Syllabus
Class 8
2016-17
(Subject to the no: of holidays/activities)
APRIL TO SEPTEMBER
LANGUAGE
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Tenses: Present, Past, Future
Verb table with Present, Past and Past Participle
Subject verb agreement
8 parts of speech
The three articles
Active and Passive
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Poetic devices like a refrain, alliteration, rhyme, simile, metaphor, hyperbole,
personification
Comprehension
Expanding headlines
Social issues
Reference to context
Homophones
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NOVEL READING
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Summer Holiday home work
Read David Copperfield.
Chapters:
 On being an Indian
 The last stonemason
 Flutters of thought (Poem)
 On being an Indian
 Adventure of the blue carbuncle
OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY
LANGUAGE
 Direct and indirect speech
 Formal letter
 Email
 Dialogue writing
LITERATURE
 Madame Curie
 Palindrome
 Advia
 Tyger
REVISION
Of all chapters and concepts learnt in the two terms
Computers
MONTH
TOPIC
CHAPTER
TOOLS
Case study ;; diagrams, mind maps
;;question and answers
1. The computer science teacher has
asked the monitor to find out about
different methods of transferring songs
from one mobile phone to anyone. Can
you help the monitor to choose the right
technology? Use a reliable
internet
source to find out more about this
technology and unite about it in about
150 words.
MARCH
Networking
5
April
Networking
5
May
Baiscs of HTML
3
July
Baiscs of HTML
3
Project ; create a web site
August
Introduction to JAVA
6
Exercises and programs
September
Introduction to JAVA
6
October
MS – Access
2
November
MS – Access
2
Exercises ; case study
DEC
Hardware & software
1
Research on internet;
Can
h/w and s/w work without each other.
JAN
Flash
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Mathematics
First Term
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Rational Numbers
Bar graphs, Histograms and Pie charts.
Exponents
Squares and Square Roots.
Cubes and Cube Roots
Introduction to graphs
Algebraic Expressions and Identities.
Factorization
Second Term
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Linear equation in one variable
Application percentage
Simple and Compound Interest
Understanding Quadrilaterals
Construction of Quadrilaterals
Area of Polygons
Surface Area and Volume
Session 2016-17
Science : Syllabus Break Up
Term 1:
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Metals and non metals
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Crop production
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Force and pressure
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Friction
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Synthetic fibres and plastics
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Cell- Structure and Functions
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Combustion and flame
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Microorganisms
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Conservation of plants and animals (summer holiday assignment)
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Coal and petroleum (summer holiday assignment)
Term 2:
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Light
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Refraction and Dispersion of light
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Sound
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Reproduction
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Reaching the age of adolescence
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Chemical effects of electric current
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Some natural phenomenon(winter vacations assignment).
SOCIAL SCIENCE
TERM I
History
Chapter 1 -
How when and where.
Chapter 2 -
From trade to territory.
Chapter 5 -
When people rebel.
Chapter 8 -
Civilizing the ‘Nature’, Educating the nation.
Geography
Chapter 1 -
Resources
Chapter 2 -
Land , Soil , Water , Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Resource.
Chapter 3 -
Minerals and Power Resources.
Civics
Chapter 1 - The Indian Constitution.
Chapter 2 - Understanding Secularism.
Chapter 3 - Why do we need a Parliament.
Chapter 4 - Understanding Laws.
TERM II
History
Chapter 11 - The making of the National Movement (1870-1947).
Chapter 12 -
India and Independence.
Geography
Chapter 4 -
Agriculture.
Chapter 5 -
Industries.
Civics
Chapter 5 -
Judiciary.
Chapter 6 -
Understanding Our Criminal Justice System