M.E.

S INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA - QATAR

MODEL EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2023
PORTION AND QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Class: XI Subject: English Core Marks: 80 Time: 3 Hours
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PORTION:
READING
1. Unseen Passage-Factual/Descriptive or Literary
2. Case –based Passage with verbal or visual inputs
3. Note-Making and Summarization
GRAMMAR
1. Tenses
2. Clauses
3. Reordering of words to sentences
4. Transformation of sentences(Active and Passive Voice, Reported Speech)
CREATIVE WRITING
1. Classified Advertisements(Situation Vacant /Situation Wanted)
2. Poster(Awareness/Event)
3. Speech
4. Debate
LITERATURE
HORNBILL
1. The Portrait of a Lady
2. We’re Not Afraid to Die…if We Can All Be Together
3. Discovering Tut - the Saga Continues
4. Adventure
5. Silk Road
6. A Photograph (Poem)
7. The Laburnum Top (Poem)
8. The Voice of the Rain (Poem)
9. Childhood (Poem)
10. Father to Son (Poem)

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11. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
12. The Address
13. Mother’s Day
14. Birth
15. The Tale of Melon City

PATTERN:

SECTION-A
READING SKILLS- TOTAL MARKS- 26

I. Unseen Passage -factual/descriptive or literary -10 Marks

II. Case-based Passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. -8 Marks
(Combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750)
(MCQ/Objective Type Questions will be asked)
III. Note-Making and Summarization:8 Marks
(200-250 Words)
I. Note Making
Title-1
Numbering and indenting-1
Key/glossary-1
Notes-2
Total-5 Marks

II. Summary (up to 50 words)

- Content-2
- Expression-1
Total -3 Marks

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GRAMMAR AND CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS -TOTAL MARKS - 7+16 = 23

IV.GRAMMAR:7 Marks
I. Gap filling (Tenses/Clauses)
II.Re-ordering of words to sentences / Transformation of Sentences (Active &Passive/Reported
Speech)
(Total 7 questions to be attempted out of the 8 given)
V.CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS: 16 Marks
I. Short Writing Task-Classified Advertisements (Situation Vacant/ Situation Wanted) - 50 words
(One out of two)
Format-1
Content-1
Expression-1
Total-3 Marks
II.Short Writing Task-Poster (Awareness / Event) - 50 Words
(ONE out of two)
Format-1
Content-1
Expression-1
Total-3 Marks
III.Writing a Speech- 120-150 Words
(Verbal / visual cues related to some age –appropriate topic)
Format-1
Content-2
Expression 2
Total-5 Marks
IV.Writing a Debate—120-150 Words
(Contemporary topical issues)
Format-1
Content-2
Expression-2
Total-5 Marks

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SECTION –C
LITERATURE- TOTAL MARKS-31
VI.
I. RTC-Poetry Extract- 3x1=3 Marks
(One out of two poetry extracts from Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and
appreciation)
II. Prose Extract-3x1=3 Marks
One out of two prose extracts from Hornbill to discuss comprehension, interpretation, analysis and
appreciation.
III.Prose Extract-4x1=4 Marks
(One out of two prose extracts from Snapshots to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis)
VII.Two Short answer type questions out of four from Hornbill - 40-50 words-3x2=6 Marks
- ONE from Prose-Hornbill
- ONE from Poetry-Hornbill
(Questions should elicit inferential response through critical thinking)
VIII. ONE Short answer type question out of two from Snapshots- 40-50 words- 3x1=3 Marks
(Question should elicit inferential response through critical thinking)
IX. ONE Long answer type question out of two from prose /poetry-Hornbill-120-150 words-1x6=6
Marks
(-questions based on incident, theme, passage, extract and event as response points
-question will elicit analytical and evaluative responses)
X. ONE Long answer type question out of two from Snapshots-120-150 words-1x6=6 Marks
(Evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points)

JENCY GEORGE
MR.JENCY GEORGE D.A.S. REX
NAME AND SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER COORDINATOR / HOS

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