SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY
ALTERNATlVE ENGLISH
FINAL YEAR
One Paper
Three Hours
Marks 100
Unitwise Distribution of Marks and Periods :
Unit No. Topic Marks
Unit-I : Prose
35
Unit-2 : Poetry
30
Unit-3 : Grammar
20
Unit-4 : Composition 15
Total 100
Textbook : ‘VIBGYOR’
SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY SECOND YEAR COURSE
(TOPICS TO BE DELETED)
Unit – 1 : Prose :
1. The Verger
2. On Not Being a Philosopher
Unit – 2 : Poetry :
3. Sita
4. The Brook
Unit – 3 : Grammar :
5. Use of Tense.
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Unitwise Distribution of Course Contents :
Unit-1
PROSE
(i) The Verger : William Somerset Maugham
(ii) Testament of a Walker : R.K. Narayan
(iii) The Scarecrow : Satyajit Ray
(iv) The Gift of the Magi : O’Henry
(v) On Not Being a Philosopher : Robert Lynd.
Unit-2
POETRY
(i) Sita : Toru Dutt
(ii) The Brook : Alfred Lord Tennyson
(iii) Ozymandias of Egypt : Percy Bysshe Shelley
(iv) La Belle Dame Sans Merci : John Keats
(v) Village Song : Sarojini Naidu.
Unit-3
GRAMMAR
(i) Transformation of Sentences (affirmative,
interrogative, negative)
(ii) Question Tags
(iii) Use of Prepositions
(iv) Use of Tenses
Unit-4
COMPOSITION
Composition based on a given conversational piece.
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