Syllabus Of Grade XI - ENGLISH (EN1101)
Instructions:
- Separate marks are given with each unit.
| Unit | Area Covered | Marks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | |||||||
| Listening skills | Speaking skills | Reading skills | Writing skills | Language Structure and conventions; literary devices | |||
| Unit1 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit2 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit3 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit4 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit5 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit6 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit7 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit8 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit9 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Total Marks | 100 | Time: 3 Hours | |||||
Unit1 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen and respond to an extract from a story/song/ poem to grasp the main idea
- Listen for specific information
- Listen for pleasure
Speaking skills
- Participate actively in group discussions
- Present their viewpoint with clarity
- Discuss ways to resolve conflict
- Debate for and against an idea and come to a consensus
Reading skills
- understand the elements of a short story
- understand the meaning of new words in context
- appreciate a poem on the unknown
- read a one-act play
Writing skills
- write a story about love (or the lack of it) creating a suitable atmosphere
- write with logical continuity and fluency
- write a poem/ ballad celebrating love
- take down notes
- precis writing
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Use of tenses
- Direct and Indirect
- Kinds of sentences
- Transformation of sentences
- Use literary devices like similes and metaphors to improve their writing skills
Unit2 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- listen and respond to a historical speech
- listen and respond to a popular song
- listen to grasp the main idea
- listen for specific information
Speaking skills
- participate actively in group discussions
- present their viewpoint with clarity
- discuss ways to resolve conflict in groups by following group norms
- debate for and against an idea and come to a consensus
- learn to give a speech
Reading skills
- understand the themes elements of a short story
- appreciate the theme of a poem/ story on war and peace and understand the futility of war
- understand the meaning of new words in context
Writing skills
- learn to write slogans on peace
- write simple poems on peace
- write an essay
- write with logical continuity and fluency (a sustained piece of writing)
- learn to fill up a form/ and learn to write a resume
- Learn to write a formal letter
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Types of sentences
- Relative clauses
- Use literary devices like antithesis and irony to improve their writing skills
Unit3 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- watch a film/ interview related to the theme and respond to what they hear
- listen actively to questions in an interview format
- listen closely to follow dialogue in English
Speaking skills
- take part in dramatisation of the text
- conduct an interview
- present their findings with the help of multi media
Reading skills
- read and understand texts/ accounts of ambitious/ ego-centric people
- identify the main events chronologically
- deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words
- read, understand and enjoy a poem on the subject
- suggested texts: play/ prose
Writing skills
- learn to write dialogue for a skit/ play
- a debate
- a newspaper report
- an account of events in chronological order
- an account of events in the past as a part of the events • a diary entry
- a proposal for a project
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Types of sentences
- Noun Clauses
- Understand the style and tone of a poem
- Close passage
Unit4 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- listen and respond to a poem/ popular song
- listen to grasp the main idea
- listen for specific information
- listen to, understand and interpret spontaneous discourse in familiar social situations
Speaking skills
- participate actively in group discussions
- narrate events, real or imaginary, in a chronological sequence
- express and respond to personal feelings and attitudes • learn to participate in declamation
Reading skills
- understand the elements of a short story and anticipate and predict what will come next in a text.
- retrieve and synthesise information from a range of reference material using study skills such as skimming and scanning
- understand the nuances of a travelogue
- understand the meaning of new words in context
Writing skills
- learn to write dialogue for a skit/play
- write a Diary entry
- write a description of a character and a clear account of events
- expand notes into a piece of writing
- write an informal letter
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Adverbial clauses
- Transformation of sentences
- Use of literary devices
Unit5 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- listen to a song or film on the theme
- listen to a speech for gist and specific information
- listen closely to follow dialogue in English
Speaking skills
- conduct an interview
- express their opinions and ideas in a group discussion • debate an issue, giving reasoned arguments for their views
- participate in a role play
Reading skills
- read a variety of texts with the theme of human relationships
- read to understand the gist of the texts
- read for specific information
- understand meanings in context
- find out the etymology of selected vocabulary in the given text
- read, understand and appreciate a poem on the given theme
Writing skills
- write a precis
- write an informal letter
- plan writing and organise ideas step by step
- write an essay on a given topic
- compare and contrast ideas and write a point of view
- write a notice and a circular
- write a memoir
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Conditional sentences
- Use of literary devices
Unit6 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- listen and respond to a play/ film
- listen to grasp the main idea
- listen for specific information
Speaking skills
- participate actively in group discussions
- present their viewpoint with clarity
- prepare and present powerpoint presentations
- learn to present views with the help of multimedia
Reading skills
- understand the elements of a short story
- appreciate a graphic novel
- read and understand the study of character and situation in a play on the given theme
- understand the meaning of new words in context
Writing skills
- write an informal letter
- write in logical sequence and continuity
- write a diary entry
- write an essay
- write a blurb
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Active and passive voice
- Use literary devices to improve their writing
Unit7 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- watch a film related to the theme and respond to what they hear
- listen actively to questions in an interview format
- listen closely to follow dialogue in English
Speaking skills
- take part in a dramatisation of the text
- conduct an interview
- hold a press conference
- present a description of the efforts of crusaders with the help of multi media
Reading skills
- read and understand nonnarrative/ factual texts
- identify the main features of such texts
- summarise the given piece
- deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words
- read a poem on the theme
Writing skills
- learn to write an e-mail
- write a description of a person
- write a critical appreciation of a poem
- write a film/ book review
- take notes
- expand notes into a piece of writing
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Transformation of sentences
- Cloze passages
- Use of literary devices like irony and sarcasm
Unit8 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- listen and respond to a commentary
- listen to grasp the main idea
- listen for specific information
Speaking skills
- participate actively in group discussions
- present their viewpoint with clarity
- debate for and against an idea and come to a consensus
Reading skills
- read and understand nonnarrative/ factual texts
- identify the main features of such texts
- understand the elements of a biography/ autobiography
- summarise the given piece
- deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words
- read poems on the theme
Writing skills
- learn to write a formal letter
- write a newspaper article
- write a biosketch
- write a news paper report
- write slogans and design posters
- design a Manifesto of Fundamental Human Rights
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Transformation of sentences
- Practice of grammar through cloze
Unit9 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- watch a film/ interview/ TV documentary related to the theme and respond to what they hear
- listen actively to questions in an interview format
- listen closely to follow dialogue in English
Speaking skills
- take part in a dramatisation of the text
- conduct an interview
- present a description of their workspace with the help of multi media
Reading skills
- read and understand drama/ radio film script as a literary genre
- deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words
- read a biography
Writing skills
- learn to write dialogue for a skit/play
- write a formal letter
- write a description of a character
- design an invitation, a poster and a brochure for a Play/Video/ Music Show
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- transformation of sentences