Here we have given UP Board Syllabus Class 10 based on NCERT Text books.
UP Board Syllabus Class 10
Subject – English Max Marks – 100
There will be one question paper of 70 marks. Internal Assessment will be for 30 marks.
Reading- 10 Marks
1. One short passage followed by three MCQs. 3X1=3 Marks
2. One passage followed by three very short answer type questions. 3×2=6 Marks
And one vocabulary based question 1 Mark
Writing Skills 10 Marks
3. Letter(formal/informal)/ Application. 4 Marks
4. Descriptive paragraph/Report/Article (One option based on given verbal input, another on figurative input) in about 80-100 words. 6 Marks
Grammar 15 Marks
5. five MCQs based on parts of speech, tenses, articles, reordering of sentences, spellings. 5X1=5 Marks
6. Three very short answer type questions based on narration voice, punctuation. 3×2=6 Marks
7. Translation of a short passage from Hindi to English.(4 Sentences) 4 Marks
Literature 35 Marks
First Flight (23 marks)
Prose (15 marks)
8. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2×1=2 Marks
9. Three MCQs based on lessons. 3×1=3 Marks
10. Two short answer type questions in about 30-40 words each. 3+3=6 Marks
11. One long anser type question in about 60 words. 4 Marks
Poetry (08 marks)
12. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2×1=2 Marks
13. One short answer type question based on poetry lessons in about 30-40 words. 3 Marks
OR
Four lines from any poem prescribed in the syllabus
14. Central indea of the given poem. 3 Marks
Foot Prints Without Feet (12 marks)
15. Five MCQs based on prescribed lessons. 5×1=5 Marks
16. One short answer type question in about 30-40 words. 3 Marks
17. One long answer type question in about 60 words 4 Marks
Prescribed books and Lessons
First Flight – Text Book
Prose
- 1. A Letter to God G.L. Fuentes
- 2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
- 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank
- 7. Glimpses of India
- i. A Baker from Goa Lucio Rodrigues
- ii. Coorg Lokesh Abrol
- iii. Tea from Assam Arup Kumar Datta
- 9. Madam Rides the Bus Vallikkannan
- 10. The Sermon at Benares
Poetry
- 1. Dust of Snow Robert Frost
- 2. Fire and Ice Robert Frost
- 3. A Tiger in the Zoo Leslie Norris
- 6. Amanda! Robin Klein
- 7. Animals Walt Whitman
- 8. The Trees Adrienne Rich
- 9. Fog Carl Sandburg
Footprints Without Feet-Supplementary Reader
- 1. A Triumph of Surgery James Herriot
- 2. The Thief’s Story Ruskin Bond
- 5. Footprints Without Feet H.G. Wells
- 6. The Making of a Scientist Robert W. Peterson
- 7. The Necklace Guy De Maupassant
- 9. Bholi K.A. Abbas
Words & Expression (Eng. Work Book)
For the Academic Session 2022-23
The internal assessment should be conducted as follows:
1.First Internal Assessment (Oral Expression Based) August 10 Marks
2.Second Internal Assessment(Creative Writing Based) December 10 Marks
Four Monthly Tests- 10 Marks
1. First Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) July
2. Second Monthly Test (MCQs Based) August
3. Third Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) November
4. Fourth Monthly Test (MCQs Based) December
The Sum of the marks obtained in all the four monthly Tests should be converted into 10 Marks.
30% Reduced Syllabus for session 2022-23
Text Book
Prose-
3. Two Story about Flying
i. His First Flight By Liam O’Flaherty
ii. Black Aeroplane By Frederick Forsyth
5. The Hundred Dresses-I By El Bsor Ester
6. The Hundred Dresses-II By El Bsor Ester
8. Mijbil The Otter By Gavin Maxwell
11. The Proposal By Anton Chekov
Poetry-
4. How to Tell Wild Animals By Carolyn Wells
5. The Ball Poem By John Berryman
10. The Tale of Custard the Dragon By Ogden Nash
11. For Anne Gregory By William Butler Yeats
Footprints Without Feet – Supplementary Reader
3. The Midnight Visitor By Robert Arthur
4. A Question of Trust By Victor Canning
8. The Hack Driver By Sinclair Lewis
10. The Book That Saved the Earth By Claire Boiko