NJBSPM'S

SHANTINIKETAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

Plot No.- 27/28, Sector-2, New Panvel-410206
Affilation No. : 1130319 , School code : 30348 , UDISE NO. : 27240818868
E-mail : shantiniketan75@yahoo.com
SYLLABUS FOR GRADE : VIII (2023-24 )

SUBJECT : ENGLISH
Name of the
Examination Month Chapter Name
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-1: What I Wish I knew about School (Prose)
Lesson-2: The Sun ( Poem )
LITERATURE
APRIL Lesson-1: The Old Sea – Dog (Prose)
Lesson-2: A Perilous Quest ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
GRAMMAR
Unit 1: Determiners
Articles
COURSE BOOK
PA I
Lesson-3: Idgah ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
Lesson-4: In the Bazaars of Hyderabad ( Poem)
LITERATURE
Lesson-3: Snow- Flakes ( Poem)
JUNE Lesson-4: A Norse Saga ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
GRAMMAR
Unit II: Subject and Predicate
WRITING-SKILL
1.Paragraph - Writing
2.Essay- Writing
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-5: Everything for the Best ( Prose)

JULY Lesson-6: A Little Grain of Gold ( Poem)

LITERATURE
Lesson-5: The Story of Oil ( Prose)
Lesson-6: The Cattle Stampede ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
GRAMMAR
Unit III: Primary Auxiliaries
Modal Auxiliaries
Lesson-7: On Top of the World ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
Lesson-8: A Lesson in Life from a Beggar ( Prose)
AUGUST LITERATURE
HALF YEARLY Lesson-7: The Pilgrim ( Poem)
Lesson-8: The Fortune – Teller ( Reading) ( Not included in exam)
GRAMMAR
Unit IV: Infinitives
Participles
The Gerund
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-9: The Echoing Green ( Poem)
LITERATURE
SEPTEMBER Lesson-9: Morgan the Buccaneer ( Prose)
WRITING-SKILL
1.Article- Writing
2.Report- Writing
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-10: Tintin, the Comic Hero ( Prose)
Lesson-11: The Pipe- Lighter ( Reading) (Not included in exam)
LITERATURE
Lesson-10: The Virtuous One ( Reading) (Not included in exam)
OCTOBER
Lesson-11: The Cyclone ( Prose)
GRAMMAR
Unit V: The Present Tense
The Past Tense
The Future Tense

PA II
 COURSE BOOK
PA II
Lesson-12: Falling Leaves ( Poem)
Lesson-13: Dusk ( Prose)
LITERATURE
Lesson-12: A Country Boy in Winter (Poem)
NOVEMBER Lesson-13: The Conquest of Everest ( Prose)
GRAMMAR
Unit VI: Clauses
Adverbs and Adverbials
WRITING-SKILL
1.Notice- Writing
2.Dialogue- Writing
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-14: A Beacon Light for the Poor ( Prose)
Lesson-15: The Restless Beauty ( Poem)
DECEMBER
LITERATURE
Lesson-14: A Japanese Legend ( Prose)
Lesson-15: About Barbers ( Reading) (Not included in exam)
GRAMMAR
Unit VII: Preposition
Conjunction
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-16: City Lights ( Prose)
Lesson-17: Forest Fires ( Poem)
JANUARY
LITERATURE
Lesson-16: Rough Justice ( Reading) (Not included in exam)
ANNUAL EXAM Lesson-17: The House on the Hill (Poem)
GRAMMAR
Unit VIII: Direct and Indirect Speech
Active and Passive Voice
COURSE BOOK
Lesson-18: A Good Deed Comes Round ( Reading) (Not included in EXAM
LITERATURE
Lesson-18: The Spectacled Roadman ( Prose)
Lesson-19:A Fight with a Shark ( Reading) (Not included in exam)
FEBRUARY Lesson-20: Envy (Poem)

Lesson-21: The Mysterious Lodger (To enact the play) (Not included in exam)
WRITING-SKILL
1.Email – Writing
2.Message- Writing

SUBJECT : HINDI
NAME OF
MONTH
EXAMINAION CHAPTER NAME
APRIL 1) लाख की चूड़ियााँ ( कहानी ) 2.) बस की यात्रा ( व्यंग्य ) वसंत
1. अहमदनगर का ड़कला 2. तलाश भारत की खोज

