Inquiztives!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)

CLASS IX (2024-25)

Section A: Reading Skills (20 Marks)

• Reading Comprehension
  • Discursive passage (400-450 words)
  • Case-based factual passage (200-250 words)

Section B: Writing Skills and Grammar (20 Marks)

Grammar (10 Marks)

• Determiners
• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-Verb Concord
• Reported Speech
  • Commands and Requests
  • Statements
  • Questions

Writing Skills (10 Marks)

• Descriptive Paragraph (100-120 words)
• Story/Diary Entry (100-120 words)

Section C: Language through Literature (40 Marks)

Reference to Context (10 Marks)

• One extract from Drama/Prose
• One extract from Poetry

Short & Long Answer Questions (30 Marks)

• Short Answer Type Questions (BEEHIVE)
• Short Answer Type Questions (MOMENTS)
• Long Answer Type Questions (BEEHIVE)
• Long Answer Type Questions (MOMENTS)

Prescribed Books:

1. Beehive (Prose & Poetry)
   • Prose:
     • The Fun They Had
     • The Sound of Music
     • The Little Girl
     • A Truly Beautiful Mind
     • The Snake and the Mirror
     • My Childhood
     • Reach For The Top
     • Kathmandu
     • If I were You
   • Poetry:
     • The Road Not Taken
     • Wind
     • Rain on The Roof
     • The Lake Isle of Innisfree
     • A Legend of the Northland
     • No Men Are Foreign
     • On Killing a Tree
     • A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
2. Moments
   • The Lost Child
   • The Adventures of Toto
   • Iswaran the Storyteller
   • In the Kingdom of Fools
   • The Happy Prince
   • The Last Leaf
   • A House is Not a Home
   • The Beggar
3. Workbook: Words and Expressions – I (Units 1-6, 8, 10 & 11)

CLASS X (2024-25)

Section A: Reading Skills (20 Marks)

• Reading Comprehension
  • Discursive passage (400-450 words)
  • Case-based factual passage (200-250 words)

Section B: Writing Skills and Grammar (20 Marks)

Grammar (10 Marks)

• Determiners
• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-Verb Concord
• Reported Speech
  • Commands and Requests
  • Statements
  • Questions

Writing Skills (10 Marks)

• Formal Letter (100-120 words)
• Analytical Paragraph (100-120 words)

Section C: Language through Literature (40 Marks)

Reference to Context (10 Marks)

• One extract from Drama/Prose
• One extract from Poetry

Short & Long Answer Questions (30 Marks)

• Short Answer Type Questions (FIRST FLIGHT)
• Short Answer Type Questions (FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET)
• Long Answer Type Questions (FIRST FLIGHT)
• Long Answer Type Questions (FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET)

Prescribed Books:

1. First Flight (Prose & Poetry)
   • Prose:
     • A Letter to God
     • Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
     • Stories About Flying
     • From the Diary of Anne Frank
     • Glimpses of India
     • Mijbil the Otter
     • Madam Rides the Bus
     • The Sermon at Benares
     • The Proposal (Play)
   • Poetry:
     • Dust of Snow
     • Fire and Ice
     • A Tiger in the Zoo
     • How to Tell Wild Animals
     • The Ball Poem
     • Amanda!
     • The Trees
     • Fog
     • The Tale of Custard the Dragon
     • For Anne Gregory
2. Footprints Without Feet
   • A Triumph of Surgery
   • The Thief’s Story
   • The Midnight Visitor
   • A Question of Trust
   • Footprints Without Feet
   • The Making of a Scientist
   • The Necklace
   • Bholi
   • The Book that Saved the Earth
3. Workbook: Words and Expressions – II (Units 1-4, 7-11)