Syllabus for Half Yearly Exam (100 marks)

Section A

1.       Unseen passages-20 marks

a)      Comprehension - 12 marks

b)      Note making  and summary writing-08 marks

Section B

2.       Advanced writing skill -35 marks

a)      Notice writing

b)      Job application

c)       Report writing- report for school magazine, newspaper report

d)      Article writing

e)      Letter to editor

Section C

3.       Literature  45

a)      VISTAS

                                                         i.            The Tiger King

                                                       ii.            The Enemy

                                                      iii.            Should Wizard Hit Mommy

                                                     iv.            On the face of It

b)      FLAMINGO

                                                         i.            The Last Lesson

                                                       ii.            Lost Spring

                                                      iii.            Deep Water

                                                     iv.            The Rattrap

                                                       v.            Indigo

                                                     vi.            My Mother at Sixty-Six

                                                    vii.            An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

                                                  viii.            Keeping Quiet

                                                     ix.            A Thing of Beauty

c)       NOVEL- The Invisible Man

                                                         i.            Introduction to the novel

                                                       ii.            Chapter 1&2