Books
LITERATURE
READER
Periodic Test – 1
(July)
DEHRADUN PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYLLABUS 2017-18
CLASS - IX
ENGLISH
Half Yearly Examination
Periodic Test – 2
(September)
(November)
Periodic Test – 3
(January )
Prose
How I Taught My
Grand Mother To
Read
How I Taught My Grand
Mother To Read, A Dog
Named Duke
The man who knew too
much, A Dog Named Duke
Keeping it from Harold,
How I Taught My Grand
Mother To Read
Poetry
The Brook
The Road Not
Taken
The Brook, The Road Not
Taken,
The Solitary Reaper, Lord
Ullin’s Daughter
The Seven Ages,
Oh, I wish I’d looked after
my teeth
Song of the rain, The
Solitary Reaper
Villa For Sale
-
The Bishop’s Candlesticks
People, Adventure,
Environment, The Class IX
Radio & Video Show
Mystery
Children, Sports and
Games
Drama
Three Men
In A Boat
Main Course
Book
-
Chapter : 1-5
People, Adventure
Chapter : 1-10
Chapter : 11 to 14
Chapter : 15 to 19
Workbook
Verb Form,
Determiners
Future Time Reference,
Modals + Topics covered in
July PT
Connectors, The Passive
Reported Speech,
Prepositions
Writing
Section
Article, Letter to
Editor, Formal
Article, Diary Entry, Story
Writing, Letter to Editor,
Article, Letter to Editor
Formal letter (Complaints)
Diary Entry, Story
Writing, Formal letter
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Annual Examination
(March)
How I Taught My Grand
Mother To Read, A Dog
Named Duke, Keeping it
from Harold
The man who knew too
much, Best seller
The Brook, The Road Not
Taken, The Solitary Reaper,
Lord Ullin’s Daughter, The
Seven ages, Oh, I wish I’d
looked after my teeth, Song
of the rain
The Bishop’s Candlesticks,
Villa For Sale
Chapter : 1 to 19
People, Adventure,
Environment, The Class IX
Radio & Video Show,
Mystery, Children, Sports
and Games
Verb Forms, Determiners,
Future Time Reference,
Modals, Connectors, The
Passive, Reported Speech,
Prepositions + Integrated
Grammar Practice
Diary Entry, Letter to Editor,
Story writing, Article,
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Letter
(Complaints)
Gap Filling,
Editing
Formal letter (Enquiry,
Complaints, Placing orders)
Gap Filling, Editing
Omission, Sentence
Sentences Transformation,
Reordering
Reported speech, Gap
Filling, Sentence
Reordering, Editing &
Omission
April & May: Conversation Skills, Determiners, July & August: ASL Preparation, Tenses, September: Three Men in a Boat
October & November: Conversation Skills, ASL preparation, pronouns December & January: Conversation Skills, ASL preparation,
Tenses February: Conversation Skills, ASL preparation
Grammar
E-Lab
Formal Letter (Enquiry,
Placing order & Complaints)
Omission, Sentence
Reordering, Sentence
Transformation + Syllabus
covered in July PT
(Enquiry)
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1
2
3
4
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Class IX
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MATHEMATICS
Periodic Test – 1
Half Yearly Examination
Periodic Test – 2
Periodic Test – 3
Annual Examination
(July)
(September)
(November)
(January )
(March)
Ch-1 Number Systems Ch-1 Number Systems
Ch-2 Polynomials
Ch-8 Quadrilaterals
Ch-1 Number Systems
Ch-2 Polynomials
Ch-2 Polynomials
Ch-14 Statistics
Ch-9 Areas of Parallelograms Ch-2 Polynomials
Ch-3 Coordinate
Ch-3 Coordinate Geometry
Ch-15 Probability
and Triangles
Ch-3 Coordinate Geometry
Geometry
Ch-4 Linear Equations in
Ch-11 Constructions
Ch-4 Linear Equations in Two Variables
Two Variables
Ch-5 Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry
Ch-6 Lines and Angles
Ch-6 Lines and Angles
Ch-7 Triangles
Ch-7 Triangles
Ch-11 Constructions
Ch-8 Quadrilaterals
Ch-12 Heron’s Formula
Ch-9 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
Ch-10 Circles
Ch-11 Constructions
Ch-12 Heron’s Formula
Ch-13 Surface Areas and Volumes
Ch-14 Statistics
Ch-15 Probability
E-Lab
April: Ch-1 Number Systems, June: Ch-2 Polynomials, Ch-3 Coordinate Geometry, July: Ch-6 Lines and Angles,
