English - Primary (Classes I-V)

CLASS - I
Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Activities Discourses
Family Words related to
kinship; demonstrative He-words; She-words Graphic Writing; Description (using
Family

1 Relationships -
pronoun- this; letters and words 'This is………..)
love, respect and
concern for others possessive words - my,
his, her
Words related to Using phrases like 'near the Graphic Writing; Description;
Awareness on bank, near the school etc.,)
Travel

2 vehicles and places; letters and words Conversation

means on Framing questions with 'what
demonstrative pronoun
transport
- that; prepositions - is….?; Answering questions
near, far using 'That is ……?
Neighbour-

School life; Words related to Preposition - phrases Graphic Writing; Description;

-hood

3 social values school, Parts of the beginning with 'on' Conversation; Song
letters and words
body; Action words;
Preposition - on

Friendship / Words related to Phrases beginning with 'at'; Graphic Writing; Description;
Friends

Co-operation colours; action Expressing likes using the letters and words Conversation; Song
4 words; preposition - structure 'I like…' ; Connecting
at words using 'and'

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Activities Discourses
Daily routine / Self- Words related to things Graphic Writing;
Expressing possession using Description;
5 esteem we use and things we letters and words
Self

'have / has' Conversation; Song

do;

Words related to Recognising phrases beginning Graphic Writing; Description;

Zoo / with attributive adjectives
Animal

6 animals, birds, food letters and words Conversation

Appreciation, - tall, long, blue, green
items;
Love and care
for animals

Market Words related to Using the structure I like ... / Graphic Writing; Description;
Public Places

7 fruits, vegetables; I dont like... letters and words Conversation; Song

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 Class - II

Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Activities Discourses

Visiting a zoo Words related to zoo; Present Continuous Tense Adding lines to Picture description
1 Action words
Animal

the rhyme
world
Domestic

Preposition - on Description; Description

animals

Words related to
Pet animals /
2 animals and their Adding lines to the
Caring for pets
babies; colours rhyme

Travel experience / Words related to Declarative sentences Adding lines to the Description
Transport
Travel /

3 Co-operation vehicles and travel rhyme

Entertainment / Words related to Expressing ability using I can / Adding lines to the Description
Culture

Aesthetic values/ village fair; “wh-” I can’t rhyme;

4
Social values words Description

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses

Environ-
-ment Rain / Appreciation Words related to rain; Conversation;
5 wh words; preposition- Frame structures using ‘did’ Description and
Adding lines to Conversation
'on'
the rhyme
Play ground;
Neighbour-

Description;
-hood

understanding Words related to

6 Answering “wh-” questions Adding lines to Conversation
oneself and others games
the rhyme;
Conversation
Professions

Importance of
7 professions / Social Words related to Phrases like ' makes pots, Conversation Conversation
values/ Dignity of occupations catches fish'
labour

Unity is Strength/ Words related to

Unity

Democratic vegetables and fruits

8 values - Description Conversation

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 Class - III

Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses
Travel experience / Words related to Description
Prepositions - through, under, Narrative and
1 Aesthetic values, travel and train;
Travel

Co-operation along, Conversation

Antonyms

Description;
Fantasy, Rhyming words
Culture

Entertainment / Conversation; Adding Description

2 Nouns
Aesthetic values lines to the rhyme
Good Habits

Neatness Words related to Preposition - on in, under Description Description;

3 things at home; action Conversation
words

Entertainment / Words related to Adjectives; Asking questions Description; Adding Description;

Appreciation drawing and food using the structures ' Is lines to the rhyme; Conversation
Humour

4 items; Antonyms that….? / Are those….?' to get

yes/no responses

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses

Folklore
Words related to Verbs Description; Recipe; Conversation;
Hard work
5 plants Adding lines to the Description
rhyme
Adventure

Description;
Fantasy/ Words related to Conversation;
6 Framing sentences using given Conversation
Entertainment furniture Adding lines to the
words ‘too-to’
rhyme; Recipe
Neighbourhood

Fantasy/ Words related to

Appreciation of school; synonyms; Plurals Description; Adding
7 Conversation
individual traits one word substitutes lines to the rhyme
and abilities
History and

