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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII AIMS AND OBJECTIVES CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL, LUCKNOW MORAL EDUCATION: Syllabus 2020 – 2021 1. To develop in every student the essential elements of morality. 2. To develop the values and capabilities necessary for making right decisions and Class VIII upright conduct. 3. To develop the skill of striving not only for good but to handle the conflicting situations S.No. Subject Page without demeaning self and others. Number 4. To develop the skill of acting beyond striving not only for good but to handle two 1. Moral Education conflicting situations without demeaning self and others. 5 5. To develop the ability to monitor themselves and find out constructive ways of conflict 2. English Language 6 resolutions. 15 6. To promote the development of good character for the purpose of lessening crime 3. English Literature 17 and raising the standard of good citizenship. 23 4. Hindi 25 ENGLISH (Prose): 26 1. To enable the student to acquire the new vocabulary. 5. Sanskrit 28 2. To develop the student’s power of imagination, thinking and expression. 30 3. To enable the student to master and reinforce the structural items. 6. History and Civics 31 4. To enable the student to acquire the information given in the text. 33 5. To develop the student’s power of comprehension through listening and reading. 7. Geography 34 6. To enable the student to express the ideas of the text orally or in writing. 36 7. To enable the student to read the English text or passage loudly with correct 8. Mathematics pronunciation, stress, intonation, pause, articulation of voice etc. 9. Physics ENGLISH (Poetry): 1. To appreciate the beauty, rhyme, rhythm and style of the poem. 10. Chemistry 2. To enable the student to read aloud the poem with proper rhyme, rhythm and intonation. 11. Biology 3. To enable the student to enjoy the recitation of the poetry individually or in chorus. 4. To enable the student to understand the thought and imagination, which is contained 12. Computer Studies in the poem. 5. To create love and interest for English Literature especially for poetry. 13. Art 6. To develop aesthetic values and aesthetic sense and enable the student to experience pleasure and relaxation by the intensive study of poetry. 1 ENGLISH (Grammar): 1. To provide the knowledge and understanding of the various aspects of grammar. 2. To enable the students to use the rules of grammar in speaking and writing English. 3. To develop linguistic abilities among students and use for their own expression. 2

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII 3. To awaken a desirable understanding on pupils of the various streams which have ENGLISH (Composition): contributed to the development and growth of the Indian nation and its civilization and 1. To develop the ability to speak a few sentences correctly and continuously on a culture, particular / given topic. 2. To enable the students to arrange their ideas logically and express them clearly. 4. To develop a world historical perspective of the contributions made by various 3. To enable the students to develop their phonetics, pronunciation and voice cultures to the total heritage of mankind. modulation skills. 4. To develop an elegant cursive handwriting. GEOGRAPHY: 1. To develop love for nature and capacity to understand and appreciate the natural HINDI: To impart the knowledge of the standard form of the mother tongue and the national beauty, physical forces and such other things. 1. language to the students. 2. To give the knowledge of the land – both Indian and foreign. To enable the students to use idioms and phrases appropriately through their regular 3. To develop the ideals of world citizenship, universal brotherhood, co-operation among 2. use and practice. human beings and sympathetic attitude towards others. To develop the ability to use difficult literary terms appropriately and pronounce them 4. To help in adjustment of human life in accordance with the geographical 3. correctly. circumstances. To enable the students to speak flawlessly and give and understand speeches. 5. To give the correct idea of the geographical references those occur in the books and 4. newspapers. 6. To inculcate in the students the desire to take to travelling and tourism. MATHEMATICS: 1. To develop the skills in mathematical computations and calculations. COMPUTER SCIENCE: 2. To develop a scientific attitude to analyse any situation logically. 1. To develop logical and analytical thinking. 3. To develop the ability of presenting a thought with exactness and brevity. 2. To enable the students to comprehend the concepts and practices of computer 4. To enable the pupils to put forth arguments when convinced about their correctness science. without hesitation. 3. To help the students to comprehend and be able to apply the fundamental concepts 5. To help the child to appreciate the geometrical and symmetrical shapes of the natural of programming. objects. 4. To develop the detailed insight of application of computer. 5. To develop the ability to solve problems using both structured and modular approach. SCIENCE: 6. To create an awareness of ethical issues related to computing. 1. To develop the power of reasoning. 7. To appreciate the implications of computer use in contemporary society. 2. To enhance the various skills of the child. 8. To acquire knowledge on theoretical concepts, application and programming aspects 3. To develop the power of understanding, interpreting and leading to conclusions. of computer science. 4. To develop the ability of problem solving. 5. To create a broader outlook in the life of the learner. 4 6. To develop the art of observation and experimentation. 7. To develop the power of impartial judgement. 8. To develop curiosity towards the natural phenomenon. 9. To develop the ability of rational thinking and decision-making. 10. To develop in the child an aversion towards the superstitions. 11. To impart training in scientific method and develop a scientific attitude and aptitude. HISTORY / CIVICS: 1. To provide an understanding of the government necessary for the student to grow into a responsible enlightened citizen in a secular democracy. 2. To enrich the understanding of those aspects of Indian historical development which are crucial to the understanding of contemporary India. 3

