G.D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, KANPUR

ANNUAL SYLLABUS

GRADE 8 2018- 19

UT 1 MID-TERM UT 2 ANNUAL EXAM

Lit. Reader Where The Mind

Is Without Fear

Silver Lining

Silver Lining, On The

Grasshopper and

Cricket, The World

Renowned Nose,

Homeless, Extreme

Weather, Dreaming Of

The Dawn Wall, Last

Lesson Of The

Afternoon, The Ant-

Lion

The Learn’d

Astronomer

The West Wind,

A Boy’s Best Friend

Diary Of A Nobody, Helpless Situation,

Going For Water,

B.Wordsworth , If, The West Wind, A

Boy’s Best Friend,

Last Lesson Of The Afternoon, The Ant-

Lion

(all previous chapters included)

The Inchcape Rock-(RECITATION)

Writing

Skill

Diary Entry

Letter To The

Editor

Notice Writing,

Informal Letter, Short

Story Writing, Article

Writing, Letter To The

Editor,

Informal Letter, Article

Writing

Article Writing, Short Story Writing,

Diary Entry, Notice Writing , Letter To

The Editor , Informal Letter

Reading Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Comprehension Grammar Sentence

Re-ordering

Parts Of Speech

(Adjectives,

Pronouns, Verbs,

Adverbs)

Articles, Sub-Verb

Agreement,

Connectors,

Prepositions, Tenses

(Past & Present),

Sentence Re-ordering

Parts Of Speech

(Adjectives, Pronouns,

Verbs, Adverbs),

Kinds Of Sentences

Sentence Re-ordering,

Tenses

Editing/Omission

Prepositions, Active- Passive Voice,

Reported Speech, Tenses, Articles,

Sentence Re-ordering, Connectors, Sub-

Verb Agreement Editing/Omission based

on the topics of grammar taught in the

entire year.

(Entire syllabus covered till now in

Grammar)

Tales From

Shakespe-

are

Merchant Of

Venice,

Merchant of Venice,

Macbeth, Twelfth

Night, King Lear

A Midsummer Night’s

Dream,

Julius Caesar

Much Ado About Nothing (all previous

chapters included)

HINDI ऱाखों की चूड़ियाां (कहानी), दीवानों की हस्ती ( कववता) व्याकरण सांज्ञा ,लऱ ांग ,वचन सांवाद ऱेखन अनचु्छेद

ध्वनन,बस की यात्रा चचट्ठियों की अनठूी दनुनया (ननबांध),भगवान के डाककए ( कववता) क्या ननराश हुआ जाए (ननबांध),कबीर की साखखयाां (कववता), जहाां ऩट्ठहया है (ररऩोतााज) व्याकरण वणा ववचार,कारक सवानाम ,ववशषेण अशदु्ध शदु्ध,ववऱोम ऩयाायवाची अऩट्ठठत गदयाांश ,ऩदयाांश ऩत्र ऱेखन (औऩचाररक अनौऩचाररक) (ऩवूा में ऩढाई गई सांऩणूा व्याकरण)

सदुामा चररत ( कववता ) अकबरी ऱोटा ( कहानी) व्याकरण किया ,काऱ, वाच्य,अववकारी शब्द उऩसगा और प्रत्यय

कामचोर,जब लसनेमा ने बोऱना सीखा ( ऩाठ ),सरू के ऩद ( कववता),ऩानी की कहानी (ननबांध),बाज और साांऩ (कहानी ) टोऩी( कहानी) व्याकरण समास,अनेक शब्दों के लऱए एक शब्द अनेकाथी शब्द ,समान ऱगने वाऱे लभन्नाथाक शब्द ,महुावरे ,ननबांध (ऩवूा में ऩढाई गई सांऩणूा व्याकरण)

