UNIT TEST SYLLABUS MARCH 2020

GRADE VI
GREENWOODHIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH:
Literature
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Unseen Poetry
Language:
Speech Writing, Advertisement

MATHS: CHAPTER 8: PERCENTAGE, EX 8A and EX 8B only.

CHAPTER 9: RATIO, RATE AND SPEED.
BIOLOGY: 2.3- Organ system- digestive and respiratory, 2.4- The circulatory system,
2.5- Studying the human body, 2.7 Review.
CHEMISTRY:
2.5 Metal alloys
2.6 Material properties
2.7 Polymers
3.1 Acid and Alkalies
3.2 The pH scale and indicators

PHYSICS: Chp 3.1 - The night sky,

Chp 3.2 - Day and night
Chp 3.3 - The seasons
Chp 3.4 - Stars
Chp 3.6 - The moon
GEOGRAPHY: Glaciers ( 4.1 to 4.6 and 4.8), Rivers ( 5.2 and 5.3) & Handouts and
research work.
HISTORY: 1) How did Egypt become a rich and powerful empire? (pg116-120)
2)Why did Islam spread so far and so fast inAfrica? (pg 122-125)
 3) How did slavery become such a major part of Africa’s history? (pg 144-149)
4) What was the scramble for Africa and what did it mean for Africans? (pg 152-
153)

COMPUTERS:
Basics of Programming
 Pseudocode
 Flowchart
 PYTHON
ESL:
Grammar: Past tense, Simple present tense, Future Tense, Verbs
Reading: Comprehension based on vocabulary discussed ‘The Mall’, ‘The School
Library’, Directions to a place.
Oral: Discuss your day, imagine a story based on a picture cue and elaborate – a mall, a
picnic, family dinner
Listening-Listen to a short story (fable) and answer 3-4 questions.
NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook

FRENCH:
UNIT-10: Amuse-toi bien!
 Leisure activities
 Understand the 24 hour clock
 House-hold activities
 Verb faire
 Jouer à (with sports) and jouer de (with music)
 Verbs and their infinitives
 Possessive adjectives

GERMAN:
Topic : Food & Beverages-
Vocabulary: Fruits & vegetables; groceries; breakfast; lunch and dinner
Reading Comprehension: Breakfast; favourite food; Healthy and unhealthy food
habits; conversation in a restaurant
Grammar: Möchten- verb conjugation and usage; Regular verb conjugation and usage in
sentences
(NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook)
HINDI ADVANCED:
Unseen Passage, Vilom, Visheshan , Word meanings ,Environment: Van Mahotsav ,
Importance of Trees, Medicinal Plants, Names of spices
HINDI BEGINNERS:
Literature - Lesson- ‘Paryavaran’ ( Names of Spices, Medicinal Plants , Paragraph on
“Importance of Trees” in the form of blanks)
Grammar- Unseen Passage, Visheshan , Kriya, Counting [(21-40) numbers and words ]
NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook)

SPANISH:
City, Neighbourhood, Food, Types of food, Quantity, Fruits
Unseen passage and/or Writing essays on City, Neighbourhood, Food.
Grammar: Regular Irregular Verbs in Present Tense, Ser/ Estar/ Tener/ Hay, Gustar Verb and
grammar topics from textbook.
(NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets, textbook and notebook)

ART AND DESIGN

The students have worked on sketches, based on shapes and form with usage of grids. They
have also done observational sketching, shading and colour usage according to their choice of
artwork.
Exams are based on submissions. Students will be graded internally on their journal and
artworks, based on the Art and Design assessment criteria given below:
AO1: Gathering, recording, research and investigation
1. Investigate and research a variety of appropriate sources.
2. Record and analyze information from direct observation and/or other sources and personal
experience.
AO2: Exploration and development of ideas
1. Explore a range of visual and/or other ideas by manipulating images
2. Show the development of ideas through appropriate processes.
AO3: Organization and relationships of visual and/or other forms:
1. Organize and use visual and/or other forms effectively to express ideas
2. Make informed, aesthetic judgments by recognizing the effect of relationships between
visual and/or other forms.
 UNIT TEST SYLLABUS MARCH 2020
GRADE VII
GREENWOODHIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH:
Literature
Tempest Act 3
Farthing House
Unseen Poetry
Language
Newspaper Report, Article Writing

MATHS: Chapter 7-Congruence and Similarity, Chapter 8 -Pythagoras’ Theorem

BIOLOGY: 8.1 The Digestive System, 8.2 Enzymes, 8.3 Extension: Using Enzymes,8.4
Review, 9.1 Blood, 9.2 Anaemia, 9.3 The Circulatory System.
CHEMISTRY:
6.7 What are compounds?
6.8 Making a compound
6.9 Naming compound and writing formulas
6.10 Oxides, hydroxides, sulfates and carbonates
6.11 Chlorides

PHYSICS: Chp 4.1 - Speed

Chp 4.2 - Taking accurate measurements
Chp 4.3 - Distance time graphs
Chp 4.4 - Acceleration and speed time graphs
Chp 4.5 - Presenting results in tables and graphs
Chp 4.7 - Review
Handout – Newtons laws of motion
GEOGRAPHY: Weather and Climate 5.2 to 5.6 and 5.9 & Handouts and research work
HISTORY:
Section 1: FOUNDATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
Babur (AD 1526- 1530)
Humayun (AD 1530 – 1540) and (AD 1555 to 1556)
Sher Shah Suri (AD 1540 – 45)
Section 2: AKBAR THE GREAT
Second Battle of Panipat (1556)
Akbar’s Northern conquests
Administration
The Revenue System
The Mansabdari System
Akbar’s Religious Policy
Akbar & Rajputs
Cultural Achievements

COMPUTERS:
 Programming in PYTHON
 Flowchart
ESL:
Grammar: Past tense, Simple present tense, Future Tense
Reading: Comprehension based on vocabulary discussed ‘The Mall’, ‘Tourist places’,
Directions to a place.
Oral: Discuss your day, imagine a story based on a picture cue and elaborate – a picnic,
family dinner
Listening-Listen to a short story (fable) and answer 3-4 questions.
NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook

FRENCH:
Unit 5: Bon appétit!
 buy drinks, snacks and ice cream in a café;
 discuss likes and dislikes about food and drink;
 order a meal and describe a meal;
  use verb ‘boire’;
 use perfect tense of some irregular verbs;
 ask questions in perfect tense;
 use negative forms in perfect tense.

GERMAN:
Topic :
1. New year resolution & Party - Vocabulary and Verbs related to the topic
2.Food & Beverages-
Vocabulary:Fruits & vegetables; groceries; breakfast; lunch and dinner
Reading Comprehension: Breakfast; favourite food; Healthy and unhealthy food
habits; converstion in a restaurant
Grammar: Möchten- verb conjugation and usage ; Regular & Irregular verb conjugation and
usage in sentences
(NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook)

HINDI ADVANCED: Unseen Passage, Vilom , Visheshan, Word meanings, Social Work :
Name of Social workers, Importance of social workers, Safed bagulaa.
HINDI BEGINNERS:
Literature- Matras (ae to aha), National Flag and National symbols.
Grammar- Unseen passage, Anuswar, Anunasik, Visarg , Counting [(1-20) numbers and
words]
NOTE: Refer to all the worksheets and notebook)

SPANISH: City and neighbourhood

(Writing essay and/or Reading comprehension based on the topic)
Grammar: ser, estar, tener, hay, adverbs of place, transport, present tense and grammar done
from the text book)
Note: Refer to the book (chapter 6), notebook and handouts.

