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.