ENGLISH SYLLABUS (2017-2018) CLASS-VIII
PERIODIC
ASSESSMENT – I HALF YEARLY PERIODIC
ASSESSMENT – II ANNUAL
EXAMINATION
NCERT BOOK : HONEY DEW 1. The Best Christmas Present 2. The Tsunami 3. The Ant & the cricket (poem) 4. Geography Lesson SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Seen Comprehension) 1. How the Camel got his hump 2.Children at Work GRAMMAR 1. Tense 2. Voice 3. Modals WRITING SKILL 1. Formal & Informal letter READING SKILL 1. Comprehension (seen/unseen)
NCERT BOOK : HONEY DEW 1. Glimpses of the Past 2. Bepin Chowdhury’s Lapse of Memory 3. The Summit Within 4. Macavity 5. The Last Bargain SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Seen Comprehension) 1. The Selfish Giant 2. The Treasure Within 3. Princess September GRAMMAR 1. Non-finites 2. Tenses 3. Voice 4. Modals WRITING SKILL 1. Formal & Informal letter 2. Article Writing 3. Story Writing
(1
st Periodic full syllabus
included in Half Yearly)
NCERT BOOK : HONEY DEW 1. This is Jodi’s Fawn 2. A Visit to Cambridge 3. The School Boy 4. The Duck and the Kangaroo SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Seen Comprehension) 1. The Fight 2. The Open Window GRAMMAR 1. Direct & Indirect Speech WRITING SKILL 1. Article Writing 2. Story Writing 3. Formal & Informal letter READING SKILL 1. Comprehension (seen/unseen)
NCERT BOOK : HONEY DEW 1. A Short Monsoon Diary 2. The Great Stone Face I & II 3. When I set out for Lyonnesse 4. On the grasshopper & The Cricket 5. The Best Christmas Present 6. The Ant & the cricket SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Seen Comprehension) 1. Jalebis 2. The Comet I & II 3. Children At Work GRAMMAR 1. Direct & Indirect Speech 2. Phrase & Clause 3. Tense WRITING SKILL 1. Formal & Informal letter 2. Article Writing 3. Story Writing READING SKILL Comprehension (seen/unseen) (2
nd Periodic full syllabus
included in Annual Examination)
MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS (2017-2018) CLASS-VIII
Books Recommended
I. Mathematics for class VIII (NCERT)
1ST Periodic Test (30)
Half-Yearly Exam (80)
2nd Periodic Test (30)
Annual Exam (80)
Ch-1: Rational Numbers
Ch-1: Rational Numbers
Ch-3: Understanding Quadrilaterals
Ch-3: Understanding Quadrilaterals
Ch-6: Squares & Square Roots
Ch-2: Linear Equations
Ch-14: Factorization Ch-4: Practical geometry (const.)
Ch-7: Cubes & Cube Roots
Ch-5: Data Handling Ch-16: Playing with Numbers
Ch-8: Comparing Quantities
Ch-6: Squares & Square Roots
Ch-11: Mensuration
Ch-7: Cubes & Cube Roots
Ch-12: Exponents & Powers
Ch-9: Algebraic Expressions and Identities
Ch-14: Factorization
Ch-10: Visualising Solid Shapes
Ch-15: Graphs
Ch-13: Direct & Inverse Proportions
Ch-16: Playing with Numbers
+ INCLUDING CH-9,5,13
SCIENCE SYLLABUS (2017-2018) CLASS-VIII
1ST Periodic Test (30)
Half-Yearly Exam (80)
2nd Periodic Test (30)
Annual Exam (80)
Ch-1: Crop production & Management
Ch-2: Micro organisms: Friend and Foe
Ch-10: Reaching the age of adolescence
Ch-5: Coal and petroleum
Ch-4: Metals & Non metals
Ch-3: Fibres and plastics
Ch-11: Force and Pressure
Ch-12: Friction
Ch-7: Conservation of plants & animals
Ch-6: Combustion and flame
Ch-14: Chemical effects of Electric current
Ch-13: Sound
Activity/Practical Work: ch-4 (Activity based on Displacement reactions)
Ch-8: Cell structure and function
Activity/Practical Work: ch-14 (To show conductivity of different solutions)
Ch-15: Some Natural phenomena
Ch-9: Reproduction in Animals
Ch-17: Stars and the solar system
Ch-16: Light Ch-18: Pollution of air and water
(CH-1,4 & 7) ARE ALSO INCLUDED
(CH-2,4, 8, 10 & 14 INCLUDED)
SOCIAL SCIENCE SYLLABUS (2017-2018) CLASS-VIII
1ST Periodic
Test (30) Half-Yearly Exam (80)
2nd Periodic Test (30)
Annual Exam (80)
HISTORY Ch-1: How , When and Where Ch-2: From Trade to Territory Ch-3: Ruling the Country side
HISTORY Ch-4: Tribals , Dikus and the vision of a Golden Age Ch-5: When People Rebel Ch-6: Colonialism and the city
HISTORY Ch-7: Weavers, Iron smelters and Factory owners Ch-8: Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation Ch-9: Women, Caste and Reform
HISTORY Ch-1: How , When and Where Ch-3: Ruling the Country side Ch-5: When People Rebel Ch-10: The Changing World of Visual Arts Ch-11: The making of the National Movement 1870’s-1947 Ch-12: India After Independence
GEOGRAPHY Ch-1: Resources Ch-2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wild life Resources
GEOGRAPHY Ch-3: Minerals and Power resources Ch-4: Agriculture
GEOGRAPHY Ch-5: Industries
GEOGRAPHY Ch-1: Resources Ch-2: Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wild life Resources Ch-4: Agriculture Ch-6: Human Resources
CIVICS Ch-1: The Indian Constitution Ch-2: Understanding Secularism
CIVICS Ch-3: Why do we need a Parliament Ch-4: Understanding Laws Ch-5: Judiciary Half-Yearly syllabus is inclusive of syllabus of 1st Periodic.
CIVICS Ch-6: Understanding our Criminal justice System Ch-7: Understanding Marginalisation Ch-8: Confronting Marginalisation
CIVICS Ch-1: The Indian Constitution Ch-2: Understanding Secularism Ch-5: Judiciary Ch-9: Public Facilities Ch-10: Law and Social Justice Annual Examination is inclusive of the 9 selective chapters (30% of the whole syllabus) from Half Yearly Syllabus.