Class X

First Flight - Textbook in English for Class X

1. A Letter to God by G.L.FUENTES

Poem: Dust of Snow by ROBERT FROST

Poem: Fire and Ice by ROBERT FROST

2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA

Poem: A Tiger in the Zoo by LESLIE NORRIS

3. Two Stories about Flying

I. His First Flight by LIAM O’ FLAHERTY

II. Black Aeroplane by FREDERICK FORSYTH

Poem: How to Tell Wild Animals by CAROLYN WELLS

Poem: The Ball Poem by JOHN BERRYMAN

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank by ANNE FRANK

Poem: Amanda! by ROBIN KLEIN

          Summary of the Poem Amanda

5. The Hundred Dresses–I by ELEANOR ESTES

6. The Hundred Dresses–II by ELEANOR ESTES

Poem: Animals by WALT WHITMAN

7. Glimpses of India

I. A Baker from Goa by LUCIO RODRIGUES

II. Coorg by LOKESH ABROL

III. Tea from Assam by ARUP KUMAR DATTA

Poem: The Trees by ADRIENNE RICH

8. Mijbil the Otter by GAVIN MAXWELL

Poem: Fog by CARL SANDBURG

9. Madam Rides the Bus by VALLIKKANNAN

Poem: The Tale of Custard the Dragon by OGDEN NASH

10. The Sermon at Benares

Poem: For Anne Gregory by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

11. The Proposal by ANTON CHEKOV

Supplementary Reader - Footprints Without Feet

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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. The Hack Driver SINCLAIR LEWIS
9. Bholi K.A. ABBAS
10. The Book That Saved the Earth CLAIRE BOIKO