THE INDIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DSO

Half-Yearly (A.Y.2023 -2024)

Grade 8 Portions

Subject/ Marks /Duration Topics

Reading
• Unseen Passage
• Poem
Grammar
• Tenses
• Idioms and Proverbs
• SVA
ENGLISH • Modal Verbs
80 marks Writing
(3 hours) • Story Writing
• Letter of Inquiry
Literature
Partition (prose)
• A Girl’s Incredible Journey from Syria(prose)
• Journey to Jo’burg (prose)
• Across the Sahara on a Bicycle (prose)
• Prayer of a Sportsman (poem)
• The Cookie Thief (poem)
Reading-अपठित गद्यांश
Grammar-उपसगग और प्रत्््, मुहयवरे , पद पररच्, समयस, वयक््
HINDI भेद (1-4) ववधयनवयचक, ननषेधवयचक, प्रश्नवयचक, आज्ञयवयचक
80 marks
Literature-कववतय-अपनय दे श सँवयरें हम , समयधध, पयि-सज़य-
(3 hours)
कहयनी ,एकतस्वीर के दो पहलू (कहयनी) ,्यदों के झरोखों से-
सांस्मरण
Writing-अनच्
ु छे द, पत्र, सांवयद, ववज्ञयपन, कहयनी लेखन
Grammaire:
Le passé composé (avoir/être)
L’impératif
La négation complexe
Les verbes pronominaux au passé composé
FRENCH
80 marks
Compréhension écrite:
(3 hours)
Texte inconnu

Expression écrite:
Invitation
Lettre informelle
 Subject/ Marks /Duration Topics
Culture et civilisation:
Leçon 6 Des nouvelles de Lyon
Leçon 7 Bon appétit
Leçon 8 Des invitations
अदृष्ट: खण्ड:
सांवयद लेखनम ्
धचत्रवनगनम ्
अनुच्छे त ् लेखनम ्
SANSKRIT
80 marks तत
ृ ी्य ववभक्क्त
(3 hours) षोडश रूपयणण
दवववचनम ्- नयमपदम ् , क्रि्यपदम ्
बहुवचनम ् - नयमपदां , क्रि्यपदम ्
ववभक्क्त -21 रूपयणण (प,ु स्त्री, नप)ु
सुभयवषतम ्
- Reading and Vocabulary:
Prose:
Robot George, Hope probe
‫ مسبار األمل‬/ ‫اإلنساله جورج‬
Story:
(Mary's Award). ‫جائزة مريم‬

ARABIC - Grammar:
80 marks • (Command, Questioning, Exclamation) sentences,
(3 hours) • Verb types (Past, Present), Actual sentence,
• Conjunctions.
‫ التعجب‬،‫ االستفهام‬،‫ (األمر‬:‫)األساليب اللغوية‬
‫الماض والمضارع‬
‫ي‬ ‫)الجملة الفعلية (الفعل‬
‫أدوات الربط‬
- Writing: …
• Advertisement
• Opinion paragraph
Letter writing
• Rational Numbers
MATHEMATICS • Understanding Quadrilaterals
70 marks + 10 marks {IIS PSS(Open Door)} • Exponents and Powers
(3 hours) • Squares and Square Roots
• Cubes and Cube Roots
• Algebraic Expressions
 Subject/ Marks /Duration Topics
1. Microorganisms
SCIENCE 2. Combustion and fuels
70 marks + 10 marks {IIS PSS(Open Door)} 3. Metals and non-metals
(3 hours) 4. Some natural phenomena
5. Sound

1. History - Colonisation of India

SOCIAL STUDIES 2. Geography- Agriculture -Farming and its types
80 marks 3. Geography- Natural Resources-Land, Soil and
(3 hours) Water
4. Civics - The Constitution of India
5. Civics - Secularism in India
Islamic:
Actions are Judged by Intentions
Good Earning
The Gift of Security
ISLAMIC STUDIES
The Conquest of Makkah
80 marks
Belief in Divine Decree and Predestination
(3 hours)
Rules and Rites Pertaining to Umrah
Prayers for certain purposes
Quran:
Surah Yaseen 1-19
Madd rules: Original madd.
UAE SST
1. Land and Resources of Africa
2. Traditional African Art
MSCS 3. West African Islamic Civilization
50 marks 4. Africa from Colonialism to Independence
(30M UAE SST & 20M MEP) MEP
(2 hours) 1. The Role of our communities
2. Understanding Diversity and Equality
3. How Tolerant are you
4. Can I See beyond Appearances
Theory:
1. Data Science (MS Access)
COMPUTER SCIENCE & CODING 2. Python
Theory 30 marks + Practical 30 marks 3. Computer Architecture
(1hour + 1 hour) 4. Linux
Practical:
Python