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ENGLISH CORE CODE NO. 301 CLASS – XII

Section A    (22 Marks)

 

Reading Skills

I Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage           (12+10 = 22 Marks)

1.     One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.

2.   One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer Type Questions (to be answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.

 

Section B  (18Marks) 

Creative writing skills 

3.  Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format :1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).

4.  Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.

(4 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).

5.  Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest). One out of the two given questions to be answered.

(5 Marks: Format: 1 / Organization of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).

6.   Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.

(5 Marks: Format: 1 /Organization of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).

 

Section C (40 Marks)

Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.

7.     One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)

8.  One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks)

9.     One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks)

10.    Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given, are to be answered. (5x2=10 Marks)

11.   Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks)

12.  One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120 -150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative response from the student. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)

13.  One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses using incidents, events, themes, as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)

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Typology	Section	Testing Competencies	Objective Type Questions, MCQs, Very Short Answer Type (1 Mark each)	Short Answer Questions (2 Marks each) Word limit 40- 50	Short Answer Questions (4 marks each)	Long Answer Question word limit 120- 150 (5 marks each)	Total marks
	Reading	Conceptual understanding , decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating literary conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s.	6x1=6 (Descriptive passage) 6x1=6 (Case- Based Passage)	3×2=6 Short answer questions from Descriptive Passage   2×2 =4 Short answer questions from Case- Based Passage
	I. Unseen Passage
	(Factual,
	descriptive or
	literary)
Comprehension n	2. Case-Based Unseen (Factual) Passage						12+10 = 22

Creative Writing Skills	Short Composition 3. Notice 4.Formal/Infor mal Invitation and Reply Long Composition Letter to the Editor/ Job Application	Conceptual understanding, application of rules, analysis, reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and			2x4 = 8 (Short writing task) (01 out of 02 Notices, 01 out of 02 Invitation s/	2x5= 10 (Writing skills) (01 out of 02 letters, 01 out of 02 Article/ Report)	18
	Report/ Article	fluency, inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity.			Replies) (50 words each)	(Word limit 120 – 150 words)
			(6x1=6	5X2=10 05 out of 06 questions from Prose and Poetry – Flamingo   2x2=4 02 out of 03 questions- Vistas		1x5=5 One out of two question s from Prose and Poetry- Flaming o     1x5=5 One    out of     two question s from Prose- Vistas	40
			(One
			Poetry
			extract out
			of        two
			from    the
			book
Literature			‘Flamingo
Textbooks		Recalling,
and		reasoning,	4x1=4
Supplementa		appreciating	(One
ry		literary	Prose
Reading		convention,	extract
Text		inference,	out of two
		analysis, and	from    the
(Flamingo		creativity	book
and		with fluency	‘Vistas’)
Vistas)			6x1=6
			(One prose
			extract out
			of two
			from the
			book
			‘Flamingo’
		TOTAL	38	14	8	20	80