April 23, 2026

WBCHSE (WB Board)

UNIT 1 : PROSE

1. ‘War’ by Luigi Pirandello

2. ‘The Legends of Pensam’ by Mamang Dai

3. ‘Debut on Stage’ by Charles Chaplin

UNIT 2 : VERSE

1. ‘Ode to the West Wind’ by P. B. Shelley

2. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ by Kamala Das

UNIT 3 : DRAMA
‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams (Scene I to IV)

UNIT 4 : TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

Textual Grammar from Unit 1 and Unit 2:

1. Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences;

2. Change of Narration;

3. Correction of errors

UNIT 5 : READING COMPREHENSION
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

UNIT 1 : PROSE

1. ‘The Lamb of the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl

2. ‘Mr. Pirzada’ by Jhumpa Lahiri

UNIT 2 : VERSE

  1. ‘Last Ride Together’ by Robert Browning
  2. ‘I cannot live with thee’ by Emily Dickinson
  3. ‘This is a Photograph of Me’ by Margaret Atwood

UNIT 3 : DRAMA
‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams (Scene V to VII)

UNIT 4 : NONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR
Non-textual Grammar:
1. Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences;

2. Change of Narration;

3. Correction of Errors

UNIT 5 : WRITING SKILL
Essay

UNIT 1 : PROSE
1. ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ by Ruskin Bond
2. ‘Strong Roots’(Extract from the chapter Orientation from Wings of Fire) by APJ Abdul Kalam
3. ‘A Room of One’s Own: Section on Shakespeare’s Sister’ by Virginia Woolf

UNIT 2 : VERSE
1. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ by Toru Dutt
2. ‘Ulysses’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson

UNIT 3 : DRAMA
‘Tara’ by Mahesh Dattani (Act I)

UNIT 4 : TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
Textual Grammar from Unit 1 and Unit 2:
1. Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences;

2. Change of Narration;

3. Correction of errors

UNIT 5 : READING COMPREHENSION
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

UNIT 1 : PROSE
1. ‘Alice in Wonderland – Down the Rabbit Hole’ by Lewis Caroll
2 ‘Three Questions’ by Leo Tolstoy

UNIT 2 : VERSE
1. ‘Hawk Roosting’ by Ted Hughes
2. ‘That time of year ….’ – Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare
3. ‘The Greenhouse Effect’ by Carl Dennis

UNIT 3 : DRAMA

‘Tara’ by Mahesh Dattani (Act II)

UNIT 4 : NON TEXTUAL GRAMMAR

Non-textual Grammar:

1. Synthesis and Splitting of Sentences;

2. Change of Narration;

3. Correction of Errors

UNIT 5 : WRITING SKILL

1. Essay
2. Precis