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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, NOIDA
SPLITUP SYLLABUS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

CLASS: XII SUBJECT: ENGLISH CORE (Code: 301)
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UNITS TO BE COVERED
ACTIVITIES
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Flamingo & Vistas
The Invisible
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Reading &
Advanced Writing Skills
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The Last Lesson

My Mother at Sixty Six(Poem)

The Tiger King

Chapters-1,2,3,4
I.Short Composition
a) Drafting Notices
b) Drafting Advertisements
c) Designing Posters
d) Invitations & Replies

Unit Test-I
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Lost Spring
Deep Water
An Elementary School
Classroom in a Slum(Poem)
The Enemy


Chapters-,5,6,7,8
II. Factual Description of
events/incidents/processes/
Writing Reports based on a
verbal input provided


Unit Test-II
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The Rattrap
Keeping Quiet(Poem)
Should Wizard Hit Mommy?


Chapters-
9,10,11,12
III. Letter Writing
a) Official Letters
b) Business Letters
c) Letter to the Editor
d) Application for Job
e) Letter to Principal/
School Authorities.



Unit Test-III
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Indigo
A Thing of Beauty(Poem)
On The Face Of It




Chapters-
13,14,15,16,17
A. Comprehension of
Unseen Passages:
a)An unseen passage
followed by a variety of
short questions to test local,
global & inferential
comprehension and
questions on vocabulary
b)An unseen passage for
making notes in an
appropriate format and
abstraction


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Evans Tries an O Level

18,19,20,21,22
IV. Long Composition:
Writing Article/ Debate/
Speech





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ClassXII-ExaminationSpecifications

OnePaper :3Hours Marks:100

Section AreasofLearing Marks-Specified TotalMarks
A. ReadingUnseenPassages& Note
Making(Two)
30

B. AdvancedWritingSkills 4+6+10+10=30
C. TextualQueations


iii.TextBook-Flamingo

iv.SupplementaryReader-Vistas
3+4+12+6 = 25


100
D. LongReadinText-Novel 7+8=15




SECTION-A:

ReadingComprehension-30Marks

Readingtwo unseenPassagesandNotemaking
Therewillbetwounseenpassages.
Thetotallengthofthetwopassageswillbebetween1000-1200words.Thepassagewillinclude
twoofthefollowing:
a. Factualpassagese.g.instructions,descriptions,reports
b. Descriptivepassagesinvolvingopinione.g.argumentative,persuasiveorinterpretativetext. c.
Literarypassagese.g.extractfromfiction,drama,poetry,essayorbiography.

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Going Places

Aunt Jennifers
Tigers(Poem)

Memories of Childhood

23,24,25,26,27,2
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Conversational Skills:
a) Listening
b) Speaking


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30 Revision Practice Tests Pre Board-II
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28 Revision Practice Tests
Model
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SUMMARY-SECTION A

Unseen
passages
No.of
words
TestingAreas MarksAllotted
1.


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600-700






400-500
Shortanswertype
questionstotestlocal,
globalandinternational
comprehension, Vocabulary

Note-makinginan
appropriateformat

Abstraction



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Question1:Twolongerpassagewillbegiventotestreadingcomprehension.Thepassagecanbe
literary,factualordiscursive.Therewillbevocabularytestingforthreemarks. 22 Marks

Question2:Ashorterpassageof400-500wordswillbegivenfornotemakingandabstraction.
8 Marks
SECTIONB
AdvancedWritingSkills-30Marks
Question3:Oneoutoftwoshortcompositionsofnotmorethan50wordseache.g.advertisement
andnotices,designingordraftingposters,writingformalandinformalinvitationsandreplies.
04Marks
Question4:Areportorafactualdescription(100-125words)basedonverbalinputprovided. (Oneoutoftwo)06Marks
Question5:Writingoneoutoftwolettersbasedonverbalinput. 10Marks
Lettertypesinclude
a. businessorofficialletters(formakingenquiries,registeringcomplaints,askingforand
givininformation,placingordersandsendingreplies)
b. letterstotheeditor(givingsuggestionsonanissueoropiniononissueonpublicinterest c.
applicationforajob
d. lettertotheprincipalorschoolauthoritiesregardingadmissionsschoolsissuesrequirement
orsuitabilityofcoursesetc.
Question6:Oneoutoftwocompositionsbasedonvisualand/orverbalinput(150-200words).
Outputmaybedescriptiveorargumentativeinnaturesuchasanarticle,adebateoraspeech.10Marks
SECTION-C
LiteraryTexts(PrescribedbooksFlamingoandVistas)-25Marks

Question7:Oneoutoftwoextractsbasedonpoetryfromthetexttotestcomprehensionand appreciation.
01X03=03 Marks
Question8:Twooutofthreeshortquestionsfromthepoetrytotestlocalandglobalcomprehension oftext.
02X02=04 Marks
Question9:SixoutofsevenshortanswerquestionsbasedonthelessonsfrombothFlamingoand
Vistas. 06X02=12 Marks

Question10:Oneouttwolonganswertypequestionsbasedonthetextstotestglobalcomprehension
andextrapolationbeyondthesettexts.(125-150words) 01X06=06 Marks

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SECTION
LongReadingText-Novel-15Marks

Withaviewtoinstillthehabitofreadingamongthestudents,CBSEintroducescompulsoryreadingof
LongReadingText/NovelintheEnglishCoreCourseandwillbeevaluatedinbothFormativeand
SummativeAssessments.

Therewillbetwolonganswerquestionsonthetheme,plot,characterandincidentsfromtheprescribed
novel.Schoolscanchooseanyoneofthetwonovels.

NameoftheTextBook Nameofthelessonsdeleted

Flamingo

1.PoetsandPancakes


2.TheInterview


3.ARoadRideStand(Poetry)

Vistas

4.TheThirdLevel


5.Journey to the End of the Earth
Thenovelsare:

Silas Marner(unabridged1954) George Eliot
Or
The invisible man(unabridged1902) H G Wells
Question12:LongAnswerQuestion(Approximately150Words) 08Marks
Question13:LongAnswerQuestion(Approximately150Words) 07Marks

SECTIONE
ConversationalSkills-10Ma r k s
Testing of Conversational Skills will be done by CBSE.


Note: The teacher concerned is requested to refer to the CBSE curriculum 2014-15 for further
clarifications, if any.

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