Students always ignore the language subjects and focus more on the core subjects while preparing for the exams. But the language subjects also carry equal weightage like any other subject. Class 12 English subject of CBSE board is a scoring subject which will help students to uplift their overall percentage if they prepare accordingly. English is divided into two parts English Core and English Elective for CBSE Class 12 board students. The syllabus of both English Core and English Elective is prescribed by the CBSE board itself which contains all the important information about the course structure and distribution of marks for each section.
Students can directly access the CBSE English Syllabus for Class 12 academic year 2021-22 by clicking on the links below.
- CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus PDF
- CBSE Class 12 English Elective Syllabus PDF
- CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus Term Wise Guidelines
CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 English Core 2021-22 for Term 1
Reading Comprehension (Two Passages)
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) – 8 marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage – 6 Marks
Creative Writing Skills:
Short Writing Tasks – 3 Marks
- Notice Writing
- Classified Advertisements
Long Writing Tasks (One) – 5 Marks
- Letter to an Editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest)
- Article Writing
Literature:
Literary-prose/poetry extracts ( seen- texts ) to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Questions Based on Texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Book- Flamingo (Prose) – 11 Marks
- The Last Lesson
- Lost Spring
- Deep Water
Book-Flamingo (Poetry)
- My Mother at Sixty-Six
- An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
- Keeping Quiet
Book-Vistas (Prose) – 7 Marks
- The Third Level
- The Enemy
CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2021-22 for Term 2
Reading Comprehension: (Two Passages)
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) – 8 Marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage – 6 Marks
Creative Writing Skills:
Short Writing Tasks – 3 Marks
- Formal & Informal Invitation Cards or the Replies to Invitation/s
Long Writing Tasks (One) – 5 Marks
- Letter of Application for a Job
- Report Writing
LiteratureÂ
Questions based on extracts/texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Book-Flamingo (Prose) – 11 Marks
- The Rattrap
- Indigo
Book-Flamingo (Poetry)
- A Thing of Beauty
- Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Book-Vistas (Prose) – 7 Marks
- Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
- On the Face of It
- Evans Tries an O Level
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