CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 Subject English

Here we have given CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 Subject English.

Language and Literature

(Code No. 184)

Syllabus Class 10 2022-23

SECTION – WISE WEIGHTAGE

Sections

A. Reading Skills (40 periods)

B. Writing Skills with Grammar (40 periods)

C. Literature Textbooks and Supplementary Reading Text (50 periods)

Section A

Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 20 Marks

I. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 marks)

II. Case-based passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words. (10 marks) (Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess inference, analysis, interpretation, evaluation and vocabulary.

Section B

III Grammar 10 Marks

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject – verb concord

4. Reported speech

• Commands and requests
• Statements
• Questions
• Determiners

Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar in context will be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten out of 12 questions will have to be attempted.

IV Creative Writing Skills 10 marks

This section will have short as well as long writing tasks including compositions.

I. Formal Letter based on a given situation in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 marks

II. Writing an Analytical Paragraph (100-120 words) on a given Map / Chart / Graph /Cue/s . One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 marks

Section C 40 Marks

V. Reference to the Context

I. One extract out of two from Drama / Prose.

II. One extract out of two from poetry. (5+5 = 10 Marks)

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess inference, analysis, interpretation, evaluation and vocabulary.

VI. Short & Very Long Answer Questions 30 Marks

 I. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book FIRST FLIGHT 4×3=12 marks

II. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET. 2×3=6 marks

III. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from First Flight to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. 6 marks

IV. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from Footprints Without Feet on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words. 6 marks

Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi

First Flight (Prose)

1. A letter to God
2. Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom
3. Two Stories About Flying
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
5. Glimpses of India
6. Mijbil the Otter
7. Madam Rides the Bus
8. The Sermon at Benares
9. The Proposal (Play)

Poems

1. Dust of Snow
2. Fire and Ice
3. A tiger in the Zoo
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
5. The Ball Poem
6. Amanda!
7. The Trees
8. Fog
9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
10. For Anne Gregory

Footprints Without Feet

1. A triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief’s Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
5. Footprints Without Feet
6. The making of a Scientist
7. The necklace
8. Bholi
9. The Book That Saved the Earth