Here we have provided UP Board Syllabus for Class 12 Subject English based on NCERT Textbook and latest exam pattern.
UP Board Syllabus Subject English
There will be one question paper of 100 marks.
Section A- Reading 15marks.
1. One long passage followed by four short answer type questions and three vocabulary questions. 4×3=12(short answer questions)
3×1=3(vocabulary)
Section B- writing 20 marks
2. Article (Descriptive, Argumentative/ autobiographical) -100 to 150 words 10
3. Letter to the Editor/ complaint letters. 10
Section C- Grammar 25 marks.
4. Ten questions (MCQ and very short answer type questions) based on Narration, Synthesis, Transformation, Syntax, Idioms and Phrases/ phrasal Verbs, Synonyms, Antonyms, One word substitution, Homophones 10×2=20
5. Translation from Hindi to English- 7 to 8 Sentences 5
Section D- Literature 40 marks
Flamingo- Text book
Prose
6. Two short answer type questions 4+4=8
7. One long answer type question 7
Poetry
8. Three very short answer type questions based on the given poetry extract- 3×2=6
Note- (Questions related to identification of the following figures of speech will be included in the poetry section- Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Oxymoron, Apostrophe, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia).
9. Central idea of the given poem 4
Vistas- Supplementary Reader
10 . Two short answer type questions. 4+4=8
11 . One long answer type question 7
Prescribed Text Books
Flamingo- Text Book
Prose
- 1. The Last Lesson By: Alphonse Daudet
- 2. Lost Spring By: Anees Jung
- 3. Deep Water By: William Douglas
- 4. The Rattrap By: Selma Lagerlof
- 5. Indigo By: Louis Fischer
Poetry
- 1. My Mother At Sixty-Six By: Kamala Das
- 2. An Elementary School
- Classroom In A Slum By: Stephen Spender
- 3. Keeping Quiet By: Pablo Neruda
- 4. A Thing Of Beauty By: John Keats
- 6. Aunt Jenniffr’s Tigers By: Adrienne Rich
Vistas- Supplementary Reader
- 1. The Third Level By: Jack Finney
- 2. The Tiger By: King Kalki
- 3. Journey to the end of the Earth By: Tishani Doshi
- 4. The Enemy By: Pearl S. Buck
- 5. Should Wizard hit Mommy By: John Updike
- 6. On the Face of it By: Susan Hill
Note- No book has been prescribd for grammar. Students can select any book
recommended by the subject teacher.
Up to 30 Percent Reduced Syllabus
Literature Section
Flamingo (Text book)
Prose
- 6. Poets and Pancakes
- 7. The Interviw-Part I and Part II
- 8. Going Places
Poerty
- 5. A Road side stand
Vistas (Supplementary Reader)
- 7. Evans Tries an O-level
- 8. Memories of childhood
- The Cutting of My Long Hair
- We Too are Human Being
Writing Section: Business letter
