CBSE Class 11th Syllabus of English Elective 2018-19

CBSE has released the Class 11th syllabus of English Elective. There is no major change has been made in the syllabus and the pattern and it is same as the previous year. The question paper will be of 80 marks. There will be a seminar on predefined topic which will be of 20 marks.

Section Wise Breakup of 100 marks:

Section		Marks
A	Reading an unseen passage and a poem	20
B	Writing	20
C	Literature Textbooks/Drama/Fiction	40
	Total	80

Section - A - Reading an unseen passage and a poem

1. The section will have 10 questions including 4 Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ), i.e. 4 MCQs from a Literary or discursive passage of about 900-950 words, and 6 Very Short Answer questions (VSA). (1×10=10 marks)

2. 05 Short Answer Questions to be answered in 50-60 words shall be asked from a poem of about 20-24 lines to test interpretation and appreciation. (2×5=10 marks)

6. Five Short Answer Questions out of 06 to be answered in 50-60 words to test understanding, appreciation and analysis. (2×5=10 marks)

7. One Long Answer Questions out of 02 to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation and drawing inferences. (1×6=6 marks)

9. Two Short Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 50-60 words to test analysis of
characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships and understanding of content, events and episodes (2×2=4 marks)

10. One Long Answer Question out of 02 to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation  and drawing inferences.(1×6=6 marks)
Seminar: 20 Marks
Presentation of a book review/a play/a short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, parable) to be followed
by a question-answer session.

Prescribed Books:

• Text book: Woven Words published by NCERT
• Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea (Novel unabridged) by Ernest Hemingway
• Drama: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw