DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR

SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
SESSION – 2019-20
BOOKS:
1. HONEY DEW (NCERT) - FOR POETRY
2. THE ALCHEMIST BY PAULO COEHLO
3. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
4. INDIA’S MOST FEARLESS: TRUE STORIES OF MODERN MILITARY HEROES
5. EVERYDAY ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION BY VIVA
EDUCATION
FOR SUMMER BREAK READING -ANY ONE
6. THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES
7. 1965: THE STORIES FROM SECOND INDO- PAK WAR
8. KARGIL- FROM SURPRISE TO VICTORY

SUGGESTED READING:
1. THE KRISHNA KEY BY ASHWIN SANGHI
2. DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH
3. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN
4. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST BY OSCAR WILDE
5. THE GEETA BY DEVDUTT PATTANAIK
6. I AM MALALA(YOUNG READER’S EDITION) BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI
7. THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS BY JOHN BOYNE
8. TWILIGHT BY STEPHENIE MEYER
9. THE NAMESAKE BY JHUMPA LAHIRI
10. THE LIGHTENING THIEF BY RICK RIORDEN

TERM-I
S. MONTH ASSESSMENT LONG READING GRAMMAR TOPIC
NO LITERATURE BOOKS &WRITING TASK

1. April Pre- reading to The Alchemist

be assessed as
notebook
assessment
2. May Poetry: The Alchemist Grammar
1. The Ant and (Continued) 1. Tenses*
the Cricket 2. Idioms*
2. Geography 3. Auxillary Verbs
Lessons

Writing Task
1. Letter (Informal)
2. Letter (Formal)
3. E-mail(Formal)
4. E-mail(Informal)
3. June Summer Break 1. The Hound of
Baskervilles.
2. 1965: The Stories
from Second Indo-
Pak war
3. Kargil- from
Surprise to Victory
4. July Pre- reading to 1.India’s Most
be assessed as Fearless: True
notebook Stories of Modern
assessment Military Heroes

Subject
Enrichment
Activity
5. August Pre- reading to 1. India’s Most
be assessed as Fearless: True
notebook Stories of Modern
assessment Military Heroes
(Continued)
6. September Term End
Examination
TERM II
October Grammar
1.Direct and indirect
speech*
2. Active and Passive
Voice*
3. Conjunctions*

Writing task:
1. Essay writing
2. Story writing
3. Diary Entry
4. Posters
5. Advertisements
8. November Poetry: Grammar:
1. Macavity: 1. Prepositions*
The Mystery Cat 2. Determiners

2.The Last
Bargain

3.The School
Boy
4. The Duck and
the Kangaroo

5.When I set out

for Lyonnesse

6.On the
Grasshopper and
Cricket
9. December Pre- reading to 1. Harry Potter
be assessed as and the Prisoner
notebook of Azkaban
assessment
10. January Pre- reading to 1. India’s Most
be assessed as Fearless: True
notebook Stories of Modern
assessment Military Heroes
(Continued)
11. February Revision
12. March Annual Including 30% of 1st term
Examination covering significant topics
1. Tenses
2. Informal Letter

NOTE: Only *- marked Grammar topics to be tested. The rest to be only discussed and
practiced in class.
 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – HINDI (II Lang.)
SESSION – 2019-20
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 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – PUNJABI (II Lang.)
SESSION – 2019-20
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Term-1 (April to September)

Month Literature Grammar Reading and writing
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pwT10. nvW swl Sbd

August pwT 15.in`kIAW 5.ivroDI Sbd 5. lyK

cIzW dI kdr

September Half-Yearly
Exams

Term-2 (November to March)

Month Literature Grammar Reading and writing

November pwT 20. ikrq dI 7. kwiv-tu`kVI
dyvI 6.ivsimk 8. ieSiqhwr lyKn
pwT 16.ijaUNdy
Bgvwn
December 7.ilMg Aqy vcn 9. lyK
pwT 19. sWJI CW 8. muhwvry(e,s 10. in`jI p`qr
pwT 21. mihMgweI Aqy h vwly)
dI s`misAw
January pwT 22. sB dw 9.Agyqr-ipCyqr 11. Axif`Tw pYrwH
sWJw nwnk
pwT 23. icVIAW
ik`Qy geIAW
February Revision
March Yearly
Examination
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – MATHEMATICS
SESSION – 2019-20

Text Book : NCERT

Chapter Names
Month

 Rational Numbers
APRIL  Squares & Square roots

 Squares & Square roots (cont)

MAY  Cubes & cube roots
 Linear Equations in one variable
 Introduction to graph
July  Exponents & powers

 Mensuration
AUGUST (I & II Week)

AUGUST (III & IV Week) REVISION

SEPTEMBER HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

 Understanding Quadrilateral
OCTOBER  Data Handling

 Direct & Inverse Proportion

NOVEMBER  Practical Geometry
 Comparing Quantities
 Algebraic Expressions
DECEMBER

JANUARY  Factorisation
FEBRUARY REVISION
 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – SCIENCE
SESSION – 2019-20
Book Prescribed:
Prachi Science In Depth

