ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2024-25: Download Class 12th Elective English Syllabus PDF

ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2025: In this article, students can find the CISCE Board Class 12 th Elective English Syllabus 2024-25 along with PDF download link of the same.

Apr 26, 2024, 11:49 IST
ISC Board Class 12th Elective English Syllabus for 2024-2025 year session
ISC Board Class 12th Elective English Syllabus for 2024-2025 year session

ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2025: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), the education board responsible for conducting ISC Board Exams has laid down its updated and revised syllabus for all the students of Class 12 who have entered the new academic session 2024-2025 and will be appearing for the board exams in 2025. The detailed and complete syllabus for all the subjects, across all streams, has been published on the official website of the board. To avoid the hustle and save you time, we bring to you the subject-wise syllabus articles with a PDF download link for each subject, that would be free and easily downloadable. Here, students can find the detailed ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2024-25 in the table below. 

As a part of the syllabus, students will get to know about the units, chapters, and topics that are a part of the curriculum for the session. A PDF download link has been attached below for students, that can be downloaded and saved for future reference. Since the Class 12 Elective English syllabus is divided into two parts: for theory paper and for project work, you can check details for both here. Find a list of suggested project work ideas along with the evaluation scheme. 

ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2025

Find the CISCE Board ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus for students of academic session 2024-2025, in the table below. 

Prose and Drama

  • Life of the playwright and novelist and important events therein
  • Evaluation of characters and the roles played by them in the text
  • Description of each incident in the play or novel and its significance
  • Important themes and motifs of the text
  • Relationships between characters and incidents
  • Patterns and nuances of the text
  • Fantasy and the supernatural
  • Stylistic and narrative devices
  • Students’ personal response to and assessment of the novel/play
  • Humour, pathos, tragedy, sarcasm and so on in the texts
  • The novel/play in the context of contemporary society

Poetry

  • Different types of poems with their characteristics and features: lyric, sonnet – both Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean, ballad, elegy, blank verse, free verse, narrative poetry, pastoral poetry,  dramatic monologue, romantic poetry
  • All literary devices in detail and how to recognize them: simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe,  alliteration, assonance, repetition, irony, imagery, enjambment, pun, contrast, climax and anti-climax,  onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, litotes, symbolism
  • A thorough knowledge of the poets’ lives and styles of writing
  • Important themes of the poems
  • Patterns and nuances of the poems
  • Fantasy and the supernatural if present in any poem
  • Symbolism and Imagery
  • How to write a proper Critical Evaluation / Appreciation, which must contain the following components: Life of the poet and how it has impacted his/her style of writing, Autobiographical element in the poem, Type of poem, Setting, Theme, Mood and atmosphere, Different levels of meaning in the poem, if any  Rhyme scheme and its significance, Symbolism, Imagery, Literary devices, The student’s own personal response to the poem.

To download the ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2025, click on the link below

Download ISC Class 12 Elective English Syllabus 2024-2025 PDF

ISC Class 12 Elective English Project Work Evaluation Scheme 2025

Students can find out how they are going to be evaluated for project work, from the table below. 

Internal Assessment by the Teacher                                                                                

10 Marks

Assessment Criteria

Candidates should be able to:

 

Process

Identify the topic. Plan a detailed written assignment. Produce a written outline.

3 Marks

Understanding, Application of Knowledge and Analysis

Use a range of literary aspects such as plot, setting, characters, action, style and ideas in order to present an organized and well-structured complete assignment. 

4 marks

Presentation

Prepare the document (overall format: headings, subheadings, paragraphing) writing within a word limit of 1000 - 1500 words and provide a separate title page.

3 Marks

External Evaluation by the Visiting Examiner

10 Marks

Presentation

The project should adhere to the word limit of 1000 to 1500 words. The document should have: 

- a title page stating the topic/ question 

- an introduction, 

- appropriate headings and subheadings

- a well worded conclusion that ties together all the main points made an acknowledgement of all sources of information/ references in a proper format

4

Content knowledge  

  • Give an interesting introduction that presents a clear explanation and scope of topic 
  • present information in a cohesive well structured manner 
  • display a knowledge of topic by referring to other sources 
  • sum up main points in conclusion

6

ISC Class 12 Elective English List of Suggested Project Work 

Here are a few project work suggestions by CISCE Board, that students can pick up for their internal assessments. 

  • How do the plot, setting, characters, action and stylistic techniques contribute to the evolution of a successful literary work? What in your opinion constitutes a ‘relevant’ text?
  • Compare a prescribed text to another text of the same genre on a similar topic that you have read. What are the interesting similarities /dissimilarities that you have discovered? 
  • In what ways would a text of your choice be different if it were set in another era?
  • If you were given an opportunity to make changes in the text chosen by you, what would they be? Discuss in detail why you think these changes would make it more appealing and engrossing.
  • If you could choose a character from a text as your alter ego, who would it be and why? Would you like to change the responses that were made by the character to the events in the plot? Give your reasons for the same.
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