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SYLLABUS

UNIT-I

Short Fiction : “A Visit of Charity” by Eudora Welty Pronunciation: Plosive – Grammar: Non-finite verbs – VOCABULARY: Simile and Metaphor – SPELLING: Use of “ie” and “ei” – PUNCTUATION: Semicolon – CONVERSATION: Asking for Information – READING PASSAGE: Hyderabad city – WRITING: Note-making – SOFT SKILLS: Time Management – VALUE Orientation: “Time and tide wait for no one”.

UNIT-II

Prose : “Benares” by Aldous Huxley PRONUNCIATION: Fricative – GRAMMAR: Adjective – VOCABULARY: Oxymoron and Hyperbole – SPELLING: Words ending in -‘able’ and -‘ible’ – PUNCTUATION: Colon and em-dash – CONVERSATION: Requests – READING PASSAGE: Burrakatha – WRITING: Informal Letters – SOFT SKILLS: Leadership – VALUE Orientation: “The pen is mightier than the sword”.

UNIT-III

POETRY : “Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples” by P. B. Shelley PRONUNCIATION: Affricate and Nasals – GRAMMAR: Article – VOCABULARY: Portmanteau words and loan words – SPELLING: Words ending in ‘-al’, ‘-ance’, ‘-ence’ ‘-ic’, ‘-ity, and ‘-ive’ – PUNCTUATION: Hyphen – CONVERSATION: Conducting a meeting – READING PASSAGE: ‘Flower boat’ by Sunkara Ramesh – WRITING: Formal letters – SOFT SKILLS: Stress management – VALUE Orientation: “Practice makes perfect”.

UNIT-IV

DRAMA : Shakespeare Retold : “Julius Caesar (extract)” PRONUNCIATION: Approximant – GRAMMAR: Adverb – VOCABULARY: Palindromes – SPELLING: Derived forms of words – PUNCTUATION: Inverted Comma – CONVERSATION: Interview skills – READING PASSAGE: The handicrafts of Telangana – WRITING: Formal letters – SOFT SKILLS: Etiquette and grooming – VALUE Orientation: “Necessity is the mother of invention”.