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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