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WEEKWISE SYLLABUS SESSION : 2015-16

CLASS : IX SUBJECT : ENGLISH (184)

Date Contents

01.04.2015 to 04.04.2015

Introduction to Syllabus, structure of examination. Beehive Poem The Road Not Taken (Meaning, appreciation and explanation). Tenses : Present Indefinite.

06.04.2015 to 10.04.2015

Beehive Prose L.1 The Fun They Had (Reading, Meaning and Comprehension) Writing Skill Diary Entry Got first prize in a Quiz Competition. Grammar Tenses Past Tense Yuva Activity 9.1 The Mouse and the Lion

13.04.2015 to 18.04.2015

Moments L.1 The Lost Child (Reading, meaning, summary and theme) Writing Skill Article Child Labour Grammar Tenses Future Tense Activity for Formative Assessment.

20.04.2015 to 25.04.2015

Beehive Prose L.2 The Sound of Music (Meaning and Comprehension) Writing Skill Diary entry A narrow escape from an accident. Grammar Modals (Verbal Modals have to / had to, must, dare, need, should, ought to and their negatives).

27.01.2015 to 02.05.2015

Beehive Poem The Wind (Recitation, Meaning and Appreciation). Moments L.2 The Adventures of Toto (Summary and Comprehension) Speaking activity for ASL Discussion Project Work

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05.05.2015 to 08.05.2015

Beehive Poem Rain on the Roof (Recitation, Meaning and Comprehension) Novel Gullivers Travel Part-I Jonathan Swift/Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome Ch.1 to Ch. 5 Holiday Assignment

11.05.2015 to 30.06.2015

Summer Vacation

01.07.2015 to 04.07.2015

Beehive Prose L.3 The Little Girl (Meaning and Comprehension) Writing Skill Article Role of Social Media Reading Skill A Factual Passage for Comprehension.

06.07.2015 to 10.07.2015

Moments L.3 Ishwaran the Story-teller (Reading, Summary, Comprehension) Assessment of Holiday Homework and Project. Activity for Formative Assessment.

13.07.2015 to 17.07.2015

Reading Skill A Discursive (Passage Comprehension) Grammar Integrated Practice exercise based on tenses and modals. Listening Activity for ASL Yuva Activity 3.3 My Principles are my strength.

20.07.2015 to 25.07.2015

Beehive L.4 A Truly Beautiful Mind (Meaning, Summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Story Writing with the help of outline/verbal clues. Grammar Voice

27.07.2015 to 01.08.2015

Beehive Poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Recitation, Meaning, Comprehension) Writing Skill Letter Complaint letter to TPDDL regarding power cuts Grammar Voice Activity for Formative Assessment Speaking Activity for ASL Yuva Activity 9.8 My Friend is Special

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03.08.2015 to 07.08.2015

Moments L.4 In the Kingdom of Fools (Summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Story writing with the help of outline/verbal inputs Grammar Subject-Verb Concord.

10.08.2015 to 14.08.2015

Beehive Prose L.5 The Snake and The Mirror (Meaning, Summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Letter to editor to highlight the menace of rash driving. Grammar Subject-verb concord. Novel Gullivers Travels-part II/Three Men In a Boat Ch.6 to 10.

17.08.2015 to 22.08.2015

Beehive Poem A Legend of The North Land (Meaning, Summary and Appreciation) Moments L.5 The Happy Prince (Summary, Message and Comprehension) Activity for Formative Assessment Activity of Listening for ASL

24.08.2015 to 29.08.2015

Beehjive L.6 My Childhood (Meaning, Summary, Message and Comprehension) Grammar Integrated Practice exercise based on voice and Subject-verb concord Activity for Formative Assessment Yuva Activity 9.13 Looking Positively at Ourselves.

31.08.2015 to 05.09.2015

Beehive L.7 Packing (Meaning, Summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Notice Participation in Cultural Activities. Letter To S.H.O. to maintain law and order.

07.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

Reading Skill A Factual Passage for Comprehension, A discursive passage for Comprehension. Writing Skill Revision Diary entry, article, story writing and letter writing.

