REVISED CURRICULA AND SYLLABII FOR
ASSAM HIGHER SECONDARY FIRST YEAR (AHSEC 1ST YEAR)
(Common Subject for All Streams)
Subject - English
Revised and Reduced syllabus for 2021 exam
3 Hours (One Paper - Marks: 100)
Unit wise Distribution of Marks:
|
Unit |
Areas of
Learning |
Marks |
|
A. |
Reading
Unseen Passages (Two). |
20 |
|
B. |
|
20 |
|
C. |
Grammar |
10 |
|
D. |
Textual
Questions. A) Text
book (Hornbill). B) Supplementary
Reader (Snapshots). |
30 10 |
|
E |
Conversation
Skills. A) Listening. B) Speaking. |
05 05 |
SECTION
– A (Reading unseen Passages for Comprehension and Note-making 20 Marks)
Two unseen passages with a variety of questions including 5 marks
for vocabulary such as words formation and inferring meaning. The total length
of both the passages together should be around 1100 words. The passages could
be any of the following two types:
(a) Factual passages e.g. instruction,
descriptions, reports.
(b) Discursive passages involving opinion e.g.
argumentative, persuasive.
SUMMARY
|
|
Unseen Passages |
No of words |
Testing Areas |
|
1. |
12 Marks |
Around 600 |
Short answer type questions to test local,
global and inferential comprehension Vocabulary. |
|
2 |
08 Marks |
Around 500 |
Note-making in an appropriate format
Vocabulary. |
One of the passages should have about 600 words carrying 12 marks;
the other passage should have about 500 words carrying 8 marks.
The passage carrying 8 marks should be used for testing
note-making for 5 marks and testing vocabulary for 3 marks. Vocabulary for 2
marks may be tested in the other passage carrying 12 marks.
SECTION
– B (WRITING)
|
|
|
Marks |
|
3. |
|
04 |
|
4. |
|
08 |
|
5. |
|
08 |
SECTION
– C: GRAMMAR (10 Marks)
Different grammatical structures in meaningful contexts will be
tested. Item types will include gap-filling, sentence-reordering,
dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation. The grammar syllabus will
include the following areas:
|
|
|
Marks |
|
6. |
Determiners, Tenses, Clauses, |
04 |
|
7. |
Editing Task. |
04 |
|
8. |
|
02 |
SECTION
– D: TEXTUAL QUESTIONS (40 Marks)
Questions on the prescribed textbooks will test comprehension at
different levels: literal, inferential and evaluative based on the following
prescribed text books:
1. Hornbill:
Text book, published by NCERT, New Delhi.
2. Snapshots:
Supplementary Reader: published by NCERT, New Delhi.
[The
following prose and poetry pieces are prescribed for H.S. First Year Course
effective from the academic session 2013-2014]
|
PROSE |
|
|
1.
The portrait of a lady. 2.
We’re not afraid to die… If we can all be
together. 3.
Discovering Tut: The Saga continues. 4.
5.
The ailing planet: The green movement role. 6.
The browning version. 7.
My impression of Assam. |
Khushwant
Singh. Gordon
Cook and Alan East. A. R.
Williams. Nathalie
Trouveroy. Nani
Palkhivala. Terence
Rattigan. Dr.
Verrier Elwin. |
|
POETRY |
|
|
1.
A
Photograph. 2.
The Laburnum Top. 3.
The Voice of the rain. 4.
Childhood. 5. |
Shirley Toulson. Ted Hughes. Walt
Whitman. Markus
Natten. Elizabeth
Jennings. |
English Reader (20 Marks)
|
|
|
Marks |
|
9. |
One out of two extracts based on poetry from
the text to test comprehension and appreciation |
04 |
|
10. |
Two out of three Short answer questions from
the poetry section to test local and global comprehension of text (upto 30
words) |
06 |
|
11. |
Five out of six short answer questions on
the lessons from prescribed text (upto 30 words). |
2x5=10 |
|
12. |
One out of two long answers type questions
based on the text to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the
set text. (Expected word limit would be about 100-125 words each). |
10 |
Supplementary Reader
|
|
|
Marks |
|
13. |
One out of two long answers type questions
based on Supplementary Reader to test comprehension of theme, character and
incidents. (upto 100 words). |
04 |
|
14. |
Two out of three short answer questions from
the Supplementary Reader (upto 30 words). |
3+3=6 |
|
|
Snapshot’s Chapter Ranga’s Marriage
Deleted |
|
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