ART AND DESIGN

The students have worked on sketches, based on shapes and form with usage of grids. They
have also done observational sketching, shading and colour usage according to their choice of
artwork based on real-life referenced images. (Subjective)
Exams are based on submissions. Students will be graded internally on their journal and
artworks, based on the Art and Design assessment criteria given below:
AO1: Gathering, recording, research and investigation
1. Investigate and research a variety of appropriate sources.
2. Record and analyze information from direct observation and/or other sources and personal
experience.
AO2: Exploration and development of ideas
1. Explore a range of visual and/or other ideas by manipulating images
2. Show the development of ideas through appropriate processes.
AO3: Organization and relationships of visual and/or other forms:
1. Organize and use visual and/or other forms effectively to express ideas
2. Make informed, aesthetic judgments by recognizing the effect of relationships between
visual and/or other forms.

UNIT TEST SYLLABUS MARCH 2020

GRADE VIII
GREENWOODHIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH:
Literature:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Act III
Poetry – Sonnet and The Listeners
Prose – The Selfish Giant

Language:
Descriptive and Narrative
Interview Writing
Article Writing

MATHS: Further Trigonometry: Sine, Cosine and Tan of angles, Sine and
 Cosine Rule, Area of Triangle
Applications of Trigonometry: Angles of Elevation and Depression, Bearings,
Three dimensional Problems.
BIOLOGY: 13.5 Flowers,13.6 Seed Dispersal, 13.7 Review,14.1 Adaptation,14.2
Extreme adaptations.
CHEMISTRY:
10.1 The reaction of metals with oxygen
10.2 The reaction of metals with water
10.8 Writing symbol equations, formulae and balancing equations

PHYSICS: Unit 9 Electrictiy

9.2 Dangers of electrostatic phenomena
9.3 Digital sensors
9.4 Electric circuits
9.5 Current: what it is and how we can measure it
9.6 Parallel circuits
9.9 Voltage

GEOGRAPHY: International Development 4.1 to 4.7 and 4.9, Our Restless Planet 5.1 to
5.3 & Handouts and research work

HISTORY:
Unit 2- From Boom to Bust
2.1 What makes a great power?
2.6 The Depression
2.7 Why did the US economy collapse?
2.11 Fascists and Nazis
2.15 Hitler and the Rise of Germany

COMPUTERS:
  Programming in JAVA
 Flowchart

FRENCH:
Unit 4: Au travail!
 To talk about school life
 To talk about school subjects
 To talk about strength and weaknesses
 To talk about future plans and different careers
 To talk about events in past, present and future
 To use different forms of negative
 To learn to use the future proche

GERMAN:
Topic:
Topic:House; Different rooms in the Hause; Daily routine
Grammar:
Reflexive verbs; Reflexive pronoun; Case changing prepositions

HINDI: Student’s Life : Lesson 1, 2, 5, Unseen passage, Word meanings, Letter writing,
Paragraph Writing, Dialogue Writing.

SPANISH:
Neighbourhood: house and city
Spanish Beginner(for Surya): Family: basic self introduction and description; basic verbs
such as ser, tener and llamarse

ART AND DESIGN

The students have worked on sketches, based on shapes and form with usage of grids. They
have also done observational sketching, shading and colour usage according to their choice of
artwork.
Exams are based on submissions. Students will be graded internally on their journal and
artworks, based on the Art and Design assessment criteria given below:
AO1: Gathering, recording, research and investigation
1. Investigate and research a variety of appropriate sources.
2. Record and analyze information from direct observation and/or other sources and personal
experience.
AO2: Exploration and development of ideas
1. Explore a range of visual and/or other ideas by manipulating images
2. Show the development of ideas through appropriate processes.
AO3: Organization and relationships of visual and/or other forms:
1. Organize and use visual and/or other forms effectively to express ideas
2. Make informed, aesthetic judgments by recognizing the effect of relationships between
visual and/or other forms.
AO4: Selection and control of materials, media and processes
1. Show exploration and experimentation with appropriate materials.
2. Select and control appropriate media and processes, demonstrating practical, technical and
expressive skills and intentions.
AO5: Personal vision and presentation
1. Show personal vision and commitment through an interpretative and creative response.
2. Present an informed response through personal evaluation, reflection and critical thinking.