Words related to Conversation; Adding

Culture

8 Entertainment / Nouns Conversation

kingdom; word lines to the rhyme
Honesty
building

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 Class IV
Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses
Mythology Common adjectives;
Obedience Words related to Nouns and pronouns Conversation; Self introduction
1 branches of study Description
Folklore

Fantasy Words related to

Description
2 feelings; Antonyms Adjectives Conversation;
Role Play
Recipe
Environment

Words related to
Uses of trees / plants
Deforestation Prepositions Conversation; Enacting a Play
3
Description
Society

4 Human values Collective nouns Verbs Description: Story Conversation

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses

Travel Adventure /
Coping with Words related to Degrees of Comparison Description; Narrating an
5
adverse desert Conversation incident
situations
Social values

6 Honesty/ Helping Plurals; Conversation;

Using words Conjunctions - and, but Description
Recipe
contextually
Nature

7
Love and care Words related to
Adverbs Conversation Conversation
for birds animal babies; birds
Social beliefs

8 Conversation; Conversation
Superstitions Synonyms Past tense
Description

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 Class - V
Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses
School life
Friendship / Care Words related to Articles; Notice,
1
for others food Adverbs Conversation; Description
Description
Pet animals

Relationship Adverbial Connectives (when) Description;

2 between man and Nouns; Adjectives Types of sentences; Conversation
Conversation
animals / Kindness Prepositions

Unity and
Neighbour
hood

Cooperation / Compound words; Adjectives Recipe;

3 Conversation
Social values Collocations Story
Agriculture /

Farming / Self
Farming

sufficiency, Words related to fruits,

4 Positive attitude vegetables; Past forms Primary Auxiliaries Poster; Letter; Conversation
towards farming Conversation

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Sub Themes/
Unit Values Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses

Food vocabulary
Natural food and Words in context
junk food /
Health
5 Synonyms & Conjunctions - because, Poster; Role Play
Positive attitude Adding lines to the
Antonyms though
towards natural rhyme
CommonAbbreviations
food
Folklore

Humour / Social Homophones Degrees of comparison Notice;

6 Description
values Story
Games & Sports

Importance of Meanings; words in

7 Modal Auxiliaries
games and Description Quiz
alphabetical order
sports

Synonyms
Will power

Facing the
8 challenge / Self- Antonyms
Gender nouns Preparing a speech Speech
esteem and Singulars and Plurals
determination

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 English - High School Syllabus Classes VI-X
Class - VI

Theme Language Competencies

Reading Source /
Unit Reading Text Genre Written Oral
Text Author’s Name Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses
Peace and

Forms of
Harmony

A Reading Peace and Harmony Story Young World, Adjectives; Adverbs of Invitation Card; Description;
I Want Peace Poem Adjectives;
B Reading The Hindu frequency Script for Compeering
1 Antonyms and
Grand Contest - Synonyms Compeering
C Reading
in the Forest Story -
Telangana, The Pride Narrative
Heritage and

A Reading of the people -

Culture

2 B Reading I n the Bazaars of Poem Sarojini Adjectives Linkers - but, and, as Conversation Description
Hyderabad Naidu well as, moreover,
C Reading Bammera Pothana, Biography besides, not only - but
the jewel of Telugu also.
Literature -
A Reading What Can a Dollar Possessive forms and
- Diary Entry;
and Eleven Cents Do? Story Words related to contractions; regular Role-play;
Faith

3 B Reading Letter
Ralph Waldo hospital; spelling and irregular verbs; Conversation
A Nation's Strength Poem
C Reading Emerson quantifiers; question
Wilma Rudolph Biography marks; exclamation
marks
Adventure and

An Adventure Story
Imagination

A Reading Collective Nouns; Direct and Narrative; Description; New

4 B Reading John Keats Verb to Noun;
The Naughty Boy Poem Poster report
Indirect Speech
C Reading Tanaji Malusare Story
Daniel Defoe

Note: All the ‘C’ Readings are meant for pleasure readinig and not for assessment.

