English: Marking Scheme
Total Marks : 80
Section I: Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar
Q. 1. (A) Total : 10 Marks
A1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Textual Passage
A2. Activity for testing comprehension / questions (2)
A3. Activity for testing contextual meaning of words. (2)
A4. Activity for testing grammar in context. (2)
A5. Personal response / Thinking skill based question. (2)
Q. 1. (B) Total : 10 Marks
B1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Textual Passage
B2. Activity for testing comprehension / questions (2)
B3. Activity for testing contextual meaning of words. (2)
B4. Activity for testing grammar in context. (2)
B5. Personal response / Thinking skill based question. (2)
Q. 2. (A) Total : 10 Marks
A1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Textual Passage
A2. Activity for testing comprehension / questions (2)
A3. Activity for testing contextual meaning of words. (2)
A4. Activity for testing grammar in context. (2)
A5. Personal response / Thinking skill based question. (2)
Q. 2. (B) Total : 10 Marks
B1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Textual Passage
B2. Activity for testing comprehension / questions (2)
B3. Activity for testing contextual meaning of words. (2)
B4. Activity for testing grammar in context. (2)
B5. Personal response / Thinking skill based question. (2)
Section II : Poetry Total : 10 Marks
Q. 3. A. Total : 5 marks
A1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Extract from a Textual poem
A2. Question on undertanding interpretative / Complex Factual / Inference (2)
A3. Activity for testing meaning of a words in context / Poetic Devices (1)
Q. 3. B. Total : 5 marks
A1. Activity for testing factual understanding (2)
Extract from a Textual poem
A2. Question on undertanding interpretative / Complex Factual / Inference (2)
A3. Activity for testing meaning of a words in context / Poetic Devices (1)
Section III: Rapid Reading
Q. 4. Total : 5 marks
A. 1. Activity for testing factual understanding (1)
Extract from Rapid Reading Section.
A. 2. Comprehension activity. (2)
A. 3. Question testing Personal response / Thinking Skill. (2)
Section IV: Writing Skills.
Q. 5. (A) Letter Writing. Total: 5 Marks
A. 1. Informal (5)
OR
A. 2. Formal (5)
Q. 5. (B) Total : 5 Marks
B. 1. Report Writing
OR
B. 2. Dialogue writing
Q. 6. (A) Total: 5 Marks
A. 1. Information Transfer (Non - verbal to verbal) (5)
OR
A. 2. Verbal to Non verbal (5)
Q. 7. Expansion of ideas / Developing a story Total: 5 Marks
Sr. No.
|
Skill
|
Weightage
|
1
|
Reading Skills
|
37 Marks
|
2
|
Vocabulary
|
10 Marks
|
3
|
Grammar
|
13 Marks
|
4
|
Writing Skills
|
20 Marks
|
5
|
Oral Skills
|
20 Marks
|
Total
|
100 Marks.
|
