Class 12 English Syllabus AHSEC H.S. Final Year ASSAM

Class 12 English Flamingo and Vistas book Syllabus of AHSEC H.S. Final Year ASSAM Board. 

ENGLISH (Core)

SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY COURSE

One paper 

Time: 3 Hours 

Marks: 100

Unit-wise Weightage :

SECTION - A
10 Marks

Reading Unseen Passage :

Reading unseen prose passages for comprehension.
The total length of the passage will be between 500-800 words. The passages may be one of the following: 

• (a) Factual Passages e.g. instructions. descriptions, reports. 
• (b) Discursive passage involving opinion e.g. argumentative. persuasive or interpretative text. 
• (c) Literary passage e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography.

SUMMARY - H.S. Final year

SECTION - B
25 Marks

Advanced Writing Skills :

1. One out of two short compositions of not more than 50 words each e.g. advertisement and notices, designing or drafting posters, writing formal and informal invitations and replies.  05 marks

2. A report or a factual description based on verbal input provided

(one out of two) (100-125 words)    10 marks

3. Writing one out of two letters based on verbal input. Letter types include:   10 marks

• (a) Business or official letters (for making enquiries, registering complaints, asking for and giving
• information, placing orders and sending replies):
• (b) Letters to the editor (giving suggestions on an issue)
• (c) Application for a job

SECTION-C-Grammar
20 Marks

1. Narration: Direct and Indirect   4marks 

2. Voice       3marks 

3. Tenses     5marks 

4. Preposition    4marks 

5. Transformation of Sentences   4marks

SECTION-D 
45 Marks

Prescribed Textbooks : (i) FLAMINGO   30 marks

Prose : Selected Text

• 1. The Last Lesson : Alphonse Daudet
• 2. Memoirs of Chota Sahib: John Rowntree
• 3. Lost Spring : Anees Jung
• 4. Indigo: Louis Fischer
• 5. Going places: A.R. Barton

Poetry : Selected Poetries

• 1. My Mother At Sixty Six: Kamala Das
• 2. Keeping Quiet: Pablo Neruda
• 3. A Thing of Beauty: John Keats
• 4. A Roadside Stand: Robert Frost

1. One out of two extracts based on poetry from the text to test comprehension and appreciation  4marks

2. Three out of four short questions from the poetry section to test local and global comprehension of the text.  2×3=6

3. Five very Short answer questions out of seven questions based on the lessons from the prescribed text.  1×5=5

4. Five short answer questions out of seven questions based on the lessons from the prescribed text.  2×5=10

5. One out of two long answer type questions based on the text to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text. (Expected word limit

about 80-100 words each)    5marks

Prescribed Textbooks : (ii) VISTAS  15 marks

Selected Pieces

• 1. The Tiger King: Kalki
• 2. The Enemy: Pearl S. Buck
• 3. On the Face of it: Susan Hill
• 4. Memories of Childhood: Zitkala Sa and Bama
• 5. Magh Bihu or Maghar Domahi: Dr Praphulladatta Goswami

1. One out of two long answer type questions based on Supplementary Reader to test comprehension and extrapolation of theme, character and incidents (Expected word limit about 125-150 words)     07marks

2. Four short answer questions from the Supplementary Reader (2x4)  08marks

Prescribed books :

1. Flamingo: English Reader published by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati-21, developed by NCERT.

2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati-21, developed by NCERT.