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Hornbill: Textbook in English For Class XI (Core Course)

This document provides the contents page for an English textbook for Class XI in India. It lists 10 reading selections that will be included in the textbook, such as short stories, poems and articles. It also lists 6 writing skills that will be covered, such as note-making, summarizing, essay writing and letter writing. The textbook is published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training of India for free distribution in government schools.

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Hornbill: Textbook in English For Class XI (Core Course)

This document provides the contents page for an English textbook for Class XI in India. It lists 10 reading selections that will be included in the textbook, such as short stories, poems and articles. It also lists 6 writing skills that will be covered, such as note-making, summarizing, essay writing and letter writing. The textbook is published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training of India for free distribution in government schools.

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Hornbill

Textbook in English for Class XI (Core Course)

- Courtesy National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi

FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION IN GOVT. SCHOOLS

2012 Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer

Contents
FOREWORD ABOUT THE BOOK iii v 1 86

READING SKILLS
1. The Portrait of a Lady KHUSHWANT SINGH A Photograph SHIRLEY TOULSON 2. Were Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together GORDON COOK and ALAN EAST Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues A.R. WILLIAMS The Laburnum Top TED HUGHES 4. Landscape of the Soul NATHALIE TROUVEROY The Voice of the Rain WALT WHITMAN 5. The Ailing Planet: the Green Movements Role NANI PALKHIVALA

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The Browning Version TERENCE RATTIGAN Childhood MARKUS NATTEN

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The Adventure JAYANT NARLIKAR Silk Road NICK MIDDLETON Father to Son ELIZABETH JENNINGS

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WRITING SKILLS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Note-making Summarising Sub-titling Essay-writing Letter -writing Creative Writing

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