Circular Ref No: 04/IG/2023-24

25th September, 2023

Dear Parents,

Greetings!

The Term I assessments for students of Grade 9 will begin from Wednesday, 25th October,
2023 and conclude on Tuesday, 7th November 2023. Please find below the syllabus and
assessment details of the same.

Regards,

Team DYPIS

SYLLABUS FOR TERM I EXAMINATIONS- 2023-24

(A) FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH (0500)

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

1. Comprehension task
2. Summary Writing
3. Writer’s Effect
4. Narrative Writing
5. Speech Writing

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

Paper 1 Reading 50 1 hour 30 50%

minutes

Paper 2 Directed writing and 50 1 hour 30 50%

composition minutes
PAPER PATTERN

Paper 1: Reading

Candidates answer three compulsory questions on three texts which may be on a similar topic.
Question 1 Comprehension and Summary task (30 marks)

Comprehension task: This question requires candidates to respond to Text A.

Candidates respond to a series of sub-questions. These include short answers testing
understanding of both explicit and implicit meanings.

Summary task: This question requires candidates to respond to Text B.

Candidates answer a selective summary task in their own words. Candidates write their
summary as continuous writing of no more than 120 words.

Question 2 Writer’s Effect (20 marks)

Short-answer questions: This question requires candidates to respond to Text C.

Language task: This question requires candidates to respond to Text C.

Candidates write about 200–300 words.

Paper 2: Directed writing and composition

SECTION –A: DIRECTED WRITING (25 marks)

Candidates answer one compulsory question on one or two texts totalling 650–750 words in
length.

Candidates use, develop and evaluate the information in the text(s) to create a speech.

Candidates write about 200–250 words.

SECTION B: COMPOSITION: (25 marks)

Candidates answer one question from a choice of two titles: two narrative topics.

Candidates write about 200–300 words.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class test/Assignments 10%

Total 20%

(B) HINDI AS SECOND LANGUAGE (0549)

External Assessment- 80%

न प अंक समय तशत

थम न प :पठन एवं लेखन 50 1 घंटा 45 67 तशत

मनट

वतीय न प : वण कौशल 30 35 से 45 33 तशत

मनट

थम नप ा प

पठन एवं लेखन कौशल पर ा: 50 अंक

● अप ठत ग यांश पर आधा रत न उ र: 8 अंक

● वैकि पक उ र म से सह और सट क उ र को चन
ु ना: 9 अंक

● ग यांश पर आधा रत ट पणी लेखन : 9 अंक

रचना मक लेखन 1:

प लेखन (औपचा रक अनौपचा रक), ई-मेल लेखन ( संकेत बंदओ

ु ं के आधार पर लेखन) : 8 अंक

रचना मक लेखन 2:

चत ्र लेखन, नबंध, डायर लेखन : 16 अंक

इकाइयां एवं वषय लेखन कौशल क जांच हे त:ु

● सं कृ त एवं समाज

● खेल एवं वा य

● मनोरं जन

● व ान एवं तं ान

वतीय नप ा प

वण कौशल पर ा: 30 अंक

● छ: सं त घटनाओं पर आधा रत न

● वाता या लेख पर आधा रत र त थानो को भ रए

● वाता पर आधा रत न क स यता जांच कर रे खां कत गल तय को श द या वा यांश वारा पूरा

क िजए.

● वैकि पक उ र पर आधा रत न के सट क उ र चन
ु कर लखना( येक घटना,संवाद ,सा ा कार,
वाता को दो बार सुनाया जाएगा)
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class test/ Assignments/Participation 10%

Total 20%

(C) FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (0520)

TEXTBOOK – Tricolore Totale 4

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

Unité 1- Jeunes sans frontières

Unité 2 - En ville et à la campagne - Leçons 2A to 2C

Grammar:

 Verbs (regular, irregular, semi-irregular, reflexive)

 Articles (definite, indefinite, contracted, partitive)
 Adjectives (possessive, qualificative, demonstrative)
 Negation
 Pronouns (Subject pronouns, COD)
 Tenses (présent, passé récent, passé composé, futur proche, futur simple)

Comprehensions

Writing skills: Informal email, Une carte postale

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper number Component Marks Duration Weightage

