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SRI SRI ACADEMY SYLLABUS 2018-2019 CLASS - V ENGLISH LITERATURE COMPREHENSION LANGUAGE FIRST TERM The Piper of Manas Downhill on a Bicycle The Throne of Justice The Poem The River of Hope The Roadside Locksmith SECOND TERM A Rare Species of Uncle Out of the Morning Something Told the Wild Geese A Christmas Carol A Laughing Song READING LIST (these books have been carefully selected to help build language skills. It is not mandatory that all the books should be read. However, the more books one reads, the more proficient one becomes in English): Little Indians by PikaNani* Vikramaditya’s Throne by PoileSengupta Arthur, High King of Britain by Ivan’s Story (From ‘GulMohar’) Kite Saturday by Margaret Mahy Vikramaditya’s Throne by PoileSengupta Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama A Long Walk for Bina by Ruskin Bond The Bangle Sellers ( the first three stanzas) by Sarojini Naidu Salim Ali for Schools: A Children’s Biography by Zai Whitaker On the Wings of Morning by Ruskin Bond The Cherry Tree by Ruskin Bond The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde ALL THE FOLLOWING GRAMMAR TOPICS WILL BE STUDIED IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THE SELECTION OF THE SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE LITERATURE CHAPTER AND THE FOCUS WILL BE FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR TO BUILD WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS: Transitive and Intransitive Verb Noun- Possessive Case Infinitive- Introduction Direct and Indirect Speech Perfect Tense (Present and Past) Adverb( Frequency and Degree) Conjunction Preposition Pronoun Subject Verb Agreement Tenses Figures of Speech Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Alliteration Hyperbole Idioms Antonyms Synonyms Composition Comprehension Letter Writing- Informal, Formal, e- mail Notice Writing