MATHS Ch-1 Rational

numbers

MENTAL

MATHS WILL

BE ASSESSED

IN CLASS

Ch-1 Rational

numbers

Ch-2 Linear equations

in one variable

Ch-3 Understanding

quadrilaterals

Ch-4 Practical

geometry

Ch-5 Data handling

Ch- 6 Squares and

square roots

Ch- 10 Visualising solid

shapes

Ch-11 Mensuration

MENTAL MATHS

WILL BE ASSESSED

IN CLASS

Ch-1 Rational numbers

Ch-2 Linear equations in one variable

Ch-3 Understanding quadrilaterals

Ch-4 Practical geometry

Ch-5 Data handling

Ch- 6 Squares and square roots

Ch- 7 Cubes and cube roots

Ch–8 Comparing quantities

Ch–9 Algebraic expressions and

identities

Ch- 10 Visualising solid shapes

Ch- 7 Cubes and cube

roots

Ch–8 Comparing

quantities

Ch–9 Algebraic

expressions and

identities

MENTAL MATHS

WILL

BEASSESSED IN

CLASS

Ch-11 Mensuration

Ch- 12 Exponents and powers

Ch–13 Direct and inverse proportions

Ch–14 Factorisation

Ch- 15 Introduction to graphs

Ch-16 Playing with numbers

MENTAL MATHS WILL BE

ASSESSED IN CLASS

SCIENCE L-2

Microorganisms

L-2 Microorganisms

L-3 Synthetic

Materials

L-6 Cell- Structure

and Functions

L-9 Force and

Pressure

L-11 Sound

L-12 Chemical Effects

of electric Current

L-15 Pollution in

Environment

L-4 Metals and non-

Metals

L-10 Friction

L-4 Metals and non-Metals

L-5 Combustion of Fuels

L-7 Reproduction in Animals

L-8 Reaching the Age of Adolescence

L-9 Force and Pressure

L-10 Friction

L-11 Sound

L-12 Chemical Effects of electric Current

L-13 Light & Reflection

L-15 Pollution in Environment

L-16 Conservation of flora and fauna

L-17 Natural Phenomena

SOCIAL

STUDIES

HISTORY

Ch-2 From Trade

to Territory

GEOGRAPHY

Ch- 2 Land, Soil,

Water, Natural

Vegetation and

Wildlife Resources

HISTORY

Ch-2 From Trade to

Territory

Ch-3 Ruling the

Countryside

Ch-5 When People

Rebel

GEOGRAPHY

Ch-1 Resources

Ch- 2 Land, Soil,

Water, Natural

Vegetation and

Wildlife Resources

Ch- 3 Mineral and

Power Resources

HISTORY

Ch- 6 Colonialism and

the City

GEOGRAPHY

Ch-4 Agriculture

CIVICS

Ch-5 The Judiciary

HISTORY

Ch-5 When People Rebel

Ch- 6 Colonialism and the City

Ch-11 The Making of the Indian National

Movement.

Ch-12 India after Independence

GEOGRAPHY

Ch- 3 Mineral and Power Resources

Ch-4 Agriculture

Ch-5 Industries

Ch-6 Human Resources

CIVICS

Ch-4 Understanding Laws

Ch-5 The Judiciary

Ch-6 Understanding Our Criminal Justice

System.

Ch-9 Public Facilities

CIVICS

Ch–1 The Indian

Constitution

Ch–2 Understanding

Secularism

Ch- 3 Why do we

need a Parliament?

Ch-4 Understanding

Laws

Project Work /

Activity

HISTORY

Ch-4 Tribal, Dikus

and the Vision of a

Golden Age

GEOGRAPHY

Ch-1 Resources

Ch-10 Law and Social Justice

Project Work / Activity

HISTORY

Ch-21 Industries

Ch-9 Women, Caste and Reforms.

Ch-26 The Making of Laws

GEOGRAPHY

Ch-5 Industries

CIVICS

Ch-Confronting Marginalisation

COMPUT

ER

Chapter 1 Networking Concepts Practical: Chapter2 Windows moviemaker

Chapter 3 Logon to Access Chapter 4 Working with Queries, Forms, and report Chapter 7 Visual Studio Community 2015 Chapter 8 Internet Apps Practical :Chapter3, 4

Chapter 9 Using List and Table in HTML Chapter 10Images links and frames in HTML Practical : Chapter 9,10

Chapter 5 Adobe Photoshop Practical: More on Photoshop cs6

GK Pg 5-33 + Notebook work

Pg 34-62 + Notebook work

FRENCH 1) 0 Chapter –

Ques avez-

vous de la

France?

1 chapter – Une

1) 0 chapter –Ques

avez-vous de la

France?

2) 1 chapter – Une

boum.

3) 2 chapter –

8 chapter -Des

invitations.

9 chapter –Aneesh

partira bientôt.

3 chapter – La vie d’un mannequin

est-elle facile?

4 chapter -On voyage.

5 chapter – Bon voyage!

6 chapter – Des nouvelles de Lyon.

boum Jeanne d’Arc.

4) 3 chapter – La

vie d’un

mannequin est-

elle facile?

5) 4 chapter – On

voyage.

6) 5 chapter –Bon

voyage!

7) 6 chapter – Des

nouvelles de

Lyon.

8) 7 chapter –Bon

Appétit.

7 chapter –Bon Appétit.

8 chapter – Des invitations.

9 chapter –Aneesh partira bientôt.

10 chapter – La météo.

SANSKRI

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Pls. Note :1) The book ‘Expressions’ will be undertaken for Oral Comprehension and the novel will be taken up for assigning homework in

the summer and winter break.