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII ENGLISH LANGUAGE JUNIOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME Name of the Textbook: 1. Anytime English Grammar and Composition8 (MORAL EDUCATION) 2. New Trends in English Reader Workbook8 Author: Name of the Textbook: Glimmerings of Hope Publisher: The Earth Series Publisher: B.P.T. Anita Arathoon Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd. Suggested Chapter Number Page MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) Month March 1 1-3 Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Page April 2 5-7 Month Number 81 3 9-13 March – May 41 MaY 4 15-18 13 Determiners (Revision) July 5 19-22 July 62 August 7 Tenses and Their Uses 53 August SERVICE PROJECT 23-26 26 6 27-30 September Notice 100 September 7 31-33 57 October 8 35-38 Synonyms and Antonyms (from the 5 9 given list) November 39-42 39 December SERVICE PROJECT 43-47 Informal Letter Writing 10 49-51 January 11 Essay: Descriptive/Narrative (300-350 February 12 words) SERVICE PROJECT 10 Subject and Verb Agreement 8 Conditional Sentences Phrasal Verbs (from the given list) 5 Non-finite Forms of Verbs Essay: Picture Composition 16 Use of Prepositions 9 Voice SERVICE PROJECT: 1 Comprehension and Precis Writing For Service projects, it is important for teachers to consult with the students, plan (Workbook) the project and implement it. Idioms (from the given list) PRAYER: 5 prayers to be memorised from Prayer Assembly Guidelines. Words Likely to be Confused / Homophones (from the given list) Formal Letter Writing 8 Comprehension and Precis Writing (Workbook) REVISION HALF- YEARLY EXAMINATION 5 6

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) IDIOMS SECOND TERM October - 33 Direct and Indirect Speech 189 FIRST TERM November 1. Apple of one’s eye 1. Red tape 2. To beat about the bush 2. To spread like wild fire 13 Comprehension and Precis Writing 63 3. Bed of roses 3. To strike while the iron is hot (Workbook) 4. Black sheep 4. Taken aback 5. In black and white 5. To take to heart Formal Letter Writing 6. To blow one’s own trumpet 6. To throw dust into the eyes of 7. To cry over spilt milk 7. A turning point Email 8. For good 8. Up to the mark 9. To hit below the belt 9. With open arms Essay: Story Writing (300 – 350 10. In a nutshell 10. To move heaven and earth words) 11. In the nick of time 11. To strain every nerve 12. To keep abreast of 12. Sum and substance Phrasal Verbs (from the given list) 13. To keep one’s fingers crossed 13. To rain cats and dogs 14. To keep pace with 14. To take to task 27, 28, Synthesis 164, 168, 15. A lion’s share 15. To put heads together 29 171 16. To make a clean sweep 16. Point blank 17. To make both ends meet 17. To pull one’s leg December Synonyms and Antonyms (from the 18. On the spur of the moment 18. High time given list) 19. To read between the lines 19. A left handed compliment 20. To win laurels 20. Bird’s eye-view. Essay: Argumentative (300 – 350 words) 30, 31 Transformation of Sentences 174, 180 January Informal Letter Writing Idioms (from the given list) Words Likely to be Confused / Homophones (from the given list) Essay: Imaginative (300 – 350 words) 20 Comprehension and Precis Writing 93 (Workbook) February REVISION ANNUAL EXAMINATION PHRASAL VERBS Note: FIRST TERM SECOND TERM 1. back out of 1. break into  Please note the following suggestions for a formal letter addressed to ‘The Editor’. 2. call up 2. cut out for (i) ONLY Sir / Madam to be written in salutation. Use of ‘Dear’ should be 3. fall back on / upon 3. go ahead omitted. 4. hold to 4. lay down 5. look after 5. look into (ii) Subscription to be written as ‘Yours truly’. 6. put away 6. put on 7. run away 7. see through  Students may be trained not to change the tense of the word while attempting 8. set up 8. take after exercises based on word meaning and sentence formation. 9. turn away 9. turn off 10. get on 10. give out  Grammar exercises from the Workbook may be used for additional practice / 11. act on / upon 11. bring down homework (as per the topics). 12. come across 12. do up  Prescribed word limit for precis writing is 50 words.  Comprehension will also include Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) based question of 2 marks.  The learners will be tested on their previous knowledge of functional grammar (of all the levels) in the Half Yearly and Annual Examinations. 7 8

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII 13. get up 13. go on ANTONYMS 14. keep out 14. let down FIRST TERM SECOND TERM 1. adversity 1. keen 15. look back 15. make up for 2. accept 2. loose 3. literate 3. regret 16. put in 16. run along 4. boisterous 4. moderation 5. civil 5. absurd 17. see off 17. set aside 6. massive 6. barbarous 7. defend 7. native 18. take down 18. take out 8. enthusiasm 8. callous 9. numerous 9. dwindle 19. turn to 19. give in 10. futility 10. repulsive 11. generous 11. obstinate 20. hold back 20. break down 12. obscurity 12. emancipate 13. hostile 13. fickle SYNONYMS 14. impartial 14. persuade 15. plenty 15. genuine FIRST TERM SECOND TERM 16. quell 16. humorous 1. adore 17. jolly 17. prompt 2. assent 1. alms 18. folly 18. intricate 3. beg 19. quench 19. jubilant 4. cruelty 2. blame 20. reproach 20. quiet 5. discourse 6. embrace 3. clever 7. fasten 8. home 4. disfigure 9. insolvent 10. irritate 5. eject 11. lure 12. magnificent 6. firm 13. pale 14. port 7. hateful 15. venture 16. abandon 8. infinite 17. candid 18. eternal 9. invasion 19. rash 20. obscene 10. juvenile Words likely to be Confused / Homophones 11. mock FIRST TERM 12. lack 1. absolute – obsolete 11. vocation – vacation 13. odious 2. allusion – illusion 12. luxuriant – luxurious 14. ready 3. battle – war 13. felicity – facility 15. victory 4. counsel – council 14. tamper – temper 16. abduct 5. eligible – illegible 15. born – borne 17. confess 6. envelope – envelop 16. imperial – imperious 18. gaze 7. gentle – genteel 17. ceiling – sealing 19. malign 8. human – humane 18. drown – sink 20. oratory 9. minor – miner 19. abstain – refrain 10. yoke – yolk 20. momentary – momentous 9 10

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII Format of a Formal Letter SECOND TERM 1. ingenious – ingenuous 11. later – latter 2. accident – incident 12. metal – mettle 432, Clay Square, Sender’s Address ½ Cantonment Road, 3. hue – hew 13. excite – incite One Space Lucknow. Date 4. crime – sin 14. gait – gate One Space 5. deny – refuse 15. horde – hoard Receiver's Address One Space 6. eminent – imminent 16. jealous – zealous ½ 12th April, 2020. Salutation 7. formally – formerly 17. altercation – alteration 8. historic – historical 18. exceed – accede The Principal, Peace International School, 9. fain – feign 19. verbal – verbose 12, Station Road, Lucknow. 10. ware – wear 20. gamble – gambol ½ MARKING SCHEME MARKS ALLOTMENT FOR LETTERS Essay 10 Format Formal Informal Letter 10 Sender’s address ½ ½ Dear Sir / Madam, ] ½ Dialogue writing / Notice 5 Date ½½ Comprehension - 20 Topical sentence * Word meaning 3 * Question and answers 10 Receiver’s ½- 2+5 Main body of the letter * Precis Writing 7 address (content + expression) Salutation ½½ Grammar structure 20 Subscription ½½ ½½ Idioms 3 Signature Phrasal Verbs 3 3 2½ Format 2 2½ Synonyms and Antonyms 6 Content Concluding sentence 55 Homophones / Words Often 3 Expression 10 10 One Space Confused Total Thanking you, Subscription TOTAL 80 Yours faithfully, ½ Signature Rashmi Sinha ½ (First name and surname) MARKS ALLOTMENT FOR NOTICE Marks Format: 3 Marks Creative Heading 1 Name of the event 1 Content: 2 Marks Date ½ Time ½ Expression: 5 Marks Venue (Hall / Auditorium + Location) Content ½+½ Total: 10 Marks Total 1 5 Please note: 11 * One space signifies one writing space (one line). 12

