BodhiScoreMP Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2026-27
Session
High School (Class 10) examination 2026-27, Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh.
Section A — Reading
Reading comprehension through two unseen passages (factual, descriptive, literary, or case-based). MCQ/objective items on comprehension, interpretation, inference, and vocabulary.
Section B — Writing
- Note making from a passage
- Formal and informal letter writing
- Long composition (essay / article / paragraph)
- Picture-guided composition
Section C — Grammar
Gap filling; tenses; prepositions; verbs; conjunctions; articles; modals; determiners; voice; sentence transformation; clauses.
Section D — Textbooks
First Flight (2026-27)
| # | Topic | Writer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Letter to God | G L Fuentes | Prose |
| Dust of Snow | Robert Frost | Poetry | |
| Fire and Ice | Robert Frost | Poetry | |
| 2 | Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | Prose |
| A Tiger in the Zoo | Leslie Norris | Poetry | |
| 3 | Two Stories about Flying: His First Flight | Liam O’Flaherty | Prose |
| Black Aeroplane | Frederic Forsyth | Prose | |
| How to Tell Wild Animals | Carolyn Wells | Poetry | |
| The Ball Poem | John Berryman | Poetry | |
| 4 | From the Diary of Anne Frank | Anne Frank | Prose |
| Amanda | Robin Klein | Poetry | |
| 5 | Glimpses of India: A Baker from Goa | Lucio Rodrigues | Prose |
| Coorg | Lokesh Abrol | Prose | |
| Tea from Assam | Arup Kumar Datta | Prose | |
| The Trees | Adrienne Rich | Poetry | |
| 6 | Mijbil the Otter | Gavin Maxwell | Prose |
| Fog | Carl Sandburg | Poetry | |
| 7 | Madam Rides the Bus | Vallikkannan | Prose |
| The Tale of Custard the Dragon | Ogden Nash | Poetry | |
| 8 | The Sermon at Benares | Prose | |
| For Anne Gregory | William Butler Yeats | Poetry | |
| 9 | The Proposal | Anton Chekov | Drama |
Footprints without Feet (2026-27)
| # | Topic | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Triumph of Surgery | James Herriot |
| 2 | The Thief’s Story | Ruskin Bond |
| 3 | The Midnight Visitor | Robert Arthur |
| 4 | A Question of Trust | Victor Canning |
| 5 | Footprints without Feet | H G Wells |
| 6 | The Making of a Scientist | Robert W Peterson |
| 7 | The Necklace | Guy De Maupassant |
| 8 | Bholi | K A Abbas |
| 9 | The Book That Saved the Earth | Claire Boiko |
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