CBSE Class IX & X Revised Syllabus 2020-21 Secondary Languages Curriculum : cbseacademic.nic.in
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CBSE Revised Syllabus
CBSE Revised Secondary Languages Curriculum for the Academic Year 2020-21.
Related / Similar Syllabus :
Secondary Languages Curriculum
Revised Languages (Group-L)
English Language & Literature :
Code No. 184
Syllabus Class – IX (2020-21)
Part-A:
Reading:- Unseen Passage (20 Marks)
i. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Discursive passage of 400-450 words to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)
ii. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words to test analysis and interpretation. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Literature Textbooks: 10 Marks
III. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5×1=5)
IV. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5×1=5)
Grammar: 10 Marks
V. Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered. Questions shall be based on the following
i. Tenses
ii. Modals
iii. Subject – verb concord
iv. Reported speech
a. Commands and requests
b. Statements
c. Questions
v. Determiners
Deleted:
** Use of Passive Voice
** Clauses: Noun, Adverb Clauses of condition and time, Relative
** Prepositions
Part-B:
Writing: 10 marks
I. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words) on a person or a diary entry based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 marks
II. Writing a story (word limit 100-120 words) on the basis of given cue/s . One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 marks
Deleted:
** Letter on a situation
** Descriptive Paragraph on a place/event
Literature : 30 Marks
III. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 20-30 words each from BEEHIVE and MOMENTS (two out of three from BEEHIVE and two out of three from MOMENTS). 2×4=8 marks
IV. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from BEEHIVE and MOMENTS (two out of three from BEEHIVE and two out of three from MOMENTS). 3×4=12 marks
V. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. 5 marks
VI. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words. 5 marks
Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi
BEEHIVE – Textbook for class IX
Deleted:
1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
2. The Snake & The Mirror
3. The Duck & The Kangaroo
4. Kathmandu
5. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
MOMENTS – Supplementary Reader for Class IX
Deleted:
1. Ishwaran the Storyteller
2. The Accidental Tourist
Words and Expressions-I, Workbook
Note: Teachers are advised to:
(i) encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as role play, group work etc.
(ii) reduce teacher-talk time and keep it to the minimum,
(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their ideas and express and defend their views.
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