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 Theme Language Competencies
Reading Texts
Unit Source / Written Oral
Genre Grammar
Author’s Name Vocabulary
Discourses Discourses
A Reading Plant a Tree Essay -
Environ-

Words realted to If Clause Notice; Role-play;

ment

5 B Reading If a Tree Could Talk Poem - furniture and

Report writing Description
Children, Speak Up! Speech www.criticaldotwordpress.com medicinal plants
C Reading
A Reading Rip Van Winkle Story washington Irving Compound Passive voice; Adverbs Narrative Description
Travel-

My Shadow Poem RobertLouis Stevenson adjectives

ogue

B Reading of Frequency
6 Description
C Reading Gulliver's Travels Story -

-
A Reading P.T.Usha, the Golden Girl Biography
Games and

Words related to Order of Adjectives; Profile; Short talk;

Sports

B Reading Indian Cricket Team Poem - games and ‘to’ - infinitive Letter; Debate
7
sports;Synonyms Notice
C Reading Ranji's Wonderful Bat Narrative Ruskinbond

Linkers;
Half the Price Play
Wit and Humour

A Reading -
The Sheik's White Synonyms and Use of 'must'; Present Letter Role-play;
B Reading Donkey Story - continuous tense;
Antonyms; story
8 suffixes (-ful, - Framing questions with
ment, - ness and - ‘wh’ words.
ing)

Note: All the ‘C’ Readings are meant for pleasure readinig and not for assessment.

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 Class - VII

Theme Language Competencies

Genre Source /
Unit Reading Text Written Oral
Author’s Name Vocabulary Grammar
Discourses Discourses
- Description;
A Reading The Town Mouse phrases; Degrees of comparison; Short speach/
Neighbo
urhood

1 and the Country Mouse Story Irene Thompson compound use of 'may' for Personal Letter; short talk;
B Reading The Town Child & nouns; permission and wirting a play script Conversation;
The Country Child Poem - possibility; Expressing Play
C Reading The New Blue Dress Story unreal past using ‘wish’
Scientists of India- Change the
A Reading C.V.Raman, the CBT
Verbs in to Noun Prepositions of time and Biographical Sketch Short talk;
Technology
Science and

Pride of India Biography Emma Gorrie

forms; place; Articles Debate;
2 B Reading It's Change… Poem Scientists of India-
CBT Abbreviations & Conversation
C Reading Susruta, an Ancient
short forms of
Plastic Surgeon Biography
nouns; rhyming
words
A Reading Puru, the Brave Play
Nation and

Use of 'should and

Diversity

B Reading Home They Brought Alfred Lord Antonyms Conversion of a play Short talk;
must' to indicate
Her Warrior Dead Poem Tennyson to Narrative
3 - obligation; Degrees
Short Story
C Reading The Magic of Silk Story of Comparison

A Reading Tenali Paints a Horse Play -

Wit and Humour

B Reading Phrasal verbs;

Dear Mum Poem
Brian Patten idioms Contracted forms; Narrative Enacting a play;
C Reading The Emperor's Adverbs of manner Narrative
4 New Clothes Folk tale -

Note: All the ‘C’ Readings are meant for pleasure readinig and not for assessment.

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 Language Competencies
Theme Reading Text
Unit Genre Written Oral
Source /
Vocabulary Grammar Discourses Discourses
Author’s Name

Antonyms; Simple past tense; Past Description;

Travel and

A Reading A Trip to Andaman Narrative - Description

Tourism

5 phrasal verbs Continuous tense Letter

B Reading My Trip to the Moon Poem
-
C Reading Sindbad, the Sailor Narrative
-

R.K. Narayan Synonyms; Simple past tense; Past Diary entry; Short talk;
Adventure

A Reading A Hero Story

6 B Reading - proverbs Continuous tense Description; Story telling
My Nasty Adventure Poem
Jim corbet play script
C Reading Learn How to
Climb Trees Narrative

A Reading The Wonderful Synonyms; Essay

Games and

Short talk;
World of Chess Essay
Sports

If - Clauses
7 Nathan hypernyms; Conversation
B Reading Chess Poem
J.Gildberg hyponyms
C Reading Koneru Humpy Biography
-
A Reading Snakes in India Essay
Environment

B Reading Trees Poem Harry Behn Formation of Conjunctions - until, - Poster; Short talk;
A Letter from words using prefix as long as; subject and Poem
8 and suffix predicate; Reporting an
C Reading Mother Earth Letter -
event.

Note: All the ‘C’ Readings are meant for pleasure readinig and not for assessment.

