BHARAT NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
HALF- YEARLY SYLLABUS and BLUEPRINT(2025-26)
English Core (301)
Class – XII
Total Marks: 80 marks Duration: 3 hours
1.Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage
a) Factual/Descriptive/Literary
b) Case -based factual passage
2. Creative Writing Skills
a)Notice
b)Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply
c)Letter to the Editor
d)Application for Job
e)Article Writing
f) Report Writing
3.Literature(Textbook and Supplementary Reader)
Flamingo
Prose:
1)The Last Lesson
2)Lost Spring
3)Deep Water
4)The Rattrap
5)Indigo
Poetry:
1)My Mother at Sixty-Six
2)Keeping Quiet
3)A Thing of Beauty
4)A Roadside Stand
Vistaas
1)The Third Level
2)The Tiger King
3) Journey to the End of the Earth
4)The Enemy
BluePrint
Section A
Reading
Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 12+10 = 22 Marks
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and inference.
Vocabulary assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be factual, descriptive or
literary.
2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.
to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer Type Questions (to be
answered in 40-50 words) will be asked.
Section B
Creative Writing Skills-18 Marks
3. Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format :1
/ Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1).
4. Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be
answered. (4 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).
5. Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter
types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or
opinion on issues of public interest). One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks:
Format: 1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/ Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1).
6. Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be
answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5
Marks:Format:1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar:1).
Section C
Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text- 40 Marks
7. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation,
analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)
8. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension, interpretation,
analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks)
9. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation,
analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks)
10. Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in
40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five
questions out of the six given, are to be answered. (5x2=10 Marks)
11. Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words each. Questions
should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two out of three questions to be done.
(2x2=4 Marks)
12. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120- 150
words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to
assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative
response from the student. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)
13. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in
120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to
provide analytical and evaluative responses using incidents, events, themes, as reference points. Any
one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)
