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THE HERITAGE SCHOOL

SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 9

SESSION 2019-2020

Syllabus English

Term Class 9

First term April – August

Exam begins: 16th August

English Syllabus for the First Term Examination 2019-2020

Class IX

Literature:

Drama:

The Merchant of Venice- Act I

Prose:

1. Old Man at the Bridge (Ernest Hemingway) 2. A Horse and Two Goats ( R.K. Narayan)

Poetry:

1. The Bangle Sellers (Sarojini Naidu) 2. The Heart of the Tree (Henry CuylerBunner)

Language:

Composition: The Descriptive, Narrative and Argumentative Essays

The Picture Composition, Story Writing

Letter: The Informal and Formal Letter

Notice

E-Mail

Comprehension

Grammar: Transformation of Sentences:

- No sooner …than… - Hardly did…when… - Not only…but also… - Comparison of Adjectives

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- Speech - Voice - Prepositions/Phrasal Verbs - Tense - Joining Sentences without using and, but or so.

Second

term

September – December

2nd term Exam begins: 4th November

Literature:

Drama: The Merchant of Venice Act 2

Prose: Hearts and Hands by O. Henry

A Face in the Dark by Ruskin Bond

Chief Seattle’s Speech

Poetry: The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney

After Blenheim by Robert Southey

Television by Roald Dahl

Language:

Composition: More practice of all the Essay types

Notice and E mail writing

Letter : Formal and Informal Letter

(Letter of Complaint)

Grammar: More practice Third term January– February

Pre Board: 13Th December 2019

Literature:

Drama: The Merchant of Venice Act 3 Sc. 1

Prose: An Angel in Disguise by T.S Arthur

Poetry: Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Language: More practice and Revision

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HINDI SECOND LAMGUAGE

1st April

To

August

Language

1. भाववाचकसंज्ञा - 50

2. ववशेषण - 50

3. उपसर्ग–प्रत्यय– 25 Each

4. वाक्य–परिवर्गन - 40

5. मुहाविे , लोकोक्क्र्यााँ– 25 Each

6. अनौपचारिक पत्र - 2

7. पयागयवाची शब्द -50 ,

8. ववलोम शब्द - 50

8. औपचारिक पत्र -2

9. ननबंध लेखन - 2

10. चचत्र लेखन - 1

11. अपठिर् र्दयांश -2

12. वर्गनी शुद्ध किें – 50

1st Assignment [ May ]

ववषय : फ़िल्म ‘उिी ’ या ’ मणणकणणगका ’ मे से फ़कसी एक की सचचत्र समीक्षा २५० – ३५० शब्दों में ललखें ।

Literature

1.साखी [पदय]

2. बहू की ववदा [र्दय]

3. स्वर्ग बना सकर्हेैं [पदय]

4. मार्भृूलम का मान [र्दय]

5. मेघ आए [पदय]

6. सूखी डाली [ र्दय]

2nd Assignment [ June ]

ववषय : ‘साखी ’ को आधाि बनाकि पठिर् दोहों की सचचत्र व्याख्या किें एवं आज के संदभग में इनकी सार्गकर्ा पि अपने ववचाि प्रस्रु्र् किें।

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2nd September

To

December

1. काल - 25

2. वाच्य- 25

3. वाक्य - 25

4. वाक्य–परिवर्गन - 25

5. मुहाविे , लोकोक्क्र्यााँ– 25 each

6. अनौपचारिक पत्र - 2

7. पयागयवाची शब्द , ववलोम शब्द – 25 each

8. औपचारिक पत्र -2

9. ननबंध लेखन -2

10. चचत्र लेखन -1

11. अपठिर् र्दयांश -2

3 rd Assignment [ September ]

ववषय : यात्रा-वणगन

1.सूखी डाली [ र्दय ]

2.चर्िधि की कंुडललयााँ [ पदय]

3.दीपदान [ र्दय]

4. लभक्षुक [पदय]

4.4th Assignment [November. ]