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII FORMAT OF NOTICE Format of an Informal letter Mussoorie International School, Sender’s Address War of Words [1] ½ 56, Mall Avenue, Inter-school Debate Competition [1] One Space [½] Mussoorie. Date on 8th December 2020 [½] One Space from 9.00 a.m. to 12 noon [½ + ½] ½ 16th April, 2020. Salutation at Centenary Hall, St. Hilda’s School [1] All pupils from Classes VI to VIII who wish to participate are to ,½ give their names to Mrs. T. Baker on or before 1st December 2020 Dear SPECIMEN FOR EMAIL Topical sentence [email protected] [½] 2½ Inter-school Debate Competition [½] + Main body of the letter 5 (content + expression) Dear Madam, [½] Concluding sentence Our school is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. As part of Opening Sentence One Space the celebrations we are hosting a series of competitions and we ½ Subscription are beginning with ‘War of Words’, an inter-school debate [½] ½ First name only competition. Yours affectionately, It will be held on 8th December 2020 from 9.00 a.m. till 12 noon in Raima the Centenary Hall of St. Hilda’s School. 1 Please do send your junior debate team to participate in the event. Body [2] Format: 2 Marks The topic will be given to the participants an hour before the start Content: of the competition. They may bring their laptops for use during 2 the preparation time. 1 2 Marks 2 Expression: 5 Marks Total: 10 Marks We look forward to your school’s participation in the competition. [½] Please note: Thanking you, * One space signifies one writing space (one line). Yours faithfully, [½] Ashish Roy Debating Secretary 13 14

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 An Elegy on the Death of a Mad 15 Dog (Poem) 31 Name of the Textbook: 1. New Trends in English Reader – 8 January The Earth Series, Term I and Term II February 2 Tales from Shakespeare (oral) 52 Edited by : The Merchant of Venice 59 Publisher: 2. Tales from Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet and Other Stories 9 Arithmetic Anita Arathoon 10 Essay Competition 1. Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd. 2. Shree Book Centre REVISION ANNUAL EXAMINATION MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Page Note: Month Number 5  Kindly note that the students shall be tested on full year course in English Literature in their annual examination. March – May 1 The Shoemaker of Paris  Figures of Speech to be taught for the prescribed poems as students will 3 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 20 be tested on the same in the written paper. (Poem)  Students may be trained not to change the tense of the word while July 5 For a Drop of Water 31 attempting exercises based on word meaning and sentence formation. August 36 6 Faraway Places 44  Questions based on Higher Order Thinking Skills to be taken up for all the September 50 prescribed topics as learners will be tested on the same in the written 7 Lonely Heart 57 paper. 8 The Five Orange Pips 94  Oral component to be made a compulsory part of assessments. 9 The Ballad of Semmerwater  For improvement of vocabulary, refer to the word meanings given in the (Poem) prescribed Workbook. 5 Tales from Shakespeare (oral) Twelfth Night REVISION HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION October – OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) 41 November 7 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Poem) 27 December 5 The Bennets 46 8 Portia’s Suitors 16 15

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII iqujko`fRr HALF –YEARLY EXAMINATION Name of Textbook : fganh Hkk\"kk OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) Page Author : cky fgUnh O;kdj.k rFkk jpuk October fucU/k & leL;kRed 119-124 Publication : Jherh jkt vxzoky November i= & vkSipkfjd i= 167 xks;y cznlZ izdk’ku 133-134 Suggested MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) Page vifBr i|ka’k (Worksheet) 128 Month Name of the Chapter 57-58 231 milxZ & izR;; 31-34 March – April Ik;kZ;okph ¼fdj.k] d`ik] dks;y] diM+k] dYio`{k] 224 dkenso] d`\"kd] dku] Øks/k] diV] dyk] dqcsj] 150-155 Ekqgkojs – ¼Vs<+h [khj ls fry /kjus dh txg u May dksey] n;k] xaxk½ 22-24 July vifBr x|ka’k 133 December foKkiu ys[ku 128 fucU/k& o.kZukRed 166-167 gksuk½ i=& vkSipkfjd i= 28-29 i=& vukSipkfjd i= Ik;kZ;okph ¼x`g] x.kifr xk;] ?keaM] ?kksM+k] prqj] fucU/k& dYiukRed ryokj] rkjk] taxy] tUe] ty] thHk] rkykc] nSR;] okD; ifjorZu nsg½ ¼v/;kfidk }kjk fofHkUu okD;ksa dk vH;kl djk;k tk;sxk½ vuds 'kCnksa ds fy, ,d 'kCn ¼tks cgqr vf/kd dke djrk gks ls tks 'kqð u fd;k x;k gks½ January foykse ¼ekuo ls l`tu½ rRle] rn~Hko fo’ks\"k.k ¼vad ls vkxs rd½ vusd 'kCnksa ds fy, ,d 'kCn ¼ftl esa yTtk u fyax ifjoruZ ¼nso ls llqj½ gks ls jk\"Vª ls lacaf/kr½ August foykse ¼’kq} ls HkkX;½ fjiksVZ jkbfVax fp=&v/;;u February iqujko`fRr Ekqgkojs & ¼pair gks tkuk ls Vs<+h m¡xyh ls ?kh ANNUAL EXAMINATION fudkyuk½ Hkkookpd laKk September fucU/k&lwfDrijd 17 18

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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII 2 ;ksx ls uhjksx 6 fganh lkfgR; 4 cnyk rks eSaus fy;k Fkk 19 5 lar rqdkjke (Term I) 14 Name of Textbook : 1. iYyoh Hkkx 8 Author: 1. MkW0 t;ukjk;.k dkSf’kd January 2 gekjs iwoZt & lqHkk\"kpUnz cksl 15 February 7 MkW- HkVukxj 58 (Term I & II) iqujko`fRr 2. ,sls Fks gekjs iwoZt 2. d`\".k xksiky vkfcn ANNUAL EXAMINATION Publication : 1. ,ykWbM ifCyds’kUl 2. U;weSu ifCyds’kUl MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Page uksV: Month Number 1. fganh esa rhu ?k.Vs dk dsoy ,d iz'u&Ik= gksxkA 2. iz'u&Ik= nks Hkkxksa esa foHkkftr gSA March – May iYyoh Section A: Hkk\"kk ¼lHkh iz'u vfuok;Z½ 1 Tk; tu Hkkjr ¼dfork½ 01 Section B: lkfgR;] ¼fu/kkZfjr ikB~; iqLrd ls dqy pkj iz'uksa ds mÙkj djus gksaxAs ½ 3. ikB~;Øe esa fu/kkZfjr ikBksa ls Jqfrys[k djkuk vfuok;Z gSA 3 >ydkjh ckbZ 6 4. fgUnh Hkk\"kk esa iwoZ Kku ij vk/kkfjr iz’u Hkh iwNs tk;saxsA 1 gekjs iwoZt & Ckkck lkgc vEcsMdj 5 5. iz’u&i= esa fopkjkRed iz’u Hkh ¼Hots½ iwNs tk;saxsA 6. ikB esa iz;qDr eqgkojksa] O;aX;] miek rFkk :id vkfn ls Nk=ksa dks voxr djk;k tk,xkA July iYyoh 7. ys[ku ds lkFk&lkFk ekfS [kd vfHkO;fDr ij Hkh fo'ks\"k /;ku fn;k tk;sxkA 8. Nk=ksa dh xzg.k'khyrk o vfHk:fp esa o`f) djus ds fy, lfp= lgk;d lkexzh dh lgk;rk yh 2 le; fu;kstu 3 tk ldrh gSA 6 Ekgkjktk dk bykt 19 9. *,sls Fks gekjs iwOkZt* ls izfrekg ,d dgkuh Nk=kas ls vo’; i<+okbZ tk,xh rFkk le>kbZ tk,xhA 6 gekjs iwoZt & eqa'kh izsepUnz 49 iz’u&i= esa blls dksbZ iz’u ugha iwNk tk,xkA August iYyoh 7 vijkftrk 24 8 MkW es?kukFk lkgk 29 September 4 gekjs iwoZt & t; izdk’k ukjk;.k 32 iqujko`fRr vad foHkktu HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION October OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) Section A ¼Hkk\"kk½ Section B ¼lkfgR;½ November 1. fucU/k 10 ¼^iYyoh* ls iz’u rFkk R.T.C. ij vk/kkfjr December iYyoh 3 rSewj dh gkj 11 2. i=& ys[ku 7 iz’u fn;s tk;saxs½ 3 gekjs iwoZt & ljnkj iVsy 24 3. vifBr x|ka'k 10 iYyoh 1 1 Hkkjr ds izFke jk\"Vªifr 40 4. O;kogkfjd O;kdj.k 13 5 gekjs iwoZt & te'ksnth VkVk 27 vad ;ksx 40 40 iYyoh 6 iFa k dh igpku ¼dfork½ dqy vad ;ksx & 40 + 40 = 80 21 22

