The City School

Class 8
Syllabi 2020-21

Term 2

Reading: Oral Reading /Comprehension: Oxford Progressive English Unit 6-10.

Understand and Communicate Book 3(Teachers Resources): Lesson 6, 8, 13, 14, & 19.

Creative/ Directed Writing: Expository Recipe Writing, Persuasive Writing: Essay,

Dialogue Writing, Descriptive Writing, Narrative Writing, Account Writing, Persuasive
writing: Formal Letter, Autobiography Writing, Composition (Compare and Contrast), Poetry
English writing, Summary Writing, Descriptive Writing: a person and an event.

Literature/text: Hobbit Chapter 8-19

Grammar: Imperative Verbs, Tenses-All forms of the Future Tense, Tenses- all forms of the
three main tenses, Complex and Compound Sentences, Idioms, Proverbs, Modal Verbs,
Figurative Language, Second Conditional sentences, Third Conditional Sentences, Noun,
Adjective & Adverb Clause, Determiners (All kind), Infinitive, Gerunds, & participles,
Prepositional Phrases, Direct and Indirect Speech, & Phrasal Verbs.

Urdu

Algebra & Function: Indices, Algebraic Manipulation & Formulae, Functions & Graphs

Number Theory & Arithmetic: Estimation, Percentages

Mathematics
Geometry & Measures: Symmetry, Similarity & Congruence, Volume & Surface Area,
Polygons
 Science Topics:

• Respiration and Circulation

• Ecology
• Food Chains and Food Webs
• Man’s Impact on the Ecosystem
• The Rock Cycle
• Sound and Hearing
• Magnetism
Geography Topics:

• Agriculture
• Industries
• Power
• Environment
• Transport, Telecommunication and Trade
History Topics:

• Hindu Muslim Unity

• Communal and political awakening 1920-1930
• Agreements, Disagreements and Deadlock 1930-39
• The World at World War II
• The World after World War II
• Towards partition

Islamiyat