UP Board Syllabus Class 9 Subject English

Here we have given UP Board Syllabus of Class 9 Subject English.

Subject English Class-9

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. 3×1=3 Marks

2. One passage followed by three very short answer type questions. 3×2=6 Marks

One vocabulary based question 1 Mark

Writing Skills 10 marks

3. Letter (formal/informal)/Application . 4 Marks

4. Descriptive paragraph/Report/ Article (based on given verbal/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. 5×1=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 Marks

Literature 35 marks

Beehive (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. 2×3=6 Marks

11.One long answer 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 idea of the given poem. 3 Marks

Moments (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

Beehive (Text Book)

Prose –

1. The Fun They Had – Isaac Asimov

2. The Sound of Music – I. EvelynGlennie – Deborah Cowley

 II. Bismillah Khan

3. The Little Girl – Katherine Mansfield

4. A Truly Beautiful Mind

5. The Snake and the Mirror – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

6. My Childhood – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

7. Reach for the Top (I) Santosh Yadav (II) Maria Sharapova

Poetry –

1. The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost

2. Wind – Subramania Bharati

3. Rain on the Roof – Coates Kinney

4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree – William Butler Yeats

5. A Legend of the Northland – Phoebe Cary

6. No Men Are Foreign – James Kirkup

7. The Duck and the Kangaroo – Edward Lear

Moments (Supplementary Reader) –

1. The Lost Child – Mulk Raj Anand

2. The Adventures of Toto – Ruskin Bond

3. Iswaran the Storyteller – R.K. Laxman

4. In the Kingdom of Fools – A.K. Ramanujan

5. The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde

6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama – Harsh Mander

7. The Last Leaf – O Henry

Words & Expression [Eng. Work book]

For the Academic Session 2022-23, the internal assessment should be conducted as follows:-

Four Monthly Tests- 10 Marks

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

Beehive Text Book

Prose-

 1-Packing – Jerome K. Jerome

 2-The Bond of Love – Kenneth Anderson

 3-Kathmandu – Vikram Seth

 4- If I were you – Douglas James

Poetry-

 1. On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel

 2. The Snake Trying – W.W.E. Ross

 3. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – William Wordsworth

Supplementary Reader –

 1. A House is not a Home – Zan Gaudioso

2. The Accidental Tourist – Bill Bryson

3. The Beggar – Anton Chekhov