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TOTAL MARKS- 100 (Theory- 80 Marks + Internal Assessment 20 Marks)
Class – IX
Theory : 80 Marks Time: 3.00 Hrs.
Sections Weightage
A Reading Skills 20 Marks
B Writing Skills and Grammar 20 Marks
C Language through Literature 40 Marks

SECTION A : READING SKILLS 20 Marks

I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage
1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. 10 marks
2. Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) of 200-250 words. 10 marks
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Questions (Objective type/very short answer/short answer type) will be asked to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary.

SECTION B : WRITING SKILLS AND GRAMMAR 20 Marks

II. WRITING SKILLS 10 Marks
3. Writing a descriptive paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person/event/
situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered. 05 Marks
4. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions
is to be answered. 05 Marks
III. GRAMMAR 10 Marks
 Determiners
 Tenses
 Modals
 Subject – verb concord
 Reported speech
a) Commands and requests
b) Statements
c) Questions
5. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical
items and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be
assessed through gap filling/editing/transformation exercises. Ten out of twelve questions will
be attempted.
SECTION C : LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE (TEXT BOOKS) 40 Marks
IV. Reference to the Context (05+05 = 10 Marks)
6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.
7. One extract out of two, from poetry.
Questions (Objective type/very short answer/short answer type) will be asked to assess interpretation,
analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.
V. Short & Long Answer Questions
8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 4x3= 12 Marks
9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 2x3= 06 Marks
10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120
 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text.
This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. 06 marks
11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, on theme or plot involving
interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be
answered in about 100-120 words. 06 marks

Note- The questions of 20% weightage (16 marks) will be objective type, out of which 08
multiple-choice questions will be compulsorily asked in the question paper.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20 MARKS

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TOTAL MARKS- 100 (Theory- 80 Marks + Internal Assessment 20 Marks)

Class– X
Theory : 80 Marks Time: 3.00 Hrs.
SECTION A : READING 15 Marks
1 & 2- Two unseen passages of total 500 words with a variety of questions including 4 marks for
vocabulary. Only prose passages will be used. One will be factual and the other will be
literary.
Passage 1 - 200 words (6 marks)– Three or Four comprehension questions. 06 Marks
Passage 2 - 300 words (9 marks)-Three or Four comprehension questions and One or two
questions on vocabulary. 09 Marks
SECTION B : WRITING 15 Marks
3- Letter Writing - One letter based on provided verbal stimulus and context. Type of letter:
Informal: Personal such as to family and friends.
Formal: Letter of complaints, enquiries, requests, applications 06 Marks
4- Writing a short paragraph on a given outline / topic in about 60 words 04 Marks
5. Composition : A short writing task based on a verbal and/or visual stimulus (diagram,
Picture, graph, map, chart, table, flow chart etc.) Maximum words 80. 05 Marks

SECTION C : GRAMMAR 15 Marks

Question No. 6-11
A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a context. Test
types used will include clause, gap-filling, sentence-completion, sentence-reordering,
dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation (including combining sentences). The
Grammar syllabus will include the following areas for teaching:
1. Use of non-finites.
2. Sentence connectors (as, since, while, then, just because, just, until)
3. Clauses with what, where and how.
4. Past Tense.
5. Modals (can, could, may, must, might)
Note: All other areas covered in Class IX will also be tested in Class X as this is an integrated course for
this area of learning. No separate marks allotted for any of grammatical items listed above.
SECTION D : TEXT BOOKS 35 Marks
First Flight - NCERT Text Book for class X (Latest Edition)
Prose 16 Marks
12 & 13- Two extracts from different prose lessons included in Text book (Approximately 100 words
each) 4x2 = 08 Marks
These extracts chosen from different lessons will be literary and discursive in nature. Each
extract will be of 4 marks. 01 mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. 3 Marks in each
passage will be used for testing local and global comprehension besides a question on
interpretation.
14- One out of two questions extrapolative in nature based on any one of the prose lessons from
Textbook to be answered in about 80 words. 05 Marks
15- One out of two questions on Drama Text (local and global comprehension question) (30-40
words) 03 Mark

Poetry 07 Marks
16. One extract from a poem from the prescribed reader followed by two or three questions to
test the local and global comprehension of the set text. The extract will carry three marks.
03 Marks
17. Two out of three short answer type questions on interpretation of themes and ideas
contained in the poems to be answered in 30-40 words each. 04 Marks
Foot Prints without Feet - Supplementary Reader for Class X 12 Marks
18- One out of two questions from Supplementary Reader to interpret, evaluate and analyze
character, plot or situations occurring in the lessons to be answered in about 100 words.
07 Marks
19- One out of two short answer type questions of interpretative and evaluative nature based on
lessons to be answered in 30-40 words. 03 Marks
20- One out of two short answer type questions based on factual aspects of the lessons to be
answered in 20-30 words. 02 Marks

Note- The questions of 20% weightage (16 marks) will be objective type, out of which 08 multiple-
choice questions will be compulsorily asked in the question paper.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20 MARKS

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ( 20 MARKS)-

In class 9th and 10th Internal Assessment will be done as follows,
S. No. Assessment Points Marks
1 Listening Skill 4
2 Speaking Skill 4
Project Work
3 a) Script, Presentation, Originality 4
b) Viva based on Project 3
4 Continuous Assessment (Unit Test) 5
TOTAL 20

1- LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS

Guidelines for Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills (ALS)
ALS is a component of the Subject Enrichment Activity under Internal Assessment. ALS must be seen as an
integrated component of all four language skills rather than a compartment of two. Suggested activities,
 therefore, take into consideration an integration of the four language skills but during assessment,
emphasis will be given to speaking and listening, since reading and writing are already being assessed in the
written exam.
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills:
i. Activities:
● Subject teachers must refer to books prescribed in the syllabus.
● In addition to the above, teachers may plan their own activities and create their own material for
assessing the listening and speaking skills.
ii. Parameters for Assessment: The listening and speaking skills are to be assessed on the following
parameters:
 Interactive competence (Initiation & turn taking, relevance to the topic)
 Fluency (cohesion, coherence and speed of delivery)
 Pronunciation
 Language (grammar and vocabulary)
iii. Schedule: The practice of listening and speaking skills should be done throughout the academic year.

2- PROJECT WORK- Student should complete a project work, related to subject, in the session. The student
has to select the topic under the guidance of subject teacher.

3- CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (UNIT TEST)-

CLASS 9th
There will be total 4 Unit Tests to be conducted throughout the year (two Unit Tests before half yearly
examination and two after half yearly examination). At the time of half yearly result preparation best of
two Unit Tests (I & II) marks will be taken and converted to the weightage of 05 marks. Likewise best of
two Unit Tests (III & IV) marks will be taken and converted to the weightage of 05 marks for the annual
result preparation.
CLASS 10th
There will be total 3 Unit Tests (two Unit Tests before half yearly examination and one after half yearly
examination) and a pre-board examination to be conducted throughout the year. At the time of half
yearly result preparation best of two Unit Tests (I & II) marks will be taken and converted to the
weightage of 05 marks. In Board examination, marks of the best out of 3 Unit Tests will be taken and
converted to the weightage of 05 marks for the result preparation.

PRESCRIBED BOOKS:
1. Beehive- Textbook for class IX, NCERT Publication
2. Moments– Supplementary Reader for class IX, NCERT Publication
3. First Flight- Textbook for class X, NCERT Publication
4. Foot Prints without Feet– Supplementary Reader for class X, NCERT Publication.

CLASS-9th
Beehive (Textbook)
1- The Fun They Had- Isaac Asimov 6- My Childhood- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The Road Not Taken- Robert Frost No Men Are Foreign- James Kirkup
2- The Sound of Music 7- Reach for the Top
I- Evelyn Glennie:- Deborah Cowley I- Santosh Yadav
II- Bismillah Khan II- Maria Sharapova
Wind - Subramania Bharati On Killing a Tree- Gieve Patel
3- The Little Girl- Katherine Mansfield 8- Kathmandu- Vikram Seth
Rain on the Roof- Coates Kinney A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
4- The Truly Beautiful Mind - William Wordsworth
The Lake Isle of Innisfree- William B. Yeats 9- If I Were You- Douglas James
5- The Snake and The Mirror
-Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
A Legend of the Northland- Phoebe Cary
Moments (Supplementary Reader)
1- The Lost Child- Mulk Raj Anand 6- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
2- The Adventures of Toto- Ruskin Bond - Harsh Mander
3- Iswaran the Storyteller- R.K.Laxman 7- The Last Leaf- O. Henry
4- In the Kingdom of Fools- Kannada Folktale (ed.) 8- A House Is Not a Home- Zan Gaudioso
A.K. Ramanujan 9- The Beggar- Anton Chekhov
5- The Happy Prince- Oscar Wilde

CLASS-10th
First Flight (Textbook)
1- A Letter to God- G.L. Fuentes 5- Glimpses of India
Dust of Snow- Robert Frost I. A Baker from Goa- L. Rodrigues
Fire and Ice- Robert Frost II. Coorg- Lokesh Abrol
2- Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom- Nelson III. Tea from Assam- Arup K. Datta
R. Mandela The Trees- Adrienne Rich
A Tiger in the Zoo- Leslie Norris 6- Mijbil the Otter- Gavin Maxwell
3- Two Stories about Flying Fog- Carl Sandburg
I. His First Flight- Liam O’ Flaherty 7- Madam Rides the Bus- Villikkannan
II. Black Aeroplane- Frederick Forsyth The Tale of Custard the Dragon
How to Tell Wild Animals- Carolyn Wells - Ogden Nash
The Ball Poem- John Berryman 8- The Sermon at Benares
4- From the Diary of Anne Frank- Anne Frank For Anne Gregory- William B. Yeats
Amanda! – Robin Klein 9- The Proposal- Anton Chekov

Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader)

1- A Triumph of Surgery- James Herriot 6- The Making of a Scientist
2- The Thief’s Story- Ruskin Bond - Robert W.Peterson
3- The Midnight Visitor- Robert Arthur 7- The Necklace- Guy De Maupassant
4- A Question of Trust- Victor Canning 8- Bholi- K.A.Abbas
5- Footprints Without Feet- H.G.Wells 9- The Book That Saved the Earth- Claire Boiko

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