OFFICIAL SYLLABUS
ENGLISH - LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE
SECTION A: READING
1. Two unseen passages of a total of 500 words with a variety of questions including 4 marks for vocabulary.
2. Only prose passages will be used. One will be factual and the other will be literary.
3. Passage 1 - 200 words (8 marks) - Four or five comprehension questions.
4. Passage 2 - 300 words (12 marks) - Four or five comprehension questions and two questions on vocabulary. Marks for vocabulary will not exceed 4.
SECTION B: WRITING
Letter Writing: One letter is not more than 80 words based on provided verbal stimulus and context. Types of letters: Informal; Personal such as to family and friends; Formal: Letters of complaint, inquiry, request & application.
Writing a short paragraph on a given outline/topic in about 60 words.
Writing a short writing task based on a verbal and/or visual stimulus (diagram, picture, graph, map, chart, flow chart, etc.). Maximum words 80.
SECTION C: GRAMMAR
A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a context. Text types used will include gap-filling, sentence-completion, sentence-reordering, dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation (including combining sentences). The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class IX :
1. Tenses (present with extension)
2. Modals (have to/had to, must, should, need, ought to and their negative forms)
3. Use of Passive voice
4. Subject-verb concord
5. Reporting:
(i) Commands and requists (ii) Statements (iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
(i) Noun Clauses (ii) Adverb clauses of condition and time (iii) Relative Clauses
7. Determiners
8. Prepositions
SECTION D: TEXTBOOKS
Prose - Two extracts from different prose lessons included in Text Book ( Approximately 100 words each)
These extracts chosen from different lessons will be literary and discursive in nature. Each extract will be of 5 marks. One mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. 4 Marks in each passage will be used for testing local and global comprehension besides a question on interpretation.
One out of two questions extrapolative in nature based on any one of the prose lessons from Textbook to be answered in about 80 words.
One question on Drama Text (local and global comprehension question) ( 30-40 words )
Poetry - One extract from a poem from the prescribed reader followed by two or three questions to test the local and global comprehension of the set text. The extract will carry four marks.
Two out of three short answer-type questions on the interpretation of themes and ideas.
Moments - Supplementary Reader for Class IX
One out of two questions from Supplementary Reader to interpret, evaluate and analyze character, plot, or situations occurring in the lessons to be answered in about 100 words.
One out of two very short answer-type questions based on factual aspects of the lessons to be answered in 20-30 words.
One out of two short answer-type questions of interpretative and evaluative nature based on lessons to be answered in 30-40 words.
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