New syllabus of class-XI English-B under WBCHSE :

The proposed new syllabus of Class-XI (Eng-B) underWBCHSEfrom the session : 2013-2014 is as follows :

Division of marksProse : 20 markspoems : 20 marksRapid Reader : 10 marksTextual Grammar : 10 marksWriting (paragraph/story) : 10 marksESP (newspaper advertisement/commercial leaflet) : 10 marksProject : 20 marksTotal : 100 marks

Prose

1. Leela's Friend-- R. K. Narayan2. Karma-- Khushwant Sing3. Alias Jimmy Valentine-- O Henry4. Nobel Lecture -- Mother Teresa5. Extract from The Place of Art in Education -- Nanandalal Bose (Speaking of Art, Viswa Bharati -- 1999 edition), (Pages--23 to 26 upto first paragraph ending with......"according to the location" on page 26).

Verse

1. Upon the Westminster Bridge -- William Wordsworth2. Meeting at Night -- Robert Browning3. The Sick Rose -- William Blake4. Brotherhood -- Octavio Paz5. Daybreak -- H W LongfellowRapid Reader (Any One)1. Tales from Shakespeare -- Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb (edited version) Macbeth, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Twelfth Night.2. Gulliver's Travels -- Simplified and abridged by Indira Jayakrishnan (Orient Black Swan )

Textual GrammarText based grammatical questions on Tense, Voice, Group Verbs, Preposition, Relative Clause, Participle & Gerund.

WritingParagraph writing / Story writing ( about 350-400 words)

ESPNewspaper Advertisement : Job vacancy, Land house, Flat purchase and sale and Academic matters (about 10 - 50 words)Commercial Leaflet : Opening of a showroom /Institution/ Training centre, Launching tour programmes by travel agency, Discount sale (about 10 - 50 words).

ProjectAny one : Dramatizing a story Extension of a story Case study Writing an autobiographyFor confirmation you are requested to log on to the council's website. Iapologize for any unwanted mistake.CLASS-XIIFull Marks : 100LITERATURE: 50 MARKSa) Prose : 20 Marksb) Verse : 20 Marksc) Drama : 10 Marks

LANGUAGE : 30 MARKSa) Textual Grammar : 10 Marksb) Reading Comprehension : 10 Marksc) ESP : 10 Marks

PROJECT : 20 MARKS

LITERATURE : 50 MARKSProse1. The Eyes Have It -- Ruskin Bond2. Extract from the chapter Orientation from Wings of Fire -- APJ Abdul Kalam3. Thank You, Ma'am -- Langston Hughes4. The Three Questions -- Leo Tolstoy

Verse1. On Killing a Tree -- Gieve Patel2. Asleep in the Valley -- Arthur Rimbaud3. shall I Compare Thee -- William Shakespeare4. The Poetry of Earth -- J. Keats

DramaCharandas Chor -- Habib Tanvir

LANGUAGE : 30 MARKS

Textual GrammarI. Synthesis and splitting of sentesesII. Change of narrationIII. Correction of errors

Reading ComprehensionUnseen Prose Passage (200-250 words)

ESPPrecis writing / Report writing / Business / Formal letter

Project : (2000-2500 words)Topics for project : (any one) Film/ Theatre script Changing the background/time/social cotext of a play and recording how the characters behave in a changed scenario Indianization of the writings of some English writers like Dickens, Hardy, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde