WBCHSE Class XI Syllabus

Division of marks

Prose : 20 marks
Verse : 20 marks
Rapid Reader : 10 marks
Textual Grammar : 10 marks
Writing (paragraph/story) : 10 marks
ESP
Newspaper advertisement : 05 marks
Commercial leaflet : 05 marks
Project : 20 marks
Total : 100 marks

Prose

1. Leela's Friend -- R. K. Narayan
2. Karma -- Khushwant Sing
3. Alias Jimmy Valentine -- O Henry
4. Nobel Lecture -- Mother Teresa
5. The Place of Art in Education -- Nandalal
Bose (Speaking of Art, Viswa Bharati --
1999 edition), (Pages--23 to 26 upto first
paragraph ending with......"according to
the location" on page 26).

Verse

1. Upon the Westminster Bridge -- William
Wordsworth
2. Meeting at Night -- Robert Browning
3. The Sick Rose -- William Blake
4. Brotherhood -- Octavio Paz
5. Daybreak -- H W Longfellow

Rapid Reader (Any One)

Tales from Shakespeare -- Charles Lamb
and Mary Lamb (edited version)
Macbeth, Othello, The Comedy of Errors,
As You Like It, Twelfth Night.

Textual Grammar

Text based grammatical questions on Voice
Change, Narration Change, Transformation
of sentences, Joining of sentences, Splitting
of sentences, Appropriate articles and
prepositions, etc.

Writing

Paragraph writing / Story writing ( about
150-200 words)
ESP
Newspaper Advertisement : All types,
classifieds (within 50 words)
Commercial Leaflet : Opening of a
showroom /Institution/ Training centre,
Launching tour programmes by travel
agency, Discount sale (within 50 words).

Project (1000-1500 words) (Any one) :

Dramatizing a story
Extension of a story
Writing an autobiography

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