Paper 1 Listening 40 50 mins 20%

Paper 2 & 4 Reading and 65 1hour 30 40%

Writing minutes

Paper 3 Speaking 40 10 mins approx 20%

PAPER PATTERN:

Paper 1: Listening

Approximately 50 minutes, including 6 minutes' transfer time, 40 marks

This paper consists of 37 multiple-choice and matching questions. Candidates answer

all questions by selecting the correct option or options. Each question tests
comprehension of recorded texts (e.g. dialogues, announcements, conversations).
Candidates hear each recorded text twice. At the end of the test candidates will be
asked to transfer their answers onto the separate answer sheet.

Paper 2 – Reading & Paper 4 – Writing

Written paper, 1hour 30 minutes, 65 marks

This paper consists of four groups of questions, each comprising a number of multiple-
choice and matching questions, as well as questions requiring short answers in French, a
form-filling task, a directed writing task and an extended writing task in response to
given contexts and prompts.
Paper 3 – Speaking

Approximately 10 minutes (plus 10 minutes of preparation time), 40 marks

Each speaking test lasts approximately 10 minutes, and is structured as follows:

• A warm-up section which is not assessed (approximately 30 seconds)

• One role play – candidates respond to five transactional questions to, for example,
accomplish a task or obtain goods or services (approximately two minutes)

• One topic conversation – candidates respond to questions on each topic to share

views, opinions and experiences (four minutes per topic conversation)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class Test 5%

3. Assignment 5%

Total 20%
(D) ENGLISH LITERATURE (0475)

Students will be assessed on the following:

1. Familiarity with texts in terms of authorial choices

2. Understanding of content and detailed analysis of prescribed texts
3. Articulation of an appropriate personal response
4. An understanding of implicit and explicit meanings in texts

Paper 1: Poetry

1. Ozymandias by P.B. Shelly

2. Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
3. A Consumer’s Report by Peter Porter
4. The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument by Anne Stevenson

Paper 2: Drama

1. Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare

● Act 1: Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3, Scene 4 , Scene 5

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

1 Poetry & Prose 50 1 hour, 30 50%

minutes

2 Drama 50 1 hour, 30 50%

minutes

PAPER FORMAT

Component 1(Total: 50 marks) Weightage 50%

Attempt two questions from two texts (Poetry)

The questions are extract based.

All questions in this paper carry equal marks.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Component 2 (Total: 50 marks) Weightage 50%

Attempt two questions. Answer one passage-based question and an essay question.

All questions in this paper carry equal marks.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No Criteria Weightage
.

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class test/ Activities/ Assignments 10%

Total 20%

(E) ECONOMICS (0455)

TEXTBOOK -Susan Grant Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Economics Coursebook

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

Section 1

 The nature of the economic problem

 Factors of production
 Opportunity cost
 Production possibility curves

Section 2

 Microeconomics & macroeconomics

 The role of markets in allocating resources
 Demand
 Supply
 Price determination
 Price changes
 Price elasticity of demand
 Price elasticity of supply
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

1 Multiple choice 30 45 min 30%

2 Structured Questions 50 1hr 15 min 70%

Paper Pattern:

Paper 1-

Candidates answer all 30 questions (MCQ)

Paper 2-

Section A- Data response question (Compulsory)- 30 Marks

Section B- Attempt any one out of two-20 Marks

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class Test/Assignments/Homework 10%

completion

Total 20%
(F) GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (0457)

Textbook: Cambridge IGCSE (TM) Global Perspectives Student's Book (Collins Cambridge
IGCSE (TM)) by Adrian Ravenscroft , Ana Carolina Gonzalez, Barbara Miller, Mike Gould.

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

The source material will present claims, arguments and evidence from different perspectives on
a global issue drawn from the following topics:

•Water, food and agriculture

•Migration and urbanisation

• Change in culture and Communities

•Values and beliefs.

•Law and criminality

Candidates will benefit from an understanding of the following: fact, opinion, prediction, value
judgement, bias and vested interest. Candidates should be able to analyse and evaluate use of
evidence and language.

