CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2018 - 2019

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

(Code No. 184)

Background

Traditionally, language-learning materials beyond the initial stages have been sourced from
literature: prose, fiction and poetry. While there is a trend for inclusion of a wider range of
contemporary and authentic texts, accessible and culturally appropriate pieces of literature
should play a pivotal role at the secondary stage of education. The English class should not be
seen as a place merely to read poems and stories in, but an area of activities to develop the
learner’s imagination as a major aim of language study, and to equip the learner with
communicative skills to perform various language functions through speech and writing.

Objectives
The general objectives at this stage are:
 to build greater confidence and proficiency in oral and written communication
• to develop the ability and knowledge required in order to engage in independent
reflection and inquiry
• to use appropriate English to communicate in various social settings
• equip learners with essential language skills to question and to articulate their point of
view
• to build competence in the different registers of English
• to develop sensitivity to, and appreciation of, other varieties of English, like Indian
English, and the culture they reflect
• to enable the learner to access knowledge and information through reference skills
(consulting a dictionary / thesaurus, library, internet, etc.)
• to develop curiosity and creativity through extensive reading
• to facilitate self-learning to enable them to become independent learners
• to review, organise and edit their own work and work done by peers

At the end of this stage, learners will be able to do the following:

• give a brief oral description of events / incidents of topical interest
• retell the contents of authentic audio texts (weather reports, public announcements,
simple advertisements, short interviews, etc.)
• participate in conversations, discussions, etc., on topics of mutual interest in non-
classroom situations
• narrate the story depicted pictorially or in any other non-verbal mode
• respond in writing to business letters, official communications
• read and identify the main points / significant details of texts like scripts of audio-video
interviews, discussions, debates, etc.
• write without prior preparation on a given topic and be able to defend or explain the
position taken / views expressed in the form of article, speech, or a debate
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• write a summary of short lectures on familiar topics by making / taking notes
• write an assessment of different points of view expressed in a discussion / debate
• read poems effectively (with proper rhythm and intonation)
• transcode information from a graph / chart to a description / report and write a dialogue,
short story or report
Language Items
In addition to consolidating the grammatical items practised earlier, the courses at the secondary
level seek to reinforce the following explicitly:
• sequence of tenses
• reported speech in extended texts
• modal auxiliaries (those not covered at upper primary)
• non-finites (infinitives, gerunds, participles)
• conditional clauses
• complex and compound sentences
• phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases
• cohesive devices
• punctuation (semicolon, colon, dash, hyphen, parenthesis or use of brackets and
exclamation mark)

Methods and Techniques

The methodology is based on a multi-skill, activity-based, learner-centred approach. Care is
taken to fulfil the functional (communicative), literary (aesthetic) and cultural (sociological) needs
of the learner. In this situation, the teacher is the facilitator of learning, S/he presents language
items, contrives situations which motivates the child to use English for the purposes of
communication and expression. Aural-oral teaching and testing is an integral feature of the
teaching-learning process. The electronic and print media could be used extensively. A few
suggested activities are:
• Role play
• Simulating real-to-life situations
• Dramatising and miming
• Problem solving and decision making
• Interpreting information given in tabular form and schedule
• Using newspaper clippings
• Borrowing situations from the world around the learners, from books and from other
disciplines
• Using language games, riddles, puzzles and jokes
• Interpreting pictures / sketches / cartoons
• Debating and discussing
• Narrating and discussing stories, anecdotes, etc.
• Reciting poems
• Working in pairs and groups
• Using media inputs - computer, television, video cassettes, tapes, software packages

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)
SYLLABUS CLASS – IX (2018-19)
SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE

Section Total Weightage 80

A Reading Skills 20
B Writing Skills with Grammar 30
C Literature Textbook and 30
Supplementary Reading Text
Total 80

The annual examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours.

SECTION A: READING 20 Marks 50 Periods

This section will have two reading passages.

