CBSE Class 10 English Term Wise Syllabus 2021-22

                               English Language and Literature

                                                                              Code No. 184

                                                                            Class X (2021-22)

                                                                            Term wise Syllabus

                                                                                   Term - I

READING:-

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary, analysis and interpretation:

1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 words)

WRITING SKILL:-

1. Formal letter based on a given situation.

•  Letter to the Editor

•  Letter of Complaint (Official)

• Letter of Complaint (Business)

GRAMMAR:-

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject-Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE:-

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond the text and across the text

FIRST FLIGHT:-

1. A Letter to God

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Two Stories About Flying

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

5. The Hundred Dresses 1

6. The Hundred Dresses 2

POEMS:-

1. Dust of Snow

2. Fire and Ice

3. A Tiger in the Zoo

4. The Ball Poem

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET:-

1. A Triumph of Surgery

2. The Thief's Story

3. Footprints Without Feet

                                               Term - II

READING:-

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, vocabulary, analysis and interpretation:

1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 words)

WRITING SKILL:-

1. Formal letter based on a given situation

• Letter of Order

• Letter of Enquiry

2. Analytical Paragraph (based on outline/chart/cue/map/report etc.)

GRAMMAR:-

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE:-

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts.

FIRST FLIGHT:-

1. Glimpses of India

2. Madam Rides the Bus

3. The Sermon at Benares

4. The Proposal (Play)

POEMS:-

1. Amanda

2. Animals

3. The Tale of Custard the Dragon

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET:-

1. The Making of a Scientist

2. The Necklace

3. The Hack Driver

4. Bholi

Each Semester:-