August: Ch-7 Triangles, Ch-12 Heron’s Formula, September: Revision of Half Yearly Examination Syllabus
October: Ch-14 Statistics, Ch-15 Probability, November: Ch-8 Quadrilaterals,
January: Ch-9 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, February: Revision of Complete Syllabus
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Periodic Test – 1
Half Yearly Examination
Periodic Test – 2
Periodic Test – 3
Annual Examination
(July)
(September)
(November)
(January )
(March)
Ch-1 Matter in Our
Ch-1 Matter in Our
Ch-3 Atoms and
Ch-4 Structure of the Atom
Ch-1 Matter in Our Surroundings
Surroundings
Surroundings
Molecules
Ch-7 Diversity in Living
Ch-2 Is Matter Around Us Pure
Ch-5 The
Ch-2 Is Matter Around Us
Ch-11 Work,
Organisms
Ch-3 Atoms and Molecules
Fundamental Unit of
Pure
Energy and Power
Ch-12 Sound
Ch-4 Structure of the Atom
Life
Ch-3 Atoms and Molecules
Ch-13 Why do we
Ch-5 The Fundamental Unit of Life
Ch-8 Motion
Ch-4 Structure of the Atom
fall ill
Ch-6 Tissues
Ch-7 Diversity in Living Organisms
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Ch-5 The Fundamental Unit
of Life
Ch-6 Tissues
Ch-8 Motion
Ch-9 Force and Laws of
Motion
Ch-8 Motion
Ch-9 Force and Laws of Motion
Ch-10 Gravitation
Ch-11 Work, Energy and Power
Ch-12 Sound
Ch-13 Why do we fall ill
Ch-14 Natural Resources
Ch-15 Improvement in Food Resources
Practicals:
1) To prepare:
a) a true solution of common salt, sugar and alum
b) a suspension of soil, chalk powder and fine sand in water
c) a colloidal solution of starch in water and egg albumin/milk in water and distinguish between these on the basis of:
i) Transparency
ii) Filtration criterion
iii) Stability
2) To prepare:
a) a mixture
b) a compound
using iron filings and sulphur powder and distinguish between these on the basis of:
i) appearance i.e., homogeneity and heterogeneity
ii) behaviour towards a magnet
iii) behaviour towards carbon disulphide as a solvent.
iv) effect of heat.
3) To carry out the following reactions and classify them as physical or chemical changes:
a) Iron with copper sulphate solution in water
b) Burning of magnesium ribbon in air
c) Zinc with dilute sulphuric acid
d) Heating of copper sulphate crystals
e) Sodium sulphate with barium chloride in the form of their solutions in water.
4) To prepare stained temporary mounts of (a) onion peel and (b) human cheek cells and to record observations and draw their labelled diagrams.
5) To identify Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striped, smooth and cardiac muscle fibers and nerve cells in animals from
prepared slides and to draw their labelled diagrams.
6) To separate the components of a mixture of sand, common salt and ammonium chloride (or camphor).
7) To determine the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water.
8) To verify laws of reflection of sound.
9) To determine the density of solid (denser than water) by using a spring balance and a measuring cylinder.
10) To establish the relation between the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed ina. tap water
b. strongly salty water, with the weight of water displaced by it by taking at least two different solids.
11) To determine the speed of a pulse propagated through a stretched string/slinky.
12)To study the characteristics of Spirogyra/Agaricus, Moss/Fern, Pinus (either with male or female cone) and an Angiospermic plant. Draw and give
two identifying features of groups they belong to.
13)To observe the given pictures/charts/models of earthworm, cockroach, bony fish and bird. For each organism, draw their picture and record:
a. One specific feature of its phylum.
b. One adaptive feature with reference to its habitat.
14)To verify the law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction.
15)To study the external features of root, stem, leaf and flower of monocot and dicot plants.