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 Class -VIII

Theme Language Competencies

Genre Source /
Unit Vocabulary Grammar Written Oral
Reading Text Author’s Name Discourses Discourses

Kamala Das Synonyms Noun Phrases

A. The Tattered Blanket Story Short Essay Debate;
Rabindranath
Family

1 B. My Mother Poem Discription;

Tagore
C.A Letter to a Friend Letter --- Choreography
Social Issues

Compound Framing Questions to Diary; Short talk;

A. Oliver Asks for More Story Charles Dickens
Adjectives get yes/ no answers;
2 B. The Cry of Children Poem E.B.Browning Question Tags Profile Discussion
C. Reaching the Unreached Essay ---
Phrasal Verbs;
Antonyms;
A. The Selfish Giant I (One act play) Play Oscar Wilde Gerunds of verbs Notice Narrative;
Humanity

Words related to
sounds; poetic Description
3 B. The Selfish Giant II (One act play) Play Oscar Wilde
C. The Garden Within Poem Celia Berrell devices- simile,
metaphor &
personification

Issac Asimov
Technology
Science and

A. The Fun They Had Science- Antonyms; Using Adverbs and Letter; Debate
4 Fiction Order of Relative Clauses poster
L A Nickerson Adjectives
B. Preteen Pretext Poem
C. The Computer Game (One act play) Play Steven Otfinoski

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Reading Text Genre
Unit Source / Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar
Author’s Name Discourses Discourses
Education and

A. The Treasure Within (Part I) Interview Collocations; Talking about habitual Script for Short talk;
Sparsh News Letter Same word as a
Career

Compeering
5 -Do- verb and a noun actions in the past Compeering
B. The Treasure Within (Part II) Interview
The Hindu using 'used to'
C. They Literally Build the Nation Essay

B. Shyama Sundari
Art & Culture

Homonyms; Reported Speech; Profile;

A. The Story of Ikat Description Harindranath Short talk
Homophones Tense and Time Biographical
B. The Earthen Goblet Poem Chattopadhya
6
C. Maestro with a Mission Biography --- Sketch
Woman Empow-

Abburi
erment

A. Bonsai Life (Part I) Story Chayadevi Phrasal Verbs; Subject and Predicate Poster; Report Debate
7 Similes; writing
B. Bonsai Life (Part II) Story
C. I Can Take Care of Myself Story idioms
-

Identifying
A. Dr. Dwarakanath Kotnis Biography - vocabulary of Conjunctions used in News Report;
Social Service

Short talk;
8 B. Be Thankful Poem semantic mapping- coordinate/ sub Essay Speech
- medical, space, ordinate/ compound
C. The Dead Rat Story
P.C.Roy travel....;
Idiomatic Expressions
with 'heart'

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 Class - IX

Language Competencies

Theme Reading Text Genre Source /

Unit Written Oral
Author’s Name Vocabulary Grammar Discourses
Discourses

V M Basheer Words related to Phrasal Verbs;

A. The Snake and the Mirror Narrative Descriptive Speech;
Edward Lear Sound; combination of Simple
essay; choreography
Humour

B. The Duck and the Kangaroo Poem linkers past and past perfect
1 C. Little Bobby Letter Ritcha Rao tense poster

Biographical
Synonyms; Adverbial Clauses with Speech;
A. True Height Story David Naster collocations as, when, since.... sketch;
Games &
Sports

B. What Is a Player ? Poem Jessica Taylor conversation

2 profile;
C. V.V.S. Laxman, Interview Sportstar
Very Very Special description

R. K. Naryan
School Life

A. Swami Is Expelled from School Story Synonyms; Direct and Indirect Diary; Debate;
B. Not Just a Teacher, but a Friend Poem --- phrasal Verbs Speech; narrative; compeering
3 ---- noun clauses notice; report
C. Homework Essay

A. What Is Man Without the Beasts? Speech Chief Seattle Words related to Verb Phrase Speech; report Speech
Environment

B. The River Poem C. A. Bowles movement &

4 C. Can't Climb Trees Any More Story Ruskin Bond warmth

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Unit Reading Text Written Oral
Genre
Vocabulary Grammar Discourses Discourses

