ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No.
184)
CLASS – X 2019-20
SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Section Total Weightage 80
A Reading Skills 20
B Writing Skills with Grammar 30
Literature Textbooks and Supplementary
C Reading Text 30
TOTAL 80
Note: The annual board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three
hours. There will be internal assessment for 20 Marks.
SECTION A: READING
50 Periods
20 Marks
This section will have two unseen passages of a total length of 700-750. The
arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
I. A factual passage of 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Question( including Multiple
Choice Questions).8 marks
II.A Discursive passages of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test
inference, evaluation and analysis four Objective Type Question( including Multiple Choice
Questions) to test vocabulary. 12 marks
SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR 60 Periods
For writing tasks there will be internal choice 30 Marks
III. Formal letter complaint / inquiry / placing order / letter to editor / article in about 100-150
words. The questions will be thematically based on the prescribed books.8 marks
IV. Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words. 10 marks
The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class X.
1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Use of passive voice
4. Subject – verb concord
5.Reporting
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
(i) Noun clauses
(ii) Adverb clauses
(iii) Relative clauses
7. Determiners
8. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types given below:
V Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses.4
marks
VI Editing or omission. 4 marks
VII Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. 4 marks
SECTION C
LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING TEXT 60 Periods
Internal choice will be there. 30 Marks
VIII. One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/drama for reference to context. Four Objective
Type Question( including MCQs): Two questions of one mark each on global comprehension
and two questions of 1 mark each on interpretation. 4 marks
IX. Five Short Answer type Questions to be answered in 30-40 words each from FIRST
FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET to test local and global comprehension of
theme and ideas( three from FIRST FLIGHT and two from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET) .
2x5=10 marks
X. One out of two Long Answer type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about
100-150 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across
the texts.
8 marks
XI. One out of two long answer question from the book ‘FOOTPRINTS without FEET’ on
theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or
character sketch to be answered in about 100-150 words. 8 marks
Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi
• FIRST FLIGHT – Text for Class X
• FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET – Supplementary Reader for Class X
Note: Teachers are advised to:
(i) encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities
such as role play, group work etc.
(ii) reduce teacher-talking time and keep it to the minimum,
(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their
ideas and express and defend their views, and
(iv) continue the Speaking and Listening activities given in the NCERT books.
Besides measuring attainment, texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing mistakes and
areas of non-learning. To make evaluation a true index of learners’ attainment, each
language skill is to be assessed through a judicious mixture of different types of questions.
1. Reading Section: Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference and
analysis are skills to be tested.
2. Writing Section: All types of short and extended writing tasks will be dealt with.
3. Grammar: Grammar items mentioned in the syllabus will be taught and assessed over
a period of time. There will be no division of syllabus for Grammar.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills 50 Periods
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills will be for 05 marks. It is recommended that listening
and speaking skills should be regularly practiced in the class.Art-integrated activities like
role-play, skit, dramatization etc. can also be used.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
Course (2019-20) CLASS - X
Textbooks
Literature Reader (First Flight)
PROSE (First Flight)
1.A Letter to God 7.Glimpses of India 8.Mijbil the Otter
2.Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 9.Madam Rides the Bus
3.Two Stories about Flying 10. The Sermon at Benares
4.From the Diary of Anne Frank 11. The Proposal
5.The Hundred Dresses –I
6.The Hundred Dresses –II
POETRY
1.Dust of Snow 7. Animals
2.Fire and Ice 8.The Trees
3.A Tiger in the Zoo 9.Fog
4.How to Tell Wild Animals 10. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
5.The Ball Poem 11. For Anne Gregory
6. Amanda
SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Footprints without Feet)
1.A Triumph of Surgery 6.The Making of a Scientist
2.The Thief’s Story 7.The Necklace
3.The Midnight Visitor 8.The Hack Driver
4.A Question of Trust 9.Bholi
5.Footprints without Feet 10. The Book that Saved the Earth
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CLASS - X (2019-20)(Code no.184)
Marks 80
Typology Testing competencies Objective Short Long Very
Type Answer Answer Long Total
Question Question Question Answer marks
including 30-40 100-150 Question
MCQs (1 words words 150-200
mark each) (2 marks (8 marks words
each) each) (10 marks
each)
Reading Conceptual
Comprehensi Understanding, 4 MCQ+
on decoding 8 Objective
4 - - 20
Analyzing, inferring, Type
interpreting and Questions
vocabulary
Writing Skill Creative expression of
and Grammar an opinion, reasoning,
justify, illustrating,
appropriacy of style and
tone, using appropriate
12 - 1 1 30
format and fluency,
applying conventions,
using integrated
structures with accuracy
and fluency.
Literature Recalling, reasoning,
Textbook and appreciating, applying
Supplementar literary conventions
y Reading extrapolating, illustrating
Text and justifying etc.
Extracting relevant
4 5 2 - 30
information, identifying
the central theme and
subthemes,
understanding the
writer’s message and
writing fluently.
Total 1x28=28 2x9=18 8x3=24 10x1=10 80
