatical items should be noticed]
I) Voice Change — 1
II) Narration Change — 1
III) Joining — 1
IV) Splitting — 1
V) Transformation of Sentences
(especially Degree, Positive/Affirmative <=> Negative) –1
VI) Interchange of Parts of Speech — 1
*Appropriate articles and/or prepositions
3 Marks 1/2×6=3
(Six Gaps)
ESP (English for Specific Purpose)
20 Marks
Paragraph Writing 10
OR
Story Writing 2+8=10
[Write in about 150 — 200 words]
Newspaper Advertisement (1 of 2) 5
[Write in not more than 50 words]
Commercial Leaflet (1 of 2) 5
[Write in not more than 50 words]
N.B.
[I] MCQ type is concept based /inference type question.
[II] SAQ type is information or knowledge based type question.
[III] MCQ questions will have four options and students have to complete each of the sentences, choosing from the alternatives given.
[IV] MCQ and SAQ questions will be of 1 Mark each.
[V] Descriptive Questions will be of 5 marks each to be answered within 100 words.
[VI] In case of Rapid Reader, passages from the text will not be given.
Syllabus of the Project Work
Project – 20 Marks
Word Limit – 1000–1500 Words
TOPICS
(1) Dramatizing a story
(2) Extension of a story
(3) Writing an autobiography
(Among the above three the student has to submit any one as per the instruction of his/her teacher-guide)
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
PARAMETERS FOR ASSESSMENT [COMPULSORY]
(a) Imagination and Originality 5 Marks
(b) Organisation 5 Marks
(c) Language and Expression 5 Marks
(d) Viva Voce 3 Marks
(e) Neatness (File Presentation) 2 Marks
