Syllabus for the old session (2013-2014) of Class-XII [English B] under WBCHSE

Prose   [15 Marks]

1. Rajam and Mani : R. K. Narayan
2. Further Progress in Specialisation : Stephen Leacock
3. Life at Mokameh Ghat : Jim Corbett
4. Consequences of Environmental Plunder : Jean Dreze & Amartya Sen

Poetry  [15 Marks]

1. The Moon : P. B. Shelley
2. Nature : H. W. Longfellow
3. Futility : Wilfred Owen
4. Where the Mind is Without Fear : Rabindranath Tagore

Play  [15 Marks]

• The Bishop’s Candlesticks : Norman Mckinnel

Textual Grammar   [15 Marks]
[Transformation, joining and splitting of sentences, change of narration,
use of articles and prepositions, Wh-questions, etc]

Letter Writing  [10 Marks]
[Official, personal, etc]

ESP [English for Special Purpose]  [10 Marks]

• Report Writing
• Summary Writing

Comprehension Test [Unseen Prose]  [20 Marks]

Total  [100 Marks]

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NEW SYLLABUS : CLASS XII, ENGLISH B, WBCHSE, w.e.f. SESSION 2014-2015

CLASS-XII

Full Marks : 100

LITERATURE: 50 MARKS

a) Prose : 20 Marks

b) Verse : 20 Marks

c) Drama : 10 Marks

LANGUAGE : 30 MARKS

a) Textual Grammar : 10 Marks

b) Reading Comprehension : 10 Marks

c) ESP : 10 Marks

PROJECT : 20 MARKS

LITERATURE : 50 MARKS

Prose

1. The Eyes Have It -- Ruskin Bond

2. Strong Roots (An extract from the chapter Orientation from Wings of Fire) -- APJ Abdul Kalam

    (Universities Press - 2012 edition) (Chapter I, Page: 3-6 upto paragraph ending with ......'Freedom, happiness and peace of mind' on page 6)

3. Thank You, Ma'am -- Langston Hughes

4. The Three Questions -- Leo Tolstoy

Verse

1. On Killing a Tree -- Gieve Patel

2. Asleep in the Valley -- Arthur Rimbaud

3. shall I Compare Thee -- William Shakespeare

4. The Poetry of Earth -- J. Keats

Drama *

Charandas Chor -- Habib Tanvir

LANGUAGE : 30 MARKS

Textual Grammar

I. Synthesis and splitting of senteses

II. Change of narration

III. Correction of errors

Reading Comprehension

Unseen Prose Passage (200-250 words)

ESP

Precis writing / Report writing / Business / Formal letter

Project : (2000-2500 words)

Topics for project : (any one)

• Film/ Theatre script
• Changing the background/time/social cotext of a play and recording how the characters behave in a changed scenario
• Indianization of the writings of some English writers like Dickens, Hardy, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde

* As per notice No : DS/ACA/0013/NFENGBII/2014 Date:21.02.2014 by the the Secretary of the Council,  "Charandas Chor" by Habib Tanvir won't be followed as the drama in the English B syllabus for Class Xll from 201,4-16 session. " The Proposal" a piece by A. Chekov will replace "Charandas Chor" and will be followed as the drama in the Class Xll syllabus from the above mentioned session.

 However , candidates who will be appearing for HS Examination ,2015 will have "Charandas Chor" as drama in their Class Xll syllabus.

 "The Proposal" by A. Chekov will be followed as drama in the Class Xll syllabus by those students who will be registering themselves for the 2014-16 session and will be appearing for the HS Examination, 201"6 and the same will be followed in the following years .

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NEW AND UPDATED SYLLABUS: Class XI, English B, WBCHSE w.e.f. Session 2013-2014

Division of marks

Prose                               : 20 marks
Verse                              : 20 marks
Rapid Reader                   : 10 marks
Textual Grammar              : 10 marks
Writing (paragraph/story)  : 10 marks
ESP
Newspaper advertisement : 05 marks
Commercial leaflet             : 05 marks
Project                             : 20 marks
Total                               : 100 marks

Prose

1. Leela's Friend -- R. K. Narayan
2. Karma -- Khushwant Sing
3. Alias Jimmy Valentine -- O Henry
4. Nobel Lecture -- Mother Teresa
5. The Place of Art in Education -- Nandalal Bose (Speaking of Art, Viswa Bharati -- 1999 edition), (Pages--23 to 26 upto first paragraph ending with......"according to the location" on page 26).

Verse

1. Upon the Westminster Bridge -- William Wordsworth
2. Meeting at Night -- Robert Browning
3. The Sick Rose -- William Blake
4. Brotherhood -- Octavio Paz
5. Daybreak -- H W Longfellow

Rapid Reader (Any One)

Tales from Shakespeare -- Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb (edited version)

 Macbeth, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Twelfth Night.

Textual Grammar

Text based grammatical questions on Voice Change, Narration Change, Transformation of sentences, Joining of sentences, Splitting of sentences, Appropriate articles and prepositions, etc.

Writing

Paragraph writing / Story writing ( about 150-200 words)

ESP

Newspaper Advertisement : All types, classifieds (within 50 words)

Commercial Leaflet : Opening of a showroom /Institution/ Training centre, Launching tour programmes by travel agency, Discount sale (within 50 words).

Project (1000-1500 words) (Any one) : 

• Dramatizing a story from within the syllabus or outside the syllabus
• Developing a story with the beginning given in 2-3 sentences
• Writing an autobiography of an object / persons / self

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