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

1 Written examination 50 1 hr 50%

2 Individual report 30 – 30%

Total 80 80%

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 1: Written examination

Candidates answer four compulsory questions based on a range of sources provided with the
paper. Questions 1–4 are worth 6, 12, 12 and 20 marks. Sources will present a global issue from
a range of perspectives, personal, local and/or national, global, and will be drawn from a list of
eight topics.
Paper 2: Individual report

Candidates research on the global aspect of any one topic area of the term 1 topics and submit a
report based on their research. The title of the research is devised by the candidates themselves.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class test 5%

3. Class activities/Participation 5%

Total 20%

(G) BIOLOGY (0610)

Textbook: Cambridge IGCSE Biology Course book by Mary Jones and Geoff Jones
Students will be assessed on the following unit for this term examination:
Chapters:
1. Characteristics and classification of living organisms.
2. Cells
3. Movement in and out of the cell.
4. Biomolecules
5. Enzymes
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT: 80%

Paper Number Component Marks Duration Weightage

2 Multiple Choice 25 30 mins 30%

4 Structured Questions 50 1 hour 50%

6 Alternative to 25 45 Mins 20%

Practical

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 2: Multiple Choice (0610/22)

There are twenty-five questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are
four possible answers A, B, C and D. Students must choose the one they consider correct.

Each correct answer will score one mark.

Paper 4: Structured Questions (0610/42)

Written paper consisting of short-answer and structured questions.

Paper 6 Alternative to practical: (0610/62)

Experimental skills and investigations: Written paper designed to test familiarity with
laboratory-based procedures.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Lab work/Assignments 5%

3. Class test 5%

Total 20%

(H) CHEMISTRY (0620)

TEXTBOOK -Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry Course book by Richard Harwood and Ian

Lodge and Chris Millington 5th edition

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

● Chapter 1-States of Matter

● Chapter 2 -Atomic structure
● Chapter 3 - Chemical Bonding
● Chapter 11-Acids and bases
● Chapter 13-The Periodic Table
● Salt analysis
Practicals done and demonstrated in the lab in this term
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

Paper 2 Multiple choice 25 30 min 30%

Paper 4 Structured questions 50 1 hour 50%

Paper 6 Alternative to 25 45 min 20%

Practical

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 2: Multiple Choice (0620/22)-30%

There are twenty-five questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are

four possible answers A, B, C and D. Students have to choose the one they consider correct.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.

Skills to be assessed are

A. Knowledge with understanding.

B. Handling information and problem solving.

Paper 4: Structured Questions (0620/42) -50%

Written paper consisting of short-answer and structured questions.

Skills to be assessed are

A. Knowledge with understanding.

B. Handling information and problem solving.

Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in relation to

A. Scientific phenomena, facts, laws, definitions, concepts and theories.

B. Scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities and units)
Paper 6 Alternative to practical: (0620/62) -20%

Experimental skills and investigations:

Written paper designed to test familiarity with laboratory-based procedures.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No Criteria Weightage
.

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Lab work 5%

3. Class test/Assignment 5%

Total 20%

(I) PHYSICS (0625)

TEXTBOOK - Cambridge IGCSE Physics Fourth Edition by Heather Kennett ,Tom Duncan

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

1. Motion, forces and energy

1.1 Physical quantities and measurement techniques

1.2 Motion
1.3 Mass and weight
1.4 Density
1.5 Forces
1.6 Momentum
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

Paper 2 Multiple choice 25 30 min 30%

Paper 4 Structured questions 50 1 hour 50%

Paper 6 Alternative to 25 45 min 20%

Practical

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 2: Multiple Choice (0625/22)-30%

There are twenty-five questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are
four possible answers A, B, C and D. Students have to choose the one they consider correct.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.

Skills to be assessed are

A. Knowledge with understanding.

B. Handling information and problem solving.

Paper 4: Structured Questions (0625/42) -50%

Written paper consisting of short-answer and structured questions

Skills to be assessed are

A. Knowledge with understanding.

B. Handling information and problem solving.

Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in relation to

A. Scientific phenomena, facts, laws, definitions, concepts and theories.

B. Scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities and units)
Paper 6 Alternative to practical: (0625/62) -20%

Experimental skills and investigations:

Written paper designed to test familiarity with laboratory-based procedures

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No Criteria Weightage
.

