Latest Syllabus of Xamidea english core for Class 11th of Completely aligned with NEP 2020
Section A
Reading Skills
I Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passages
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive, or literary.
2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts, etc., to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation.
3. Note-making and summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.
i. Note Making
○ Title
○ Numbering and indenting
○ Key/glossary
○ Notes
ii. Summary (up to 50 words)
○ Content
○ Expression
Section B
Grammar and Creative Writing Skills
II. Grammar
4. Questions on Gap Filling (Tenses, Clauses)
5. Questions on reordering/transformation of sentences
(A total of seven questions to be done out of the eight given)
III. Creative Writing Skills
6. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered
7. Short writing task—poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
8. Long Writing Task: Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal/visual cues related to contemporary/age-appropriate topic. One out of the two given questions is to be answered.
9. Long Writing Task: Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words, thematically related to contemporary, topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
Section C
Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Text
This section will have a variety of assessment items, including multiple-choice questions. Objective-type questions, short-answer-type questions, and long-answer-type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and extrapolation beyond the text.
10. One poetry extract out of two, from the book Hornbill, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and appreciation.
11. One prose extract out of two, from the book Hornbill, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation.
12. One prose extract out of two, from the book Snapshots, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and appreciation.
13. Two short answer-type questions (one from prose and one from poetry, from the book Hornbill), out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
14. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. One out of two questions to be done.
15. One long answer-type question, from Prose/Poetry of Hornbill, to be answered in 120- 150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event, as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative responses from the student. Any one out of two questions to be done.
16. One long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses, using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done.