PT1
JUNE भाषा , बोली, ड़लड़ि और व्याकरण , वणण ड़वचार, संड़ि, शब्द - ड़वचार ,ियाणयवाची शब्द ,ड़वलोम
शब्द व्याकरण
अनुच्छेद - लेखन , ड़चत्र वणणन , ित्र लेखन लेखन
JULY
अिड़ित गद्ांश अिड़ित िद्ांश(REVISION) ििन

AUGUST 3.) दीवानों की हस्ती ( कड़वता ) 4.) भगवान के डाड़कए ( कड़वता )5.) क्या ड़नराश हुआ
जाए ( ड़नबंि ) 6.) यह सबसे कड़िन समय नहीं ( कड़वता ) 7.) कबीर की साखखयााँ वसंत
3.ड़संिु घाटी सभ्यता 4.यु गों का दौर भारत की खोज
HALF YEARLY SEPTEMBER अनेकार्ण शब्द , श्रुड़तसमड़भन्नार्णक शब्द , अनेक शब्दों के ड़लए एक शब्द, एकार्णक प्रतीत होने
वाले शब्द, उिसगण ,प्रत्यय, समास, संज्ञा , ड़लंग व्याकरण

OCTOBER ड़नबंि लेखन , डायरी लेखन, अनुच्छेद लेखन , संवाद लेखन, ड़चत्र वणण न लेखन
अिड़ित गद्ांश अिड़ित िद्ांश (REVISION) ििन
NOVEMBER 8.) सुदामा चररत ( कड़वता ) 9.) जहााँ िड़हया है ( ररिोताणज ) वसंत
नई समस्याएं भारत की खोज
PT II वचन, कारक, सवणनाम ,ड़वशे षण ,ड़िया, काल व्याकरण
DECEMBER
ड़वज्ञािन लेखन , कहानी लेखन , ड़चत्र वणण न लेखन
अिड़ित गद्ांश अिड़ित िद्ांश (REVISION) ििन
10.) अकबरी लोटा ( कहानी ) 11.) सूर के िद 12.) िानी की कहानी ( ड़नबंि ) 13.) बाज और सााँि (
JANUARY
कहानी ) वसंत
6. अंड़तम दौर - एक 7.अंड़तम दौर -दो 8.तनाव 9.दो िृष्ठभूड़मयााँ - भारतीय और अंग्रेजी भारत की खोज
वाच्य ,अड़वकारी शब्द- ड़ियाड़वशेषण, संबंिबोिक ,समुच्चयबोिक ,ड़वस्मयाड़दबोिक, वाक्य -
ANNUAL EXAM
वाक्य ड़वचार , वाक्य रचना की सामान्य अशुखियााँ , िद िररचय और िदबंि , अलंकार ,ड़वराम
FEBRUARY
ड़चन्ह, मुहावरे और लोकोखियााँ व्याकरण
ड़वज्ञािन लेखन ,कहानी लेखन ,ड़चत्र वणण न, संवाद लेखन, अनुच्छेद लेखन लेखन
अिड़ित गद्ांश अिड़ित िद्ांश (REVISION) ििन
 SUBJECT : MARATHI
NAME OF MONTH CHAPTER NO. NAME
EXAMINAION
1. संतवाणी साड़हत्य
APRIL 2.कनणल माशणल
3.वाचन-एक उत्तम छं द
PT I
JUNE 4.ड़बनड़भंतीची शाळा
नाम, सवणनाम, ड़वशे षण, ड़ियािद, समानार्ी शब्द, ड़वरुिार्ी शब्द, ड़लंग, वचन व्याकरण
कर्ालेखन, ड़नबंिलेखन लेखन
अिड़ित गद्ांश आकलन
JULY REVISION
5.बड़लदान साड़हत्य
AUGUST 6. अष्टड़वनायक
7.िरत्रीच्या कुशीमिी
8.अष्टिै लू िु. ल. दे शिां डे
SEPTEMBER
TERM I 1. संतवाणी
3.वाचन-एक उत्तम छं द
शब्दयोगी अव्यय, उभयान्वयी अव्यय, केवलप्रयोगी अव्यय, ड़ियाड़वशेषण अव्यय, ड़वरामड़चन्हे ,
व्याकरण
वाक्प्रचार , काळ
OCTOBER ित्रलेखन, ड़नबंिलेखन, कर्ालेखन लेखन
अिड़ित गद्ांश आकलन
REVISION
9. दोन मेणबत्त्या साड़हत्य
NOVEMBER 10.िाचोळा
11. मकर संिां त
PT II
12. श्रेष्ठ कोण?
DECEMBER
समास व्याकरण
कर्ालेखन, जाड़हरात लेखन लेखन
13. उषः काल होता होता साड़हत्य
JANUARY 14. गोकुळची साक्ष
15. माझे माहे र िं ढरी
16.स्वार्णत्याग- िण कोणाचा
TERM II
9. दोन मेणबत्त्या
FEBRUARY
11. मकर संिां त
वाक्यप्रकार, शब्दसमूहाला एक शब्द व्याकरण
REVISION
NOTE:-ALL WRITING SKILL AND GRAMMER WILL BE INCULDED IN THE FINAL EXAMINATION
 SUBJECT : MATHS
NAME OF
EXAMINAION MONTH NAME OF THE CHAPTER
1 RATIONAL NUMBERS 5 ALGEBRIC EXPRESSIONS AND
APRIL
SPECIAL PRODUCTS
PA I
JUNE 8 PERCENTAGE AND IT'S APPLICATION
JULY 12 QUADRILATERALS
2 EXPONENTS 6 FACTORISATION OF
AUGUST
ALGEBRIC EXPRESSIONS 9 COMPOUND INTEREST
HALF YEARLY 13 PARALLELOGRAMS 16 AREA OF TRAPEZIUM
SEPTEMBER
AND A POLYGON 18 STATISTICS
OCTOMBER 20 PROBABILITY

