UP Board Syllabus Class 10th Subject English

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

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