ववषय : ’ सूखी डाली ’ एकांकीके आधाि पि एकल परिवाि औि संयुक्र् परिवाि के लाभ औि हानन की चचाग किर् ेहुएआज की परिवेश में आप फ़कसे औि क्यों उपयुक्र् मानर् ेहैं।

3rd January

To

February

1. वाक्य–परिवर्गन – 30

2. मुहाविे ,लोकोक्क्र्यााँ- 25 each

3. अनौपचारिक पत्र - 1

7. पयागयवाची शब्द , ववलोम शब्द - 25 each

8. औपचारिक पत्र – 1

9. ननबंध लेखन -1

10. चचत्र लेखन – 1

11. अपठिर् र्दयांश -1

पुनिाववृि

2. वह जन्मभूलम मेिी [ पदय]

3.मारॄ्मंठदिकीओि[ पदय]

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SYLLABUS 2ND LANGUAGE FRENCH

Book –Entre jeunes-1

First Term- April-August

Lesson Objectives Grammar/writingskill

1.La Famille Importance of the family

Relation between child and

parent

French family and Indian family

Articles/Contracted article

Verbconjugation, question framing

Letter writing-experience while staying in

a different family during exchange

program

Comp-writing-do you like to live in a big

family or a small family

2 Au Lycée

Comparative study on schooling

in France and India

Adjectives-possessive, demonstrative,

Prepositions

Letter writing-Describing your new school

Composition writing-an ideal school/ the

school discipline –for or against /Students

life-advantages and disadvantages

3.Une journee bien reglee

A typical day

Week-end activities

Family get together

House hold chores

Pronominal Verbs

Article partitives / contracted article

Past tense

Present tense

Letter writing –picture postcard

Your daily life

4. saisons Different kind of seasons and

their features

Imperative/cause, consequence future

tense

5.voyages

Planning for a trip

Queries in an airport. Hotel…..

Where does the French people

go for vacation?

Difference between the vacation

of the past and present

Preposition/Interrogation

Transitive & intransitive verbs

Letter writing-describe your tour in a

country that you have recently using the

itinerary.

Composition writing- an unforgettable

journey

Dialogue- in a railway station

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Second term-September to December

Third Term January to February

Lesson

Objectives Grammar /writing skill

9. un diner enfamille Interrogative 8djectives and pronouns

Revision en /y

10. La Mode Fashion and life style Disjunctive pronouns / comparative and

superlative

Pronouns with imperative

Dialogue- in a shopping centre

Lesson Objectives Grammar/writing skill

6.les loisirs et les sports

past time

comparative study of past time

in France and in India

Past tense

Past continuous

Negative sentences/ imperative mood

Comp writing-importance of pass time

7.L’argent de poche

Jobs for students

How students can earn their

pocket money

Object direct and indirect

Negative sentences

Past tense and past continuous

Interrogative adjectives/ interrogative

words

Letter writing

What you do with the pocket money

8 Faire des achats Do you do on line shopping

Does advertising play a role in

shopping

Conditionnel présent

Article partitifs

Pronouns –en/y

Adverbes of quantity

Dialogue in a shopping centre

Composition writing- advantages and

disadvantages of online shopping

11..Les fetes Different kinds of festivals

Familial festival

The French family and their

festivals

Relative pronouns

Conditional present

Comp writing-an Indian festival/national

festival of India

Letter writing-describe a festival that you

saw recently

Inviting a friend to take part in an Indian

festival

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History Syllabus 2019-2020

Text Books1.Total History and Civics (Book -9).

By D.E Sequeira.

TERM MONTH CHAPTERS TO BE TAUGHT

First Term April to August

1. The Harappan Civilisation.

2. The Vedic Period.

3. Jainism and Buddhism

4. The Mauryan Empire.

5. The Sangam Age.

6. The Age of the Guptas.

7. The Modern Age in Europe-

(A) Renaissance

8. Our Constitution.

9. Salient features of the Constitution I

10.Salient features of the Constitution II

11. Elections

SecondTerm September to

December

12. The Medieval India-

(A) The Cholas.

13. (B) The Delhi Sultanate

14. © The Mughal Empire

15. (D) Composite Culture

16. The Modern Age in Europe

(B) The Reformation

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SYLLABUS OF GEOGRAPHY

17.(C) Industrial Revolution

18. Local Self- Government-Rural

19. Local Self-Government- Urban

Third Term Jan - Feb Revision

Assessment Month Chapters to be taught

1st Term April to

August

First term

19th

AUGUST

1.Earth as a planet

2.Geographic Grid -Latitudes and Longitudes

3.Rotation & Revolution

4. Earth's structure

4. Weathering

5. Denudation

6. Volcanoes

7. Earthquakes

8.Landforms of the Earth

9.Rocks

10.Hydrosphere

11.Composition and structure of the Atmosphere.

12.Insolation

13.Pollution .

.Practical work : 3 topics , to be done in one interleaf copy

• Uses of important types of maps.

• Drawing and recognizing forms of important contours.

• Drawing at least one sketch map to organize information about visiting an

important place, a zoo, or a monument.

Summer project :

• Drawing at least one sketch map to organize information about visiting an

important place, a zoo, or a monument.

Map pointing – First Term : World(physical features )

2ndTerm September

To

December

14. Sources of pollution

15.Effects of pollution

16. Preventive measures ( Pollution).

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PHYSICS SYLLABUS

3rdTerm

January to

February

Topographical map interpretation

• Drawing and recognizing forms of important contours features: conical hills, types of slopes, valleys, ridges,

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• col/saddle, escarpment, plateau,spur.

• Definitions, conventional signs and symbols, 4 figure grid reference ,occupations, significance of colours in the interpretation of the topographical

map.

Map pointing – Final term

World( Natural regions and physical features)

TERM MONTH CHAPTERS

FIRST APRIL-AUGUST 1.LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY 2.CHEMICAL CHANGES AND REACTIONS 3.ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL BONDING 4.GAS LAWS

SECOND SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 5.WATER 6.PERIODIC TABLE 7.HYDROGEN 8.ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION 9.PRACTICAL WORK

THIRD JANUARY-MARCH 10.REVISION

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CHEMISTRY

TERM MONTH CHAPTERS TO BE TAUGHT

1st term April to Aug 1.Motion in 1- Dimension

2. Laws of motion

3.Pressure in fluids and atmospheric pressure.

4.Measurement and experimentation.

2nd term Sept. to Dec. 5.Upthrust in fluids, Archimedes’ Principle and Floatation

6.Heat and energy

7.Reflection of light

8.Magnetism

3rd term Jan. to feb. 9.Propagation of sound waves

10.Current electricity

SYLLABUS OF BIOLOGY

TEXT BOOK- CONCISE BIOLOGY Part-I (SELINA PUBLISHERS)

FIRST TERM (April to August)

CHAPTER 2: CELL: THE UNIT OF LIFE

CHAPTER 3: TISSUES: PLANT & ANIMAL TISSUES

CHAPTER 4: THE FLOWER

CHAPTER 5: POLLINATION & FERTILIZATION

CHAPTER 6: SEEDS- STRUCTURE & GERMINATION

CHAPTER 8: FIVE KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION

CHAPTER 9: ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA & FUNGI

2 ndTERM (SEPTEMBER to December)

CHAPTER 7: RESPIRATION IN PLANTS

CHAPTER 14: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

CHAPTER 10: NUTRITION

CHAPTER 11: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

CHAPTER 12: SKELETON – MOVEMENT & LOCOMOTION

CHAPTER 13: SKIN

CHAPTER 15: HYGIENE

CHAPTER 16: DISEASES: CAUSE & CONTROL

CHAPTER 17: AIDS TO HEALTH

CHAPTER 18: HEALTH ORGANISATIONS

CHAPTER 19: WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT

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SYLLABUS OF Commercial Studies