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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII There will be one paper of two hours duration carrying 80 marks and internal HISTORY AND CIVICS assessment of 20 marks. The paper will be divided into two parts, Part I and Part II. Name of the Textbook: Past and Present (Term 1 and Term 2) Part I (30 marks) will contain short answer questions set from the prescribed syllabus. It will also contain Higher Order Thinking Skills questions. (5 marks) Author: Manisha Basu & Asha Narayanan Candidates will be required to answer all the questions. Publisher: Ratna Sagar Part II (50 marks) will consist of Section A (Civics) and Section B (History). Candidates will be required to answer two out of three questions from Section A and three out of five MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) questions from Section B. Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Page Month Number March - 1 A Period of Transition 4 April May 2 The Age of Revolutions 15 July 3 The American Civil War 28 4 From Traders to Rulers 35 6 The Union Legislature 61 GEOGRAPHY August 5 British Policies and their Impact 49 Name of the Textbook: AROUND THE WORLD, a textbook of Geography for ICSE schools – 8 (Term 1 & 7 The Union Executive 70-78 Author: Term 2) Publisher: R. K. Jain September REVISION Ratna Sagar Project 1 India in the Eighteenth Century 4 (Term 2 Book) OR The Revolt of 1857 (Lucknow) – A Case Study HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION MARCH - SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter (Term 2 Textbook) Page 2 The Great Uprising Month Number 3 17 October - 3 Reforms in Indian Society 14 March – April Unit 1 November 6 The Judiciary May – July 30 December 4 India’s Freedom Struggle - The First 26 1 Representation of Geographical Features 39 70 August – 47 January Phase 38 September Unit 2 February 5 India’s Freedom Struggle - The Second 2 India – Location and Physical Features 51 Phase (along with map work of India) 7 The United Nations Organization 78 8 Agencies of the United Nations 87 Unit 3 REVISION 3 India – Climate ANNUAL EXAMINATION Unit 4 4 India – Flora and Fauna 5 India – Human Resources Project REVISION Disasters and their Management (Term 1 Textbook) Note: HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION  A single notebook has to be maintained for History and Civics. Map Work  It is advisable to follow the pattern of the question paper while doing the written POLITICAL MAP (INDIA) REVISION (Compulsory) work. States & Union Territories with Capitals ... 5 marks 25 26

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII Peninsulas – Indo China, Kamchatka, Korea First Term - India Seas – Java, South China, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering, Red, Aral, Caspian, Dead Sea Mountains – Himalayas, Karakoram, Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, Western Ghats, Eastern Gulfs- Martaban, Thailand, Tonkin, Persian, Oman, Aden Ghats, Nilgiri, Cardamom, Garo, Khasi, Jaintia Straits – Malacca, Makassar Mountain Peak- Mt. Everest Places – Colombo, Bangkok, Tokyo, Karachi, Seoul, Beijing Mountain Pass- Nathu-La  Note: Higher Order Thinking Skill questions (HOTS) of 5 marks will be asked in Plateaus - Deccan, Malwa, Chota Nagpur Plains – Eastern coastal plains, Western coastal plains, Sunderbans, Rann of Kutch, Gangetic the compulsory section of the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations. plains. Latitude & Longitude – Tropic of Cancer (23 ½oN), 82½o E  Previous knowledge of the students may also be tested in the examination. Desert - Thar Rivers – Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutluj, Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Name of the Textbook: MATHEMATICS Tapi, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Kaveri Lakes – Sambhar, Chilka, Pulikat Author: ICSE Understanding Mathematics – 8 Publisher: (Term-I and Term-II) Gulfs and Straits – Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambhat, Gulf of Mannar, Palk Strait M. L. Aggarwal Places - Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Allahabad, Vishakhapatnam, Bangalore, Cochin Arya Publications Direction of Winds – South West monsoons (Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal braches), North East Monsoon and Western Disturbances. OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) MARCH – SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter (Term 1 Textbook) Page Suggested Chapter Month Number 44 Month Number Name of the Chapter Page October – Unit 5 53 March - 1 (T-I) November 3 May 5 Asia – Location and Physical Features 13 1 Rational Numbers December 22 (along with map work of Asia) January Unit 6 2 Exponents and Powers 35 (T-I) 6 Asia – Climate and Natural Vegetation 7 Algebraic Expressions and Identities 111 (T-I) Unit 7 * Squares of Trinomials  1 Population Dynamics 2 Migration 11 Operations on Sets 1 (T-II) 3 Urbanization July * Congruency of Triangles  REVISION ANNUAL EXAMINATION 10 Understanding Shapes 166 (T-I) Map Work 3 Squares and Square Roots 44 (T-I) POLITICAL MAP (INDIA) REVISION (Compulsory) August 4 Cubes and Cube Roots 67 (T-I) States & Union Territories with Capitals ... 5 marks 8 Factorisation 133 (T-I) Second Term – Asia 20 Data Handling 137 (T-II) Mountains and Plateaus – Pamir Knot, Zagros, Elburz, Anatolia Plateau, Hindukush, Khingan, 15 Circle 64 (T-II) Verkhoyansk, Ural, Tibet Plateau, Iranian Plateau, Mongolian Plateau, Yunan Plateau. Rivers – Huang He, Irawaddy, Tigris, Euphrates,Syr Darya, Amu Darya, Amur, Mekong, Ob, September REVISION Yenisey, Lena Deserts – Syrian, Rub-al-Khali, Gobi. HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION Lakes – Balkash, Baikal 27 28

