Term Wise Syllabus

English Language And Literature (Code No. 184)

Class –X (2019-20)
Section- Wise Weightage
Section Weightage
A Reading Skills 20
B Writing Skills with Grammar 30
C Literature Textbook and Supplementary text 30
Total 80
Term-I (April 2019 to September 2019)
SUPPLEMENTARY
TEXT BOOK- READER -
FIRST FLIGHT FOOTPRINTS LANGUAGE SKILLS GRAMMAR
WITHOUT FEET
Ch. 1: A Letter to God Ch.1: A Triumph OF WRITING : Story writing Verb in the indefinite
Surgery based on a given outline or Tense (Present and past )
Poems: Dust Of Snow cue/s in about 150-200 words.
Fire And Ice Writing a descriptive Usage of Prepositions:
paragraph about a person or a of , from, with , in ,on ,at
place . , into, across, along ,
beside ,between, among
LISTENING: A variety of etc .
exercises such as spotting the
error , oral comprehension Determiners.
exercise, vocabulary (word
replacement) Exercise using
short paragraphs from the
lesson.
Practice of one mark questions
from extracts from prose and
poetry Teacher may use hand
outs wherever possible.
Ch.2: Nelson Mandela : SPEAKING: Holding Use of Can/Could , Shall
Long walk to freedom conversation in pairs/groups. /Should, Will/Would,
(Wh questions could be integrated exercises for
reinforced by talking about error correction ( With
POEM: Tiger in the Zoo surroundings.) grammar topics done so
READING :Practice of far)
unseen passages of a total
length of 700-750 words .A
factual passage of 300-350
words with objective type
questions including MCQs .
A discursive passage of 350 -
400 words with short answer
questions to test inference ,
evaluation and analysis .
Objective type questions
MCQs ,and vocabulary
related questions .
Ch.3: Two Stories about Ch.2: The Thief’s Story WRITING: Letter to the
Flying Editor- complaining about
i) His First Flight Ch.3: The Midnight shortage of water in your area
ii) The Black Visitor and need to raise public
Aeroplane. awareness about the need to
Ch.4: From the Diary of Use Cal Lab for the save water.
Anne Frank lessons to promote Descriptive paragraph about
Poems: The Ball Poem comprehension through an event. Writing a Diary
How to tell Wild visual/ verbal input Entry. Long pieces of
Animals writing.( should be inspired
Ch.5: The Hundred CH.4: A Question of from the textual content ) .
Dresses-I Trust (Suggested use of Story writing: With a
CAL LAB) sentence / Phrase given as
Ch.6: The Hundred beginning to the story.
Dresses-II Ch.5: Footprints Reading Skills: Sequencing
Without Feet of sentences to complete a
Poems: Amanda meaningful story . Unseen
• Animals passages for comprehension .
Letter to the Editor:
Insanitary conditions in your
locality-garbage accumulation,
flies and mosquitoes, diseases
and how citizens can play a
vital role in improving the
condition. Formal letter _
Letter Writing . Writing a
complaint / Inquiry .
Article writing: Digital India,
Judicious use of Gadgets.
Usage of modal
auxiliaries must, ought
to, need to, have to , had
to, and their negative
forms. Determiners and
conjunctions integrated
grammar practices with
all topics covered so far.
Clauses: noun, adverb
clauses of condition and
time , relative clauses .
Reported Speech:
Statements, commands
and requests,
interrogative sentences.
Integrated grammar
practice
Jumbled sentences for
practice .

Revision of writing skills and syllabus covered

Mid Term Exams

Term –II (October 2019 to March 2020)

SUPPLEMENTARY
TEXT BOOK- READER- LANGUAGE SKILLS GRAMMAR
FIRST FLIGHT FOOTPRINTS
WIHOUT FEET
Ch.7: Glimpses of India Ch.6: The making of a Writing Skills- Use of a, an , the
scientist Article Writing :
Ch.8 : Mijbil the Otter Tourism in India Reordering of words to
Ch.7: The Necklace Responsible Tourism make meaningful
Unity in Diversity sentences.
Ch.8: The Hack Driver Environmental issues
Topics related to Education Subject Verb concord
Taking care of Animals
CH.9: Madam Rides the
Bus
POEMS:
Trees
Fog
Ch.10: The Sermon at
Benaras
Ch. 11: The Proposal
POEMS:
Tale Of Custard the Dragon
For Anne Gregory
Revision of Chapters done
through Reference to
context, short and long
questions to promote
creativity, imagination and
extrapolation beyond the
text.
Revision of Chapters
through very short
questions
Syllabus must be completed by November, 2019.
Revision of syllabus from text book and support material.
Ch.9 : Bholi Listening Skills: Short Practice of Determiners
Passage read out loudly Passive Voice ,
Ch. 10: The Book that followed by questions to Gap filling with one or
saved the Earth be done in hand-outs. two words to test
Prepositions, Articles ,
Reading Skills: Passages Conjunctions and Tenses
from different sources eg.
Newspaper, Texts,
Magazines could be used.
Speaking Skills: Holding
conversations in pairs and
groups on a given topic.
(Classroom or School
Situation)
Revision of Chapters Listening Skills: Transformation of
through short questions Listening to pieces of sentences: Active-Passive
and long questions conversation and voice,
to promote creativity, answering multiple choice Reported Speech,
Imagination and questions. Gap Filling exercise
extrapolation beyond
the text Speaking Skills: Speaking
for a minute on topics
relevant to the lives of
students and their
immediate environment.
Writing Skills: Letter to
the Commissioner of
Municipal Corporation
about potholed and broken
roads in the colony. Letter
for placing an order
Article Writing:
Education and Health:
Keys to development.
Revision through short Revision of Writing Skills Integrated grammar
questions on Current Topics of practice.
social relevance Error correction,
Omissions, Reordering of
sentences, Transformation
in context
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