CLASS 9 ENGLISH SYLLABUS

CLASS - IX SYLLABUS

ENGLISH 2023-24

CODE- 184

CLASS- IX

2023-24 SYLLABUS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 

SECTION A- READING (20 Marks) (40 periods)

SECTION B- GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS (20 Marks) (40 periods)

SECTION C- LITERATURE (40 Marks) (50 periods)

Section A Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 20 Marks

1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 marks)

2. Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) of 200-250 words. (10 marks)

QUESTION TYPE- 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

Grammar 10 Marks

 · Determiners

· Tenses

· Modals

· Subject – verb concord

· Reported speech -Commands and requests

- Statements

-Questions

QUESTION TYPE: Accurate use of spelling, Punctuation and grammar will be assessed through -

Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten out of twelve questions will be attempted.

Writing Skills 10 marks

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

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  Literature 40 Marks

·        Reference to the Context (5+5 = 10 Marks)

One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.

One extract out of two, from poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.

·        Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 4x3=12 marks

·        Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 3x2=6 marks

·        One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. 6 marks

·        One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, 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

BEEHIVE

PROSE

 The Fun They Had

The Sound of Music

The Little Girl

A Truly Beautiful Mind

 The Snake and the Mirror

My Childhood

Reach For The Top

Kathmandu

If I were You

POEMS

1. The Road Not taken

2. Wind

3. Rain on The Roof

 4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

5. A Legend of The Northland

6. No Men Are Foreign

7. On killing a tree

8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

MOMENTS

 1. The Lost Child

 2. The adventures of Toto

 3. Iswaran the Storyteller

4. In the kingdom of fools

5. The Happy Prince

6. The Last Leaf

7. A House is not a Home

 8. The Beggar