NEW AND UPDATED SYLLABUS: Class 11, English B, WBCHSE

NEW AND UPDATED SYLLABUS: Class 11, English B, WBCHSE

Prose:

Leela's Friend -- R. K. Narayan

Karma -- Khushwant Sing

Alias Jimmy Valentine -- O Henry

Nobel Lecture -- Mother Teresa

The Place of Art in Education -- Nandalal Bose (Speaking of Art, Viswa Bharati -- 1999 edition), (Pages--23 to 26 up to the first paragraph ends with......" according to the location" on page 26).

Poem:

Upon the Westminster Bridge -- William Wordsworth

Meeting at Night -- Robert Browning

The Sick Rose -- William Blake

Brotherhood -- Octavio Paz

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:

Textual 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 the tour programmes by the travel agency, Discount sale (within 50 words).

Project (1000-1500 words) (Anyone) :

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

 

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

See also the syllabus of Class 12 English.