Class 10 English Lesson Plan

This comprehensive lesson plan is aligned with the latest CBSE syllabus for Class 10 English (Code 184). All chapters are categorized and numbered for clarity using the following keys:

  • 📘 FF# – First Flight (Prose)
  • 📜 P# – Poems from First Flight
  • 🦶 FWF# – Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary)

📚 Table of Contents

  1. Detailed Syllabus
  2. Monthly Lesson Plan
  3. Weekly Lesson Plan
  4. Prescribed Books

📘 Detailed Syllabus (with Chapter Codes)

Section A: Reading Skills (20 Marks)

  • Unseen Discursive Passage (400–450 words)
  • Case-based Factual Passage (200–250 words)

Section B: Writing & Grammar (20 Marks)

  • Formal Letter & Analytical Paragraph Writing
  • Grammar Topics: Tenses, Modals, Subject-Verb Concord, Reported Speech, Determiners

Section C: Literature (40 Marks)

📘 First Flight – Prose

  1. A Letter to God
  2. Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom
  3. Two Stories About Flying
  4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
  5. The Hundred Dresses – I
  6. The Hundred Dresses – II
  7. Glimpses of India
  8. Mijbil the Otter
  9. Madam Rides the Bus
  10. The Sermon at Benares
  11. The Proposal (Play)

📜 Poems

  1. Dust of Snow
  2. Fire and Ice
  3. A Tiger in the Zoo
  4. How to Tell Wild Animals
  5. The Ball Poem
  6. Amanda
  7. Animals
  8. The Trees
  9. Fog
  10. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
  11. For Anne Gregory

🦶 Footprints Without Feet – Supplementary Reader

  1. A Triumph of Surgery
  2. The Thief’s Story
  3. The Midnight Visitor
  4. A Question of Trust
  5. Footprints Without Feet
  6. The Making of a Scientist
  7. The Necklace
  8. The Hack Driver
  9. Bholi
  10. The Book That Saved the Earth

🗓️ Monthly Lesson Plan

MonthChapters / Topics
April📘 FF#1: A Letter to God, 📜 P#1–3: Dust of Snow, Fire and Ice, A Tiger in the Zoo
Grammar: Tenses, Modals | Writing: Formal Letter
May📘 FF#2: Nelson Mandela, 📜 P#4–5: How to Tell Wild Animals, The Ball Poem
📘 FF#4–6: Diary of Anne Frank, The Hundred Dresses I & II
Grammar: Concord
JuneSummer Vacation
July📜 P#6–7: Amanda, Animals
📘 FF#7: Glimpses of India
🦶 FWF#1–2: A Triumph of Surgery, The Thief’s Story
Grammar: Reported Speech
August🦶 FWF#3–4: The Midnight Visitor, A Question of Trust
📜 P#8–9: The Trees, Fog
📘 FF#8–9: Mijbil the Otter, Madam Rides the Bus
September📘 FF#10: Sermon at Benares, 🦶 FWF#6: Making of a Scientist
Grammar: Determiners
Revision + Half-Yearly Exam
October🦶 FWF#7–9: The Necklace, The Hack Driver, Bholi
📜 P#10–11: Custard the Dragon, For Anne Gregory
November📘 FF#11: The Proposal (Play)
Listening & Speaking Assessment
Grammar & Writing Revision
DecemberFinal Revision + Internal Assessment
JanuarySample Papers + Listening & Speaking Practice
FebruaryPre-Board Exams
MarchFinal Exam

📆 Weekly Lesson Plan

MonthWeekTopics / Chapters
AprilWeek 1Reading Comprehension
Week 2📘 FF#1, Grammar: Tenses
Week 3📜 P#1–3: Dust of Snow, Fire and Ice, A Tiger in the Zoo
Week 4Grammar: Modals, Formal Letter Writing
MayWeek 1📘 FF#2: Nelson Mandela
Week 2📜 P#4–5, Grammar: Subject-Verb Concord
Week 3📘 FF#4: Diary of Anne Frank
Week 4📘 FF#5–6: The Hundred Dresses I & II
JuneSummer Vacation
JulyWeek 1📜 P#6: Amanda
Week 2📘 FF#7: Glimpses of India
Week 3📜 P#7: Animals
Week 4🦶 FWF#1–2: A Triumph of Surgery, The Thief’s Story
AugustWeek 1🦶 FWF#3–4: Midnight Visitor, Question of Trust
Week 2📜 P#8–9: The Trees, Fog
Week 3📘 FF#8–9: Mijbil, Madam Rides the Bus
Week 4Test & Grammar Review
SeptemberWeek 1📘 FF#10, 🦶 FWF#6: Making of a Scientist
Week 2Grammar: Determiners
Week 3Mock Tests
Week 4Half-Yearly Exams
OctoberWeek 1🦶 FWF#7, 📜 P#10
Week 2🦶 FWF#8: Hack Driver
Week 3🦶 FWF#9, 📜 P#11
Week 4🦶 FWF#10: The Book That Saved the Earth
NovemberWeek 1📘 FF#11: The Proposal
Week 2Listening/Speaking Practice
Week 3Writing + Grammar Revision
Week 4Sample Papers
DecemberFinal Revision + Internal Assessment
JanuarySample Paper Solving + Speaking Activities
FebruaryPre-Board Exams
MarchFinal Exam

📖 Prescribed Books

  • First Flight – Main Reader (NCERT)
  • Footprints Without Feet – Supplementary Reader (NCERT)
  • Words and Expressions – II – Workbook

Note: Listening and Speaking activities (30 periods) form part of Internal Assessment.

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