Courses for Section B


Syllabus

Unit 1 POEM: ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’ by Sarojini Naidu  PROSE: ‘The Eyes are Not Here’ by Ruskin Bond  VOCABULARY: Word Roots  GRAMMAR: Nouns  SPEAKING: Getting Someone’s Attention and Interrupting  POSTREADING: Creativity

 Unit 2 POEM: ‘If–’ by Rudyard Kipling  PROSE: ‘On Saying Please’ by A.G. Gardiner  VOCABULARY: Prefixes and Suffixes  GRAMMAR: Pronouns  SPEAKING: Giving Instructions and Seeking Clarifications  POST-READING: Interpersonal Skills

 Unit 3 POEM: ‘Ulysses’ by Alfred Tennyson  PROSE: ‘Seeing People Off’ by Max Beerbohm  VOCABULARY: Homonyms, Homographs, Homophones  GRAMMAR: Adjectives  SPEAKING: Asking for and Giving Opinions  POST-READING: Motivation

 Unit 4 POEM: ‘On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three’ by John Milton  PROSE: ‘Shyness My Shield’ by M.K. Gandhi  VOCABULARY: Collocation GRAMMAR: Articles  SPEAKING: Agreeing and Disagreeing with Opinions  POST-READING: Self-analysis