CBSE Syllabus of Class 11 English Elective NCERT 2019-20

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SECTION – A (20 marks)
Reading (35 Periods)

An unseen passage and a poem

The section will have 12 questions including 6 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), i.e. 6 MCQs from a Literary or Discursive passage of about 900-950 words, and 6 Objective Type questions (1 $\times$ 12=12marks)
04 Short Answer Questions to be answered in 50-60 words. It shall be asked from a poem of about 20-24 lines to test interpretation and appreciation. (2 $\times$ 4=8marks)

SECTION – B (20 marks)
Creative Writing Skills (35 Periods)

One Very Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 150-200 words. An essay on an argumentative/discursive/reflective/descriptive topic. (10 $\times$ 1=10marks)
One Very Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 150-200 words.
A composition such as an article / a report /a speech. (10 $\times$ 1=10marks)

SECTION – C (40 marks)

Literature Textbooks (75 Periods)
Woven Words: The questions can be asked from both Poetry and Prose.
1. Eight Objective type Questions out of 09 to test comprehension, literary appreciation and drawing inferences in poetry and prose. (1 $\times$ 8=8marks)
2. Three Short Answer Questions out of 04 to be answered in 50-60 words to test understanding, appreciation, and analysis. (2 $\times$ 3=6marks)
3. One Long Answer Questions out of 02 to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation and drawing inferences. (1 $\times$ 6=6marks)
Arms and the Man – [Drama] (10marks) (25 Periods )
Two Long Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 80-100 word to test the evaluation of characters, events, and episodes. (5 $\times$ 2=10marks)
Fiction (10marks) (25 Periods)
1. Two Short Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 50-60 words to test analysis of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships and understanding of content, events, and episodes (2 $\times$ 2=4marks)
2. One Long Answer Question out of 02 to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation and drawing inferences. (6 $\times$ 1=6marks)
  Seminar (20 marks)
  - Presentation – book review /a play /a short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, and parable) to be followed by a question-answer session.
  - Poetry reading to be followed by interpretative tasks based on close reading and literary analysis of the text. Critical review of a film or a play
  - Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a discussion

Note: Teachers may develop their own rubrics to assess the performance of student objectively
The parameters for assessing Speaking skills as given in the curriculum for English Core may be referred to.
Prescribed Books:

Textbook: Woven Words published by NCERT
Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea (Novel unabridged) by Ernest Hemingway
Drama: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

Question paper Design 2019-20
Marks : 80+20=100

Typology	Testing Competencies	Objective type Question including MCQs (1 mark each)	SA- I Questions 50- 60 words (2 mark each)	LA-I Question-1 80-100 words (5 marks each)	LA-II Question-2 120-150 words (6markeach)	VLA Question 150-200 words (HOTS) (10 marks each)	Total marks
Comprehension	Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary	6 MCQ 6 Objective Type Questions	4	–	–	–	20
Creative Writing	Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, use of appropriate format and fluency	–	–	–	–	2	20
Literature Texts	Recalling, reasoning, appreciating literary conventions illustrating with relevant quotations from the texts, giving opinions and justifying with fluency	8 Objective Type Question(4 from 1 poetry and 4 from 1 prose extract)	3	–	1	–	20
Drama	Recalling, reasoning, appreciating literary conventions, illustrating with relevant quotations from the texts, giving opinions and justifying with fluency	–	–	2	–	–	10
Fiction	Recalling, reasoning, appreciating literary conventions, illustrating with relevant quotations from the texts, giving opinions and justifying with fluency	–	2	–	1	–	10
	TOTAL	1 $\times$ 20=20	2 $\times$ 9=18	5 $\times$ 2=10	6 $\times$ 2=12	2 $\times$ 10=20	80
Seminar	Seeking information and clarifying, Illustrating with relevant quotations from the texts, reasoning, diction, articulation clarity of pronunciation, using appropriate language conventions Addressing participants using appropriate titles or nomenclatures and overall fluency	–	–		–	–	20
	Grand Total						100

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