GOVT OF TAMILNADU

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

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SSLC ENGLISH

MINIMUM LEVEL PACKAGE FOR

LATE BLOOMERS

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ENGLISH - I

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Q.

NO. SEC TOPIC UNIT PAGE QNS. MARKS TARGET CARFEUL TIPS

1 1 SYNONYMS 1 TO 7 5 5 5

2 ANTONYMS 1 TO 7 5 5 5 SYNONYMS x OPPOSITES

3 ABBREVIATIONS 2 31 1 1 1 FROM BOOK + 9TH BOOK

4 HOMOPHONES 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

5 AMERICAN ENGLISH 2 31 1 1 1 FROM BOOK + 9TH BOOK

6 COMPOUND WORDS 6 133 1 1 1 ADD BEFORE / AFTER

7 PLURAL FORMS 5 107 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

8 PREFIX SUFFIX 2 34 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

9 PHRASAL VERB 3 56 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

10 SYLLABIFICATION 2 32 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

11 APPROPERIATE WORDS 4 77 1 1 1 BOOK BACK

12 SENTENCE

CONSTRUCTION 1 1 1

Eg. 'WORD' IS AN ENGLISH

WORD

13 CHANGE IT TO NOUN OR

VERB 1 ATTEND SHALL BE OMITTED

14 MEANINGFUL SENTENCE 1 ATTEND SHALL BE OMITTED

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15 2 IF CLAUSE 1 1 TYPE 1,2,3

16

GRA

MMA

R

SENTENCE PATTERN 6, 7 136, 176 1 1 2 OBJECT - FIRST IDO, THEN DO

17 QUESTION TAG 1 11 1 1 SHORT CUTS

18 DEGREES OF

COMPARISON 4 82-85 1 1 SHORT CUTS

19 CORRECT MEANINGFUL

SENTENCE

OUT

SIDE 1 ATTEND 1 SHALL BE OMITTED

20 PHRASES 1 1 INSPITE OF, ON ACCOUNT OF,

BECAUSE OF

21 GERUND / INFITIVES 1 1 SHORT CUTS

22 PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE 1 ATTEND 1 SHALL BE OMITTED

23 ARTICLES 7 174 1 1 SHORT CUTS

24 PREPOSITION 5 115 1 1

25 COMBINE THE

SENTENCES 1 2 CONJUNCTIONS

26 ACTIVE / PASSIVE VOICE 1 2 SHORT CUT

27 DIRECT / REPORTED

SPEECH 1 6,7,8 1 ATTEND 2 SHALL BE OMITTED

28 IF CLAUSE 1 ATTEND 2 SHALL BE OMITTED

29 DEGREES OF

COMPARISON 1 2 1 SHORT CUT

30 PUNCTUATIONS 1 5 3 TEACH FULLY

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31 -

37

SEC

3 PROSE QUESTIONS 1 TO 7 5 10 5

MARK VERY SHORT ANSWERS IN

THE BOOK/GUIDE

38 PROSE PARAGRAPH FIRST 3

= 1

SECOND

4 = 1 1 5 3

MEMORIZE / WRITTEN TESTS /

KEY POINTS… BULLET POINTS

WRITING

39 SEC

4 MEMORY POEM 1 5 4 MEMORIZE / WRITTEN TESTS

40 -

44 POEM COMPREHENSION 5 5 3 ANSWERS FROM THE LINES

45 -

49 POEM APPRECIATION 5 5 2

FIGURES OF SPEECH, RHYMING

SCHEME, RHYMING WORDS

50 POEM PARAGRAPH FIRST 3

= 1

SECOND

4 = 1 1 5 3

MEMORIZE / WRITTEN TESTS /

KEY POINTS… BULLET POINTS

WRITING

51 SEC

5 PARA COMPREHENSION 5 10 5 ANSWERS FROM THE LINES

52 ERROR SPOTTING 5 5 2 GRAMMAR PRACTICE

53 PICTURE

COMPREHENSION 5 5 3 SHORT CUTS/ CLUES

ACHIEVEABLE TARGET 55 WITH 15 MARKS LIMITATIONS 100 54 35 - 40

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Q.

NO.

SE

C TOPIC UNIT PAGE

QN

S.

MA

RKS

TAR

GET CARFEUL TIPS

1 1 PHRASES - FILL IN THE

BLANKS

1 TO

7 5 5 3 UNIT 1-7 SUPPLEMETARY READER PARAPHRASING

2 CHARACTER/SPEAKER 1 TO

7 5 5 3 UNIT 1-7 SUPPLEMETARY READER PARAPHRASING

3 MATCH THE

CHARACTERS

1 TO

7 5 5 3 UNIT 1-7 SUPPLEMETARY READER PARAPHRASING

4

FILL IN THE BLANKS

AND COMPLETE THE

SENTENCE

1 TO

7 5 5 3 UNIT 1-7 SUPPLEMETARY READER PARAPHRASING

5 PARAPHRASING - SR 5 5 4

6 MIND MAP 1 5 3 COMPOSITIION WORK - SR

7 SR - PARAGRAPH

SUMMARY

FIRS

T 3 =

1

SECO

ND 4 =

1

1 5 3

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8 2 NOTE MAKING -

SUMMARY WRITING 1 10 7

ROUGH DRAFT, FARE DRAFT, SUMMARY, TITLE, GIVEN WORDS,

FINAL WORDS.

9 DIALOGUE WRITING 1 8 1 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK

10 3 DIALOGUE WRITING 1 8 1 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK

11 LETTER WRITING 1 5 3

COPY THE QUESTION - FROM, TO, SALUTATIONS, SUB,

CONTENT OF THE LETTER, THANKING, YOURS TRULY,

ADDRESS ON THE COVER

12 ADVERTISEMENT 1 5 4 COLOURFUL, OUTLINE, CONTENT, DESIGN, TITLE, SLOGANS

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13 4 EXPAND HEADLINES 5 5 3 IS, WAS - BE VERB - ADD ADJUNT - YESTERDAY, TODAY, ETC

14 PIE CHART 5 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK, HINTS - HIGHEST, LOWEST,

PERCENTAGE

15 HINTS DEVELOPMENT 1 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK

16 MATCH THE SLOGANS 5 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK - WITH MEANING

17 RAOD MAP 1 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK

18 POEM PARAPHRASING 5 5 3 COMPOSITION WORK - WORDS FROM THE POEM ITSELF

19 TRANSLATION OR

PICTURE DESCRIPTION 1 5 4 COMPOSITION WORK

ACHIEVEABLE TARGET 65 WITH 15

MARKS LIMITATIONS 100 64 50

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1.NOTE MAKING

• Articles, prepositions and other small words should be omitted.

• Hyphens to be used in between the words. • The rough draft should be about two third of the

original essay & should not exceed 50 words. • The fair draft should be about one third of the

original essay. It should not exceed 30 words & have a title.

• Words in Passage : • Words in Summary :

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9.Road Map :-

• Step down the road.

• Turn left/right.

• Skip the ___________.

• Turn left/right.

• You will find__________.

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10.Expressing views about the picture:-

• I like this picture.

• It is meaningful.

• It is thought provoking.

• It is very natural.

• I see_____________in this picture.

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thank you

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