HALF YEARLY SYLLABUS: GRADE IX (2023-24)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE &LITERATURE (184) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (ASL)

A. READING
• Discursive Passage
• Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.)

B. LITERATURE
Beehive
• The Sound of Music
• The Little Girl
• A Truly Beautiful Mind
• The Snake and the Mirror
Poems
• The Road Not Taken
• Wind
• Rain on The Roof
• The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Moments
• The Lost Child
• Iswaran the Storyteller
• In the kingdom of fools
• The Happy Prince

C. WRITING ( Word Limit 120-150)

• Descriptive Paragraph (person/event/situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s.)
• Diary Entry

D. GRAMMAR
Integrated Grammar
(Gap Filling, Editing, Omission)
• Determiners
• Connectors
• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject-verb concord

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (041) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

CHAPTER-1: Number System
CHAPTER-2: Polynomials
CHAPTER-3: Co-ordinate Geometry
CHAPTER-4: Linear Equations in Two Variables
CHAPTER-6: Lines and Angles
CHAPTER-7: Triangles
CHAPTER-12: Heron's Formula

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 SUBJECT: SCIENCE (086) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)
PHYSICS
Chapter :8- Motion
● Describing motion
● Motion along a straight line
● Uniform Motion and non-uniform motion
● Speed with velocity
● Rate of change of velocity
● Graphical representation of motion
● Distance-time graph
● Velocity-time graph
● Equations of motion by graphical method( only formulas)
● Uniform circular motion
Chapter: 9- Force and Laws of Motion
● Balanced and Unbalanced Force
● First law of Motion
● Inertia and mass
● Second law of Motion
● Mathematical formulation of second law of motion
● Third law of Motion
Chapter :10- Gravitation
Topics: Gravitation
● Universal law of Gravitation
● Importance of Universal law of Gravitation
● Free fall
● To Calculate the value of g
● Motion of Objects under the influence of Gravitational force of Earth
● Mass
● Weight
● Weight of an object on Moon

CHEMISTRY
Chapter: 1- Matter in our Surroundings (complete)
● Physical nature of matter, characteristics of particles of matter
● States of matter- its interconversion, effect of change of temperature and pressure
● Evaporation- factors affecting evaporation, evaporation causes cooling.
Chapter 2: Is matter around us pure?
● What is a mixture? Types of mixtures
● What is a solution? Properties of a solution
● Concentration of a solution
● What is a suspension? Properties of a suspension
● What is a colloidal solution? Properties of a colloid
● Physical and Chemical changes
● What are the types of pure substances? Elements and Compounds
Note: Separation techniques for mixtures are not in the syllabus

BIOLOGY
Unit - Organization in the Living World
Chapter: 5 -Cell - Basic Unit of life:(complete chapter)
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Cell as a basic unit of life; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms; cell membrane
and cell wall, cell organelles and cell inclusions; chloroplast, mitochondria, vacuoles, endoplasmic
reticulum, Golgi apparatus; nucleus, chromosomes - basic structure, number.
Chapter : 6 - Tissue (complete chapter)
● Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organism
● Structure and functions of animal and plant tissues (only four types of tissues in animals
Meristematic and Permanent tissues in plants)

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE (087) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

HISTORY
• The French Revolution
• Socialism In Europe And Russian Revolution
GEOGRAPHY
• India – Size And Location
• Physical Features Of India
POL SCIENCE
• What Is Democracy? Why Democracy?
• The Constitutional Design
ECONOMICS
• People As Resource

SUBJECT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (417) MM: 50 (Theory), 50 (Activities)

SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS (TEXT BOOK)
Unit 1: Introduction To AI
Unit 2: AI Project Cycle

SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS (AB)

Ch-1 Introduction To Ai
Ch-2 Sustainable Development Goals
Ch-3 Future Job Advertisement
Ch-4 Ai Ethics
Ch-5 Ai Project Cycle

ACTIVITIES / LAB WORK

Notebook 5 Marks
Elephant Poaching Problem Canvas 5 Marks
Elephant Poaching System Map 5 Marks
Ai Boon Or Bane 10 Marks
Future Job Advertisement 5 Marks
Data Visualization Techniques 5 Marks
Decision Tree On Page 68 Of A/B 5 Marks
Holiday Hw 10 Marks

SUBJECT: FRENCH (018) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

A) Reading Section: 10 Marks
One unseen prose passage (factual/descriptive) (150 words) (with a picture/diagrammatically
represented data)
B) Writing Section: 20 Marks
a) One long composition (Informal letter) 80 words
b) Two short compositions -: (recipe/ message/ postcard/ description of a person with visual
input and clues) (30-35 words)
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C) Grammar Section: 30 Marks
a) Demonstrative adjectives
b) verbs (présent, futur proche, futur simple, pronominal verbs, passé composé, impératif,
imparfait),
c) question formation (excluding interrogative adjectives and pronouns), negatives.
D) Culture and Civilisation: 20 Marks
Questions based on the textbook:
a) Short answer questions - 5 x 2 = 10 marks
b) MCQ (True or false/match the following/ fill in the blanks) (Any 2) - 10 marks
1. L. 1 – La famille
2. L. 2 – Au lycée
3. L. 3 – Une journée de Pauline
4. L. 4 – Les saisons
5. L. 5 – Les voyages

