Students can directly access the CBSE English Syllabus for Class 12 academic year 2021-22 by clicking on the links below.
- CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus PDF
- CBSE Class 12 English Elective Syllabus PDF
- CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus Term Wise Guidelines
Table of Contents
CBSE Syllabus for Class 12 English Core 2021-22 for Term 1
Reading Comprehension (Two Passages)
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) – 8 marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage – 6 Marks
Creative Writing Skills:
Short Writing Tasks – 3 Marks
- Notice Writing
- Classified Advertisements
Long Writing Tasks (One) – 5 Marks
- Letter to an Editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest)
- Article Writing
Literature:
Literary-prose/poetry extracts ( seen- texts ) to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Questions Based on Texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Book- Flamingo (Prose) – 11 Marks
- The Last Lesson
- Lost Spring
- Deep Water
Book-Flamingo (Poetry)
- My Mother at Sixty-Six
- An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
- Keeping Quiet
Book-Vistas (Prose) – 7 Marks
- The Third Level
- The Enemy
CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2021-22 for Term 2
Reading Comprehension: (Two Passages)
- Unseen passage (factual, descriptive or literary/ discursive or persuasive) – 8 Marks
- Case Based Unseen (Factual) Passage – 6 Marks
Creative Writing Skills:
Short Writing Tasks – 3 Marks
- Formal & Informal Invitation Cards or the Replies to Invitation/s
Long Writing Tasks (One) – 5 Marks
- Letter of Application for a Job
- Report Writing
Literature
Questions based on extracts/texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, inference, extrapolation.
Book-Flamingo (Prose) – 11 Marks
- The Rattrap
- Indigo
Book-Flamingo (Poetry)
- A Thing of Beauty
- Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Book-Vistas (Prose) – 7 Marks
- Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
- On the Face of It
- Evans Tries an O Level