weightage of English Class 10 2024-25

 

CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25

Sections		Weightage
A	Reading Skills (40 periods)*	20 Marks
B	Writing Skills and Grammar (40 periods)*	20 Marks
C	Language through Literature (50 periods)*	40 Marks

CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25

Section A Reading Skills
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage	20 Marks
Discursive passage of 400-450  (10 marks) Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart ) of 200-250 words (10 marks) (Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)  Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions/Very Short Answer Questions will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary.
Section B Writing Skills and Grammar
II. Grammar	10 Marks
Determiners Tenses Modals Subject– verb concord Reported speech Commands and requests Statements Questions
3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical items and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation  Ten out of twelve questions will be attempted.
III  Writing Skills	10 marks
4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person / event / situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered. (5 marks 5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be answered. (5 marks)
Section C Language through Literature	40 Marks
IV. Reference to the Context	(5+5 = 10 Marks)
6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose 7. One extract out of two, from  Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.
IV. Short& Long Answer Questions
8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book FIRST FLIGHT to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 4x3=12 marks 9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (2x3=6 marks) 10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. (6 marks) 11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120  words. (6 marks)

Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT

1. FIRST FLIGHT

A. Prose 

1. A Letter to God
2. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
3. Stories About Flying
4. Fromthe Diary of Anne Frank
5. Glimpsesof India
6. Mijbil the Otter
7. Madam Rides the Bus
8. The Sermon at Benares
9. The Proposal (Play)

B. Poems

1. 1. Dust of Snow
   2. Fire and Ice
   3. A Tiger in the Zoo
   4. How to Tell Wild Animals
   5. The Ball Poem
   6. Amanda!
   7. The Trees
   8. Fog
   9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
   10. For Anne Gregory

2. FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

1. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief's Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
5. Footprints Without Feet
6. The Making of a Scientist
7. The Necklace
8. Bholi
9. The Book that Saved the Earth

The core competencies that will be assessed in CBSE Class 10 English Language paper are given in the table below:

Sections	Competencies				Total marks
Reading Comprehension	Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting and vocabulary				20
Writing Skillsand Grammar	Creative reasoning, expression of justifying, an opinion, illustrating, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency. Applying conventions, using integrated structures with accuracy and fluency				20
						Language through Literature	Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary conventions illustrating and justifying etc. Extract relevant information, identifying the central theme and sub-theme, understanding the writers’ message and writing fluently.				40
						Total					80