Important portions of CBSE Class 12 English Elective (NCERT) Syllabus 2017-2018 are given below
Section - A
Reading an unseen passage and a poem (60 Periods)
- Very Short Answer Questions: One literary or discursive passage of about 950-1000 words followed by short questions
- Short Answer Questions: A poem of about 24 - 28 lines to test interpretation and appreciation.
Section - B
Creative Writing Skills and Applied Grammar (60 Periods)
- Long Answer Question: A short discursive, interpretative writing
- Very Long Answer Questions: An essay on an argumentative/discursive topic such as an article/report/speech.
- Very Short Answer Question: Transformation of sentences.
Section - C
Literature Textbook: Kaleidoscope (60 Periods)
- Short Answer Questions: To test understanding and appreciation
- Long Answer Question: To test deeper understanding, interpretation, appreciation, drawing of inferences and evaluation.
Fiction (40 Periods)
- Long Answer Questions: Seeking comments, interpretation, evaluation and appreciation of characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships.
- Very Long Answer Question: To test deeper understanding, interpretation, appreciation and drawing inferences.
Prescribed Books:
- Kaleidoscope - Text book published by NCERT
- A Tiger for Malgudi or The Financial Expert by R.K. Narayan (Novel) Fiction
Details of Class 12 English Elective (NCERT) 2017-2018 question paper is available in PDF of the syllabus.
TIPS:
- Read as much as you can. Any piece of good literature should not escape your hands: Your textbooks, the newspaper, or anything else you can lay your hands on.
- Read on varied topics; from philosophy to science to fiction. This will help you with the unseen passages and also enhance your vocabulary.
- Communicate in English as much as possible.
- Follow a good grammar book and know the basic rules.
- Try and comprehend what the author is saying and deduce logical conclusions from the text.
- For writing letters and applications, reports and speeches, know the formats.
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