Class 12 General English Tuition — Punjab (A Rainbow of English)
A full board-year of General English for Class 12 on the Punjab state syllabus, following A Rainbow of English for 12: the eight lessons for intensive study, all seven poems, and the six lessons for extensive study. The grammar the board sets — determiners, non-finites, transformation of sentences, voice and narration — and the five composition formats, including precis writing and letters to editors, are taught inside the lessons. Each unit runs over three short days: the lesson, then a sheet marked at once, then a recall round.
66 daily sessions of 10–15 minutes. Follows: A Rainbow of English for 12 — General English, Class XII (Punjab School Education Board, Prescribed for 2026-27).
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What is covered
66 modules, taught in this order.
- 0115 minDay 1 · Learn · Hassan’s Attendance Problem (Sudha Murthy)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can weigh a rule against a circumstance, and use determiners.
- 0215 minDay 2 · Practise · Hassan’s Attendance Problem (Sudha Murthy)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0310 minDay 3 · Recall · Hassan’s Attendance Problem (Sudha Murthy)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 0 questions from earlier units.
- 0415 minDay 4 · Learn · The March King (Katherine Little Bakeless)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a musician’s life, and use infinitives.
- 0515 minDay 5 · Practise · The March King (Katherine Little Bakeless)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0610 minDay 6 · Recall · The March King (Katherine Little Bakeless)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 0715 minDay 7 · Learn · Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can learn the method, and transform sentences.
- 0815 minDay 8 · Practise · Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0910 minDay 9 · Recall · Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 1015 minDay 10 · Learn · On Saying ‘Please’ (A.G. Gardiner)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can follow an essay on manners, and change the voice.
- 1115 minDay 11 · Practise · On Saying ‘Please’ (A.G. Gardiner)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1210 minDay 12 · Recall · On Saying ‘Please’ (A.G. Gardiner)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1315 minDay 13 · Learn · The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Keller’s account, and report speech.
- 1415 minDay 14 · Practise · The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1510 minDay 15 · Recall · The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1615 minDay 16 · Learn · Two Gentlemen of Verona (A.J. Cronin)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Cronin’s story, and write a precis.
- 1715 minDay 17 · Practise · Two Gentlemen of Verona (A.J. Cronin)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1810 minDay 18 · Recall · Two Gentlemen of Verona (A.J. Cronin)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1915 minDay 19 · Learn · In Celebration of Being Alive (Dr Christiaan Barnard)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a surgeon’s reflection, and explain newspaper headlines.
- 2015 minDay 20 · Practise · In Celebration of Being Alive (Dr Christiaan Barnard)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2110 minDay 21 · Recall · In Celebration of Being Alive (Dr Christiaan Barnard)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 2215 minDay 22 · Learn · Ghadari Babas in Kalapani Jail (Dr Harish K. Puri)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read the history, and write applications and official letters.
- 2315 minDay 23 · Practise · Ghadari Babas in Kalapani Jail (Dr Harish K. Puri)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2410 minDay 24 · Recall · Ghadari Babas in Kalapani Jail (Dr Harish K. Puri)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2515 minDay 25 · Learn · Prayer of the Woods (Anonymous)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read the poem, and handle personification and apostrophe.
- 2615 minDay 26 · Practise · Prayer of the Woods (Anonymous)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2710 minDay 27 · Recall · Prayer of the Woods (Anonymous)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2815 minDay 28 · Learn · On Friendship (Kahlil Gibran)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Gibran, and understand aphorism and paradox.
- 2915 minDay 29 · Practise · On Friendship (Kahlil Gibran)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3010 minDay 30 · Recall · On Friendship (Kahlil Gibran)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3115 minDay 31 · Learn · The Echoing Green (William Blake)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Blake, and follow a poem’s structure.
- 3215 minDay 32 · Practise · The Echoing Green (William Blake)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3310 minDay 33 · Recall · The Echoing Green (William Blake)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3415 minDay 34 · Learn · Once upon a Time (Gabriel Okara)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Okara, and handle tone and irony.
- 3515 minDay 35 · Practise · Once upon a Time (Gabriel Okara)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3610 minDay 36 · Recall · Once upon a Time (Gabriel Okara)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3715 minDay 37 · Learn · Father Returning Home (Dilip Chitre)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Chitre, and handle free verse and imagery.
- 3815 minDay 38 · Practise · Father Returning Home (Dilip Chitre)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3910 minDay 39 · Recall · Father Returning Home (Dilip Chitre)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4015 minDay 40 · Learn · The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Frost, and handle symbolism.
- 4115 minDay 41 · Practise · The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4210 minDay 42 · Recall · The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4315 minDay 43 · Learn · On His Blindness (John Milton)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Milton’s sonnet, and know the sonnet form.
- 4415 minDay 44 · Practise · On His Blindness (John Milton)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4510 minDay 45 · Recall · On His Blindness (John Milton)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4615 minDay 46 · Learn · The School for Sympathy (E.V. Lucas)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Lucas’s sketch, and write an e-mail.
- 4715 minDay 47 · Practise · The School for Sympathy (E.V. Lucas)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4810 minDay 48 · Recall · The School for Sympathy (E.V. Lucas)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4915 minDay 49 · Learn · A Chameleon (Anton Chekhov)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Chekhov’s satire, and see how satire works.
- 5015 minDay 50 · Practise · A Chameleon (Anton Chekhov)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5110 minDay 51 · Recall · A Chameleon (Anton Chekhov)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5215 minDay 52 · Learn · Bholi (K.A. Abbas)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Bholi’s story, and write a character sketch.
- 5315 minDay 53 · Practise · Bholi (K.A. Abbas)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5410 minDay 54 · Recall · Bholi (K.A. Abbas)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5515 minDay 55 · Learn · The Gold Frame (R.K. Laxman)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Laxman’s comedy, and handle irony.
- 5615 minDay 56 · Practise · The Gold Frame (R.K. Laxman)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5710 minDay 57 · Recall · The Gold Frame (R.K. Laxman)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5815 minDay 58 · Learn · The Barber’s Trade Union (Mulk Raj Anand)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Anand’s story, and write business letters.
- 5915 minDay 59 · Practise · The Barber’s Trade Union (Mulk Raj Anand)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6010 minDay 60 · Recall · The Barber’s Trade Union (Mulk Raj Anand)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 6115 minDay 61 · Learn · The Bull beneath the Earth (K.S. Virk)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a Punjabi story in translation, and use gerunds and participles.
- 6215 minDay 62 · Practise · The Bull beneath the Earth (K.S. Virk)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6310 minDay 63 · Recall · The Bull beneath the Earth (K.S. Virk)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 6415 minDay 64 · Learn · The whole board syllabus, and letters to editors
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can gather the year for the board examination.
- 6515 minDay 65 · Practise · The whole board syllabus, and letters to editors
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6610 minDay 66 · Recall · The whole board syllabus, and letters to editors
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.