Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Class 9 English Syllabus for Academic Session 2026-27
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Design of Assessment for Class IX (T1)
External Assessment= 40 Marks
Internal Assessment= 10 Marks
Section A
Reading Comprehension (10 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| One seen stanza from the poems to be attempted followed by MCQs based on comprehension, literary devices, inference, etc. from the prescribed text. | (1 x 3 = 3 Marks) |
| One unseen passage of about 300 to 400 words to be attempted followed by MCQs, comprehension questions, providing suitable title to the passage, one word substitution, vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, inference, analysis, etc. | (1 x 4 = 4 Marks) |
| One case study supplemented with pictures, statistical data, bar graphs, pie charts, histograms to be attempted followed by MCQs and SAQ/VSAQ based on inference, analysis, evaluation, etc. | (1 x 3 = 3 Marks) |
Section B
Grammar (5 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| Punctuation Marks, Tenses, Reported Speech, (Direct to Indirect) Using words as parts of speech. Note: Contextualized passage/ passages to be edited testing the use of tenses, punctuation, narration and different parts of speech etc. |
5 marks |
Section C
Writing Skills (10 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| Email or Message writing (50 words). | 1 |
| Letter (Formal / informal) | 3 |
| Paragraph writing or Diary Entry (one to be attempted) | 3 |
| Creating or Writing dialogue on a given situation or Story Writing on a given title or situation. (One to be attempted with the help of hint words) | 3 |
Section D
Literature (15 Marks)
| Question type | Marks allotted |
| Two out of four short answer type questions based on literary devices to be attempted from the poems excluding the one given in reading comprehension. | 2×2=4 Marks |
| Three out of five short answer type questions to be attempted from the prose lessons of the prescribed textbook | 3×2=6 marks |
| One out of two long answer type questions to be attempted based on character/ scene/ theme/ plot, situation, event, irony etc. from the short stories or play | 1×5=5 marks |
Design of Assessment for Class IX (T2)
External Assessment= 40 Marks
Internal Assessment= 10 Marks
Section A
Reading Comprehension (10 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| One seen stanza from the poems to be attempted followed by MCQs based on comprehension, literary devices, inference, etc. from the prescribed text. | (1 x 3 = 3 Marks) |
| One unseen passage of about 300 to 400 words to be attempted followed by MCQs, comprehension questions, providing suitable title to the passage, one word substitution, vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, inference, analysis, etc. | (1 x 4 = 4 Marks) |
| One case study supplemented with pictures, statistical data, bar graphs, pie charts, histograms to be attempted followed by MCQs and SAQ/VSAQ based on inference, analysis, evaluation, etc. | (1 x 3 = 3 Marks) |
Section B
Grammar (5 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| Phrases, Subject-verb agreement, Tenses, Change of voice: Active to Passive, Use of Articles, Adjectives and Adverb Note: Contextualized passage/ passages to be edited testing the use of tenses, passives, verb- subject agreement, articles and the different parts of speech etc. |
5 marks |
Section C
Writing Skills (10 Marks)
| Topic | Marks allotted |
| Notice Writing (50 words). | 2 |
| Letter (Formal / Informal) | 3 |
| Speech/ Article Writing/Slogans (one to be attempted out of two) | 2 |
| Poster Writing /Story Writing (One to be attempted with the help of hint words) | 3 |
Section D
Literature (15 Marks)
| Question type | Marks allotted |
| Two out of four short answer type questions based on literary devices to be attempted from the poems excluding the one given in reading comprehension. | 2×2=4 Marks |
| Three out of five short answer type questions to be attempted from the prose lessons of the prescribed textbook | 3×2=6 marks |
| One out of two long answer type questions to be attempted based on character/ scene/ theme/ plot, situation, event, irony etc. from the short stories or play | 1×5=5 marks |
Note: The question paper will contain questions based on critical and Creativity thinking (Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)) to discourage rote learning.
Internal Assessment
Assessment of LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) skills will be for 20 marks (T1- 10 marks and T2- 10 marks) . Practice and assessment are to be based on the activities included in the prescribed textbooks and by taking recourse to various resources and techniques available in the school.
Course Book: Tulip Series Book IX, A Textbook of English for Class IX
Prose
- Packing
- Gulliver in Lilliput (Part I & II)
- Saint of the Gutters
- The Fun They Had
- The Tempest (Part I & II)
- How a Client was Saved
Poems
- No Men Are Foreign
- To Blossoms
- Beauty
- The Road Not Taken
- I Cannot Remember My Mother
- On Killing a Tree
- Cart Driver
- To the Cuckoo
- Palanquin Bearers
- The Child’s Prayer
Short Stories & Plays
- The Adventures of Toto
- Old Man at the Bridge
- The Last Leaf
- The Happy Prince
Play
- A Basketful of Sea Trouts
- If I were you