ICSE Syllabus for class 11 English

1. Language

  • Composition
    • Essay Writing: Descriptive, Narrative, Expository, and Argumentative Essays.
    • Letter Writing: Formal and Informal Letters.
    • Short Story Writing.
    • Report Writing: Formal Reports.
    • Notice Writing.
    • Application Writing.
  • Grammar
    • Transformation of Sentences.
    • Rearrangement of Sentences.
    • Cloze Passage.
    • Error Detection.
    • Comprehension.

2. Literature

  • Prose:
    • “The Portrait of a Lady” by Khushwant Singh.
    • “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” by William Saroyan.
    • “The Hack Driver” by Sinclair Lewis.
    • “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” by Norman McKinnel.
    • “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.
    • “A Roadside Stand” by Robert Frost.
  • Poetry:
    • “A Photograph” by Shirley Toulson.
    • “The Voice of the Rain” by Walt Whitman.
    • “The Ballad of Puran Bhagat” by Rudyard Kipling.
    • “The Patriot” by Robert Browning.
    • “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
    • “If—” by Rudyard Kipling.
  • Drama:
    • “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare.
  • Short Stories:
    • “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry.
    • “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry.
    • “The Open Window” by Saki.
    • “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry.