CBSE Class 9 Syllabus for English

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
SYLLABUS CLASS – IX
2023-24

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
 *This is a suggestive number.

Section A Reading Skills

I. 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)

(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
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o 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 exercises. 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 poetry.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.

V. Short & Long Answer Questions

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi

Beehive

Prose
a. The Fun They Had
b. The Sound of Music
c. The Little Girl
d. A Truly Beautiful Mind
e. The Snake and the Mirror
f. My Childhood
g. Reach For The Top
h. Kathmandu
i. 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

3. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS – I (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS IX) – Units 1 to 6 and Units 8, 10 & 11

- NOTE: Teachers are advised to:
(i) encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as role play, group work etc.
(ii) reduce teacher-talk time and keep it to the minimum,
(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their ideas and express and defend their views.
Besides measuring learning outcome, texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing mistakes and areas of non-learning. To make evaluation a true index of learners’ knowledge, each language skill is to be assessed through a judicious mixture of different types of questions.

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH (Code NO. 101)
CLASS – IX
2023-24
SECTION-WISE WEIGHTAGE

Section     Title              Total Weightage
A            Reading Skills            20
B            Writing Skills              24
C           Grammar                    10
D           Literature Textbook     26
               TOTAL                       80

SECTION A: READING SKILLS (10+10=20 Marks) 40 Periods
• The section will have two unseen passages with the maximum word limit of 600 words. The passages can be of any two types out of the following: literary / factual / discursive. Please refer to the Main Course Book.
- Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions), and Very Short Answer type Questions will be asked to test inference, evaluation, analysis and vocabulary in context.

SECTION B: WRITING SKILLS 24 Marks 50 Periods
This section will have a variety of short and long writing tasks.
• Notice Writing for school assembly/ Resident Welfare Association/ School Events/ Classroom information etc. (maximum 50 words)   4 Marks
• Dialogue Writing, (maximum 100 words)    5 Marks
• Informal Letter (maximum 120 words)       7 Marks
• Paragraph on one out of two themes from the Main Course Book, based on verbal or visual cues (maximum 150 words)                    8 Marks

SECTION C: GRAMMAR 10 Marks 20 Periods
Grammar items will be taught and assessed over a period of time.
1. Tenses
2. Modals
1. Subject – verb concord
2. Reported Speech
(i) Commands and Requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions

3. Clauses:
(i) Noun clauses
(ii) Adverb clauses
(iii) Relative clauses

4. Determiners
The above items may be tested through test types as given below:
• Gap filling                                                                                         3 marks
• Editing or Omission                                                                         4 marks
• Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context.      3 marks

SECTION D: LITERATURE TEXTBOOK 26 Marks 50 Periods

• Two out of three extracts from prose/poetry for reference to the context. Very Short Answer Questions and Short Answer Questions will be asked to assess local and global comprehension, interpretation and analysis.   8 marks (4+4)
• Six Short Answer Questions out of seven, from the Literature Reader, to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas, analysis and evaluation (30-40 words each) 2x6 = 12 Marks
• One out of two Long Answer type Questions to assess how the values inherent in the text have been brought out. Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. (120 words). 6 marks
Prescribed Books: Interact in English Series by CBSE (Available on www.cbseacademic.nic.in)
• Main Course Book (Revised Edition)
• Literature Reader (Revised Edition)
• Workbook (Revised Edition)

NOTE: Teachers are advised to:
i. encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as role play, group work etc.,
ii. reduce teacher-talk time and keep it to a minimum,
iii. take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their ideas and express and defend their views.
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills: 50 Periods
Guidelines for the Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills are given at Annexure I.