ENGLISH - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Code No. 184
Examination Specifications
CLASS X
Division of Syllabus for Term
I (April-September)
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Total Weightage Assigned
30%
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Summative Assessment I
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Section
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Marks
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Reading
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20
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Writing
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20
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Grammar
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15
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Literature
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35
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Formative Assessment
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20%
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TOTAL
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90
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50%
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Division of Syllabus for Term
II (October -March)
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Total Weightage
Assigned
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Summative Assessment II
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30%
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Section
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Marks
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Reading
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15
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Writing
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15
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Grammar
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15
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Literature
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35
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Formative Assessment
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20%
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TOTAL
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90
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50%
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Note:
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The total weightage assigned to Summative Assessment (SA I & II)
is 60%. The total weightage assigned to Formative Assessment (FA 1, 2, 3
& 4) is 40%. Out of the 40% assigned to Formative Assessment, 10%
weightage is assigned to conversation skills (5% each in Term I & II)
and 10% weightage to the Reading Project (at least 1 Book is to be read in
each term and the Project will carry a weightage of 5% in each term)
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The Summative Assessment
I and Summative Assessment II is for ninety marks. The weightage assigned
to Summative Assessment I is 30% and the weightage assigned to Summative
Assessment II is 30%.
SECTION A:
READING
20 Marks
30 Periods
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Qs 1-4 This section will have four unseen
passages of a total length of 800 words. The arrangement within the reading
section is as follows:
Q 1 & 2: Five Multiple Choice Questions on each passage carrying 5 marks
for each question.
Q 3 & 4: Five
Supply Type Questions carrying 5 marks on each passage.
Out of the 20
marks, 4 marks will be for vocabulary.
The questions
will test inference, evaluation and analysis. The passages may be extracts
from poetry/factual/ literary/ discursive texts.
At least one
passage will be an extract from a poem.
SECTION B: WRITING
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20 marks
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40 Periods
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Q 5 Letter Writing: One out of two
letters (formal/informal/email) in not more than 120- 150 words
based on verbal stimulus and context provided.
Types of
letter: Informal - personal, such as to family and friends.
Formal -
letters to the editor / the principal of a school.
Email - formal letters to principal of
the school or to the editor of a Newspaper or a Magazine.
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8 Marks
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Q 6
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Writing an article, speech or debate
based on a visual or verbal stimulus in not more than 120 words (One out of two).
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8 Marks
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Q 7
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Writing a short composition in the form
of dialogue writing or story or report of minimum 80 words (One out of two).
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4 Marks
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SECTION C: GRAMMAR
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15 marks
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45 Periods
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This section will assess grammar items in context for 15
marks.
• This
section will carry five questions of three marks each
• Out of five questions two questions
(question 8 and 9) carrying 6 marks will have MCQs of three marks each .The
test types for MCQs include:
• Gap
filling
• Sentence
completion
• Dialogue
Completion
• Questions 10, 11 and 12(carrying 3
marks each i.e. total 9 marks) will be based on response supplied by
students. (Supply Type Questions)
These test types
which will not be tested as MCQs include
• Sentence
reordering
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Editing
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Omission
• Sentence
transformation (including combining sentences)
The Grammar
syllabus will include the following areas in class X:
1.
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Tenses
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2.
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Modals (have to/had to, must, should,
need, ought to and their negative forms)
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3.
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Use of passive voice
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4.
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Subject-verb concord
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5.
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Reporting
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(i) Commands and
requests
(ii)
Statements
(iii)
Questions
6. Clauses:
(i) Noun
clauses
(ii) Adverb
clauses of condition and time
(iii) Relative
clauses
7. Determiners,
and
8.
Prepositions
Note: No separate marks are allotted
for any of the grammar items listed above since grammar will be tested in
an integrated manner.
SECTION D: TEXT BOOKS
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35 Marks
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95 Periods
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First
Flight-NCERT Text Book for Class X
Q13 a) and b) Two
extracts for reference to context (based on prose or play). These
extracts would require effort on the part of the students to supply the
responses.
Up to one mark
in each extract will be for vocabulary. At least one question will be used
for testing local and global comprehension and one question will be on
interpretation. (20-30 words)
The extracts
will carry 4 marks
each.
8 Marks
Q14. Two
out of three reference to context stanzas (based on poetry) followed by 3
MCQs to test local and global comprehension of the set text .The
extracts will carry 3 marks each. (20-30 words)
6 Marks
Q15.
