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