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E-Lab
Books
India and the
Contemporary
World I
Contemporary
India-I
Democratic
Politics-I
Economics
Syllabus 2017-18
April: Ch-1 Matter in Our Surroundings, May: Ch-5 The Fundamental Unit of Life, July: Ch-8 Motion, Ch-9 Force and Laws of Motion,
August: Ch-6 Tissues, September: Revision of Half Yearly Examination Syllabus, October: Ch-11 Work, Energy and Power, Ch-13 Why
do we fall ill, November: Ch-12 Sound, December: Ch-7 Diversity in Living Organisms,
January: Ch-10 Gravitation, Ch- 14 Natural Resources February: Revision of Complete Syllabus
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Periodic Test – 1 Half Yearly Examination
Periodic Test – 2
Periodic Test – 3
Annual Examination
(July)
(September)
(November)
(January )
(March)
L-1 The French
L-1 The French
L-3 Nazism and the
L-2 Socialism in Europe
L-1 The French Revolution
Revolution
Revolution
Rise of Hitler (Maps
and the Russian
L-2 Socialism in Europe and
(Maps related to
L-2 Socialism in Europe
related to chapter)
Revolution
the Russian Revolution
chapter)
and the Russian
L-5 Pastoralists in the
L-3 Nazism and the Rise of
Revolution
Modern world (Maps
Hitler
(Maps related to
related to chapter)
L-5 Pastoralists in the
chapters)
Modern world
(Maps related to all the
chapters)
L-1 India - Size and L-1 India - Size and
L-3 Drainage
L-4 Climate
L-1 India - Size and Location
Location
Location
L-4 Climate (Maps
L-5 Natural Vegetation and L-2 Physical features of India
L-2 Physical
L-2 Physical features of
related to chapters)
Wildlife
L-3 Drainage
features of India
India
(Maps related to
L-4 Climate
(Maps related to
L-3 Drainage
chapters)
L-5 Natural Vegetation and
chapters)
(Maps related to
Wildlife
chapters)
L-6 Population
(Maps related to all the
chapters)
L-2 What is
L-2 What is Democracy?
L-4 Electoral Politics
L-6 Democratic Rights
L-2 What is Democracy? Why
Democracy?
Why Democracy?
L-5 Working of
Democracy?
Why Democracy?
L-3 Constitutional Design Institutions
L-3 Constitutional Design
L-3 Constitutional
L-4 Electoral Politics
L-4 Electoral Politics
Design
L-5 Working of Institutions
L-6 Democratic Rights
L-1 The story of
L-1 The story of Village
L-2 People as Resource
L-3 Poverty as a Challenge L-1 The story of Village
Village Palampur
Palampur
L-3 Poverty as a
L-4 Food Security in India Palampur
L-2 People as Resource
Challenge
L-2 People as Resource
L-3 Poverty as a Challenge
L-4 Food Security in India
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Disaster
Management
E-Lab
April
May
July
August
October
November
December
January
Only Project work will be done.
History
L-1 The French Revolution
L-2 Socialism in Europe and the
Russian Revolution
-
L-3 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
L-5 Pastoralists in the Modern world
L-3 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
Geography
L-1 India Size & Location
L-2 Physical Features of India
L-3 Drainage
Political Science
---L-2 What is Democracy?
Why Democracy?
L-3 Constitutional Design
L-4 Climate
L-5 Working of Institutions
-----
L-4 Electoral Politics
L-5 Natural Vegetation and
Wildlife
----L-6 Population
L-6 Democratic Rights
Economics
------------
L-2 People as Resource
----------
L-4 Food Security in India
-------
LIST OF MAP ITEMS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE
HISTORY
L-1 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Outline map of France (For locating and labelling/Identification) Bordeaux, Nantes, Paris, Marseilles
L-2 SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/Identification) Major countries of First World War (Central Powers and Allied Powers) Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) Allied Powers - France, England, (Russia), America
L-3 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER
Outline map of World (For locating and labelling/Identification) Major countries of Second World War, Axis Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan; Allied Powers
– UK, France, Former USSR, USA, Territories under German expansion (Nazi power) Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia(only Slovakia shown in the map),
Denmark, Lithuania, France, Belgium
GEOGRAPHY
L-1 INDIA-SIZE AND LOCATION
India-States with Capitals, Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian, Southern most, Northern most, Eastern most and Western most point of India (Location
and Labelling)
L-2 PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA
Mountain Ranges: The Karakoram, The Zasker, The Shivalik, The Aravali, The Vindhya, The Satpura, Western & Eastern Ghats