Text Books: Commercial Studies By C. B.Gupta, Book - I

Term Month Chapters To be Taught

First Term April to August

CHAPTER 1 Commercial and Non commercial Activities

CHAPTER 2 Business Activities

CHAPTER 3 Profit and non profit organizations

CHAPTER 4 Classification of commercial organisations

CHAPTER 5 Sole proprietorship and hindu undivided family business

CHAPTER 6 Partnership

CHAPTER 7 Joint stock Company

CHAPTER 8 Co-operative Society

CHAPTER 9 Public sector enterprises

CHAPTER 16 Communication in commercial organisation

CHAPTER 17 Verbal and non-verbal communication

CHAPTER 18 Different methods of communication

CHAPTER 22 Banking

CHAPTER 24 Social responsibility of commercial organization towards the

environment

Second Term/ Pre-

Board

September to

December

CHAPTER 19 Meaning, objective and terminology of accounting

CHAPTER 20 Basic accounting principles and concepts

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CHAPTER 21 Accounting books and statements

CHAPTER 23 Trade

CHAPTER 10 Marketing and Sales

CHAPTER 11 Finance and Accounts

CHAPTER 12 Human Resource

CHAPTER 13 Production

CHAPTER 14 Purchasing and Stores

CHAPTER 15 General administration legal compliance and MIS department

Project 1 : Sole Proprietorship

Project 2 : Communication

Project 3 : Journal, Ledger and Trial Balance.

SYLLABUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE [2019-2020]

First term ( April – August)

Chapter 1Our environmental problems

Chapter 2 Components of ecosystem

Chapter 3 Working of ecosystem

Chapter 4 Succession

Chapter 5 Kinds of ecosystem (grassland and forest)

Chapter 7Our water resources

Second term ( September – December)

Chapter 8 Air pollution

Chapter 9 Greenhouse effect and Ozone depletion

Chapter 10 Soil and land

Chapter 11 Poverty

Chapter 12 Urbanization

Final term ( Jan – Feb)

Chapter 13 Agriculture

Revision

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SYLLABUS OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Term Class 9 Syllabus

First term

April – August Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Exam begins: 16th August

Second term

September – December Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Pre board: Begins 13th December

Third term

January – Feb 2020 Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, Array From

Class 10

Third term : 4th February( proposed by

CISCE)

SYLLABUS OF Economic Applications

Term Month Chapters To be covered

First Term April to August Meaning and Definition of Economics

Basic Concepts of Economics

Basic Problems of an Economy

Types of Economies

Solution to the Basic Economic Problems

Sectors of the Indian Economy

Agriculture, Industry and the Ecosystems

Consumer Awareness

Two projects to be completed

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Second Term September to December Infrastructure of the Indian Economy

Globalization

Two projects to be completed

Third Term January- February Case studies

Revision

SYLLABUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS [2019-2020]

FIRST TERM ( April – August)

Chap 1 Introduction- our environment

Chap 2 Ourenvironmental problems

Chap 3 Resource depletion

Chap 4 Waste generation

Chap 5 Basic ecology

SECOND TERM ( September – December)

Chap 6 Types of ecosystem

Chap 7 Ecological niche and succession

Chap 8 Conservation of ecosystem

Chap 9 Dynamics of development

FINAL TERM (January – February)

Chap 10 Agriculture and food crisis

Revision

SYLLABUS OF HOME SCIENCE

TEXTBOOK: A Textbook of I.C.S.E Home Science for Class IX by N.S. Nahar and Dr. S. Bhatnagar.

First Term

1) Concept and Scope of Home Science

2). Food and Health

3) Basic Food Groups and Nutrients their Functions

4) Food Preparation (Methods of Cooking)

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5) Family: A Unit of Society. 6) Growth and Development of Children

7) Role of play and play-school for the young child..

Practical syllabus

1) Layout Plan of the Home Science Lab.

2) Cleaning of various gadgets and work surfaces at home and the lab

3) List of foods you have eaten on any one day and classify them according to

food groups and nutrient content.

