The paper will have two Sections:
Section A (Compulsory) will contain short answer
questions covering the entire syllabus.
Section B will contain six questions. Candidates will
be required to answer any four questions from this
section.
1. Understanding our Environment
(a) Environmental Science.
What do we understand by 'Environment"?
What does the study of Environmental Science
involve?
(b) Our main environmental problems.
Environmental problems to be studied in

Assignments should be based on the prescribed
textbooks on the following lines:
(i) Character/thematic analysis;
(ii) Socio-economic, cultural, historical relevance /
background;
(iii) Summary / paraphrase.
(iv) Appreciation of literary qualities.
(v) Identifying with a character. Putting oneself in the
place of a character in given circumstances and
explaining one’s actions.
(vi) Imagine alternative outcomes or endings in a
literary piece and the effect on all concerned.
EVALUATION

Paper 1 - English Language
1. Schools will prepare, conduct and record
assessments of the Listening and Speaking Skills
of candidates as follows:
Class IX: Three assessments in the course of the
year.
Class X: Two assessments in the course of the
year.
2. Pattern of Assessment
a) Listening Skills
A passage of about 300 words is read aloud by
the examiner twice, the first time at normal
reading speed (about 110 words a minute) and
the next time at a slower speed. Candidates

DRAMA: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
(Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A.W. Verity -

TREASURE TROVE - A collection of ICSE Poems
and Short Stories (Evergreen Publications)

2. POETRY:
Daffodils – William Wordsworth
I know why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya
Angelou
(iii) The Patriot – Robert Browning
(iv) Abu Ben Adhem – Leigh Hunt
(v) Nine Gold Medals – David Roth

3. PROSE (short stories):

(i)  An Angel in Disguise– T.S. Arthur

Question 1:

Candidates will be required to write a
composition of about 300– 350 words from a choice
of subjects which will test their ability to: organise,
describe, narrate, report, explain, persuade or argue,
present ideas coherently with accuracy and precision,
compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions,
present relevant arguments and use correct style and
format.