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ICSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2026-27 (ICSE 2028)

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ICSE Class 9 English comprises Paper 1 (English Language) and Paper 2 (Literature in English). Language covers composition, formal or informal letters, notice and email, comprehension and summary, and functional grammar. Literature covers Julius Caesar Acts I and II, five prescribed Treasure Chest short stories and five poems. The list below separates language topics from... ICSE Class 9 English comprises Paper 1 (English Language) and Paper 2 (Literature in English). Language covers composition, formal or informal letters, notice and email, comprehension and summary, and functional grammar. Literature covers Julius Caesar Acts I and II, five prescribed Treasure Chest short stories and five poems. The list below separates language topics from book chapters and follows the official CISCE English syllabus for ICSE 2028. Each paper carries 80 written marks with 20 marks for internal assessment. Class 9 examinations are conducted by schools. The Language and Treasure Chest PDFs linked here are Target Exams study guides, not complete publisher textbooks.

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Prescribed literature: Julius Caesar (Acts I-II) and Treasure Chest. The Language and Treasure Chest PDFs are Target Exams study guides, not complete publisher textbooks.

ICSE Class 9 English: Language and prescribed Literature
English Language (Paper 1) follows the CISCE syllabus; no single textbook is prescribed by CISCE. Literature (Paper 2) covers Julius Caesar Acts I-II, five Treasure Chest stories and five poems. Our Language guide and Treasure Chest companion are supplementary study notes, not official CISCE textbooks or the complete anthology.
Official CISCE English syllabus (ICSE 2028) · Official prescribed book list

English Language Topics & Prescribed Literature

Paper 1 language topics and Paper 2 book chapters, checked against the official CISCE English syllabus (ICSE 2028).

Unit / No. Chapter / Topic Title Syllabus & Test
Paper 1 - English Language: syllabus topics
Topic 1 English Language - Composition (Essays & Creative Writing)
Topic 2 English Language - Letter Writing (Formal & Informal)
Topic 3 English Language - Notice and E-mail Writing
Topic 4 English Language - Unseen Passage & Précis Summary
Topic 5 English Language - Functional Grammar (Prepositions, Conjunctions, Verbs & Sentence Structure)
Paper 2 - Julius Caesar: Acts I and II
Ch 6 Drama - Julius Caesar: Act I (William Shakespeare)
Ch 7 Drama - Julius Caesar: Act II (William Shakespeare)
Paper 2 - Treasure Chest: prescribed short stories
Ch 8 Prose - Bonku Babu's Friend (Satyajit Ray)
Ch 9 Prose - Oliver Asks for More (Charles Dickens)
Ch 10 Prose - The Model Millionaire (Oscar Wilde)
Ch 11 Prose - The Home-coming (Rabindranath Tagore)
Ch 12 Prose - The Boy Who Broke the Bank (Ruskin Bond)
Paper 2 - Treasure Chest: prescribed poems
Ch 13 Poetry - The Night Mail (W.H. Auden)
Ch 14 Poetry - Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat (T.S. Eliot)
Ch 15 Poetry - I Remember, I Remember (Thomas Hood)
Ch 16 Poetry - A Doctor's Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 (Vikram Seth)
Ch 17 Poetry - A Work of Artifice (Marge Piercy)

CISCE (ICSE & ISC) Class 9 English — Complete Curriculum Overview

The CISCE (ICSE & ISC) Class 9 English curriculum is designed to foster strong language proficiency, literary appreciation, and communicative competence. By exploring this syllabus, students develop advanced reading comprehension, prose and poetry analysis, contextual vocabulary, rigorous grammatical accuracy, and creative composition skills.

Key Academic Objectives & Exam Strategy

  • Text-Wise Mastery: Work through every prose lesson, poem and supplementary chapter for theme, character, tone and vocabulary before attempting extract-based and long-answer questions.
  • Assessment Format: The annual examination assesses reading comprehension, writing and grammar, and literature through objective, short-answer and long-answer questions, together with school-based internal assessment.
  • Time Management: Allocate regular weekly revision hours for high-weightage chapters and solve timed chapter-wise CBT tests on Target Exams.
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Poetry & Prose 78%
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Frequently Asked Questions

The CISCE (ICSE & ISC) Class 9 English syllabus covers all officially prescribed units, chapters, theoretical concepts, practical exercises, and project requirements designed according to the latest academic session curriculum.

There are 17 key chapters and units included in the CISCE (ICSE & ISC) Class 9 English curriculum as outlined in the chapter table above.

The annual examination typically comprises a written theory paper covering reading comprehension, writing and grammar, and literature, along with school-based internal assessment. Refer to the official CISCE (ICSE & ISC) question paper design for the exact mark distribution.

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Yes, our syllabus breakdown is regularly synchronized with the latest rationalized guidelines and curriculum circulars released by CISCE (ICSE & ISC).

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