11th Eng Core Syllabus CBSE 2024-25

CLASS-XI

            SYLLABUS 

ENGLISH (Subject Code 301) SESSION 2024-25

        

Prescribed Books:

a) Hornbill - English Reader Published by NCERT

b) Snapshot:- Supplementary Reader Published by NCERT

c) Grammar Composition 

d) Practice Paper (Revision)

Syllabus Bifurcation 

JULY

Hornbill:

Ch-1: The Portrait of a Lady By Khushwant Singh

Ch-2: We are not Afraid to die if we can all be Together By Jordan Cook

Poem-1: A Photograph by Shirley Toulson

Writing Skills & Reading Skills: Note Marking

Comprehension/ Poster

Grammar: Editing / Jumble words (Revision for 1st Unit Test 

 Above Mentioned Syllabus 40+10=50 )

APRIL -2024

Snapshot 

Ch-1 Summer of the Beautiful White Horse By William Saroyan

Ch-2: The Address by Mawgo Minco

Hornbill:

Ch-1 The Portrait Of A Lady 

Grammar-Tense/ Re- ordering sentence

Writing skills -Poster/Debate

MAY 2024

Hornbill

Ch-3: Discovering Tut: Saga Continues - By Ar Williams

Poem-2: The Laburnum Top By Ted Hughes

Poem-3: The Voice of Rain

Snapshot:

Birth

Writing Skill: Speech/ Advertisement,

 Revision of full Syllabus

( MM-80 +

ASL= 5+5+10=20)

Distribution of Marks According to CBSE

JUNE/ JULY 2024

Hornbill

Poem-5: Father to Son

Ch-8: Silk Road by Nick Middleton

Poem -4 Childhood By Markus Natten

Comprehension- case study/ Note Making

AUGUST -2024

Snapshot:

Ch-5: Mother's Day By Elizabeth Jennings

Ch-7: The Adventure By Jayant Narikar

Grammar: Editing / Jumbled Words

Writing Skills: Poster /  Debate

SEPTEMBER 

Revision of full Syllabus

(MM-50 +

ASL= 5+5=10)

Snapshots 

Ch-8: The Tale of Melon City: By Vikram Seth (Poem)

Grammar: Arrange Sentence correction/ Omission / Editing

OCTOBER 

Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skills Practice Paper.

( Sample Practice Paper)

Task - All Complete Grammar and Writing / Reading Sections. [April to Dec]

FEBRUARY

Revision of the  full Syllabus 

According to CBSE Pattern

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS

Section A

Q1. One unseen passage of 1000-1200 words having Q/MCQ and vocabulary.

Q2.One unseen cased based passage ,with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. 

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked. (10+8 = 18 Marks)

Q3. One unseen passage for note making

(5+3)= 8 Marks

Grammar: 7 Marks

i. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)

ii. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences

(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).

V. Creative Writing Skills.(16 Marks)

i.Short writing task – Classified Advertisements up to 50 words. One out of the two given

questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)

ii.Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be

answered.(3marks:Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)

iii. Writing a Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal / visual cues related to some contemporary 

/ age-appropriate topic(5 Marks)

iv. Writing a Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words. The theme should be

contemporary topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks:

Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)

Section C -30 Marks

VI.

Reference to the Context

i.One Poetry extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, 

interpretation, analysis and appreciation.

(3x1=3 Marks)

ii.One Prose extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, 

interpretation, analysis and appreciation.

(3x1=3 Marks)

iii.One prose extract out of two from the book Snapshots to assess comprehension, 

interpretation and analysis.

(4x1=4 Marks)

VII. Two Short answer type question (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Hornbill), out 

of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical 

thinking.

 (3x2=6 Marks)

VIII. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered I n 40- 50 words. 

Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 1 out of 2 questions to

be done.

 (3x1=3 Marks)

IX. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry Hornbill, to be answered in 120-150 words. 

Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to 

assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative 

response from student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. 

(1x6=6 Marks)

X. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots to be answered 

in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questionsto

provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points.

Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. 6x1=6

Deleted topics

Hornbill

1- ch -4 Landscape of The Soul

ch_5 Ailing Planet

Ch-6 The Browning Version

 

Snapshots

Ch-3 Ranga's Marriage

Ch-4 Albert Einstein

Ch- The Ghat of the Only World

Writing Skills

• Notice

• Article

• Report

• Letter

Prescribed Books

1. Hornbill: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research andTraining,

New Delhi

•The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)

•A Photograph

(Poem)

•“We’re Not Afraid to Die… if we can be together

•Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues

•The Laburnum Top (Poem)

 The Voice of the Rain (Poem)

•Childhood (Poem)

The Adventure

 •Silk Road (Prose)

Father to Son

2. Snapshots: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of EducationResearch

and Training, New Delhi

• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (Prose)

• The Address (Prose)

• Mother’s Day (Play)

• Birth ( Prose)

 The Tale of Melon City

Paper Pattern XI English

1- Comp.10

2- Copm.8

3-Grammar.8 three parts abc

4-poster / Advertisement -4

5-Debate- 5

6- speech 5

7- Note making 8

8- poem-4

9- passage from chapter 6 M a/b

10- Multiple questions 5 1-5

11-any two 4

12-any two 4

13- long type 4

14- long type question 5.