Q.1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Very Short Answer type Questions. 8 marks

Q. 2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer type Questions to test
inference, evaluation and analysis with four Very Short Answer Questions to test vocabulary.
12 marks

SECTION 8: WRITING AND GRAMMAR 30 Marks 60

Periods

Q. 3: Writing an Article! Descriptive Paragraph (person/ place/ event/diary entry) in about 100-
150 words based on visual or verbal cue/s. The questions will be thematically based on the
prescribed books. 8 marks

Q. 4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150 - 200 words. 10 marks

The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class IX:
1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Use of passive voice
4. Subject - verb concord
5. Reporting
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
(i) Noun clauses
(ii) Adverb clauses of condition and time
(iii) Relative clauses
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7. Determiners
8. Prepositions

The above items may be tested through test types (grammar in context) as given below:

Q. 5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses.
4 marks

Q. 6: Editing or omission 4 marks

Q. 7: Sentences reordering or sentence transformation in context. 4 marks

SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS 30 Marks 60 Periods

Q. 8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Four Very
Short Answer Questions: two questions of one mark each on global comprehension and two
questions of one mark each on interpretation. (1x4=4 marks)

Q.9: Five Short Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMEIITS (3 questions from
BEEHIVE and 2 questions from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme
and ideas (30-40 words each) 2x5 = 10 marks

Q.10: One out two long answer type questions from the book BEEHIVE to assess Creativity,
imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. (100-150 words) 8 marks

Q.11: One out of two Long Answer Questions from the book MOMEIITS on theme or plot
involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch in
about 103-150 words. 8 marks

Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi

• BEEHIVE – Textbook for class IX
• MOMENTS – Supplementary Reader for Class IX

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 attainment, texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing mistakes and
areas of non-learning. To make evaluation a true index of learners’ attainment, each
language skill is to be assessed through a judicious mixture of different types of

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questions. Reading Section: Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference
and analysis are skills to be tested.
Writing Section: All types of short and extended writing tasks will be dealt with.
Grammar: Grammar items mentioned in the syllabus will be taught and assessed.
Listening and Speaking Skills 50 Periods

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)

Course (2018-19)
CLASS – IX

Textbooks
Literature Reader
PROSE (Beehive)
1. The Fun They Had 7. Packing
2. The Sound of Music 8. Reach for the Top
3. The Little Girl 9. The Bond of Love
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind 10. Kathmandu
5. The Snake and the Mirror 11. If I were you
6. My Childhood
POETRY
1. The Road Not Taken 6. No Men Are Foreign
2. Wind 7. The Duck and the Kangaroo
3. Rain on the Roof 8. On Killing a Tree
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree 9. The Snake Trying
5. A Legend of the Northland 10. A Slumber did My Spirit Seal
SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Moments)
1. The Lost Child 6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama
2. The Adventures of Toto 7. The Last leaf
3. Iswaran the Storyteller 8. A House is Not a Home
4. In the Kingdom of Fools 9. The Accidental Tourist
5. The Happy Prince 10. The Beggar

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Class – IX
English Language and Literature 2018-19 (Code No. 184)

Typology Testing competencies/ VSAQ 1 Short Long Very Long Total

learning outcomes mark answer answer Answer
Questions Question- Question
30.40 II 100-150 150-200
words 2 Words words
marks (HOTS) 8 (HOTS) 10
marks marks
Reading Conceptual un- 12 04 …. ….. 20
Skills derstanding, decoding,
analyzing, infecting,
interpreting and
vocabulary.
Writing Skills Creative expression of an 12 …. 01 01 30
and an opinion, reasoning,
Grammar justifying, illustrating,
appropriacy of style and
tone, using appropriate
format and fluency.
Applying conventions,
using integrated
structures with accuracy
and flu-ency.

Literature Recalling, reasoning, 04 05 02 ……. 30

Textbook appreciating, ap-plying
and literary conventions,
Supplemen extrapolating, illustrating
tary Reading and justifying etc.
Text Extracting relevant
information, identifying
the central theme and
sub-themes,
understanding the
writers' message and
writing fluently
Total 28 x 01 09 x 02= 03 x 08= 01 x 10= 80 marks
= 28 18 marks 24 marks 10 marks
marks

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