ENGLISH CORE
CLASS – XII (2025-26)
Section A Reading Skills-22 Marks
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 12+10 = 22 Marks
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and inference.
Vocabulary assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be factual,
descriptive or literary.
2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data,
charts etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words. Multiple
Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer Type Questions (to be
answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.
Section B Creative Writing Skills-18 Marks
3. Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
(4 Marks: Format :1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
4.Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given
questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and
Grammar :1).
5.Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words.
Letter types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor
(giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest). One out of the two given
questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/
Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).
6.Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs,
to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
(5 Marks:Format:1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/Accuracy of Spelling and
Grammar:1).
Section C
Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text- 40 Marks
This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions,
Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type
Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and
extrapolation beyond the text.
7. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)
8.One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4)
9. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension,
interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks)
10. Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be
answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through
critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given, are to be answered.
(5x2=10 Marks)
11. Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words
each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two
out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks)
12. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in
120- 150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event
as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will
elicit analytical and evaluative response from the student. Any one out of two questions
to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)
13. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be
answered in 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond
the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses using incidents,
events, themes, as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done.
(1x5=5 Marks)
Prescribed Books
1. Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research
and Training, New Delhi Prose
The Last Lesson
Lost Spring
Deep Water
The Rattrap
Indigo
Poets and Pancakes
The Interview
Going Places
Poetry
My Mother at Sixty-Six
Keeping Quiet
A Thing of Beauty
A Roadside Stand
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education
Research and Training, New Delhi
The Third Level
The Tiger King
Journey to the End of the Earth
The Enemy
On the Face of It
Memories of Childhood - The Cutting of My Long Hair - We Too are Human Beings
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
1.Assessment of Listening Skills
2.Assessment of Speaking Skills
3.Project Work & Viva Voce
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