NOVEMBER 3 SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOT 7 LINEAR EQUATIONS

PA II
10 VARIATION AND DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTIONS
DECEMBER
14 CONSTRUCTION OF QUADRILATERALS
4 CUBE AND CUBE ROOTS 11 TIME AND WORK
JANUARY 15 VISUALISING SOLID SHAPES 17
VOLUME AND SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS
ANNUAL EXAM
19 GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA 21 GRAPHS
FEBRUARY
22 PLAYING WITH NUMBERS
MARCH FINAL EXAM

SUBJECT : SCIENCE
NAME OF
MONTH NAME OF THE CHAPTER
EXAMINAION
Chapter 1: Food Production
APRIL
Chapter 8 : Force and pressure
Chapter 2: Cell Chapter 5 : Synthetic
PAI
materials
JUNE
Chapter 13 : Our universe (Activity lesson)
REVISION
Chapter 3: Microorganisms Chapter 12: Light and
JULY
vision
AUGUST Chapter 9: Sound
HALF YEARLY
Chapter 6: Metals and non-metals Activity lesson: Chapter
SEPTEMBER
14: Earthquakes
OCTOBER REVISION
NOVEMBER Chapter 10: Electricity and lightning Chapter 4: Reproduction
PA II Chapter 7: Combustion and fuel Activity lesson: Chapter
DECEMBER 15: Natural resources
REVISION
JANUARY Chapter 11: Chemical effects of electric current
ANNUAL EXAM Chapter 17: Conservation Chapter 16: Pollution of
FEBRUARY
air and water (Activity lesson)

SUBJECT : SOCIAL SCIENCE

Name of
Examination Month Chapter Name Chapter no
History: How, When and Where 1
April
Geography: Resources 2
3
June 4
PA I
Civics: The Indian Constitution 5
6
July Civics: Understanding Secularism 7
8
History: Tribals Dikus and the Vision of Golden Age 9
History: From Trade to Territory The Company Establishes Power 10
August
History: Ruling Establishes Power 11
HALF YEARLY
Civics: Understanding Marginalisation 12
EXAMINATION
September Civics: Confronting Marginalisation 13
Geography: Industries 14
October
Geography Human Resources 15
History: Civilising the "Native " Educating the Nation 16
November Geography: Agriculture 17
Civics: Why we need a Parliament? 18
PA II
History: When People Rebel 1857 and After 19
December
Civics : Understanding Laws 20
January 21
History: The Making of the National Movement:1870s-1947 22
History: Women, Caste and Reform 23
ANNUAL
Feburary Geography: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources 24
EXAMINATION
Civics : 5) Judiciary 6) Understanding Our Criminal Justice System 25
Civics : 9) Public Facilities 10) Law and Social Justice 26
 SUBJECT : ART
Name of the
Examination SUBJECT SUBJECTS NAME
Still life -shading with ink pen
Objects in art Still life -Using Watercolour
Pencil shading
Arms - Drawing and shading
HALF YEARLY Feet- Drawing and shading
Drawing human Legs- Drawing and shading
anatomy Portrait - Mother TERESA
Portrait -Rabindranath Tagore
Portrait - Jawaharlal Nehru
Traditional Art -Buddha
folk art - Navaratri
folk art -Story board
LANDSCAPE Using pencil shading
Landscape Using pastel colours
ANNUAL Nature and
Landscape Using watercolour
EXAMINATION landscape
Landscape Using poster sketch pen
Nature using watercolour
Drawing - VILLAINS
Manga style Drawing - Fantasy
Drawing - Hair STYLES

