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Class 11 English

Class 11 English: full syllabus tuition with regular tests (CBSE / UP Board).

12 MonthsDuration 18Chapters85Topics
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01The Portrait of a Lady 5 topics
  1. Author: Khushwant Singh
  2. The grandmother's life in the village and the city
  3. Feeding sparrows
  4. Her death and the sparrows' mourning
  5. Character sketch of the grandmother
02We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together 5 topics
  1. Voyage of the Wavewalker
  2. The storm in the southern Indian Ocean
  3. Courage of the children
  4. Reaching Ile Amsterdam
  5. Theme: courage and optimism
03Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues 5 topics
  1. Howard Carter's discovery
  2. CT scan of the mummy
  3. Tutankhamun's family and reign
  4. Mysteries of his death
  5. Science and history
04The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement's Role 5 topics
  1. Author: Nani Palkhivala
  2. Holistic view of the Earth
  3. Sustainable development
  4. The four biological systems
  5. Population and forests
05The Adventure 5 topics
  1. Author: Jayant Narlikar
  2. Professor Gaitonde's experience
  3. The Third Battle of Panipat and alternative history
  4. Catastrophe theory and lack of interaction
  5. History and science fiction
06Silk Road 5 topics
  1. Author: Nick Middleton
  2. Journey to Mount Kailash
  3. Tibetan landscape and people
  4. Altitude sickness and Darchen
  5. Travelogue style
07A Photograph (Poem) 4 topics
  1. Poet: Shirley Toulson
  2. The photograph of the mother and cousins
  3. Loss and memory
  4. Poetic devices
08The Voice of the Rain (Poem) 4 topics
  1. Poet: Walt Whitman
  2. Water cycle in the poem
  3. Rain compared with music and poetry
  4. Poetic devices
09Childhood (Poem) 4 topics
  1. Poet: Markus Natten
  2. Loss of innocence
  3. Rational thinking and hypocrisy
  4. Individuality and growing up
10Father to Son (Poem) 4 topics
  1. Poet: Elizabeth Jennings
  2. Generation gap
  3. Communication between father and son
  4. Theme and tone
11The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse 5 topics
  1. Author: William Saroyan
  2. Aram and Mourad
  3. Honesty of the Garoghlanian tribe
  4. John Byro and the return of the horse
  5. Humour and childhood
12The Address 5 topics
  1. Author: Marga Minco
  2. The narrator's visit to Marconi Street
  3. Mrs Dorling
  4. War, loss and memory
  5. Theme of letting go
13Mother's Day 5 topics
  1. Author: J.B. Priestley
  2. Mrs Pearson and Mrs Fitzgerald
  3. The personality swap
  4. Role of the homemaker
  5. Humour and satire
14Birth 4 topics
  1. Author: A.J. Cronin
  2. Dr Andrew Manson
  3. Reviving the stillborn baby
  4. Medical ethics and duty
15The Tale of Melon City 5 topics
  1. Author: Vikram Seth
  2. The just and placid king
  3. The arch and the trial
  4. The melon as king
  5. Satire in verse
16Reading Skills 4 topics
  1. Unseen factual and discursive passages
  2. Case-based passages
  3. Note-making and abbreviations
  4. Summary writing
17Writing Skills 5 topics
  1. Notice
  2. Poster
  3. Classified and display advertisement
  4. Speech
  5. Debate
18Grammar 6 topics
  1. Tenses
  2. Determiners
  3. Modals
  4. Clauses
  5. Reported speech
  6. Re-ordering and transformation of sentences

About

You will be able to

  • Read and answer questions on the prose, poems and supplementary stories of Hornbill and Snapshots
  • Explain themes, characters and poetic devices of each lesson in their own words
  • Read unseen passages, make notes and write summaries
  • Write notices, posters, advertisements, speeches and debates in the correct format
  • Use tenses, determiners, modals, clauses and reported speech correctly
  • Attempt the CBSE / UP Board Class 11 English paper within time

Who it is for

  • Class 11 students of all streams (science, commerce, humanities) of CBSE and UP Board
  • Students who want to improve reading, writing and grammar for board exams and CUET

What you need

  • Passed Class 10 with English
  • NCERT Hornbill and Snapshots textbooks, a grammar book and a writing notebook

Questions

Which books are covered?

NCERT Hornbill (prose and poems) and Snapshots (supplementary reader) as per the current rationalised syllabus, plus reading, writing and grammar.

Will writing skills be practised?

Yes. Every writing format is practised in class and checked by the teacher with marks as per the board scheme.

Is grammar taught separately?

Yes. Grammar is taught topic-wise with worksheets and integrated exercises.

How are tests conducted?

Chapter quizzes, monthly tests with reading, writing and literature sections, and a full-syllabus final exam.

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