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WBCHSE Class-XI English Syllabus

By Golam Mortuja

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      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 & 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 :  30 Marks  

[Textual Grammar-10 Marks] 

[ESP-English for Specific Purpose-20 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. 

👉MCQ type is concept based /inference type question. 

👉SAQ type is information or knowledge based type question. 

👉MCQ questions will have four options and students have to complete each of the sentences, choosing from the alternatives given. 

👉MCQ and SAQ questions will be of 1 Mark each. 

👉Descriptive Questions will be of 5 marks each to be answered within 100 words. 

👉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

 Total : 20 Marks 

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