S.No MONTH CHAPTER

Term - I
1. April-May PHYSICS: Ch.-Force & Pressure
Ch.- Friction
CHEMISTRY: Ch. -Metals and non – metals
Ch.- Synthetic fibres & plastics (Assignment)
BIOLOGY: Ch. - Crop production and management
Ch.-: Microorganisms : Friend and Foe
Ch .- Conservation of plants and animals
(Assignment)
2. July-August PHYSICS: Ch .-Friction (cont..)
Ch. -Light
CHEMISTRY: Ch.- Metals and Non Metals (Contd.)
BIOLOGY: Ch . -Cell,Structure and Functions
3. September HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
Term - II
4. October - November PHYSICS: Ch .- Chemical Effects of Electric Current
Ch .- Sound
CHEMISTRY: Ch.- Combustion and Flame
BIOLOGY: Ch - Reproduction in animals
5. December- January PHYSICS: Ch.- Sound (Cont..)
Ch .- Some Natural Phenomena (Assignment)
CHEMISTRY: Ch.- Coal and Petroleum
Ch.- Pollution of air and water (Assignment)
Ch-. Stars and the Solar System (Assignment)
BIOLOGY: Ch -Reproduction in animals (continued)
Ch.-Reaching the age of Adolescence
6. February Revision

7. March SA2 (Term- II syllabus + Force and pressure & materials: metals
and non-metals + Cell, structure and functions from Term- I )
 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – SOCIAL SCIENCE
SESSION – 2019-20

BOOKS: Social Science – Our Pasts – III, Part 1

Social Science – Our Pasts – III, Part 2
Social Science – Resources and Development
Social Science – Social and Political Life – II
Map—Map Booster (Srijan Publisher)

TERM I
S.NO MONTH ASSESSMENT CHAPTER NO.&NAME
1. April-May History:
Ch. 1 – How, When and Where
Ch. 2 – From Trade to Territory
Ch. 3 –Ruling the country side
Ch. 4 – Tribal Dikus and the Vision of a Golden
Age (Activity Based Learning)

Geography:
Ch. 1 –Resources
Ch. 2 –Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation
and Wild life Resources

Civics:
Ch. 1 –The Indian Constitution
Ch. 2 – Understanding Secularism (Activity
Based Learning)
Ch. 3 – Why do we need a Parliament
Ch. 4 – Understanding Laws

2. July- August History:

Ch. 5 – When People Rebel
Ch. 6 - Colonialism and the City (Activity Based
Learning)

Geography:
Ch. 3 –Mineral and Power Resources
Civics:
Ch.5 –Judiciary

3. September Half Yearly Exams

TERM II
4. October- History:
November Ch. 7 - Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory
Owners (Activity Based Learning)
Ch. 8 - Civilizing the ‘Native’, Educating the
Nation
Ch. 9 - Women, Caste and Reform
 Ch. 10 - The Changing World of Visual Arts
(Activity Based Learning)
Ch. 11 - The Making of the National Movement
1870s – 1947

Geography:
Ch. 4 - Agriculture
Ch. 5 – Industries

Civics:
Ch. 6 - Understanding our Criminal Justice
System (Activity Based Learning)
Ch. 7 - Understanding Marginalisation (Activity
Based Learning)
Ch. 8 - Confronting Marginalisation

5. December- History:
January Ch. 12 - India After Independence

Geography:
Ch. 6 -Human Resources

Civics:
Ch. 9 -Public Facilities
Ch. 10 -Law and Social Justice
6. March Yearly Exams
 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – HINDI (III Lang.)
SESSION – 2019-20
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 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – PUNJABI (III Lang.)
SESSION – 2019-20

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2. ivrwsq pMjwbI ivAwkrn Aqy lyK rcnw -5 pYSn buks

Term -I
S. No. Month Lesson. No. & Name Grammar Topic
1. April-May pwT 1. sohxw pMjwb 1. Sbd-Su`DI
pwT 2. iz`dI minMdr 2. ilMg
3. vcn
4. ivsmk
2. July-August pwT4. sMquilq Bojn 5. pYrwH rcnw
pwT 6. srojnI nwiefU 6. muhwvry
7. Axif`Tw pYrHw
8. ibnY-p`qr
3. September HALF-YEARLY
EXAMINATION

Term -II
4. October-November pwT 12. ShId aUDm isMG 9. Sbd-Su`DI
pwT 14. gurUu goibMd isMG jI 10. ivsrwm icMnH
11. ivroDI Sbd
12. pYrHw-rcnw
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pwT 18. imhnq dI kmweI 13. Axif`Tw-pYrwH
14. in`jI-p`qr
15. smwnwrQk Sbd
16. muhwvry

6. February Revision
7. March YEARLY EXAMINATION
 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – SANSKRIT (III Lang.)
SESSION – 2019-20

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Term I
S. No. Month L. No. & Name Grammar Topic

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2.smX lyKn
3.pZ lyKn

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3. September

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pwT 5. k&tkynYv k&tkm` 2.ndI,Plm` SÑd }p
3.s<$Xw (51-70)
4.ApiTq gd`Xw<S

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6. January pwT 11.swivZI bwe~ Puly 9. Xuàmd` sv~nwm`` }p

7. February punrwv÷iq

8. March
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
SYLLABUS BREAK UP
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – COMPUTER
SESSION – 2019-20

BOOK : TOOLS 16(KIPS)

S.
NO. MONTHS TERM LESSON NO. AND NAME
1 APRIL-MAY 1 1.NETWORKING CONCEPTS
3. LOG ON TO ACCESS

JULY -
2 AUGUST 5.ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6 (PRACTICAL ONLY)
7.VISUAL STUDIO COMMUNITY 2015

3 SEPTEMBER HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

4 OCT - NOV 2 8.MORE ON VISUAL STUDIO 2015(PRACTICAL ONLY)

9.USING LIST AND TABLE IN HTML5

5 DEC - JAN 10.IMAGES,LINKS & FRAMES IN HTML5

11. INTERNET APPS

6 FEBRUARY YEARLY EXAMINATION