Three out of four short answer type questions
based on prose or play to test local and global comprehension of theme and
ideas -- 2 marks each. (30-40 words each)
6 Marks
Q16. One
out of two long answer type questions extrapolative in nature based
on prose or play. (Upto 80 words).
5 Marks
Footprints
without Feet: NCERT Supplementary Reader for Class X
10 Marks
Q17. One out of two long questions from supplementary reader to interpret,
evaluate and analyze character, plot or situations occurring in the lessons
to be answered in about 80 words.
4 Marks
Q18. Two
out of three short answer type questions based on factual aspects,
interpretation and evaluation of a lesson. (40-50 words each)
3×2 =6 Marks
NOTE:
Teachers are advised to:
(i) encourage classroom interaction among peers, students and
teachers through activities such as role play, group work etc,
(ii) reduce teacher-talking time and keep it to the minimum,
(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to
participate and to marshal their ideas and express and defend their views,
and
(iv) use the scale of assessment for conversation skills to test the
students for continuous assessment.
Besides measuring attainment, tests serve the dual purpose of
diagnosing mistakes and areas of non-learning. To make evaluation a true
index of learners' attainment, each language skill is to be assessed
through a judicious mixture of different types of questions. In addition to
the summative tests, formative assessment is essential to measure the level
of attainment in the four language skills and the learners' communicative
competence. Formative assessment should be done through 'in class'
activities throughout the year.
Prescribed Books
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First Flight -Textbook for Class X, Published by NCERT
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Foot Prints without Feet- Supplementary Reader for Class X -Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi
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Reading
Section:
Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference and analysis
is a skill to be tested formatively as well as summatively.
Writing
Section:
All types of short and extended writing tasks will be dealt with in
both I and II Term Summative as well as in Formative Assessment.
Grammar:
Grammar items mentioned in the syllabus will be taught and assessed
formatively over a period of time. There will be no division of syllabus
for Grammar in the summative assessments for the two terms.
Syllabus for Terms
S.No. Text Books
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First Term
(April -
September)
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Second Term
(October -
March)
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FA 1 10
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FA2 10
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SA I 30
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FA3 10
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FA4 10
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SA II 30
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Literature
Reader
(First Flight)
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PROSE
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1.
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A Letter to God
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✓
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✓
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2.
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Nelson
Mandela: Long
Walk to Freedom
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✓
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✓
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3.
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His First Flight
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✓
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✓
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4.
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Black Aeroplane
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✓
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✓
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5.
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From the
Diary of
Anne Frank
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✓
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✓
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6.
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Hundred Dresses- I
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✓
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✓
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7.
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Hundred Dresses-II
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✓
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✓
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8.
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A Baker from Goa
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✓
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✓
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9.
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Coorg
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✓
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✓
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10.
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Tea from Assam
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✓
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✓
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11.
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Mijbil the otter
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✓
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12.
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Madam Rides the Bus
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✓
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✓
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13.
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The Sermon at Benares
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✓
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14
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The Proposal
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✓
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POETRY
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1.
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Dust of
Snow
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✓
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✓
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2.
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Fire and Ice
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✓
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✓
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3.
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A Tiger in the zoo
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✓
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✓
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4.
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How to tell Wild Animals
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✓
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5.
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The Ball Poem
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✓
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✓
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6.
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Amanda
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✓
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✓
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7.
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Animals
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✓
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8.
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The Trees
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✓
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9.
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Fog
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✓
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10.
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The Tale of
Custard
the Dragon
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✓
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11.
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For Anne Gregory
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✓
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Supplementary Reader
(Footprints without Feet)
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1.
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A Triumph of Surgery
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✓
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✓
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2.
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The Thief's Story
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✓
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3.
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The Midnight Visitor
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4.
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A Question of Trust
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5.
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Footprints without feet
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✓
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✓
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6.
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The Making of a Scientist
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✓
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7.
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The Necklace
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✓
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8.
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The Hack driver
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9.
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Bholi
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✓
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10.
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The Book that
saved
the Earth
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✓
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Note:
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Formative Assessment is assessment 'for' learning. Thus schools may
adapt the above breakup as per their convenience.
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All activities related
to Formative Assessment such as Language games, quizzes, projects, role
plays, dramatisation , script writing etc. must be done as 'in class' and
'in school' activities. In case, a field survey or visit is taken up
it must be under the direct supervision of the teacher.
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