WEEKLY DETAILED SYLLABUS

SESSION-2015-16
CLASS-VIII
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
DATE

CONTENT

01.04.2015 to
04.04.2015

Listening and speaking activity (Introduction, Poem Recitation

etc.)

06.04.2015 to
10.04.2015

Lesson-1 : How the camel got its hump (It so happened)

Word Meaning, Short and Long Questions
Grammar : Forms of verbs, Degrees of comparison
Paragraph : Work is Worship

13.04.2015 to
18.04.2015

Honey DewLesson-1 The Best Christmas Present in the World

Word Meanings, compression through short and long questions
seen passage
Writing skill : Informal letter To friend describing your visit to
a hill station.

20.04.2015 to
25.04.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-2 Tsunami

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long question,
seen passage, Tenses : present tense (all forms)
Paragraph writing A Natural Disaster

27.04.2015 to
02.05.2015

Poem: The Ant and the Cricket

Poem Recitation and Comprehension through questions
Rhyming words, Active Passive
Report : Mock Drill on Earthquake/Fire Conducted in your
school

05.05.2015 to
08.05.2015

It so happened Lesson-2 : Children at Work, Word meaning,

Comprehension through short and long questions
Paragraph Child Labour, Grammar : Tenses : Past Tense (All
forms)

11.05.2015 to
30.06.2015

SUMMER VACATION

01.07.2015 to
04.07.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-3: Glimpses of the Past

Word Meaning, Comprehension through short and long questions
Poem : Geography Lesson, Recitation, Comprehension through
questions
Project/ Activity : Collect pictures of freedom fighters and paste
them in file.

06.07.2015 to
10.07.2015

It so happened Lesson-3 The Selfish Giant

Word Meanings, short and long questions
Paragraph : Importance of games
Letter : To your friend describing how you spent your holidays
Grammar : Tense : Future Tense (all forms)

13.07.2015 to
17.07.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-4 Bepin Chaudharys Lapse of Memory

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions
Seen passage, Grammar : use of has to / have to / had to
Idioms, Jumbled words
Poem Macavity
Recitation, Comprehension through questions

20.07.2015 to
25.07.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-5 The Summit Within

Word meaning, comprehension through long and short questions
Grammar : Noun formation, Phrases
YUVA Activity (Cards) : I can do everything

27.07.2015 to
01.08.2015

It so happened : Lesson-4 The Treasure Within

Word Meaning, short and long questions
Activity : Role Pay / Interview
(Conduct interview of your favourite teacher for the school
magazine)
Paragraph Writing : Rainy Season

03.08.2015 to
07.08.2015

Honey Dew Poem The Last Bargain

Recitation, Comprehension through questions
Grammar Modals, Paragraph If I were a bird / prime minister /
principal
YUVA Activity Yes I am important

10.08.2015 to
14.08.2015

Unseen passage
Grammar : Preposition In / Into / At / Beside / Besides / Across/
Above / over / On / Upon / Between / among / By / With
Paragraph writing : Independence Day
Writing Skills : Picture composition

17.08.2015 to
22.08.2015

Notice Dance/ Essay writing competition to be organized in

your school
It so happened Lesson-5 : Princess September
Word meanings, Short and long questions
Unseen passage, Seen passage

24.08.2015 to
29.08.2015

It so happened Lesson-6 The Fight

Word meaning, short and long questions
Unseen Poem for comprehension
Verbs : Subject and Predicate
YUVA Activity (Card) Stand up against abuse

31.08.2015 to
04.09.2015

Writing Skill Article Writing Say no to polythene bags

Formal letter : 1. To the principal of your school requesting
him/her to start extra classes in English
2. To the editor of a daily local newspaper regarding the problem
of water logging and traffic jam in your area.

07.09.2015 to
11.09.2015

Project : Paste picture of your five friends and write about them.
Listening activity : Read a story or comprehension in class and
students will answer questions based on it.
Unseen passage
YUVA Activity session : 8.4 I can improve my performance in
the exam

14.09.2015 to
19.09.2015

REVISION

22.09.2015 to
09.10.2015

SA-1

12.10.2015 to
17.10.2015

Discussion of question paper of SA-I, Correction work, Grammar:

Determiners, Articles

19.10.2015 to
22.10.2015

AUTUMN BREAK

23.10.2015 to
31.10.2015

It so happened Lesson-7 The Open Window

Word meaning, short and long questions
Writing skill : Story writing
Paragraph My favourite festival
Informal letter To friend inviting him/her to celebrate a festival
with you.
Grammar Active-Passive, Dialogue writing / conversation

02.11.2015 to
07.11.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-6 This is Jodys Fawn

Word Meaning, comprehension through short and long questions
seen passage
Poem : The duck and the kangaroo
Recitation, comprehension through questions, rhyme scheme
YUVA Activity : Session8.5 Oh! Why Did I lie?

09.11.2015 to
13.11.2015

It so happened Lesson-8 Jalebis

Word meaning, short and long questions
Honey Dew Lesson-7 A Visit to Cambridge
Word Meaning, long and short questions, Seen Passage

16.11.2015 to
21.11.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-8 A Short Mansoon Diary

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions
Diary entry Today I celebrated my birthday
Poem When I set out for lyonnese
Appreciation of the poem, comprehension through question,
rhyme scheme

23.11.2015 to
28.11.2015

It so happened Lesson-9 The Comet-I

Word meanings, comprehension through long and short questions
Writing skill paragraph A Visit to a historical monument
Grammar : Direct / Indirect speech

30.11.2015 to
05.12.2015

It so happened Lesson-10 The Comet-II

Word Meaning, comprehension through long and short questions
Grammar : Direct and Indirect Speech
YUVA Activity : Session 8.13 Handling both happy and
unhappy moments

07.12.2015 to
11.12.2015

Honey dew : Poem On the Grasshopper and Cricket

Appreciation of the poem, comprehension through questions
Poetic device : Personification
Grammar : Noun formation
YUVA Activity (Cards) : Understanding good touch and bad
touch

14.12.2015 to
19.12.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-9 The Great Stone Face-I

Word Meanings, comprehension through short and long
questions, Seen Passage
Writing skill : Dialogue writing
Grammar : Modals, Jumbled words

21.12.2015 to
26.12.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-10 The Great Stone Face-II

28.12.2015 to
30.12.2015

Writing skill : formal letter : To the Manager of a T.V.

showroom complaining against the non-functioning of the T.V.
set which you have recently purchased.

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions,

seen passage

Speaking and writing activity - Speech: Use of Mobile Phones /

Electronic Gadgets
Report on : Sports Day / Annual Day Celebration in your
school

31.12.2015 to
15.01.2016

WINTER BREAK

16.01.2016 to
23.01.2016

Checking of Holidays Homework

25.01.2016 to
30.01.2016

Group Activity : Students to make a presentation in a group on

any of the given scenes / situations : fair/ hospital / market /
festival / any match

01.02.2016 to
06.02.2016

Writing skills : Formal letter To the Bank Manager for opening

bank account

Writing skill Formal letter : Application to the Principal

requesting him/her To let you appear for terminal exams which
you had skipped
YUVA Activity (Cards) : Respecting women

Informal letter : To your younger brother / sister advising him/her

to work harder for exams
Notice : Organizing local / outstation tour from your school
08.02.2016 to
12.02.2016

YUVA Activity : Session 8.8 Improving concentration, Verbs

15.02.2016 to
18.02.2016

REVISION

19.02.2016 to
24.03.2016

SA-II