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14.09.2015 to 21.09.2015

Revision of Complete Syllabus of Literature for SA-1. Grammar Revision Tenses, Modals, Voice, Subject-Verb Concord etc. Sample Paper.

22.09.2015 to 09.10.2015

Summative Assessment-I

12.10.2015 to 17.10.2015

Solution of SA 1 Question paper Introduction of Syllabus for S.A. 2 Structure of Examination, O.T.B.A. A Discussion.

19.10.2015 to 22.10.2015

Autumn Break

23.10.2015 Beehive Poem No Men Are Foreign (Recitation, meaning, appreciation and comprehension).

26.10.2015 to 31.10.2015

Beehive Prose L.8 Reach For the Top (Reading, Meaning, Comprehension, Message) Writing Skill Email to Friend. Grammar Prepositions.

02.11.2015 to 07.11.2015

Beehive Poem The Duck and The Kangaroo (Recitation, meaning, summary, appreciation). Moments L.6 Weathering the Storm in Erasma (Reading, meaning, summary, message). Grammar Clauses (Noun clause, Adverbial clauses of condition and time, Relative clause). Introduction of PSA.

09.11.2015 to 13.11.2015

Beehive Prose L.9 The Bond of Love (Reading, Meaning, Comprehension, Message). Analysis of Text for OTBA.

16.11.2015 to 21.11.2015

Moments L.7 The Last Leaf (Reading, Meaning, Comprehension, Message) Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skill.

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23.11.2015 to 28.11.2015

Novel Gullivers Travels Part-III / Three Men IN a Boat. Ch. 11 to 15. Writing Skill Report Collision of Two Trains. Grammar Speech Reporting (Statement) Assessment of Speaking and Listening.

30.11.2015 to 05.12.2015

Beehive Poem On Killing a Tree (Recitation meaning and appreciation). Prose L.10 Kathmandu (Meaning, reading, summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Paragraph Importance of Tourism Assessment of Speaking and Listening.

07.12.2015 to 11.12.2015

Moments L.9 The Accidental Tourist (Reading, Meaning, Summary and Comprehension) Writing Skill Formal letter. Grammar Reporting (Questions) Activity for Formative Assessment.

14.12.2015 to 19.12.2015

Beehive Poem The Snake Trying (Recitation, meaning and Comprehension) Writing Skill Story on the Basis of Outline/Verbal, Clues. Grammar Reporting (Commands and Requests) Orienation for OTBA. Yuva Activity Towards Responsible Relationship.

21.12.2015 to 26.12.2015

Beehive Prose L.11 If I were you (Reading, Summary, Meaning and Comprehension) Grammar Prepositions Activity for Formative Assessment.

28.12.2015 to 30.12.2015

Novel Gullivers Travels Part IV/Three Men in a Boat. Ch.16 to 19. Writing Skill Diary Entry Discussion Project Work / Holiday Assignment.

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31.12.2015 to 15.01.2016

Winter Break

16.01.2016 to 23.01.2016

Beehive Poem A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal (Recitation, Meaning, Summary, Theme and Appreication) Writing Skill Article Environmental Change Grammar Determiners. Assesment of Project/Holiday Assignment Activity for Formative Assessment.

25.01.2016 to 30.01.2016

Moments L.10 The Beggar (Reading, Meaning, Summary and Message) Reading Skill A Factual Passage for Comprehension. Grammar Determiners

01.02.2016 to 06.02.2016

Moments L.8 A House Is Not a Home (Reading, Meaning, Summary) Reading Skill A Discursive Passage for Comprehension. Writing Skill Letter Younger Brother/Sister Grammar Editing and Omission

08.02.2016 to 12.02.2016

Revision Writing Skill Diary Entry, Article, Story Writing, Report, Letter etc., writing answers of questions of open text. Grammar Gap Filling (Preposition, article, conjunction, tenses), Voice, speech, sentence re-ordering etc.

15.02.2016 to 18.02.2016

Revision of Literature Lessons/Poems Prescribed for SA2 from Beehieve and Moments. An exercise of O.T.B.A.

19.02.2016 to 24.03.2016

S.A. 2 Examinaton

31.03.2016 Declaration of Result