BENGALI (Special)
(Other Languages)
Class - XI
Time - 3 Hours M.M. – 100
Prose Lessons :-
1. Naisha Abhijan - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
2. Aranayak - Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay.
Poems :-
1. Purshrag Chandidas
2. Orakaj Kare Rabindranath Tagore
Drama :-
1. Karn, Kunti sambad Rabindranath Tagore
Rapid Reader :-
1. Pass Fail - Manik Bandyopadhyay.
2. Essay - Not exceeding 250 words.
3. Grammar -
1. Sadhu O Chalit Riti
2. Dhawani Tathwa, Sami Bhaban, Swarsngati, Swarbhakti Opinihiti, Obhishruti.
3. Bachya Paribartan, Proverbs & idioms
4. History of Bengali Literature -
Adijug :-
1. Bangali Jati O Bangala Bhashar Wdvava.
Bangali Shityer Gora Pathan ebam jug Bibhag.
2. Bangali Shityer Adi jug Charyapa : Samaj Chitra O Sahitya sampad.
Books prescribed :-
1. Prose - Uchcha Madhyamik Bangla Sankalan
Prose Bhasha for Ekadash O Dwadash Sreni published by
Pashcim Banga - Uchcha Madhyamik Shiksha Samsad.
2. Poetry & Drama - Uchcha Madhyamik Bangla Sankalan
Kabita O Natak - Bhasha for Ekadash O Dwadash Sreni
Published by Pashchim Bamga - Uchcha Madhyamik Shiksha samsad.
Prose, Poetry and Drama will be available from printer Jeevasatya Printer House.
13/Prafulla Sarkar Street Calcutta 72
Rapid Rader :-
(iii) Uchcha Madhyamik Bangla Sahayak Path Sankalan
Bhasha, Chhota Galpa O Probod Prabachan, for Ekadash O Dwadash Shreni.
Available from, Vishwa Bharti.
6, Acharya Jagadish Basu Road, Calcutta 17,
History of Bangali Literature -
By - Naresh Chandra Saha, Sandhya Library.
22, Bidhan Sarani, Calcutta 6
BENGALI (General)
Class - XI
M.M. – 100
Prose Lessons :-
1. Birbal -Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
2. Balay Smriti - Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Poems :-
1. Hatabhagyar gan - Robindranath Thakur.
2. Kandari Hoonsiar - Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Grammar :-
1. Sadhu O Chalti Bhasha.
2. Bakya Paribrtan, Jatil, Jougik Bakya.
3. Proverbs, Idioms.
Books prescribed - Uchcha Madhyamik Bangla Sankalan.
Bhasha
Gadya, Padya O parabad prabachan for Ekadash O Dwadash Shreni Published by Paschim Bangal Uchcha Madhyamik Shiksha Samsad, Available from Jeevan Satya Printing House, 13/Prafulla Sarkar Street Calcutta 72
Essay, Unseen, Letter.
PUNJABI (Special Group B)
(Other Languages) M. M. 100
1. Text Book :-
Muktavali (for intensive study) First five stories.
Ref to context :-
(One out of two should be asked in the exams)
Questions on the Text book
Questions on the story writers.
2. Text Book - Poetry :-
Raag Anurag (First half)
Ref to context
(One out of two should be asked in the exams)
Short questions on poems
Questions on poets.
3. Non - delailed study
4. Vocabulary composition & grammar
5. Grammar - idioms, proverbs, correction of sentences, pair of words, one-word substitution.
6. Precis writing -
Translation (from Hindi in to Punjabi, not more than fifty words)
7. Unseen comprehension
8. Essay of about 250 words
9. Letter - writing (personal + formal)
ENGLISH GENERAL
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Time : 3 Hours Marks 100
Aims :
The courses will enable students to acquire:
reading skills including skimming and scanning.
wring skills including summarising, abstracting, notemaking.
the ability to pursue higher education through English.
a useful vocabulary of sufficient range.
Objectives:-
A Receptivity
1- Reading
on reading a text the student should be able to:
(i) perceive its overall organization:
(ii) discriminate between the main and the subordinate points and know how they inter relate.
(iii) distinguish between the direct and the implied meaning.
(iv) discover the authors bias etc.
(v) interpret tabular and diagrammatic presentation of information.
(vi) examine critically advertisement and discard false and misleading information and advertisements and speeches .
2- Listeningby
the end of the course, students should be able to:
(a) use linguistic and non-linguistic features of the context as due to understanding, interpreting what is heard (eg. cohesion devices, keywords, intonation, gestures, back noises)
(b) listen to a talk or conversation and understand the topic and main points.
(c) listen for information required for a specific purpose, eg. in radio broadecast, commentaries, airport and railway announcements.
(d) distinguish main points from supporting details and relevant from irrelevant information.
(e) understand and interpret messages conveyed in person or by telephone.
(f) understand and respond appropriately to directive language eg. introduction advice, request and warning etc.
