Class 11 Syllabus and Marking Pattern
Hornbill
Prose :
The Portrait of a Lady
We’re Not Afraid to Die.. If we can all be Together
Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role
The Adventure
Silk Road
Poetry :
A Photograph
The Laburnum Top
The Voice of the Rain
Childhood
Father to Son
Snapshot
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
The Address
Drama : Mother’s Day
Birth
From Vikram Seth’s “Mappings” – The Tale of Melon City
Exam Paper Format and Marking Pattern
Section A
Reading Skills (26 Marks)
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage – (10+8=18 Marks)
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation inference and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.
2. One unseen case-based Factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.
3. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.
| i. | Note Making: | 5 Marks |
| Title: | 1 | |
| Numbering and indenting: | 1 | |
| Key/glossary: | 1 | |
| Notes: | 2 | |
| ii. | Summary (up to 50 words): | 3 Marks |
| Content: | 2 | |
| Expression: | 1 |
Section B
Grammar and Creative Writing Skills
II. Grammar – 7 Marks
4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)
5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences
(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).
III. Creative Writing Skills – 16 Marks
6. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)
7. Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (3 marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)
8. Long Writing task – Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal / visual cues related to some contemporary / age-appropriate topic. one out of the two given questions to be answered (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 2 / Expression : 2)
9. Long Writing Task – Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words. The theme should be contemporary topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)
Section C
Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text
This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.
10. One Poetry extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (3×1=3 Marks)
11. One Prose extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (3×1=3 Marks)
12. One prose extract out of two from the book Snapshots to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis, inference and appreciation. (4×1=4 Marks)
13. Two Short answer type question (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Hornbill), out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (3×2=6 Marks)
14. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered I n 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. one out of 2 questions to be done. (3×1=3 Marks)
15. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry Hornbill, to be answered in 120-150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative response from student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×6=6 Marks)
16. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots to be answered in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×6=6 Marks)
