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Curriculum & Syllabus for Classes IX & X

3. ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

 

I. (A) Name of the text books for Class IX :

Additional English Book - I
Published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

    (B) Name of the text books for Class X :

Additional English Book - II
Published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur

II. Selected Pieces for Class IX :

Additional English Book-I

Prose Poetry
(a) Forgetting (a) The Daffodils
(b) Kunwar Sing (b) True Love
(c) His first flight (c) Neither Out Far Nor in Deep
(d) On the rule of the Road (d) When 1 am Dead. My Dearest
(e) The Spreading of Knowledge (e) Bangle Sellers

III. Distribution of Marks for Class - IX :

SI. No. Units Marks
1. Prose 20
2. Poetry 20
3. Grammar & Composition 10
  Total : 50

IV. Selected Pieces for Class - X :

Additional English Book-I

Prose  Poetry
(a) The need for Religion (a) To Daffodils
(b) Pandora's Box (b) The Traveller's Return
(c) The Conquest of Malaria (c) To the Cuckoo
(d) The Burglar (d) The Soldier
  (e) Island

 

V. DESIGN OF QUESTION PAPER FOR H.S.L.C. EXAMINATION

Subject : Additional English ; Class : X ; .Time : 2 hours ; Marks - 50

1. Weightage to Objectives :

Objectives K C Ex  Total
Percentage of marks 30 30 40 100
Marks 15 15 20 50

2. Weightage to Forms of Questions :

Forms of Questions  E SAI SA2 SA3 VSA  0 Total
Number of Questions 3 2 2 3 6 3 19
Marks Allotted 21 8 6  6 6 3 50
 Estimated time (in mins.) 60 18 12 12 12 6 120

3. Weightage to Content :

SI. No. Units  Marks
1. Prose 20
2. Poetry 15
3. Comprehension 15
  Total : 50

4. Scheme of Section : No Section

5. Scheme of option :  Internal option may be given in (E) type questions provided they test the same objective.

6. Difficulty Level :     Difficult : 15%
  Average : 70%
  Easy : 15%

Abbreviations: K (Knowledge), C (Comprehension), Ex (Expression) ,E (Essay Type), SA (Short Answer Type). VSA (Very Short Answer Type), 0 (Objective Type).