The document provides a blueprint for the half-yearly exam for English Language and Literature for Class X. It outlines the exam structure, including 4 sections (Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills and Grammar, Language through Literature, and Literature). Each section lists the assessment areas, number and type of questions, and total marks. The exam will be 3 hours long and test various skills such as comprehension, writing, grammar, interpretation and analysis of literary texts.
The document provides a blueprint for the half-yearly exam for English Language and Literature for Class X. It outlines the exam structure, including 4 sections (Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills and Grammar, Language through Literature, and Literature). Each section lists the assessment areas, number and type of questions, and total marks. The exam will be 3 hours long and test various skills such as comprehension, writing, grammar, interpretation and analysis of literary texts.
The document provides a blueprint for the half-yearly exam for English Language and Literature for Class X. It outlines the exam structure, including 4 sections (Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills and Grammar, Language through Literature, and Literature). Each section lists the assessment areas, number and type of questions, and total marks. The exam will be 3 hours long and test various skills such as comprehension, writing, grammar, interpretation and analysis of literary texts.
BANGALORE REGION HALF YEARLY EXAM -2023-24- BLUEPRINT
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE CLASS:X MAX.MARKS:80 TIME: 3 HOURS
Section Area of Assessment Q.No. Question Type MCQ VSA SA LA Total
SECTION A Conceptual understanding, Q1 Discursive passage of 400-450 words. 04 03 03 10M
Reading decoding, analyzing, inferring, Comprehension interpreting and vocabulary. Q2 Case-based factual passage (with visual input- 04 03 03 10M (20M) statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words SECTION B: Creative expression of an Q3 12 Grammar based questions; Gap Filling/ 06 06 10M Writing Skills opinion, reasoning, justifying, Editing/Transformation exercises. and Grammar illustrating, appropriacy of style (10 to be attempted) (20M) and tone, using Determiners ; Tenses; Modals; Subject – appropriate format and fluency. verb concord; Reported speech; Commands Applying conventions, using and requests; Statements; Questions integrated structures with accuracy and fluency Q4 Writing a Formal Letter based on a given 1x5 5M situation, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be answered.
Q5 Writing an Analytical Paragraph i n 100-120 1X5 5M
words on a g i ven Map / Chart / Graph / Cues. One out of two questions is to be answered Recalling, reasoning, Reference to the Context SECTION C: appreciating, applying Q6 One extract out of two from Drama / Prose. 2 2 1 5M literary conventions illustrating Q7 One extract out of two from poetry. 2 2 1 5M Language and justifying through etc. Extract relevant Literature information, identifying (40M) the central theme and sub- Q8 Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions 4X3 12M theme, to be answered in 40-50 words from the book understanding the writers’ FIRST FLIGHT to assess interpretation, message and analysis, inference and evaluation. writing fluently. Q9 Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions 2X3 6M to be answered in 40-50 words each from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. Q10 One out of two Long Answer Type Questions 1X6 6M from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. Q11 One out of two Long Answer Type Questions 1X6 6M from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100- 120 words. TOTAL 80M