4) Maintenance of Practical File.

Second Term

1) Women and Child Welfare

2) Fabrics Available in the Market.

3) Clothes are our Second Skin.

4) Choosing a home and its maintenance

5) Gas, electricity and water

Practical syllabus

1) Innovative table layouts and creative decorations.

2) Preparation of nutritious snacks.

3) Maintenance of Practical File

Third Term

1) Waste management in the home and community 2) What are the 5 Rs? Recycling of waste 3) Revision of whole year’s syllabus.

Practical syllabus

1) Completion of Practical Files.

2) Revision for Exams

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Syllabus of Mass Media and Communications

First term ( Exam in August)

1. Communication

2. Mass Media

3. Print Media

Second Term (Exam in December)

1. Radio

2. Introduction to advertising

3. Inter

Third Term ( Jan – February)

1. Revision of the entire syllabus.

Syllabus Break up for ART

First Term (April - August)

• Still Life drawing in pencil shading and water colour finishing.

• Repetitive pattern Design with natural motifs.

• Card making.

Second Term (September-December)

• Poster making for social awareness.

• Book cover Design.

• Batik work.

Third Term (January - February)

• Poster making for advertisement purpose.

• Revision.

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MATHEMATICS

Text Book :- Understanding Mathematics , M. L . Agarwal

Month Chapters to be taught

APRIL’2019 1.Expansions

2.Factorisation

Weekly Test 1 ( 20 Marks ) Chapter 1 and 2

MAY – AUGUST’2019 3.Rational and Irrational Numbers

4.Simultaneous Linear Equation with word problems

5.Triangles

6.Pythagoras Theorem

7.Quadratic Equations

8.Trigonometrical Ratios

9.Trigonometrical ratios of Standard angles

10.Statistics

First Term ( 80 Marks ) Chapter 1 to 10

SEPTEMBER’2019 11.Indices

12.Compound Interest

Weekly Test 2 ( 20 Marks ) Chapter 11 and 12

OCTOBER – DECEMBER’2019 13.Logarithms

14.Mid-point Theorem

15.Rectilinear Figures

16.Theorems on Area

17.Coordinate Geometry

Pre-Boards ( 80 Marks ) Chapter 1 to 17

JANUARY’2020 18.Mensuration

19.Circle

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German second language

Term Months

Situation/ Topic

Speech intention Structure

1st

April- May Lesson1

Celebration

• To talk about future plans

• To allocate responsibilities

• To give a suggestion

• To accept and decline a proposal

• Subordinate clause “ wenn” and “zu” +

Infinitive

• “brauchen” +…+ “zu” +Infinitive

• Preposition of time “während” +

Genitive

June- July Lesson2

Shopping and

consumption

• To follow a timeline and

describe an event

• To give reasons for one’s actions

and decisions

• Subordinate clause “um…zu”

• Subordinate clause “damit

July - August Lesson3

Feelings and

relationships

• To ask for someone’s

opinion and give

one’s own

opinion

• To agree or disagree

• To talk about what one would

do in a particular

situation

• Question word “Wo(r)”+ Preposition

• Pronouns “da(r)”+ Preposition

• Subjunctive II: “würde”+Infinitive

• Articles and Nouns in Genitive

September- December

Hamburg: A city

tour

• To give a suggestion

• To give chronological

sequence of

events

• To talk about activities

happening

simultaneously

• Subjunctive II: “sollen”

• Subordinate clauses of time- bevor,

während

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third January - February

Relationships and

conflicts

• To give reasons

• To express likes and dislikes

• To lay down restrictions

• Causal preposition “wegen”+ Genitive

• Double barrel conjunction:

“zwar…aber”

• Relative clause : relative pronouns in

Nominative,

Accusative and

Dative

Throughout the year the students will do composition, e-mail writing, dialogue writing and translations

(English to German and vice- versa). They will also do speaking exercises on topics related to the above

mentioned chapters.

NOTE: Any Change in the syllabus will be informed to the students in class.

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