Beaconhouse School System

Term-wise Breakdown – O Level

English (1123)
Term wise Breakdown for the Cohort of 2023-2026
IX - C

Term 1 Term 2

August 1st Week: January 2nd Week:

 Orientation  Reviewing the Mid-Term Papers both
 Syllabus Overview, assessment details, Paper 1 and 2
syllabus content
 Creating Student Portfolios
August 2nd Week: January 3rd and 4th Week:
 Introduction to Key Reading Skills  Descriptive Writing (Describing places or
 Literal questions with explicit meaning atmosphere)
 Inferential questions with implicit  Reading for Comprehension
meaning
 Use of Language Task (Writer’s Craft
questions)
September 1st Week: February 1st and 2nd Week:
 Narrative Writing
 Narrative Writing  Use of language Task/Writer’s Craft
question

September 2nd Week: February 3rd and 4th Week:

 Key Writing Skills  Report Writing (Report to the Principal,

 Punctuation Head teacher)
 Types of Sentence Structure  Unit planning as suggested earlier in
Term 1 for the directed writing task
 Narrative Writing

September 3rd Week: March 1st Week:

 Summary Writing  Reflection week for the Writer’s Craft

question (use Assessment for Learning
techniques to assess students’
 knowledge for the particular question
type).

September 4th Week: March 2nd Week:

 Review and Reflect on:  Descriptive Writing (Describing situation

 Paper 1 and Paper 2 through through different descriptive devices)
discussion and assessed work of
notebooks keeping in mind the
feedback given in the form of
teacher’s remarks for individual
tasks (Concepts which are
covered from August to
September 3rd week)

March 3rd Week:

 Descriptive Writing (Describing people

through figurative language)

October 1st and 2nd Week: March 4th Week:

 Directed Writing  Spring Break

 Informal Letter (Unit planning is
suggested from simple to
complex stages of lesson
planning to ensure evaluation of
writer’s ideas through stimulus
reading).
 Plans are to be made keeping
Bloom’s Taxonomy, such as:
1. Knowledge of the passage
(vocabulary, language
devices)
2. Comprehending the text,
3. Application of the key ideas
from the text
4. Analysing the details of the
passage
5. Evaluation of the Writer’s
opinions, ideas or attitudes

October 3rd Week: April:

 Follow up the Directed Writing task  Week 1 – Reinforcement of

(informal letter writing) through Paper 1, Section A
assessment both formal and informal.
  Incorporate Assessment for Learning  Week 2 – Reinforcement of
techniques to ensure evaluation of the Paper 1, Section B
writer’s opinion or ideas.

October 4th Week: April:

 Reading Paper 1 – Introduction to  Week 3 – Reinforcement of

Opinion based question of Passage 2, Paper 2, Section A
Section B  Week 4 – Reinforcement of
 Distinguishing facts from opinions Paper 2, Section B
 Identifying opinions
 Evaluating opinions

November 1st and 2nd Week: May:

 Directed Writing (Formal Letter) End of Year Exam Series 2023

 Formal letter will be taught following unit
planning as it is suggested earlier for an
informal letter

November 3rd Week:

 Narrative Writing

November 4th Week:

 Reading – Paper 1:
 Revisiting Section 1 – Literal, inferential,
writer’s craft questions

December 1st Week:

 Reinforcement week for Paper 2,

Writing

Mid-Year Examination Series 2023

 XC
TERM 1
Directed Writing- Paper 2
⮚ Informal Letter (Stimulus Reading)
⮚ Formal Letter (Stimulus Reading)
⮚ Article Writing (Stimulus Reading)
Magazine & Newspaper
⮚ Speech Writing (Stimulus
Reading)
Students use, develop and evaluate the information in
the text(s) to create a discursive/argumentative/
persuasive speech, email, report, letter or article.
Composition- Paper 2
⮚ Narrative Writing (a sequence of connected
events, real and imaginary)
⮚ Descriptive Writing: Place or situation
(including atmosphere) in detail
Comprehension Task – Paper 1
Q1. Comprehension Task / Explicit and
Implicit
Q2. Comprehension Use of Language Task /
Writer’s Craft
Q3, Summary Writing Task / Short
Response questions
Practice of:
● Vocabulary Building
● Topic Sentence
● Parts of speech
● Simple Compound and complex sentences
● Punctuation marks practice
● Subject –Verb Agreement
● Correct use of prepositions
SKILLS:
R1: demonstrate understanding of explicit
meanings
R2: demonstrate understanding of implicit
meanings and attitudes
R3: Analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and
opinions
R5: Select and use information for selective purposes.
TERM 2
Directed Writing- Paper2
⮚ Newspaper report Writing (Stimulus
Reading)
General Report/ Eye Witness Report/
(Stimulus Reading)
Composition- Paper 2
⮚ Narrative Writing (a sequence of connected
events, real and imaginary)
⮚ Descriptive Writing: Place or situation
(including atmosphere) in detail
Comprehension Task – Paper 1
Q1. Comprehension Task / Explicit and
Implicit
Q2. Comprehension Use of Language Task /
Writer’s Craft
Q3, Summary Writing Task / Short
Response questions
Practice of:
● Vocabulary Building
● Topic Sentence
● Parts of speech
● Simple Compound and complex sentences
● Punctuation marks practice
● Subject –Verb Agreement
● Correct use of prepositions
SKILLS:
R4: demonstrate understanding of how writer
achieve effect and influence readers
Reinforce R1, R2, R3 R5
W1, W2, W3, W4, W5
Note: Email writing to be added in Class XI syllabus
for the batch appearing in 2024.
W1, W2, W3, W4, W5
Use of common command words
XI C
TERM 1
Directed Writing- Paper 2 (Writing)
⮚ Letter Writing
Formal & Informal
⮚ Report Writing -
Suggestive Report/ Eye Witness Report
⮚ Article Writing (Newspaper & Magazine)
Composition- Paper 2 (Writing)
⮚ Narrative Writing (a sequence of connected
events, real and imaginary)
⮚ Descriptive Writing: Place or situation
(including atmosphere) in detail
Comprehension- Paper 1 (Reading)
⮚ Reading for Meaning
⮚ Reading for Ideas
⮚ Use of explicit /implicit meaning
⮚ Use of Language
⮚ Summery writing/ short response questions
⮚ Practice of:
Building Vocabulary
Topic Sentence
Parts of speech
Simple Compound and complex
sentences
Punctuation marks practice
Subject –Verb Agreement
Correct use of prepositions
TERM 2
Directed Writing- Paper 2 (Writing)
⮚ Speech Writing (Informative/
Persuasive/Argumentative)
⮚ Newspaper Report writing
⮚ Email writing
Students use, develop and evaluate the information
in the text(s) to create a discursive/argumentative/
persuasive speech, email, report, letter or article.
Composition- Paper 2 (Writing)
⮚ Narrative Writing (a sequence of
connected events, real and imaginary)
⮚ Descriptive Writing: Place or situation
(including atmosphere) in detail
Comprehension- Paper 1 (Reading)
⮚ Reading for Meaning
⮚ Reading for Ideas
⮚ Use of Language
⮚ Summary Writing & short response
questions
⮚ Practice of:
Building Vocabulary
Topic Sentence
Parts of speech
Simple Compound and complex sentences
Punctuation marks practice
Subject –Verb Agreement
Correct use of prepositions