English - The Orchid School

The Orchid School
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Syllabus Overview 2015- 2016
Std IX
Subject : English
Month
MARCH
-APRIL
JUNE
Lesson /
Content / Name of the Book
Expected Learning Objective
Activities/FAs Planned
Literature: How I taught my
grandmother to read
Identifying main points,analysing,interpreting
and evaluating information
Writing an email
Reader Chapter 1 and 2
Read and comprehend the lesson,Infer the need
for bonding in family and society
Completing a story
The Brook
Understanding and appreciation of the
poem,Identifying poetic devices used liked
personification,metaphor etc.
Writing a speech
An Exemplary Leader;Determiners
usage of articles and determiners
worksheets
Prepostion
application of preposition
worksheets
Reader chapter 3, People, The Road
not taken
Writing a newspaper report, Understanding and
appreciation of the poem
informal letter
Reader Chapter 4,A Buglary
Attempt,Verbs
Listen,Read and Comprehend Lesson,usage of
verbs in all written work
report completion ,note -taking
JUNE
Reader Chapter 5,Can you know the
Write a description of a person in a
Enjoy
literary pieces and sentisitize students towards treatment of animals
people you haven't met,
A Dog
paragraph
Named Duke
Revision FA-I
FA-I
FA-I
The Solitary Reaper,Reader Chapter
6,
Understanding and appreciation of the
poem,Identifying poetic devices used liked
personification,metaphor etc.Illustrate with
examples
Comparison with other poets by the
same poet
FA 1
Adventure:The Last Flight, Reader
Identifying and compiling main events cronologically
Chapter7,
JULY
completing a time line
The Sound of the Shell,Reader
Chapter8
Evaluating information
Diary Entry, Writing a poem
Ordeal in the ocean
Identifying the main points and analysing it
Biographical Sketch
JULY
verbs,modals
usage of verbs and modals in all written work
F:3-The man Who Knew too
Identifying the main points and analysing,
Much,Unit 3-Enviornment:The Indian
interpreting inferring and evaluating information
Rhinoceros,Chapter 11
Designing a tourist brochure
Listen to a reading of the Poem
Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott
P:4-Lord Ullin's Daughter,MCB-Save
Mother Earth,Chapter 12
Understanding and appreciation of the
poem,Identifying poetic devices used liked
personification,metaphor etc.
Group Activity- Expressing and
arguing a point of view
MCB:Save the Tiger
Drawing conclusion from the group activityand
written and oral report
power point presentation on
enviornment
Future Time Reference
usage of correct tenses
Dialogue Completition
Revision SA-I
Revision SA-I
Revision SA-I
Revision SA-I
Revision SA-I
Revision SA-I
AUG
FA 2
SEPT
SEPT
SA-I
SA-I
SA-I
SA-I
SA-I
SA-I
Villa for Sale, MCB UNIT4: The class IX
Road Show,Connectors
usage of relatives,connectors,comparisons and
conditions in a sentence
Scripting and producing a Radio
Show, Worksheets
SA 1
Literature F-4: Keeping it from Harold, Identifying the main points,analysing information
Reader Chapter 13
from the lesson
P.5; The Seven Ages; MCB Unit 5:
Mystrey: Bermuda Triangle
OCT
Understanding and appreciation of the
poem,Identifying poetic devices used liked
personification,metaphor etc.
Author Review -P.G.Woodhouse
Put yourself in the character's shoes
and write about your experience
The Invisible Man
Group Discussion- compare and
Identifying the main points,analysing information
contrast lives of children then and
from the lesson
now
Reader Chapter 14
Identifying the main points,analysing information View rendition of poem-The Seven
from the lesson
Ages of Man
LiteratureP.6 Oh,I wish I'd look after
Identifying the main points,analysing information
my teeth Reader Ch-15, MCB: Unit5:
from the lesson
MysteryThe tragedy of Birlstone
Narration of events in a logical
sequence
NOV
Harry Potter, Reader Chapter 16, The
Passive,
use of passive voice
Write a book/film Review;
Literature: F-5 Bestseller; Reader
Chapter 17 ,MCB: Unit-6 Children :
Tom Sawyer
Identifying the main points,analysing information
from the lesson
Author Review-O'Henry
Reader Chapter 18; P.7 Song of the
Rain ; Children of India
Critical appreciation of the poem,Identifying
poetic devices used liked
personification,metaphor etc.
Conduct a survey/interview on a
given topic and write an article
based on it
Children and computers; Life skills
Identifying the main points and analysing,
interpreting inferring and evaluating information
Debate
We are the World
Drawing plausible conclusions by playoing the
character of the story
worksheets
FA 3
DEC
DEC
D2:The Bishop's Candlestick;Reader
Ch-19
Interpretation of the poem,analysing of the
poem,interpreting Critical appraisal of the poem
MCB UNIT7:Sports and
Games:Grandmaster KoneruHumpty Evaluating information from a lesson or a graph
Queen of 64 squares
worksheets
History of chess in India
JAN
FA 4
FEB
Reader Ch-20,Hockey and
football,Reported speech
usage of reported speech
Biographical Sketch of
Dhyanchand/Chuni Goswami
Revision SA-II
Revision SAII
Revision-SAII
SA 2