Class 6 ICSE English Syllabus 2020-21

Listening and Speaking Section

The listening and speaking section includes a range of texts and audios to understand the comprehension skills of the students. These include the following aspects:

• For written and oral comprehension, it involves listening to a variety of texts, including lectures, story, poems, narratives, etc. 

• Listening and comprehension of public issues and topics in form of spoken tests. These mainly include public address, social media, internet videos, guest speaker, etc. It also involves asking for elaborating ideas on these issues. 

• This section also involves group discussions, presentations, drama, speech, debates, etc. This can be introduced in the form of audios and visuals. 

• Evaluation, analyzing and interpretation of the language in different contexts, including the various sources like newspaper, television, billboards, advertising campaigns, etc. 

• Speech adaptation to a variety of contexts inclusive of:

  • Gestures, tones, stressing on words, body language, voice modulation, etc. 

English Syllabus- Reading section

It includes the literary and non-literary texts which cover different themes and registers them further for comprehension and inference. The themes usually include:

• Nation and its heritage consisting of sub-topics:

  • Socio-cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic

• Neighbourhood and families, self and friends

• The world, along with countries, their cultures, customs and literature

• Adventure, creativity and imagination

• Sports, yoga and physical fitness

• Issues about adolescence

• Science and Technology

• Harmony, peace and prosperity

• Travel, tourism and mass media

• Art and culture

• Personalities and their achievements

• Environmental concerns and their issues

• Personal safety and awareness about social issues

English Syllabus - Writing

This section helps you gain an idea of how to curate and write the texts in both formal and informal formats. These include:

• Simple message writing, informal letters and applications, the formation of short paragraphs (No defined format is required)

• Writing short compositions on the basis of pictures

• Writing simple stories with descriptive pictures

• Structuring and organisation of thoughts into writing

• Using of linkers, to link sentences which indicate the passage of time along with providing a sense of closure in the sentence

• Use of words and paragraphs that are age-appropriate

English Literature Syllabus

1. Novels- Gerard Durrell

2. Malgudi Days- R.K. Narayan

3. I am Malala- Malala Yousafzai

4. Detective Stories- Agatha Christie

5. The Lost World- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

6. The Happy Prince and Other Tales- OscarWilde

7. Animal Farm- George Orwell

8. Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt

9. Short Stories

10. Something Out Of Nothing

11. Marie Curie and Radium- Carl Killough

12. Ignited Minds- APJ Abdul Kalam

13. Graphic Novels- Tintin Series/ Asterix Series

English Syllabus - Grammar

Grammar is an important aspect of English as it allows the students to learn about the usage of words in the language. The various grammar topics covered include:

• Pronouns

• Subject-verb agreement

• Tenses: These convey the time, state, condition and sequence of events taking place

• Correct and incorrect sentences

• Vocabulary providing meaning to a word or phrase

• Age-appropriate affixes and clue

• Figures of speech

• Dictionary and reference materials