1.
Cycle Test 10%

2
Class Test 5%

3
Assignments/Lab work 5%

Total 20%

(J) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (0680)

TEXTBOOK - Gary Skinner, Ken Crafer, Melissa Turner, Ann Skinner and John

Stacey Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Environmental Management Coursebook and

Workbook

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

1. Rocks and minerals and their exploitation

1.1 Formation of rocks
1.2 Extraction of rocks and minerals from the Earth
1.3 Impact of rock and mineral extraction
1.4 Managing the impact of rock and mineral extraction
1.5 Sustainable use of rocks and minerals
EXTENDED CASE STUDY (The Island Copper Mine, Vancouver Island, British
Colombia, Canada)
 2 Energy and the environment
2.1 Fossil fuels
2.2 Energy resources
2.3 The demand for energy
2.4 Conservation and management of energy resources
2.5 Impact of oil pollution
2.6 Management of oil pollution
EXTENDED CASE STUDY (Exxon Valdez: an environmental disaster)

3 Agriculture and the environment

3.1 The soil
3.2 Soils for plant growth
3.3 Agriculture

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

Paper 1 Theory 50 1 hour 50%

Paper 2 Management in Context 50 1 hour 50%

Paper Pattern:

Paper 1 – Theory

Written paper

Paper 1 contains two sections:

• Section A short and structured questions (10 marks)

• Section B short and extended response questions, based on source material, (40 marks)

Candidates should answer all the questions.

Paper 2 – Management in context

Written paper

This paper consists of short-answer, data processing and analysis, and extended response
questions based on source material.

Candidates will be expected to make use of information from the source material to help
illustrate issues of environmental management
Candidates should answer all the questions.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2.
Projects and assignments 5%

3.
Class tests 5%

Total 20%

(K) MATHEMATICS (Extended) (0580)

TEXTBOOK - Cambridge IGCSE Complete Mathematics Extended: Student Book Sixth Edition
by David Raynor, Bettison Ian and Mathew Taylor.

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

1. Numbers
1.1 Arithmetic
1.2 Negative Numbers
1.3 Number Facts
1.4 Sequences
1.5 Approximations and estimation
1.6 Indices
1.7 Standard form
1.8 Surds
1.9 Calculator

2. Algebra

2.1 Substitution
2.2 Brackets and simplifying
2.3 Solving linear equations
2.4 Problems solved by linear equations
2.5 Simultaneous equations
2.6 Problems solved by simultaneous equations
 3. Number 2

3.1 Ratio and proportion

3.2 Map scales
3.3 Percentages
3.4 Financial mathematics
3.5 Time
3.6 Rates

5 Mensuration

5.1 Area
5.2 The circle
5.3 Arc length and sector area
5.4 Chords and segments

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

2 Short Response Questions 50 1hour 40%

Calculator Not allowed

4 Structured and 50 1hour 40%

Unstructured Questions

Calculator allowed
PAPER PATTERN

Paper 2: This paper consists of a variable number of Short-answer questions of variable mark
value. All questions will be based on the extended curriculum. Candidates will answer all
questions. No calculators will be allowed for paper 2.

Paper 4: This paper consists of a variable number of structured questions of variable mark
value. All questions will be based on the extended curriculum. Candidates will answer all
questions. Candidates should have a scientific calculator for paper 4.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No Criteria Weightage
.

1. Cycle Test 10%

2.
Assignments/Class Test 10%

Total 20%

(L) ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS (0606)

TEXTBOOK - Additional Mathematics Hodder Publication Authors: Val Hanrahan

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

Unit 1 Functions

 Types of function
 Inverse function
 Composition of functions
 The modulus functions

Unit 2 Quadratic functions

 Maximum and minimum values

 The Quadratic formula
 The intersection of a line and a curve
 Using quadratic equations to solve problems.
 Solving quadratic inequalities
Unit 3 Factors of polynomials

 Multiplication and division of polynomials

 Solving cubic equations
 Finding factors and the factor theorem
 The remainder theorem

Unit 4 Equations, inequalities and graphs

 Modulus functions and graphs

 Solving modulus equations
 Solving modulus inequalities
 Using substitution quadratic equations
 Using graphs to solve cubic inequalities

Unit 5 Simultaneous equations

 Solving linear simultaneous equations

 The elimination method
 The substitution method
 Solving nonlinear simultaneous equation

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

Paper 1
Structured Questions 50 1 hr 50%

Paper 2
Structured Questions 50 1 hr 50%

PAPER PATTERN

Paper1- This paper consists of questions of various lengths of variable mark value.
Candidates will answer all questions. Use of a calculator is not allowed.

