CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2024

CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2024.CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus includes The Last Lesson, Lost Spring, Deep Water, The Rattrap, Indigo, Poets and Pancakes, The Interview, Going Places etc for the session . Here is the detailed syllabus. To download class 12 English Core CBSE latest sample question papers for the exams, please install the my CBSE guide App which is the best mobile app for CBSE students.

Section A
Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 20 marks

One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference. Vocabulary and inference of meaning will also be assessed. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary. (10××1=10 Marks)
One unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. (10××1=10 Marks)
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words. Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.

Section B

Creative Writing Skills 20 Marks

The section has Short and Long writing tasks.

Notice up to 50 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 ).
Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply up to 50 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 ).
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 ).
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 . (5 Marks: Format : 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content : 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1 ).

Section C

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, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.

Reference to the Context (40 Marks)
1. One Poetry extract out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (6××1=6 Marks)
2. One Prose extract out of two from the book Vistas to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (4××1=4 Marks)
3. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis. (6××1=6Marks)
4. Short answer type question (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Flamingo), out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given are to be answered. (5××2=10 Marks)
5. Short answer type question, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 2 out of 3 questions to be done. (2××2=4 Marks)
6. 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 student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1××5=5 Marks)
7. 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 evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1x××5=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 Researchand 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