PERSPECTIVE ACADEMIC PLANNING 2019-20

SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS OF CLASS VIII

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI-NOIDA

SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-20

CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: ENGLISH

PERIODS
MONTH

SUBJECT ENRICHMENT
DAYS

LESSONS TO BE COVERED
ACTIVITIES

Honey Dew
Prose- The best Christmas present in the world.
a. Discussion on the different ways to
Poem- The Ant and the cricket. It so
end the conflicts between nations.
April/June 2019

happened(Supplementary)
b. Discussion on war and peace.
1. How the camel got his hump. 2.Children at
25 33 c. Poem Recitation. Activities –
work
Dignity of work,
Grammar & composition
It is never too late to have a happy
1.Use of Simple Past and Past Perfect Tense
childhood.
2.Phrasal Verbs 3.Nouns and Adjectives
4. Article writing
Honey Dew a. Relevant videos on natural
Prose-1.The Tsunami disaster
2. Glimpses of the Past b. Picture story based on historical
Poem-1. Geography Lesson. events.
July

26 20 2. Macavity the mystery cat. It so happened. c. Collecting information about

1.The selfish giant leaders of freedom struggle.
2. The treasure within Grammar & d. Story Narration
composition. e. Interview of an architect.
1. Voice, 2.Narration 3. Story writing Periodic test-I
Honey Dew
Prose- Bepin Choudhary’s lapse of memory Collect and review in Tagore’s
Poem- The last Bargain. famous poems.
It so happened. Collection of poems on children’s
1.Princess September ways of thinking.
August

25 33 2. The fight Grammar & Composition. Reading task- 1.Books by Ruskin

a. Simple past & present perfect. Bond
b. Formal letter writing (Request Complaints 2. Short stories by Somer Set
enquiries, Application). Mougham.
C. Uses of has to/ have to/ had to Activity- Dramatise the story fight.
d. Idioms and Phrases
Honey Dew
Prose- The Summit within a. Profile on mountaineers like
Poem- The School Boy Grammar & composition. Bechendri Pal, Santosh Yadav, and
September

a. Writing Informal letter Edmund Hillary.

15 20
b. Notice Writing b. Discussion on topics like feeling of
c. Simple present & present continuous a caged bird and a free bird, School
d. Pronouns & Adjectives Revision for half yearly should be place for joyful living
exam.
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION

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SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS OF CLASS VIII

Honey Dew
October/November Prose – 1. This is Jody’s fawn
2. A visit to Cambridge a. Prevention of cruelty to Animals.
Poem- The duck and the kangaroo. It so b. Project on Stephen Hawking or
25 33 happened. people with disabilities.
The open window Grammar & composition. c. Dramatize the lesson ‘Open
a. Short writing tasks with verbal & visual inputs. Window’ in the class as groups
b. Participles
c. Use of different forms of adjectives
Honey Dew
Prose- A Short Monsoon Diary
a. Collect information and pictures of
Poem- When I set out for Lyonnesse
the local flora and fauna for the
It so happened
December

school notice board.

Jalebis
22 16 b. Observe and note the changes in
Grammar & composition.
season. Make a diary entry of these
a. Noun forms.
changes
b. Word formation.
Periodic Test II
c. One word substitutes
d. Diary entry.
Honey Dew
a. Talk about the music in nature.
Prose - The great stone face-I
b. Interview of Sh. Jayant Narliker
Poem- On the grass hopper and the cricket. It so
can be downloaded and be screened
January

happened - The comet-I

22 30 for the student.
Grammar & composition
c. Imagine that you are Ernest.
a. Subject verb agreement
Narrate the story that his mother told
b. Verb forms
him
c. Prefixes& suffixes.
Honey Dew A. Book Review on Science Fiction
Prose- The great stone face II It so happened- Or adventure novels.
February

The comet-II Grammar & Composition Or

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a. Prepositions A debate on ‘All Customs and
b. Connectors Traditions are outdated and must be
c. Jumbled sentences. banned’

March – YEARLY EXAMINATION

Note: For Term-II / Yearly-Examination Question-Paper consisting of 30% of 1st term covering significant
topics plus entire syllabus of 2nd term.

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