SUBJECT : COMPUTER
NAME OF
MONTH CHAPTER NAME
EXAMINAION
APRIL 3. Table, Hyperlinks and Forms in HTML
JUNE 4. Database Management System
HALF YEARLY JULY 5. MS Access :Introduction
EXAMINATION 6. Interactive Webpages with JavaScript
AUGUST 7. New trends on World Wide Web
SEPTEMBER REVISION & PROJECT
OCTOBER 1. Introduction to Flash CS6
NOVEMBER 2. Flash CS6 : Advanced Features
ANNUAL
DECEMBER 8. Introduction to Visual Programming
EXAMINATION
JANUARY 9. VB.Net: Delving Deep
FEBRUARY REVISION & PROJECT

SUBJECT : GK
EVALUATION MONTH NAME OF LESSON
HALF YEARLY APR~SEP LESSON NO 1 TO 29
ANNUAL
OCT~FEB LESSON NO 30 TO 58
EXAMINATION

SUBJECT : MORAL SCIENCE

NAME OF
MONTH NAME OF LESSON
EXAMINATIONN
1.LET'S LEARN SKILLS 2.ASK FOR HELP 3.THE ANT AND
HALF YEARLY APR~SEP THE ELEPHANT 4.THE CHANGE-MAKERS 5.BE SAFE ONLINE 6.
SAY NO TO BULLYING 7. SCIENCE FOR SERVICE
8.INDUSTRIALIST WITH A HEART 9.THE ARTS MATTER !
ANNUAL EXAMINATION OCT~FEB 10.LIVE YOUR DREAMS 11. WANGARI MAATHAI
12.WALK ALONE 13. BE KIND TO YOURSELF

SUBJECT : MUSIC
NAME OF
MONTH TOPIC
EXAMINAION
SARASWATI VANDANA
INNOVATIVE/CHEERFUL SONG
HALF YEARLY PATRIOTIC SONG
APR~SEP
EXAM BASICS
PRAYER SONG - ENGLISH
PRAYER SONG - HINDI
INNOVATIVE/CHEERFUL SONG
CHRISTMAS SONG
ANNUAL EXAM OCT~FEB PATRIOTIC SONG
BASICS
PRAYER SONG
 SUBJECT : DANCE
NAME OF
MONTH CHAPTER NAME
EXAMINAION
APRIL INTRODUCTION OF DANCE
JUNE 7 movements of dance
7 characters in dance posture
INTRODUCTION OF HIP HOP
1.Fondation of hip hop
2.Trendings steps with demo
Fila steps , butterfly steps , bart simson
3. Routine Choreography (hip hop)
Force and energy in dance: there is a certain amount of effort or strength it takes
todo certain movements. When we move with a lot of force, we use strong or heavy
energy.
JULY Understanding the rhythm of a music
o Bounce the walk advance
o Swing the walk advance
HALF YEARLY o Walk sharply or jerky advance
o Walk wiggly advance
o Strut the walk advance
o As a whole group or in smaller groups, ask students to perform walking
around the room
using different qualities: bounce, jerky, floating, stomping, etc.
AUGUST PATRIOTIC THEME
SEPTEMBER Action and Reaction
Introduce vocabulary
b. force
c. push
d. pull
e. gravity
Contemporary Dance
WESTERN FOLK DANCE
OCTOBER Cumbia
ANNUAL DAY PREPARATION
ANNUAL NOVEMBER 1. SELECTION OF THEME BASE SONGS
EXAMINATION 2. PREPARATION OF CHOREOGRAPHY
JANUARY STREET DANCE
FEBRUARY URBAN DANCE