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Type of Facility : Modified Syllabus & Sample Question Papers For Classes X & XII 2014
Location : Bangalore
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Modified Syllabus 2014 For Classes X & XII :
Modified syllabus-2014 , Design of assessment and sample questions in the subjects Hindi (A), Hindi (B), English(Communicative), English(Language and Literature), Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Sanskrit to be used for Summative Assessment- II, March- 2014 Class X.
Modified syllabus and Sample Question Papers for Class XII, March 2014 :
English (Core),Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Accountancy,Business Studies, Entrepreneurship and Economics to be used for Board Examination
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Syllabus For English Communicative (101) of Summative Assessment-II (2013-14) For Class –X :
1 : The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I & II) is 60%. The total weightage assigned to Formative Assessment (FA1, 2, 3, & 4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to Formative Assessment, 10% weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I & II) and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term). Formative Assessment 4 has been replaced by problem solving assessment (PSA) to be conducted by CBSE
2 : The Summative Assessment I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks. Ten marks of listening and speaking test will be added in the 80 marks Summative Assessment paper ie 80+10 = 90 marks in each semester. The weighatge assigned to Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative Assessment II is 30%.
Section A : Reading
Qs 1 & 2 : The reading section will have two unseen texts
** The word limit has been reduced from 1100 to 900.
** The total length of the two passages will be between 800 – 900 words. There will be at least 3 marks for assessing vocabulary.
** Care should be taken to cover all the text types, ie discursive and literary while selecting the passages. A poem may or may not be used as one of the two texts. Apart from a poem, prose literary texts may include excerpts from authentic literature such as short story, autobiography, biography, travelogue, novel etc.
** Whenever a poem or a prose/ literary text is used, the other text should be factual or discursive. If a poem is selected then, the length of the poem may be between 14 to 25 lines.
Section B : Writing
The writing section comprises of five writing tasks as indicated below.
Q. 3 : A short composition of 50-60 words in the form of a Notice or a Message or a Diary Entry 3 marks
Q. 4 : A composition of 50-60 words in the form of a report 3 marks
Q. 5 : A composition in the form of Biographical sketch, Data Interpretation, Dialogue writing or Description (people, place, objects or events) 4 marks Questions 3, 4 and 5 will assess students’ skill of expressing ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, presenting ideas coherently and concisely, writing a clear description, a clear account of events, expanding notes into a piece of writing, transcoding information from one form to another or using a style appropriate for a notice, message or a report .
Q. 6 : An extended writing task of length 120-150 words in the form of a Formal/Informal Letter or Email. The long piece of writing will assess the use of appropriate style, language, content and expression.
Q. 7. An extended writing task in about 120 words in the form of an Article, Speech or a Debate.(5 Marks) Students’ skill in expressing ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, planning, organizing and presenting ideas coherently by introducing, developing and concluding a topic, comparing and contrasting ideas and arriving at a conclusion, presenting an argument with supporting examples, using an appropriate style and format and expanding notes into longer pieces of writing and creative expression of ideas will be assessed. Qs 5, 6 & 7 will make use of a visual/ verbal stimulus and one of the questions will be thematically based on MCB.
Important Note on Format and Word Limit :
** Format will not carry any separate marks and in most cases, format will be given in the question paper.
** The word limit given is the suggested minimum word limit. No candidate may be penalized for writing more or less than the suggested word limit provided the topic is covered adequately. Stress should be on content, expression, coherence and relevance of the content presented.
Section- C : GRAMMAR 15 Marks
This section will assess Grammar items in context for 15 Marks. It will carry 5 questions of 3 marks each.
Questions 8 & 9 will have Multiple Choice Questions :
The test types for MCQs include the following
** Gap filling
** Sentence completion/ Dialogue completion
Questions 10, 11 & 12 will be based on response supplied by students (Supply Type):
The test types will include the following:
** Sentence reordering
** Editing/ Omission
** Sentence transformation
Questions 8 to 12 :
Will test grammar items which have been dealt with in class IX. Different structures such as verb forms, sentence structure, connectors, determiners, pronouns, prepositions, clauses, phrasesetc., can be tested through formative assessment over a period of time. As far as the summative assessment is concerned, it will recycle grammar items learnt over a period of time and will test them in context. Test types used will include gap-filling, cloze (gap filling exercise with blanks at regular intervals), sentence completion, reordering word groups into sentences, editing, and sentence-transformation.
The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year, with marks allotted for :
** Verbs forms
** Sentence structures
** Other areas
Note :
Jumbled words in reordering exercise to test syntax will involve sentences in a context. Each sentence will be split into sense groups (not necessarily into single words) and jumbled up.
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