Paper-2- This paper consists of questions of various lengths of variable mark value.
Candidates will answer all questions. A scientific calculator is required.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2
Class Test/assignments 10%

Total 20%

(M) BUSINESS STUDIES (0450)

Textbook: - IGCSE BUSINESS STUDIES by Karen Borrington and Peter Stimpson. (Fifth
edition)

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

Section 1: Understanding Business Activity

 Business activity
 Classification of businesses
 Enterprise, business growth & size
 Types of business organization
 Business objectives & stakeholder objectives

Section 3: Marketing

 Marketing, competition and the customer

 Market research
 The marketing mix: Product
 The marketing mix: Price
 The marketing mix: Place
 The marketing mix: Promotion
 Technology and the marketing mix
 Marketing strategy
External assessment: 80%

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

1 Short answers & structured data 50 1hr 40%

response question

2 Long case study 50 1hr 40%

Paper Pattern:
Paper 1 (1hour)
A paper containing short-answer questions and structured/data response questions.
There will be no choice of questions.

Paper 2 (1hour)
Candidates will be presented with a business situation or problem, and required to answer
questions arising from it. There will be no choice of questions

Internal Assessment: 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class test/Class Participation/Assignments 10%

Total 20%
(N) INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (0417)

TEXTBOOK -IGCSE Information & Communication Technology (Third Edition) by Graham

and related website and resources shared with the students.

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the term 1 examination:

1.Types and Components of Computer Systems

 Hardware and software
 Main components of computer systems
 Operating systems
 Types of computer
 Emerging technologies

2. Input and Output devices

 Input devices and their uses
 Direct data entry (DDE) and associated devices
 Output devices and their uses

3. Storage devices and Media

 Magnetic media and magnetic storage devices
 Optical media and optical storage devices
 Solid state media and solid state storage devices
 The future of storage devices

** Theory questions based on practical portion also included.

Practical Exam:

4. Document Production
 File management
 Images
 Layout
 Styles
 Proofing
 Organise page layout
 Format text

5. Databases
 Create a database structure
 Manipulate data
 Present data
6. Presentations
 Create a presentation
 Use a master slide
 Edit a presentation
 Output a presentation

** Practical based on classroom exercises also included.

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 80%

Paper number Component Marks Duration Weightage

Paper-1 Theory 50 1 hour 50%

Paper-2 Practical 70 2 hour 15 mins 50%

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 1- (Theory): Questions will be based on topics mentioned above.

All questions are compulsory

(Short and Long Response Questions)

Paper 2: Practical on Document Production, Databases and Presentations

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Assignments 10%

Total 20%
(N) ACCOUNTING (0452)

TEXTBOOK - Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Accounting Coursebook- Catherine Coucom

(Second Edition)

Students will be assessed on the following topics for the 1st term examination:

Section 1:
 Introduction to accounting
 Double entry book-keeping- Part A
 The Trial balance
 Double entry book-keeping- Part B
 Petty Cash Books
Section 2:
 Business documents
 Books of prime entry

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT 80 %

Paper Component Marks Duration Weightage

number

1 Multiple Choice 35 1 hour 15 mins 30%

2 Structured Written 75 1 hour 30 mins 70%

Paper

PAPER PATTERN

Paper 1: Multiple choice paper. This paper assesses content drawn from the syllabus covered.
The questions may include calculations.

Paper 2: Structured Written Paper. Candidates are presented with stimulus material followed
by a variety of tasks on the question paper based on the syllabus covered.
 INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- 20%

No. Criteria Weightage

1. Cycle Test 10%

2. Class Test 5%

3. Assignments/Class Participation 5%

Total 20%

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