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WEEKLY DETAILED SYLLABUS

SESSION-2015-16

CLASS-VIII

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

DATE CONTENT

01.04.2015 to 04.04.2015

Listening and speaking activity (Introduction, Poem Recitation etc.)

06.04.2015 to 10.04.2015

Lesson-1 : How the camel got its hump (It so happened)

Word Meaning, Short and Long Questions

Grammar : Forms of verbs, Degrees of comparison

Paragraph : ‘Work is Worship’

13.04.2015 to 18.04.2015

Honey Dew–Lesson-1 “The Best Christmas Present in the World”

Word Meanings, compression through short and long questions seen passage

Writing skill : Informal letter – ‘To friend describing your visit to a hill station’.

20.04.2015 to 25.04.2015

Honey Dew – Lesson-2 “Tsunami”

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long question, seen passage, Tenses : present tense (all forms)

Paragraph writing – A Natural Disaster

27.04.2015 to 02.05.2015

Poem: The Ant and the Cricket

Poem Recitation and Comprehension through questions

Rhyming words, Active Passive

Report : “Mock Drill on Earthquake/Fire Conducted in your school”

05.05.2015 to 08.05.2015

It so happened Lesson-2 : “Children at Work”, Word meaning, Comprehension through short and long questions

Paragraph – ‘Child Labour’, Grammar : Tenses : Past Tense (All forms)

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11.05.2015 to 30.06.2015

SUMMER VACATION

01.07.2015 to 04.07.2015

Honey Dew – Lesson-3: ‘Glimpses of the Past’

Word Meaning, Comprehension through short and long questions

Poem : ‘Geography Lesson’, Recitation, Comprehension through questions

Project/ Activity : Collect pictures of freedom fighters and paste them in file.

06.07.2015 to 10.07.2015

It so happened – Lesson-3 ‘The Selfish Giant’

Word Meanings, short and long questions

Paragraph : ‘Importance of games’

Letter : To your friend describing how you spent your holidays

Grammar : Tense : Future Tense (all forms)

13.07.2015 to 17.07.2015

Honey Dew – Lesson-4 “Bepin Chaudhary’s Lapse of Memory’

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions

Seen passage, Grammar : use of – has to / have to / had to

Idioms, Jumbled words

Poem “Macavity”

Recitation, Comprehension through questions

20.07.2015 to 25.07.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-5 “The Summit Within”

Word meaning, comprehension through long and short questions

Grammar : Noun formation, Phrases

YUVA Activity (Cards) : “I can do everything”

27.07.2015 to 01.08.2015

It so happened : Lesson-4 “The Treasure Within”

Word Meaning, short and long questions

Activity : Role Pay / Interview

(Conduct interview of your favourite teacher for the school magazine)

Paragraph Writing : “Rainy Season”

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03.08.2015 to 07.08.2015

Honey Dew – Poem – “The Last Bargain”

Recitation, Comprehension through questions

Grammar –Modals, Paragraph – If I were a bird / prime minister / principal

YUVA Activity “Yes I am important”

10.08.2015 to 14.08.2015

Unseen passage

Grammar : Preposition – In / Into / At / Beside / Besides / Across/ Above / over / On / Upon / Between / among / By / With

Paragraph writing : Independence Day

Writing Skills : Picture composition

17.08.2015 to 22.08.2015

Notice – Dance/ Essay writing competition to be organized in your school

It so happened Lesson-5 : Princess September

Word meanings, Short and long questions

Unseen passage, Seen passage

24.08.2015 to 29.08.2015

It so happened – Lesson-6 “The Fight”

Word meaning, short and long questions

Unseen Poem for comprehension

Verbs : Subject and Predicate

YUVA Activity (Card) – ‘Stand up against abuse’

31.08.2015 to 04.09.2015

Writing Skill – Article Writing ‘Say no to polythene bags’

Formal letter : 1. To the principal of your school requesting him/her to start extra classes in English

2. To the editor of a daily local newspaper regarding the problem of water logging and traffic jam in your area.

07.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

Project : Paste picture of your five friends and write about them.

