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Higher
Secondary (WBCHSE)
As obtained from WBCHSE official site in Decemder, 2012
and
confirmed from 'Syllabus- 2013' book
Consult
the official site of the Board for latest updates
Some updates has been made available in English (B) question pattern
H S New Syllabus English (Second Language)
ENGLISH-B
CLASS
XI
Literature(50 marks)
Question from Prose Section – 20 marks
Question from Verse Section – 20 marks
Questions from Rapid reader – 10 marks
Lanuage (30 marks)
Textual grammar – 10 marks
Writing [ Paragraph writing/story writing] 10 marks
ESP [Newspaper Advertisement/ –
Commercial Leaflet]- 10 marks
Project – 20 marks
TOTAL- 100 marks
Prose and Poetry – (40 M/40P)
Prose
1. Leela’s Friend – R.K.Narayan
2. Karma – Khushwant Singh
3. Alias Jimmy Valentine – O Henry
4. Nobel Lecture – Mother Teresa
5. Vision and Creation (extract) – Nanandalal Bose
(Speaking of Art)
Poetry
1. Upon the Westminster Bridge – William Wordswrth
2. Meeting at night – Robert Browning
3. The Sick Rose - William Blake
4. Brotherhood – Octavio Paz
5. Daybreak - H W Longfellow
Rapid Reader (10M/5P) (Any One)
1. Tales from Shakespeare – Charles Lamb and Mary
Lamb ( Edited version ) Following Tales: Macbeth, Othello, The Comedy of
Errors, As you like it, Twelfth Night
2. Gulliver's Travels- Edited version
by Indira Jaykrishnan
Textual Grammar – (10M/10P)
Questions will be set on the following grammatical
items from the prescribed pieces:
Tense, Voice, Group verbs, Preposition, Relative
clause, Participle, Gerund.
Writing (10M/5P)
Paragraph writing/story writing- 100-150 words
ESP [Newspaper Advertisement/Commercial Leaflet](10 to
50 words ) (10M/20P)
Newspaper Advertisement: Job vacancy , Land House ,
Flat purchase and sale , Academic Matters.
Commercial Leaflet : Opening of a showroom / Training
Centre , Launching Tour Programmes by Travel
Agency , Discount Sale.
Project (1000-1500 words ) (20M/10P)
Topics for project: (any one)
§ Dramatizing a story
§ Extension of a story
§ Case study
§ Writing a Autobiography
Surja Kanta Dey
Kharagpur, WB
E-Mail: surja81@gmail.com