Mountain Peaks: K2, Kanchan Junga, Anai Mudi, Plateau: Deccan Plateau, Chhota Nagpur Plateau, Malwa Plateau
Coastal Plains: Konkan, Malabar, Coromandal & Northern Circar (Location and Labelling)
L-3 DRAINAGE
Rivers: ( Identification only ) a) The Himalayan River Systems-The Indus, The Ganges and The Satluj b) The Peninsular rivers-The Narmada,
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The Tapi, The Kaveri, The Krishna, The Godavari, The Mahanadi Lakes: Wular, Pulicat, Sambhar, Chilika, Vembanad, Kolleru
L-4 CLIMATE
1. Cities to locate: Tiruvananthpuram, Chennai, Jodhpur, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Leh, Shillong, Delhi, Nagpur. (Location and Labelling)
2. Areas receiving rainfall less than 20 cm and over 400 cm (Identification only)
L-5 NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILD LIFE
Vegetation Type: Tropical Evergreen Forest, Tropical Deciduous Forest, Thorn Forest, Montane Forests and Mangrove (For identification only) National
Parks: Corbett, Kaziranga, Ranthambor, Shivpuri, Kanha, Simlipal & Manas Bird Sanctuaries: Bharatpur and Ranganthitto
Wild life Sanctuaries: Sariska, Mudumalai, Rajaji, Dachigam (Location and Labelling)
L-6 POPULATION
(location and labelling) The state having highest and lowest density of population, The state having highest and lowest sex ratio, Largest and smallest state
according to area
COMPUTER
Chapters to be
Chapters to be
Half Yearly Examination
Chapters to be covered
Chapters to be
Annual Examination
covered till July
covered till August
(September)
till November
covered till January
(March)
Ch.1 Convergence Ch.6 Operating
Ch.1 Convergence and
Ch. 4. Basics of Computer
Ch. 12. Microsoft
Ch. 4. Basics of Computer
and Computing
System
Computing Technology
System
Excel 2007-I
System
Technology
Ch.7 Microsoft Word
Ch.2 Computer System
Ch. 5. Communication
Ch. 13. Microsoft
Ch. 5. Communication
Ch.2 Computer
2007-I
Ch.3 Input and Output
Technology
Excel 2007-II
Technology
System
Ch.8 Microsoft Word
Devices
Ch. 10. Microsoft
Ch. 14. Societal
Ch. 10. Microsoft
Ch. 3 Input and
2007-II
Ch.6 Operating System
PowerPoint 2007-I
Impacts of IT
PowerPoint 2007-I
Output Devices
Ch.9 Microsoft Word
Ch.7 Microsoft Word
Ch. 11. Microsoft Power
Ch. 11. Microsoft Power
2007-III
2007-I
Point 2007-II
Point 2007-II
Ch.8 Microsoft Word
Ch. 12. Microsoft Excel
2007-II
2007-I
Ch.9 Microsoft Word
Ch. 13. Microsoft Excel
2007-III
2007-II
Ch. 14. Societal Impacts
of IT
Note : No PTs to be conducted for Class IX
Practicals for Half Yearly Examination
 OPERATING SYSTEM
Basic functionalities of Operating System, Using and Customizing Desktop, Icons, Taskbar, Mouse settings, Dialog box, Managing files and folders,
Using and Managing Control Panel and Windows Accessories.
 MS WORD 2007
Basic features of MS WORD 2007, Opening MS Word 2007, creating, formatting and saving a Word document, saving a document using a password
protection, closing and editing a document, formatting a document, character formatting, Paragraph formatting, Page formatting, Format painter and
Inserting symbols, Graphics, working with shapes, creating drawing objects, Working with Tables, Merging and splitting cells, Performing calculations
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in a Table, Mail Merge, Printing a Document.
NOTE: All the Activities given in the chapters should be done accordingly.
Note: No PTs to be conducted for Class IX, these chapters are to be prepared for II-Term Examination + Practical + Viva Exam.
Practicals for Annual Examination
MS Power Point
 Exploring MS Power Point, launching and exiting MS Power Point, Components of Power Point, Different views of slides, creating a presentation, saving a
presentation, adding and formatting slides, adding pictures, inserting charts, inserting tables and Auto shapes, slide master, watermarks, sound effects,
animation, creating and viewing slide show.
MS Excel
 Exploring MS Excel, launching and exiting MS Excel, Components and menus in MS Excel, creating a worksheet, entering numbers, text formulas, Auto fill
feature, editing and formatting, adding borders to cells, Adjusting row height and column width, inserting and deleting cells, rows and columns.
 Entering formulae into cells, operators and their types, copying formulae, types of referencing, using functions and Auto sum features, inserting and
formatting chart adding tables into Excel.
Practicals based on IT Application.
ART EDUCATION
1. Primary Colours
2. Secondary Colours
3. Cartoon Drawing
4. Landscape (Pencil Shading)
5. Landscape (Colouring)
6. Warli Art
7. Flower Composition
8. Tattoo
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