SYLLABUS FOR CLASS - Vill 2015 - 2016 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1, GRAMMAR BUILDER BOOK 5 2. ONCE A WEEK COMPREHENSION BOOK 4 (CONTINUED) 3. RAPID READER - THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER TERM 1 - GRAMMAR BUILDER A. Parts of Speech (Revision) Unit 4.1 Active and Passive Voice Unit 5.1 Direct and Indirect Speech Unit 6.1 Modals Unit 8 Subject and Predicate Unit 10.4 Adverbial Clauses Unit 11.1 Reported Clauses Two letters (Informal and Formal) monthly One Composition Topic - monthly One Comprehension Passage - monthly RAPID READER - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lessons 1 to 6 TERM 2: Tenses Unit 7.1&7.2 Prepositions Unit 12.2 Clauses and Phrases Unit 13.3 Clauses and Phrases Unit 14.2 Clauses and Phrases Unit 15.1 Clauses and Phrases XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 1)2 Unit 4.2 & 4.3 Active and Passive Voice Unit 5.2 Direct and Indirect Speech Monthly 2 Letters, 1 Composition topic and 1 Comprehension Passage RAPID READER - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer TERM 3 Transformation of sentences into Simple, Compound, Complex, Co-ordinating conjunctions, Sub ordinating Conjunctions Monthly Two Letters, One Composition topic and One Comprehension Passage RAPID READER - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lessons 7 to 10 ENGLISH LITERATURE BOOK : PROSE A MAGIC PLACE BOOK TERM 1 : PROSE A Magic Place Chapter 1 The Vulture and the Great Spirit Chapter 5 A Pair of Mustachios Chapter 10 Superstitions POEMS Chapter 6 Blowing in the Wind Chapter 17 The Unloved Chapter 29 The Louse and the Mosquito TERM 2: PROSE A Magic Place Chapter 4 Ignited Minds Chapter 15 —Salim's Journey Chatper 19 The Cemetary of the Chateau D'if XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 2)52 POEMS Chapter 8 Govinda's Disciple Chapter 21 The Statue Chapter 27 King Canute TERM 3 : PROSE A Magic Place Chapter 16 Meetings with a Maharaja Chapter 20 = Albert Einstein Chapter 28 The Wolves of Cernogratz POEMS Chapter 3 The Railway Junction Chapter 14 = The Road Not Taken Chapter 33. Ozymandias SECOND LANGUAGE - HINDI BOOKS: 1. VITAAN HINDI PATHMALA BOOK 8 2. VYAKARAN LATIKA BOOK 8 (TEXT CUM WORKBOOK) HINDI LANGUAGE FOR ALL THREE TERMS Antonyms Synonyms Adjectives Abstract Nouns One word for many Tatsam - Tadbhav Shabd Idioms and Proverbs Do as Directed Composition Letter writing (Informal letters) Comprehension XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 3)2 HINDI LITERATURE - Vitaan Hindi Pathmala TERM 1 Lesson 2 Aadmi Aur Khacchchar - Unit Test Lesson 4 Jail Main Jeev Jantu Lesson 5 Sadachar Ka Taveez Lesson 7 Thele Par Himalaya Lesson 8 Mumbai Ki Barsaat TERM 2 1Lesson 9 Beej Paudh ka Janam - Project Lesson 10 Mirza Nukta Lesson 12 Saarnath Lesson 13 Desh Prem Ke Daam Lesson 14 = Jahanara TERM 3 : A. LITERATURE Lesson 15 Bharat Mein Cinema Ke Janak - Unit Test Lesson 17 Achook Olympian Lesson 18 Thank you Nikhumbh Sir Lesson 19 Anne Frank Ki Diary Lesson 20 Gutka Test Match THIRD LANGUAGE - MARATHI BOOK : BALBHARATI BOOK 4 TERM 1 A. LITERATURE Chapter 2 Bolnari Nadi - Unit Test Chapter 6 Mayechi Pakhare Chapter 8 Gungrahak Raja B. POEMS Chapter 4 Ya Bhartata Chapter 7 Dhulperani C. GRAMMAR - All exercises done in class XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 4)2 TERM 2: A. LITERATURE Chapter 10 Dhadsi Hali Chapter 12 Watadya Chapter 14 = Mithacha Shodh - Project B, POEMS Chapter 11 = Nakhawdada, Nakhawdada Chapter 16 = Zuluk Me Whawe C. GRAMMAR - All exercises done in class TERM 3 : A. LITERATURE Chapter 18 = Jan Nayak Birsa Munda Chapter 22 —_ Hoy Me Suddha - Unit Test Chapter 24 = Thor Hutatme B. POEMS Chapter 19 —_ He Kon Ge Aai Chapter 21 = Abhalmaya C. GRAMMAR - All exercises done in class THIRD LANGUAGE - SANSKRIT BOOK : ELEMENTARY SANSKRIT MANUAL PART III TERM 1 Lesson 2 Masculine and Feminine Nouns ending in - Unit Test Lesson 3 Feminine Nouns ending in and Lesson 7 Vichakshna Bhrutyah Lesson 21 Shlokas TERM 2 Lesson 9 Chaturah Shrugalah - Project Lesson 11 Udyogasya Mahatvam Lesson 12 Lubdhah Sarmeyah Lesson 13 Devgraham XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 5)x2 TERM 3 Lesson 15 Ishware Achala Vishwasa - Unit Test Lesson 16 Kalidasasya Buddehe Chaturyam Lesson 17 Pancha Andhaha Lesson 21 Shlokas Lesson 22 Suktayas 1 to 6 All the exercises done in class HISTORY BOOK : HISTORY AND CIVICS BOOK 8 TERM 1 Chapter 1 Decline of the Mughals Chapter 2 Rise of Regional Powers after the decline of the Mughals - Unit Test Chapter 3 Anglo French Rivalry in the Carnatic Chapter 4 Bengal - Foundation of the British Empire Chapter 5 Expansion of British Rule in South, West and Central India Chapter 6 Expansion of British Rule in North India CIVICS Lesson 18 Globilization and Global