Class 11 English Tuition — CBSE Core
A full year of Class 11 CBSE English Core covering both prescribed books — Hornbill with its poems and Snapshots — one session per chapter in the board's order, followed by note-making and summarising, the two letter forms, essay and speech writing, and the grammar the paper tests. Each session gives you what to watch for before the class reads it, the skill that chapter carries, how the paper asks for it, worked answers at the real word counts, and a marked sheet.
48 daily sessions of 10–15 minutes. Follows: Hornbill and Snapshots — Textbooks in English for Class XI (NCERT, Reprint 2026-27).
Enrolment and classes run on LangVR, the BRETS learning platform.
Talk to admissionsBRETS English Academy, Kochi. Call +91 97451 20343.
What is covered
48 modules, taught in this order.
- 0115 minDay 1 · Learn · The Portrait of a Lady · A Photograph
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can write a character sketch that argues, and read a poem about time passing.
- 0215 minDay 2 · Practise · The Portrait of a Lady · A Photograph
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0310 minDay 3 · Recall · The Portrait of a Lady · A Photograph
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 0 questions from earlier units.
- 0415 minDay 4 · Learn · We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can narrate a sequence under pressure, and control the past perfect.
- 0515 minDay 5 · Practise · We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0610 minDay 6 · Recall · We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can All Be Together
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 0715 minDay 7 · Learn · Discovering Tut · The Laburnum Top · The Voice of the Rain
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a factual article for structure, and use the passive the way science writing does.
- 0815 minDay 8 · Practise · Discovering Tut · The Laburnum Top · The Voice of the Rain
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0910 minDay 9 · Recall · Discovering Tut · The Laburnum Top · The Voice of the Rain
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 1015 minDay 10 · Learn · The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role · Childhood
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can build an argument from evidence, and use modals for degrees of certainty.
- 1115 minDay 11 · Practise · The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role · Childhood
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1210 minDay 12 · Recall · The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role · Childhood
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1315 minDay 13 · Learn · The Adventure
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can handle conditionals and counterfactuals, and follow a what-if narrative.
- 1415 minDay 14 · Practise · The Adventure
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1510 minDay 15 · Recall · The Adventure
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1615 minDay 16 · Learn · Silk Road · Father to Son
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can write descriptive travel prose, and read a poem about distance between people.
- 1715 minDay 17 · Practise · Silk Road · Father to Son
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1810 minDay 18 · Recall · Silk Road · Father to Son
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1915 minDay 19 · Learn · The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a story whose morality is not the reader’s, and handle dialogue punctuation.
- 2015 minDay 20 · Practise · The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2110 minDay 21 · Recall · The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 2215 minDay 22 · Learn · The Address
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a story built on what is not said, and control the article and the determiner.
- 2315 minDay 23 · Practise · The Address
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2410 minDay 24 · Recall · The Address
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2515 minDay 25 · Learn · Mother’s Day
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a play on the page, and write stage directions and dialogue.
- 2615 minDay 26 · Practise · Mother’s Day
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2710 minDay 27 · Recall · Mother’s Day
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2815 minDay 28 · Learn · Birth
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can write about a professional under pressure, and use precise verbs.
- 2915 minDay 29 · Practise · Birth
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3010 minDay 30 · Recall · Birth
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3115 minDay 31 · Learn · The Tale of Melon City
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a narrative poem, and recognise irony and satire.
- 3215 minDay 32 · Practise · The Tale of Melon City
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3310 minDay 33 · Recall · The Tale of Melon City
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3415 minDay 34 · Learn · Note-making and summarising
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can take notes in the board’s format and write a summary to the word limit.
- 3515 minDay 35 · Practise · Note-making and summarising
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3610 minDay 36 · Recall · Note-making and summarising
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3715 minDay 37 · Learn · The formal letter and the letter to the editor
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can lay out a formal letter correctly and write both of the board’s letter types.
- 3815 minDay 38 · Practise · The formal letter and the letter to the editor
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3910 minDay 39 · Recall · The formal letter and the letter to the editor
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4015 minDay 40 · Learn · Essay, article, speech and debate
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can write to a brief, in the right register, at the right length.
- 4115 minDay 41 · Practise · Essay, article, speech and debate
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4210 minDay 42 · Recall · Essay, article, speech and debate
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4315 minDay 43 · Learn · Gap filling, error correction and reordering
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can finish the grammar section quickly and correctly.
- 4415 minDay 44 · Practise · Gap filling, error correction and reordering
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4510 minDay 45 · Recall · Gap filling, error correction and reordering
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4615 minDay 46 · Learn · The whole Class 11 paper
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can know what is on the paper and how long to spend on each part.
- 4715 minDay 47 · Practise · The whole Class 11 paper
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4810 minDay 48 · Recall · The whole Class 11 paper
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.