BALSAM ACADEMY
GRADE 10-TERM II- ENGLISH
ANNUAL CURRICULUM PLAN
-prepared by Chitra Madhavan
Month
October
Lesson /
Content / Name of
the Book
Literature
F 4 -A Shady Plot
No. of
Sessions
3
P4 – Ozymandias
2
MCB - Unit 4 Environment
5
Expected Learning
Outcome
Listen, read and
comprehend lesson
• Develop conversational
and presentation
Skills
Understanding and
appreciation of the
poem
• Identifying poetic devices
used, like
personification, metaphor
etc.
• Identifying main points,
analysing,
interpreting, inferring and
evaluating
information•
• Presenting views in
group discussion,
arriving at a consensus
and finding solutions
to problems
Suggested
Activities/Writing
skills
Planning, organizing
and
presenting ideas using
appropriate style and
speech in
role play and format
Integration
with values
Sequencing
skills
Home & School
connection
Write a fascinating
anecdote on a thrilling
and frightening
experience of your
friend.
Write the meaning of the
octave and sestet in your
own words.
Listen to a reading of
the
Poem Lochinvar by Sir
Walter
Scott
Literary Data
Interpretation
• Group
Discussion
History
Geography
• Value
Education
• Literary Data
Interpretation
• Research
Skills
Write a letter to the
Editor of a newspaper on
the colossal wastage of
food in Indian wedding
celebrations.
LRT
Ch 16 to 20
Workbook
1)Nominalisation
2) Modals Expressing Attitudes
7

2
3
November Literature
P 5 - The Rime of the
Ancient
Mariner
4
F 5 - Patol Babu
4
Understanding and
appreciation of the
poem
• Appreciate the subtlelity
of humor in the
prose lesson
4
Listen, read and
comprehend lesson
Understanding
Shakespeare’s diction
Literature
D2 - Julius Caeser
worksheets
Poet review – Coleridge
Story writing mystery
/horror story based
• Write a book review
• Poetry writing
Enact the play
• Watch a screening of
Julius
Ceaser-Brutus speech
Civics
• Value
Education
• Literary Data
Interpretation
• Logical
thinking
• Environment
Education
Write a short note on the
literary devices used in
the poem and also bring
out its effectiveness in the
poem.
• Drama
Compare and contrast
the characters of Brutus
and Antony with
reference to friendship
and loyalty.
• Usage of Passive Voice
Workbook
3)Active and Passive
Voice
worksheets
2
Draft a notice as a school
head boy/head girl to
invite students for the
school excursion.
LRT
Ch 21,22
Unit - 5 - Travel and
Tourism
3
3
Identifying main points,
deducing,
analysing, interpreting,
inferring and
evaluating information
Express their travel
experience with photos
&videos.
Fantasy
writing
• Group
Discussion
• Narrating events in a
logical sequence
Preparation of a tourist
brochure
December
Literature
F6 - Virtually True
P 6- Snake
3
1
Listen, read and
comprehend lesson
• Appreciate the subtlelity
of humor
• Identifying main points,
deducing,
analysing, interpreting,
inferring and
evaluating information
• Identifying poetic
devices used, like
personification, metaphor
etc.
• Understanding and
Author review
Self portray of the
character and write the
experience
Comparative
study
Compose a caliigram on
your own.
appreciation of the
poem
• Understand the use of
irony
• Identifying main points,
deducing,
analysing, interpreting,
inferring and
evaluating information
from a poem
Personality
Development
• Value
Education
Usage of reported speech
Workbook
Reported Speech
Reader
Ch 23
2
1
worksheet
Understand and try to use
lexical terms effective and
impressive words to
express the patriotic spirit

MCB - Unit 6 National Integration
c) Spirit of Unity
d) Mile Sur Mera
Tumhara
Usage of
prepositions
2
Create a patriotic song
and set a tune
Workbook
Prepositions
2
worksheet
January
Revision
3
Will do the reading
comprehension exercises
on descriptive,
argumentative and factual
Worksheets
Social studies
Prepare for a role play on
the topic, ‘Growing
National Integration’.
3
passages.
Will have writing practices
in the tasks such as letter
writing, article writing and
story writing.
4
Will practice the IGP
exercises.
2
Literature-Pen paper test