SYLLABUS HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION(2017-18)

(CLASS VIII)

ENGLISH

Reading Comprehension

One prose piece and one poem

Writing

Narrative Paragraph Writing

Descriptive Paragraph Writing
Dialogue Writing

Grammar

Tenses
Subject-Verb Agreement
Transformation of Sentences
Active-Passive Voice

Literature

A Lesson on a Tortoise
Where the Mind is Without Fear
The Six Napoleons
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat
Rain, Rain Go Away
 MATHEMATICS
1. Rational Numbers
2. Exponents and Powers
3. Data Handling
4. Comparing Quantities
5. Understanding Quadrilaterals
6. Algebraic Expressions & Identities
7. Linear Equations
8. Visualising Solid Shapes

SCIENCE
Physics And Chemistry

1. Chapter 4: Metals And Non Metals

2. Chapter 11: Force And Pressure.
3. Chapter 14: Chemical Effects Of Electric Current.
4. Chapter 15: Some Natural Phenomena.
5. Chapter 16: Light
6. Chapter17: Stars And The Solar System

Biology

1. Chapter 1 Crop Production And Management

2. Chapter 2 Microorganisms: Friends And Foe
3. Chapter 7 Conservation Of Plants And Animals
4. Chapter 8 Cell: Structure And Function
 SOCIAL STUDIES
History
1. Ch.2 From Trade to Territory
2. Ch.3 Ruling the Countryside
3. Ch.4 Tribals , Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
4. Ch.5 When People Rebel
5. Map no- 1, 5

Social And Political Life

1. Ch3.Why do we need a Parliament?
2. Ch4.Understanding Laws
3. Ch5. Judiciary
4. Ch6.Understanding Our Criminal Justice System

Geography
1. Ch2.Land, Soil and Water
2. Ch. Climate of India and Disaster Management
3. Ch4. Agriculture
4. Ch. Planning and Development
5. Map no- 1,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32

FRENCH
1. Comprhension crite
2. Writingskills
a. Rdaction dun paragraphe (au prsent / au pass / au futur)
b. Mettez le dialogue en ordre
c. Dcrivez une image
d. Invitation

3. Grammar
a. Les articles (dfinis / indfinis / contracts / partitifs)
b. Les adjectifs (qualificatifs / possessifs / dmonstratifs)
c. Les prpositions
 d. Les verbes (au prsent / au futur proche / limpratif / au futur simple / au passe
compos)
e. Les verbes pronominaux
f. La ngation (ne-pas / ne ni ni / ne rien / ne plus / ne personne / ne pas encore / ne
jamais)
g. Linterrogation (o / comment / qui / que / est-ce que.)
4. On y va ( Texte et Cahier dexercices)
Leon 1-4
Expressions franaises
Culture et civilisation

SANSKRIT

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

1.
2.
3.
4. -
5. - ,


6. - , ,, ,,, ,,, , ,

7.
- ,
,, (

)
8. -1-4 , 1-50
9. - -,, :,

- ,,
- ,, ,
-
, ,
- , ,

HINDI

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

1.
2.
3.
4. -
5.
6. -
7.
8. , ( )