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Syllabus CBSE Class 10th
English Language & Literature
The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I&II) IS 60%. The total weightagwe assigned to Formative Assessment (FA1, 2, 3, &4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to Formative Assessment, 10% weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I&II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term) The Summative Assessment I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks each. The weighatge assigned to Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative Assessment II is 30%.
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SECTION A: READING : 20 Marks - 30 periods
Qs 1-4 This section will have four unseen passages of a total length of 800 words.
The arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q 1&2:Five Multiple Choice Questions on each passage carrying 5 marks for each
question.
Q 3&4:Five Supply Type Questions carrying 5 marks on each passage.
Out of the 20 marks, 4 marks will be for vocabulary.
The questions will test inference, evaluation and analysis. The passages may
be extracts from poetry/ factual/ literary/ discursive texts.
At least one passage will be an extract from a poem.
SECTION B: WRITING : 20 Marks - 40 periods
Q 5 Letter Writing: One out of two letters (formal/informal/email) in not
more than 120- 150 words based on verbal stimulus and context provided.
Types of letter: Informal - personal, such as to family and friends.
Formal - letters to the editor / the principal of a school.
Email - formal letters to principal of the school or to the editor of a
Newspaper or a Magazine.8 Marks
