Class 11 General English Tuition — Tamil Nadu (SCERT)
A year of General English for Class 11 on the Tamil Nadu state syllabus, following the SCERT reader through every prose lesson, poem and supplementary reading. Each is taught over three short days: the lesson, then a sheet marked at once, then a recall round. The grammar the book sets unit by unit — determiners, modals, passivisation, conditionals, reported speech and sentence types — is taught inside the lesson it belongs to. This is General English, not the separate Communicative English paper.
57 daily sessions of 10–15 minutes. Follows: General English, Standard XI (SCERT Tamil Nadu — Free Textbook Programme, Current print).
Enrolment and classes run on LangVR, the BRETS learning platform.
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What is covered
57 modules, taught in this order.
- 0115 minDay 1 · Learn · The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read the portrait, and use articles and determiners.
- 0215 minDay 2 · Practise · The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0310 minDay 3 · Recall · The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 0 questions from earlier units.
- 0415 minDay 4 · 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.
- 0515 minDay 5 · Practise · Once Upon a Time (Gabriel Okara)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0610 minDay 6 · Recall · Once Upon a Time (Gabriel Okara)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 0715 minDay 7 · Learn · After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a story with a twist, and see how it is set up.
- 0815 minDay 8 · Practise · After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0910 minDay 9 · Recall · After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 1015 minDay 10 · Learn · The Queen of Boxing (M.C. Mary Kom)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Mary Kom’s account, and use modal auxiliaries.
- 1115 minDay 11 · Practise · The Queen of Boxing (M.C. Mary Kom)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1210 minDay 12 · Recall · The Queen of Boxing (M.C. Mary Kom)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1315 minDay 13 · Learn · Confessions of a Born Spectator (Ogden Nash)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read light verse, and hear how humour is built.
- 1415 minDay 14 · Practise · Confessions of a Born Spectator (Ogden Nash)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1510 minDay 15 · Recall · Confessions of a Born Spectator (Ogden Nash)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1615 minDay 16 · Learn · A Shot in the Dark (Saki)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Saki, and follow a story built on assumption.
- 1715 minDay 17 · Practise · A Shot in the Dark (Saki)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1810 minDay 18 · Recall · A Shot in the Dark (Saki)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1915 minDay 19 · Learn · Forgetting (Robert Lynd)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Lynd’s essay, and use the passive.
- 2015 minDay 20 · Practise · Forgetting (Robert Lynd)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2110 minDay 21 · Recall · Forgetting (Robert Lynd)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 2215 minDay 22 · Learn · Lines Written in Early Spring (William Wordsworth)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Wordsworth, and name the Romantic devices.
- 2315 minDay 23 · Practise · Lines Written in Early Spring (William Wordsworth)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2410 minDay 24 · Recall · Lines Written in Early Spring (William Wordsworth)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2515 minDay 25 · Learn · The First Patient (a play)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a one-act play, and know the form.
- 2615 minDay 26 · Practise · The First Patient (a play)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2710 minDay 27 · Recall · The First Patient (a play)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2815 minDay 28 · Learn · Tight Corners (E.V. Lucas)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Lucas on crises, and use conditionals.
- 2915 minDay 29 · Practise · Tight Corners (E.V. Lucas)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3010 minDay 30 · Recall · Tight Corners (E.V. Lucas)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3115 minDay 31 · Learn · Macavity: The Mystery Cat (T.S. Eliot)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Eliot’s comic poem, and hear its parody.
- 3215 minDay 32 · Practise · Macavity: The Mystery Cat (T.S. Eliot)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3310 minDay 33 · Recall · Macavity: The Mystery Cat (T.S. Eliot)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3415 minDay 34 · Learn · With the Photographer (Stephen Leacock)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Leacock, and see humour built on a reversal.
- 3515 minDay 35 · Practise · With the Photographer (Stephen Leacock)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3610 minDay 36 · Recall · With the Photographer (Stephen Leacock)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3715 minDay 37 · Learn · The Convocation Address
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a speech to graduates, and report speech.
- 3815 minDay 38 · Practise · The Convocation Address
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3910 minDay 39 · Recall · The Convocation Address
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4015 minDay 40 · Learn · Everest is not the Only Peak
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a poem about ambition, and state its argument.
- 4115 minDay 41 · Practise · Everest is not the Only Peak
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4210 minDay 42 · Recall · Everest is not the Only Peak
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4315 minDay 43 · Learn · The Singing Lesson (Katherine Mansfield)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Mansfield, and follow mood as a structure.
- 4415 minDay 44 · Practise · The Singing Lesson (Katherine Mansfield)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4510 minDay 45 · Recall · The Singing Lesson (Katherine Mansfield)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4615 minDay 46 · Learn · The Accidental Tourist (Bill Bryson)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Bryson, and build sentence types.
- 4715 minDay 47 · Practise · The Accidental Tourist (Bill Bryson)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4810 minDay 48 · Recall · The Accidental Tourist (Bill Bryson)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4915 minDay 49 · Learn · The Hollow Crown (William Shakespeare)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Shakespeare on mortality, and handle blank verse.
- 5015 minDay 50 · Practise · The Hollow Crown (William Shakespeare)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5110 minDay 51 · Recall · The Hollow Crown (William Shakespeare)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5215 minDay 52 · Learn · The Never Never Nest (Cedric Mount)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read the play, and see a satire on debt.
- 5315 minDay 53 · Practise · The Never Never Nest (Cedric Mount)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5410 minDay 54 · Recall · The Never Never Nest (Cedric Mount)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5515 minDay 55 · Learn · Everything from Class 11 General English
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can put the whole year together.
- 5615 minDay 56 · Practise · Everything from Class 11 General English
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5710 minDay 57 · Recall · Everything from Class 11 General English
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.