SUBJECT: SPANISH (096) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

(A) Reading Section: 15 Marks
A learner should be able to:
(i) read and understand elementary structures of spoken language, and
(ii) participate in simple conversations of daily life.
(B) Writing Section: 15 Marks
A learner should be able to:
(i) write short compositions based on visual or verbal stimulus; and
(ii) dialogue writing on matters related to everyday life.
(C) Applied Grammar: 35 Marks
• Personal pronouns
• Presente de indicativo
• Interrogative pronouns
• Regular verbs
• Uses of Ser and Estar
• Introduction to the idea of comparison (equality/superiority/inferiority)
• Uses of Tener and Hacer
• Tener+ganas de+infinitivo
• Demonstrative adjective and pronoun: este, ese, aquel…
• Negation
• Possessive adjectives
• Gender/Number/Article (definite and indefinite) – concordance of article – noun and adjective
• Concordance: cuánto/-a/-os/-as
• Ordinal and cardinal numbers
• Prepositions used with expressions of time and adverbs of place
• Gerund: Estar+gerundio
• Present tense of Gustar and such similar verbs (for example, Encantar, Interesar, Importar,
etc.)
• Contrast: Hay /Estar
• Uses of Ir a+infinitivo, Empezar a+infinitivo, Terminar de+infinitivo, Antes de+infinitivo,
Después de+infinitivo
• Indefinite pronouns: unos, bastante, algunos, alguien, nadie
• Introduction to past indefinite tense (pretérito indefinido)
(D) Culture/Civilization/Literature: 15 Marks
● Spanish Authors
a) Miguel de Cervantes, works such as El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha and La
Galatea,
b) Benito Pérez Galdós, works such as Fortunata y Jacinta and Doña Perfecta,
c) García Lorca, works such as El primer romancero gitano and Bodas de Sangre,
d) Juan Rulfo, works such as El llano en llamas and Pedro Páramo,
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 e) Pablo Neruda, works such as Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada and Canto
general.
f) José Martí, works such as Versos sencillos and Ismaelillo.
● Elementary familiarity with cultural information such as important events and days,
monuments, festivals, cuisines, touristic spots, famous personalities, political and geographical
aspects relating to Spain and the following Latin American countries: México, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Panamá, Cuba, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, República Dominica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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SUBJECT: GERMAN (020) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

A) Reading Section- Lesen: 15 Marks
● One unseen passage (long) for comprehension
● One unseen passage (short) for comprehension
B) Writing Section- Schreiben: 10 Marks
● One long composition (E-mail writing) based on the stimulus provided.
● One short composition (Dialogue writing) based on the stimulus provided.
C) Grammar Section- Grammatik : 40 Marks
● Genitiv Artikel
● Genitiv Präposition ‘während’
● Nebensätze [wenn, weil, dass]
● Satzverbindung mit ‘um…zu’ und ‘damit’
● Trennbarre Verben
● Infinitiv Sätze (zu+ infinitiv)
D) Textbook Section- Kursbuch: 15 Marks
Question based on the Text book (Lektion 1 Allein zu Hause, Lektion 2 Wir kaufen nichts):
● Lückentext (Complete a seen passage with the vocabulary provided)
● Lückentext (Complete a seen passage with the vocabulary provided)
● Lesetext (Seen passage for comprehension)

SUBJECT: SANSKRIT (122) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

पठनम ् - अप)ठत ग,यांशम ्
लेखनम ्-
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(AवाBवंशDतः)
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पYचमः पाठः सूिSतमौिSतकम ्
ष]ठः पाठः ^ा<तो बालः

SUBJECT: Hindi-B (085) MM: 80 (Theory), 20 (Internal Assessment)

अपिठत बोध
▪ अपिठत गद्यांश
व्याकरण
▪ अनुस्वार और अनुनािसक
▪ उपसगर् -प्रत्यय
▪ शब्द पद
▪ अथर् के आधार पर वाक्य के भेद
स्पशर् गद्य खंड-
▪ दुख का अिधकार
▪ एवरेस्ट मेरी िशखर यात्रा
▪ वैज्ञािनक चेतना के वाहक चंद्रशेखर वेंकट रामन्
स्पशर् पद्य खंड
▪ रहीम के दोहे
▪ रैदास के पद
▪ गीत- अगीत
संचयन
▪ िगल्लू
▪ स्मृित
रचनात्मक लेखन
▪ अनौपचािरक पत्र
▪ अनुच्छेद लेखन
▪ िचत्र वणर्न
▪ संवाद लेखन
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