12th English Core Syllabus CBSE 2024-25

SYLLABUS FOR  XII ENGLISH

         

ENGLISH (Subject Code 301)

Prescribed Books:

a) Flamingo : English Reader (NCERT)

b) Vistas : Supplementary Reader (NCERT)

c)Sample paper( Any Modern Publishers)

 APRIL  - FLAMINGO:

Ch-1 : The Last Lesson By Alphonse Doudet

Ch-2 : Lost Spring by Anees Jung

Poem- 1 : My Mother at Sixty Six by Kamala Das.

Section- B

Writing Skills- Article/Notice

Section A

Reading Skills- Comprehension

One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and

inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.

MAY

 Vistas:-

Ch-1 : The Third Level by Jack Finney

Ch-2 : The Tiger King by Kalki

Poem-3 Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda

Writing Skills : Notice / Report writing 

Revision of May Unit Test - 1 = 50 Marks  

ASSESSMENT OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING (ASL)

JUNE

FLAMINGO:

Ch-3 : Deep Water by William Douglas

Vistas :

Ch-3 : Journey to the End of the Earth by  Tishani Doshi

Writing Skills -Notice/ Invitation and Replies

Section A

Reading Skills- Comprehension.

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

July 

Flamingo:

Ch-4 : The Rattrap by Selma Lagarlof

Ch-5 : Indigo by Louis Fischer

Writing Skills :  Letter ( Application for job with bio-data)

AUGUST

Flamingo:

Ch-6 : Poets and Pancakes by Asokamitran

Ch-7 : The Interview by Christopher Silvester.

Poem-4 : A Thing of Beauty by John Keats

Reading Skills- Comprehension

Writing skills-( Report Writing/ letter to editor)

SEPTEMBER

Vistas:

Ch-4 : The Enemy by Pearl S. Buck

Writing Skills : (letter to  the editor)

Revision for

Mid Term Test ( ASL Practice)

OCTOBER

FLAMINGO

Ch-8 : Going Places by A.R. Barton

Writing Skills : 

Poem-5 : A Road Side Stand by Robert Frost

Poem-6 : Aunt Jennifer's Tigers by Adrienne Rich

Reading Skills- Comprehension

NOVEMBER

Vistas :

Ch-6 : On the Face of It  by Susan Hill

Ch-8 : Memories of Childhood by Zitkala- Sa and Bama.

Writing Skills : Article / formal / informal Invitation

DECEMBER

Revision of full Syllabus

(Pre-Board-I MM-80 +

ASL= 5+5+10=20)

Distribution of Marks According to CBSE

January.

Reading Skills- Comprehension

Revision for Pre-Board II

ASL Practical

Feb.

Writing Skills- Revision of Article writing, Report Writing, Letter, Invitation, Notice.

February

Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skills Practice Paper.

( Sample Practice Paper)

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

New Delhi

(Prose)

* The Last Lesson

* Lost Spring

* Deep Water

* The Rattrap

 *Indigo

 *Poets and Pancakes

* The Interview

 *Going Places

(Poetry)

* My Mother at Sixty-Six

* Keeping Quiet

 *A Thing of Beauty

 *A Roadside Stand

 *Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research And

*Training, New Delhi

* The Third Level

* The Tiger King

 *Journey to the end of the Earth

 *The Enemy

 *On the Face of It

 *Memories of Childhood

○ The Cutting of My Long Hair.

○ We Too are Human beings.

Deleted 

Flamingo

Poem

Poem-2

*An Elementary school Classroom in a slum 

Vistas

Deleted

• Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

• Evans Tries An O Level 

• Deleted 

• Writing

• Poster

• Advertisement

• Debate

• Speech 

         Note Making 

Section A Reading Skills 

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage

22 Marks

I. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and

inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.

 

 (10x1=12 Marks)

II. One unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. 

 (10x1=10 Marks)

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked. 

Section B

III. Creative Writing Skills (18Marks)

The section has Short and Long writing tasks.

i.Notice up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.(4 Marks: Format :

1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar : 1 ).

ii.Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling 

and Grammar :1 ).

iii.Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestion or opinion on issues of public interest) . One out of the two given questions to be

answered . (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling 

and Grammar :1 ).

iv.Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be 

answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be . (5 Marks: Format : 1 /Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ).

Section C Literature 40 

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.

IV. Reference to the Context (40 Marks)

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

interpretation, analysis and appreciation. 

 (6x1=6 Marks)

ii.One Prose extract out of two from the book Vistas to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. 

 (4x1=4 Marks)

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

interpretation and analysis.

 (6x1=6Marks)

V.Short answer type question (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Flamingo), 

out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given are to be answered.  (5x2=10 Marks)

VI.Short answer type question, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words. Questions 

should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 2 out of 3 questions to be done.

 

 (2x2=4 Marks)

VII.One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), 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. (1x5=5 Marks)

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

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

Questions to provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as

reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.1x5=5