Issues TERM 2 Chapter 7 Impact of British Policies in India Chapter 8 The Indian Renaissance Chapter 9 The New Beginning -The Revolt of 1857 Chapter 10 _ Rise of Indian Nationalism - Project Chapter 11 — Struggle for Freedom 1919 -1947 CIVICS Lesson 20 The United Nations Organisation TERM 3 Chapter 12 The American Revolution XS CLASS - VIII (Pa. - 6)Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 CIVICS Chapter 21 GEOGRAPHY The French Revolution - Unit Test The American Civil War National Movements in Europe India and Its Neighbours BOOK : OUR EARTH BOOK 8 TERM 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 7 Map Work TERM 2 Chapter 8 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 15 Map Work TERM 3 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Map Work 6 Weather and Climate - Unit Test Temperature and Rainfall Atmospheric Pressure and Winds Moisture in the Atmosphere Europe - The Land Europe, Ocean Currents and World Map Europe - Climate and Vegetation - Project Asia - The Land Asia - Climate and Vegetation Plantations in Kerala (A Case Study) Asia India - Location, Extent and Physical Features - Unit Test India -Climate and Vegetation Cotton Textile Industry in Mumbai - (A Case Study) India CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 7)2 MATHEMATICS BOOK : FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS BOOK 8 TERM 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 29 Chapter 36 Chapter 38 TERM 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 7 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 20 Chapter 22 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 37 TERM 3 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 15 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 26 Numbers - Unit Test Fractions - Unit Test Decimals - Unit Test Percentage Profit and Loss Exponents Special Products and Expansions Polygons Perimeter and Area of Plane Figures Statistics Factors and Multiples Square Roots and Cube Roots Ratio and Proportion Unitary Method Factorization Simple Linear Equations Quadrilaterals Area Propositions - Project Volume and Surface Area of Solids - Project Time and Work - Unit Test Time and Distance - Unit Test Simple Interest Simultaneous Linear Equations Coordinate System and Graphs Quadratic Equations CLASS - VIII (Po. - 8)2 Chapter 30 ‘Triangles Chapter 34 Geometrical Constructions PHYSICS BOOK : ICSE CONCISE PHYSICS PART 1 TERM 1 Chapter 1 Estimation and Units - Unit Test Chapter 2 Measurements of Length, Volume, Time and Mass - Unit Test Chapter 4 Motion in One Dimension Chapter 5 Laws Of Motion Chapter 11 — Energy Flow and Conservation of Resources TERM 2 Chapter 6 Pressure in Fluids and Atmospheric Pressure - Project Chapter 12 Reflection of Light at a Plane Surface Chapter 13. Spherical Mirrors - Project Chapter 14 — Propogation of Sound Waves TERM 3 Chapter 9 Heat - Unit Test Chapter 10 ‘Transfer of Heat - Unit Test Chapter 15 _ Static Electricity Chapter 16 = Current Electricity Chapter 17 Magnetism CHEMISTRY BOOK : SIMPLIFIED ICSE CHEMISTRY FOR CLASS 9 TERM 1 Chapter 1 Matter and Its Composition - Laws of Conservation of Mass - Unit Test. XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 9)2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 10 TERM 2 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 10 TERM 3 Chapter 2 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 BIOLOGY Elements, Compounds and Mixtures. The Language Of Chemistry - Unit Test. Atmospheric Pollution - Acid Rain Physical and Chemical Changes - Project. Water Atomic Structure Atmospheric Pollution - Global Warming Study of Gas Laws - Unit Test The Periodic Table Study of the First Element- Hydrogen Atmospheric Pollution Ozone Depletion BOOK : CONCISE BIOLOGY TEXT BOOK 9 (REVISED EDITION) PART 1 TERM 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 TERM 2 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 TERM 3 Chapter 14 6 Cell -The Unit of Life - Unit Test Tissues -Plant And Animal Tissues The Flower Pollination and Fertilization Seeds - Structure and Germination - Project Respiration in Plants Five Kingdom Classification Nutrition Digestive System - Unit Test CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 10)2 Chapter 17. The Respiratory System Chapter 20 Waste Generation and Management COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Book - OOPS! IT’S C++ PROGRAMMING PREMIER (by - Eric D’Souza) TERM 1 Revision of C++ (Class 7) Chapter - 7 Looping with FOR Chapter - 8 — Looping with DO-While Chapter -9 Looping with While TERM 2 Chapter - 10 Strings and Things Chapter - 11 Arrays and Arrays TERM 3 Chapter - 13 Library Functions Chapter - 14 Functions Chapter - 20 Graphics Practical - C++ Programming XS CLASS - VIII (Pg. - 11)