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) PHYSICS October 12 Percentage and its Applications 10 (T-II) Name of the Textbook: Living Science Physics for Class VIII (Term 1 and Term 2) 6 Simple and Compound Interest 97 (T-I) Author: Rajen K. Agarwal Publisher: Ratna Sagar 14 Construction of Quadrilaterals ** 55 (T-II) November 13 Direct and Inverse Variation 38 (T-II) MARCH – SEPTEMBER 17 Symmetry, Reflection and Rotation 86 (T-II) Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Term 1 Month Number Textbook 18 Visualising Solid Shapes 95 (T-II) Matter March-May 1 Activity 1 Pages * Nets of Solids  July 2 Physical Quantities and measurement 3 Physical Quantities and measurement December 19 Mensuration 108 (T-II) August 3 (contd.) 16 4 Activity 1 or 3 9 Linear Equations and Inequalities in One 146 (T-I) September 5 Force and Pressure 30 Variable Activity 1, Acitvity 3 Energy 45 5 Playing with Numbers 80 (T-I) Any picture based activity Heat transfer 60 January 5 Playing with Numbers (continued) Activity 4 Heat transfer (contd.) 16 Coordinate System and Graphs 72 (T-II) REVISION HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION February REVISION ANNUAL EXAMINATION Note: OCTOBER – FEBRUARY Term 2 Textbook  * Study material on the topics will be sent by the Innovation Wing.  ** Protractor may not be used for constructing the angles (30o, 60o, 90o, 45o, 15o, Pages 120o, 75o, 150o, 135 o, 105o, 22.5o) that can be drawn using a pair of compasses. October 1 Light Energy 3 November  There will be one paper of two and a half hours duration carrying 80 marks and Activity 1 or 2, Activity 3 internal assessment of 20 marks. December The paper will be divided into two sections: Light Energy (contd.) Section A (40 marks) and Section B (40 marks) Section A will be compulsory consisting of 4 questions with 3 subparts in each and Colour wheel (Model based activity) Section B will consist of 7 questions with mostly 3 subparts. There will be a choice of attempting any four questions in Section B. 2 Sound 24  Previous knowledge of the students may be tested. Activity 3 or 4, Activity 5  Two Higher Order Thinking Skills questions (HOTS) of 3 marks each will be tested in Sound (contd.) the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations, one in the compulsory section and the other in the optional section. 3 Electricity 37  All the concepts covered in the prescribed textbook may be tested in the Half-Yearly Activity based on static electricity using and Annual Examinations. glass rod and abonite rod 29 30

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII January Electricity (contd.) May - July 3 Elements, Compounds and Mixtures 17 Reading of the electrical meter of July 5 Language of Chemistry 47 individual’s house and calculation of cost of electrical energy consumed. August 4 Atomic Structure 34 February REVISION [Excluding Page 39: Only Atomic weight, ANNUAL EXAMINATION Molecular weight. Page 43: Only formation of Note: The latest guidelines, textbook and the syllabus prescribed by the Council should Compounds] 1. be followed. Additional Charts 2. All the activities prescribed by the Council for each chapter may be conducted in the class/laboratory while teaching the chapter. 3 Basic Chemistry 61 3. Some evidence may be reflected in the notebooks of the learners and in September REVISION 3. teachers’ lesson plans for the activities conducted. HALF- YEARLY EXAMINATION 4. There will be one paper in the subject of two hour duration. (15 minutes extra for paper reading). The marks will be distributed as follows: OCTOBER – FEBRUARY Term II 6 Chemical Reactions Textbook Theory: 80 marks October Pages 1 Class tests: 20 marks November 9 Carbon and its Compounds 42 December 26 The theory paper will be divided into two sections – Section I (40 marks) and [Excluding Pages: 47 – (Except Section II (40 marks). uses of Amorphous Allotropes), 48, 49, 55, 57] Section I (Compulsory) will contain short answer type questions on the entire syllabus. Section II will contain six questions and the candidates will be required to 8 Water answer any four of the six questions. [Excluding Page: 27]  Higher Order Thinking Skill questions (HOTS) of 5 marks will be asked in the January 7 Hydrogen 13 compulsory section of the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations. [Excluding Page: 14]  Previous knowledge of the students may also be tested in the examination. CHEMISTRY REVISION ANNUAL EXAMINATION Name of the Textbook: Dr Dalal’s New Simplified Middle School Note: The latest guidelines and the textbooks should be followed. 1. Chemistry-Class VIII (Term I and Term II) 2. All the activities prescribed by the Council for each chapter may be conducted in the class/laboratory while teaching the chapter. Author: Dr Viraf J Dalal 3. Some evidence may be reflected in the notebooks of the learners and in Publisher: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 4. teachers’ lesson plans for the activities conducted. MARCH – SEPTEMBER  The teacher may familiarise the learners with the coloured charts provided at the back of the textbook for diagram/picture based questions. Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Term I  Month Number Textbook Higher Order Thinking Skill questions (HOTS) of 5 marks will be asked in the compulsory section of the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations. Pages Previous knowledge of the students may also be tested in the examination. Mar - April 1 Matter 1 April - May 2 Physical and Chemical Changes 10 31 32

