CBSE NCERT Class 9 English Syllabus

Section-Wise Weightage English Language and Literature

Section		Total Weightage 80
A	Reading Skills	20
B	Writing Skills with Grammar	30
C	Literature Textbook and Extended Reading Text	30
	TOTAL	80

Note: The annual examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours.

There will be internal assessment for 20 Marks.

Section A: Reading 20 Marks 50 Periods

This section will have two reading passages as per the details below:

1: A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions( including Multiple Choice Questions). (8 marks)

2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis with four Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions) to test vocabulary. (12 marks)

Section B: Writing and Grammar 30 Marks 60 Periods

3: Writing a diary/article in about 100–120 words using visual or verbal cue/s. The questions will be thematically based on the prescribed books. (8 marks)

4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150–200 words. (10 marks)

The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in class IX:

i. Tenses

ii. Modals

iii. Use of passive voice

iv. Subject – verb concord

v. Reporting

vi. Commands and requests

vii. Statements

viii Questions

ix. Clauses:

a. Noun clauses

b. Adverb clauses of condition and time

c. Relative clauses

x. Determiners

xi. Prepositions

The above items may be tested through test types as given below:

5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. (4 marks)

6: Editing or Omission (4 marks)

7: Sentences reordering or sentence transformation in context. (4 marks)

Section C: Literature Textbook 30 Marks 60 Periods

8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/play for reference to the context. Four Objective Type Questions: two questions of one mark each on global comprehension and two questions of one mark each for interpretation. (1×4=4 marks)

9: Four Short Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS (3 questions out of four from BEEHIVE and 2 questions out of three from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (to be answered in 30-40 words each) (2x5=10 marks)

10: One out two long answer type questions from the book BEEHIVE to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. (to be answered in 100-150 words each) (8 marks)

11: One out of two Long Answer Questions from the book MOMENTS on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch in about (100-150 words). (8 Marks)

Prescribed Books: Published by CBSE, New Delhi

BEEHIVE – Textbook for class IX
MOMENTS – Supplementary Reader for Class IX
Words and Expressions-I, Workbook
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-talk 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.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills (50 Periods)

Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills will be for 05 marks. It is recommended that
listening and speaking skills should be regularly practiced in the class. Art-integrated
activities like Role Play, Skit, Dramatization etc. can also be used.

English Language And Literature Course

Textbooks

Literature Reader- Course (2019-20) CLASS – 9

Textbooks
Literature Reader
PROSE
1. The Fun They Had 2. The Sound of Music 3. The Little Girl 4. A Truly Beautiful Mind 5. The Snake and the Mirror 6. My Childhood	7. Packing 8. Reach for the Top 9. The Bond of Love 10. Kathmandu 11. If I were you
POETRY
1. The Road Not Taken 2. Wind 3. Rain on the Roof 4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree 5. A Legend of the Northland	6. No Men Are Foreign 7. The Duck and the Kangaroo 8. On Killing a Tree 9. The Snake Trying 10. A Slumber did My Spirit Seal
Supplementary Reader (Moments)
1. The Lost Child 2. The Adventures of Toto 3. Iswaran the Storyteller 4. In the Kingdom of Fools 5. The Happy Prince	6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama 7. The Last leaf 8. A House is Not a Home 9. The Accidental 10. The Beggar