Listening activity : Read a story or comprehension in class and students will answer questions based on it.

Unseen passage

YUVA Activity session : 8.4 “I can improve my performance in the exam’

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14.09.2015 to 19.09.2015

REVISION

22.09.2015 to 09.10.2015

SA-1

12.10.2015 to 17.10.2015

Discussion of question paper of SA-I, Correction work, Grammar: Determiners, Articles

19.10.2015 to 22.10.2015

AUTUMN BREAK

23.10.2015 to 31.10.2015

It so happened – Lesson-7 “The Open Window”

Word meaning, short and long questions

Writing skill : Story writing

Paragraph – My favourite festival

Informal letter – To friend inviting him/her to celebrate a festival with you.

Grammar – Active-Passive, Dialogue writing / conversation

02.11.2015 to 07.11.2015

Honey Dew Lesson-6 “This is Jody’s Fawn”

Word Meaning, comprehension through short and long questions seen passage

Poem : “The duck and the kangaroo”

Recitation, comprehension through questions, rhyme scheme

YUVA Activity : Session8.5 “Oh! Why Did I lie?”

09.11.2015 to 13.11.2015

It so happened – Lesson-8 Jalebis

Word meaning, short and long questions

Honey Dew – Lesson-7 “A Visit to Cambridge”

Word Meaning, long and short questions, Seen Passage

16.11.2015 to 21.11.2015

Honey Dew – Lesson-8 “A Short Mansoon Diary”

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions

Diary entry – “Today I celebrated my birthday”

Poem “When I set out for lyonnese”

Appreciation of the poem, comprehension through question, rhyme scheme

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23.11.2015 to 28.11.2015

It so happened Lesson-9 “The Comet-I”

Word meanings, comprehension through long and short questions

Writing skill – paragraph “A Visit to a historical monument”

Grammar : Direct / Indirect speech

30.11.2015 to 05.12.2015

It so happened Lesson-10 “The Comet-II”

Word Meaning, comprehension through long and short questions

Grammar : Direct and Indirect Speech

YUVA Activity : Session 8.13 “Handling both happy and unhappy moments”

07.12.2015 to 11.12.2015

Honey dew : Poem “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”

Appreciation of the poem, comprehension through questions

Poetic device : Personification

Grammar : Noun formation

YUVA Activity (Cards) : Understanding good touch and bad touch

14.12.2015 to 19.12.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-9 “The Great Stone Face-I”

Word Meanings, comprehension through short and long questions, Seen Passage

Writing skill : Dialogue writing

Grammar : Modals, Jumbled words

21.12.2015 to 26.12.2015

Honey Dew : Lesson-10 “The Great Stone Face-II”

Word meaning, comprehension through short and long questions, seen passage

28.12.2015 to 30.12.2015

Writing skill : formal letter : “To the Manager of a T.V. showroom complaining against the non-functioning of the T.V. set which you have recently purchased.

Speaking and writing activity - Speech: “Use of Mobile Phones / Electronic Gadgets”

Report on : “Sports Day / Annual Day Celebration in your school”

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31.12.2015 to 15.01.2016

WINTER BREAK

16.01.2016 to 23.01.2016

Checking of Holidays Homework

Writing skill – Formal letter : Application to the Principal requesting him/her “To let you appear for terminal exams which you had skipped”

YUVA Activity (Cards) : Respecting women

25.01.2016 to 30.01.2016

Group Activity : Students to make a presentation in a group on any of the given scenes / situations : fair/ hospital / market / festival / any match

01.02.2016 to 06.02.2016

Writing skills : Formal letter – To the Bank Manager for opening bank account

Informal letter : To your younger brother / sister advising him/her to work harder for exams

Notice : Organizing local / outstation tour from your school

08.02.2016 to 12.02.2016

YUVA Activity : Session 8.8 Improving concentration, Verbs

15.02.2016 to 18.02.2016

REVISION

19.02.2016 to 24.03.2016

SA-II