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII Name of the Textbook: BIOLOGY Note: The latest guidelines and textbooks should be followed. 1. Author: Living Science Biology VIII 2. All the activities prescribed by the Council for each chapter may be conducted in Publisher: (Term 1 and Term 2) the class/laboratory while teaching the chapter. D K Rao 3. Ratna Sagar Some evidence may be reflected in the notebooks of the learners and in teachers’ lesson plans for the activities conducted. MARCH – SEPTEMBER  Higher Order Thinking Skill questions (HOTS) of 5 marks will be asked in the compulsory section of the Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations. Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter TERM 1 Month Number Textbook  Previous knowledge of the students may also be tested in the examination. March - 1 Transport of Food and Minerals in Plants Pages COMPUTER STUDIES April 2 Circulatory System in Humans 3 July 2 Circulatory System in Humans (contd.) 16 Name of the Textbook: COMPUTER MASTI (Term I and Term II) 3 Reproduction in Plants August 4 Reproduction in Humans 30 Author: Prof Sridhar Iyer 5 Ecosystems 47 Publisher: Next Education India Private Limited September 5 Ecosystems (contd.) 56 REVISION MARCH - SEPTEMBER (FIRST TERM) HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION Suggested Chapter Name of the Chapter Page Month Number 1 March 19 1 Operating System (OS) and Graphical 38 April - May User Interface (GUI) - TERM 2 July 2 Algorithms and Flowcharts 68 Textbook OCTOBER – FEBRUARY August 3 Spreadsheet – Formulae, Functions - Pages and Charts 94 October 1 Nervous System in Humans 3 September November 1 Nervous System in Humans (contd.) 3 Spreadsheet – Formulae, Functions 2 Endocrine System in Humans 15 and Charts (continued) December 2 Endocrine System in Humans (contd.) January 3 Health and Hygiene 27 4 Program Coding: Introduction to Java 3 Health and Hygiene (contd.) and BlueJ February 4 Food Production and its Management 44 4 Program Coding: Introduction to Java REVISION and BlueJ (continued) ANNUAL EXAMINATION 5 Operators in Java REVISION HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION 33 34

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving CLASS VIII October OCTOBER – FEBRUARY (SECOND TERM) 1 Name of the Textbook: ART 6 Control Structures in Java (Programs Author: November based on if, if - else, if - else - if ladder) 23 Rupa Pencil Drawing– 5 December 7 App Development 47 Publisher: Partha Protim Biswas 8 Networks - Asha Book Agency January 8 Networks (continued) February REVISION Pages MARCH – SEPTEMBER ANNUAL EXAMINATION Flags 4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28 France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Mali, Guinea, Chad, Jamaica, Mexico, Honduras HALF – YEARLY EXAMINATION Marks Distribution for Half-Yearly and Annual Examinations SECTION A: Theory + Output (25 Marks) Pages OCTOBER – FEBRUARY SECTION B: (25 Marks) Flags Algorithms, Flowcharts and Java 30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58 programming, Panama, Chile, Brazil, Tonga, Peru, Niger, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana ANNUAL EXAMINATION Note: Note- The flags will not be evaluated. 1. Minimum two High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions to be done from each chapter. 2. Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions of 4 to 5 marks will be asked in the Half-yearly and Annual Examinations. 3. For additional knowledge the students may refer to Libre Office and Android on their own. These topics will not be tested. 4. Previous knowledge of the students may also be tested in the examination. 35 36