Same word in Inversion of Adverbial Interview; Short talk; mock

5 A. A Havoc of Flood Report - different Clauses using 'No speech script;
Disasters

B. Grabbing Everything on the Land Poem Lily Usher contexts; sooner - than, scarcely letter; interview
C. The Ham Radio Essay www.hamradio.in words related - when' short essay
to flood rescue

Synonyms; Adjectival Essay; Debate

A. A Long Walk to Freedom Speech Nelson Mandela appropriate Clauses; speech
6 forms of words noun
Freedom

B. Where the mind is witout fear Poem Rabindranath

Tagore figurative phrases
Martin Luther
expressions
C. An Icon of Civil Rights Speech
King

A. The Trial Play George Bernard Shaw

Words related If - Clauses Biographical Skit
Theatre

7 B. Antony's Speech Poem William Shakespeare to chruch; Sketch; invitation

C. Mahatma Gandhi, Pushed out idioms related
of Train Incident Richard Briley to 'tongue'

Compound
A. The Accidental Tourist Narrative Bill Bryson Words; Passive Voice Reply letter Description
Travel &
Tourism

B. Father Returning Home Poem Dilip Chitre homonyms;

8 words related to
C. Kathmandu Description Vikram Seth
sounds

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 Class - X
Language Competencies
Theme Genre Source / Author’s
Unit Reading Text Written Oral
Vocabulary Grammar Discourses Discourses
Name
Personality Devel-

A. Attitude is Altitude Biography www.dailymail.co.uk Adjectives; Defining and non- Biographical Debate
1 synonyms; one- defining relative sketch; story
opment

B. Every Success Story Is Also Narrative

word substitutes clauses
a Story of Great Failures Essay
C. I will Do It Biography Sudha Murthy

A. The Dear Departed (Part - I) Play W.S. Houghton Compound Articles; compound Letter; Role - play
adjectives; words prepositional phrases; conversion of
Humour

W.S. Houghton
Wit and

2 B. The Dear Departed (Part - II) Play

often confused; simple past and a play into a
C. The Brave Potter Folk Tale Marguerite Siek Idiomatic present perfect story
expressions
Films and Theatre Human Relations

A. The Journey Narrative Y.D. Thongchi

Compound Simple past and past Essay Description;
B. Another Woman Poem Ms. Imtiaz Dharker words- perfect tense short talk
3 C. The Never-Never Nest Play Cedric Mount hyphenated,
open and closed
compounds

Collocations; Linkers; adjectives; Review on a Short talk

A. Rendezvous with Ray Essay Frontline
4 One word prepositions; verb film or TV
B. Maya Bazaar Review The Hindu substitution; forms-past perfect, programme ;
C. A Tribute Essay _____ binomials simple past; modals reply letter;
skit; report

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 Language Competencies

Theme
Unit Genre Source /
Reading Text Written Oral
Author’s Name Vocabulary Grammar
Agrarian Issues Discourses Discourses
Social Issues /

Waman G. Hoval Compound Adverbial Invitation ;

A. The Storeyed House (Part - I) Story Speech
adjectives; Phrasal clauses news report;
B. The Storeyed House (Part - II) Story Waman G. Hoval verbs; Idioms essay
5
C. Abandoned Poem Suraya Nasim

A. Environment Interview www.gbmna.com Synonyms; Non-finite clauses; Interview;

Bio-diversity

Debate
appropriate forms of reported speech; description
B. Or will the Dreamer Wake? Poem M. Chevalier
6 the words adjectives; (write up)
C. A Tale of Three Villages Essay quantifiers - no, any,
____
all, some, each, several
and every
A. My Childhood Auto Abdul Kalam
Nation and

Short talk;
Diversity

biography Synonyms; Linkers ,passive voice Diary entry, reply

7 ___ role -play;
B. A Plea for India Poem without agent, letter, group
C. Unity in Diversity in India Essay ___ discussion
Human Rights

A. Jamaican Fragment Narrative A.L. Hendricks Synonyms; similes -- Essay; speech Debate;
B. Once upon a Time Poem Gabriel Okara and metaphors speech
8 C. What Is My Name? Story P.Satyavathi

Note: Wherever the source is not mentioned against the text, those texts are collected and edited by the textbook committee members.

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