(g) understand and interpret spontaneous spoken discourse in familiar socical situation.
B Expression
1- Speaking -
by the end of the course, students should be able to:
(a) speak intelligibly using appropirate word stress, sentence stress and intonation patterns.
(b) convey ideas effectively according to purpose topic and audience (including the appopriate use of polite expressions).
(c) narrate incidents and events, real or imaginary in a logical sequence.
(d) present oral reports or summarise make announcements clearly and confidently.
(e) express and argue a point of view clearly and effectively.
(f) take active part in group discussions and debates showing ability to express agreement and argument.
(g) express and respond to personal feelings, opinions and atttitudes.
(h) convey messages effectively in person or by telephone.
(i) frame questions as to elicit the desired response and appropriately to questions.
(j) participate in spontaneons spoken discourse in familiar social situations.
(k) speak fluently and accurately.
2- Writingby
the end of the course, the students should be able to:
(i) Write correctly:
(ii) Express an idea coherently in a single paragraph.
(iii) Write letters of different kinds.
(iv) Write simple narration pieces.
(v) Write factual description of objects, places, persons etc.
(vi) describe process eg. making tea, mending a bicycle puncture.
(vii) Report events and experiments.
(viii) Compose a longer piece of reflective writing on a given topic.
(ix) Make notes, abbreviations, symbols etc.
(x) Summarise different types of materials ( reports and chapters in a book)
C Attitudanal Change :
Through the course, the students should be able to -
imbibe ethical and moral national and cultural values through various forms of literature.
D Creative Expression :
during the course, the students should be enabled to write an original dialogue, story, one-act play, poems etc.
EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS
ENGLISH (GENERAL)
Class -XI
ONE PAPER 3 HOURS MARKS 100
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S.No. Unit / Areas of Learning Marks
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A. Reading and comprehension (Two) 25
B. Writing 20
C. Grammar 10
D. Text Book : 45
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1. SECTION- A
Reading Unseen Passages for Comprehension and Note-making 25 marks 45 periods
Two unseen passages with a variety of questions including 6 marks for vocabulary such as word formation and inferring meaning. The total length of both the passages together should be around 350 words.
The passages could be any of the following two types :-
(a) Factual passages- e.g. instructions, descriptions, reports.
(b) Discursive passages- involving opinion e.g. argumentative, persuasive.
SUMMARY
| Unseen Passages | No. of Words | Testing Areas | Marks Allotted |
| A1 15 marks | around 200 | Short answer type questions to test local, global and inferential comprehension. | 12 |
| Vocabulary | 03 | ||
| A2 10 marks | around 150 | Note - making in an appropriate format | 07 |
| Vocabulary | 03 |
One of the passages should have about 200 words carrying 15 marks, the other passage should have about 150 words, carrying 10 marks.
The pasage carrying 10 marks should be used for testing note making for 07 marks and testing, vocabulary for 03 marks; vocabulary for 03 marks may be tested in the other passage carrying 15 marks.
2. Section B [Writing] 20 Marks 36 Periods
B-1 A factual description of any event or incident e.g. a report or a process based on verbal input provided (in about 40-50 words) 04 Marks
B-2 Composition based on a visual and/or verbal input (in about 80-100 words). The output may be descriptive or argumentative in nature such as an article for publication in a newspaper or a school magazine, a speech etc.
or
An essay on day-to-day life topics in about 250 words. 10 Marks
After giving ample practice to students to write original compositions for two or three years the option of 'Essay' may be eliminated.
B-3 Writing letters based on given input. Letter types include (a) business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies; (b) letters to the editors (giving suggestions, opinions on an issue of public interest) or (c) application for a job. (d) personal/informal letters.
06 Marks
3. Section- C [Grammar] 10 marks 18 Periods
Different grammatical structures in meaningful contexts will be tested. Item-types will include gap-filling, sentence - re-ordering, dialogue completion and sentence transformation. The grammar syllabus will include the following areas:
1. Determiners
2. Tenses
3. Active and passive constructions
4. Clauses
5. Modals.
4. Section –D [Textual Questions] 45 marks 81 periods
Questions on the prescribed text books will test comprehension at different levels literal, inferential and evaluative based on the following prescribed text books:
D1 (a) One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test comprehension (40-50 words) 04
(b) Three out of four short questions from the poetry section to test local and global compreshension of the text. (30-40 words) 09
D2 Six short answer type questions on the lessons from the prescribed text (30 words) (2 x 6) 12
D3 Two (out of three) long answer type questions based on the text to test global comprehension. (Expected word limit would be about 50-60 words each) (2 x 5) 10
D4. Objective questions based on Text book (1 x 10)10
Prescribed Books :-
1. Text Book - The Spectrum
2. Work Book.- The Spectrum
Compiled by M.P. Rajya Shiksha Kendra and Published by M.P. Text Book Corporation, Bhopal
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