Syllabus 2017-2018 Class :VIII IMPORTANT NOTE : 1. The assessment structure and examination pattern in the session 2017-18 for classes I-VIII comprises of Term I and Term II of 100 marks each. (As per new guidelines from CBSE) 2. Marks and grades both will be awarded for individual subjects. TERM -1 (100 Marks) (1 st half of the session) 20 marks + 80 Marks for Half Yearly Exam assessment-10 Marks Activities in each subject at the end of 1 st session-10 Marks - Subject Enrichment Activity 5 Marks - Copy Submission 5 Marks 50% syllabus will be covered in Half yearly Exam TERM-2(100 Marks) (2 nd half of the session) 20 marks + 80 Marks for Annual Exam assessment-10 Marks Activities in each subject at the end of 2 nd session-10 Marks - Subject Enrichment Activity 5 Marks - Copy Submission 5 Marks Classes (I-V) Remaining 50% syllabus will be covered in Annual Exam VI-10% of 1 st Term + entire syllabus of 2 nd term VII-20% of 1 st Term + entire syllabus of 2 nd term VIII-30% of 1 st Term + entire syllabus of 2 nd term English Subject Half Yearly Chapters & Topics English Course Book Chapter 1 The Best Advice I Ever Had Chapter 2 Ozymandias (Poem) English Literature Reader Chapter 1 The Three Questions English Work Book Chapter 1 The Best Advice I Ever Had Chapter 2 Ozymandias (Poem) Grammar Pronoun Writing Skills Informal Letter,Tenses Unseen passage for comprehension English Course Book Chapter 1 The Best Advice I Ever Had Chapter 2 Ozymandias (Poem) Chapter 3 Nimai Forever Chapter 4 The Way Through the Woods (Poem) Chapter 5 My Financial Career Chapter 6 The Glove and the Lions (Poem) Chapter 7 The Open Window 1
Chapter 8 The Nightingale and the Glow-worm (Poem) English Literature Reader Chapter 1 The Three Questions Chapter 2 Ring Out, Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky (Poem) Chapter 3 To Sir, With Love Chapter 4 Teach Your Children (Poem) Chapter 5 Run, Bulbul, Run Chapter 6 Harvest Hymn (Poem) Chapter 7 The Escape English Work Book Chapter 1 The Best Advice I Ever Had Chapter 2 Ozymandias (Poem) Chapter 3 Nimai Forever Chapter 4 The Way Through the Woods (Poem) Chapter 5 My Financial Career Chapter 6 The Glove and the Lions (Poem) Chapter 7 The Open Window Chapter 8 The Nightingale and the Glow-worm (Poem) Grammar Tenses, Phrasal Verbs, Active and Passive Voice, Pronoun, Preposition Writing Skills Notice, Informal Letter, Unseen passage for comprehension English Course Book Chapter 9 Water Watch Chapter 10 From Storytelling to Film-making English Literature Reader Chapter 8 Interlude English Work Book Chapter 9 Water Watch Chapter 10 From Storytelling to Film-making Grammar Determiners Writing Skills E-mail, Unseen passage for comprehension Annual English Course Book Chapter 6 The Glove and the Lions (Poem) Chapter 7 The Open Window Chapter 9 Water Watch Chapter 10 From Storytelling to Film-making Chapter 11 Television (Poem) Chapter 12 An Insult that Created an Empire Chapter 13 A Nation s Strength (Poem) Chapter 14 After 20 Years Chapter 15 The Chimney Sweeper (Poem) Chapter 16 Goodbye, Mr Chips! Chapter 17 The Importance of being Earnest 2
Hindi English Literature Reader Chapter 7 The Escape Chapter 8 Interlude Chapter 9 Under the Greenwood Tree (Poem) Chapter 10 The Verger Chapter 11 A Nice Cup of Tea Chapter 12 Lord Ullin s Daughter (Poem) Chapter 13 The Guests Chapter 14 Tree Poems (Poem) Chapter 15 The Rehearsal English Work Book Chapter 6 The Glove and the Lions (Poem) Chapter 7 The Open Window Chapter 9 Water Watch Chapter 10 From Storytelling to Film-making Chapter 11 Television (Poem) Chapter 12 An Insult that Created an Empire Chapter 13 A Nation s Strength (Poem) Chapter 14 After 20 Years Chapter 15 The Chimney Sweeper (Poem) Chapter 16 Goodbye, Mr Chips! Chapter 17 The Importance of being Earnest Grammar Determiners, Reported Speech, Vocabulary Writing Skills Formal Letter Paragraph writing, Advertisements, Story writing, E- mail, Unseen passage for comprehension. Half Yearly 3
Annual Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Chapter 8 Linear Equations 4
Half Yearly Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Chapter 8 Linear Equations Chapter 12 Understanding Shapes Chapter 13 Construction of Quadrilaterals Chapter 16 Data handling Chapter 17 Probability Chapter 3 Square and Square Roots Chapter 4 Cube and Cube Roots Chapter 9 Percentage Chapter 10 Compound Interest Chapter 6 Algebraic Expression Chapter 14 Representing 3 D in 2 D Mental Ability Annual Chapter 6 Algebraic Expression Chapter 14 Representing 3 D in 2 D Chapter 15 Mensuration Chapter 2 Exponents Chapter 11 Direct and Inverse Proportion Chapter 7 Factorization Chapter 18 Graph Chapter 5 Playing with Numbers Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Chapter 8 Linear Equations Chapter 12 Understanding Shapes Chapter - 1 Analogy Chapter - 2 Series Chapter - 3 Classification Chapter - 4 Ranking Half Yearly Chapter - 5 Sequence Chapter - 8 Blood Relation Chapter - 10 Venn Diagram Chapter - 21 Greatest / Smallest Nos. Chapter - 23 Quick Calculations Chapter - 24 Mathematical Operations with changed signs Chapter - 25 BODMAS Rule Chapter - 26 Data Analysis Chapter - 11 Chapter - 12 Chapter -15 Chapter -16 Vocabulary Analogy Mirror Image Water Image Annual Chapter -6 Puzzle Time Chapter -7 Coding-Decoding Chapter -9 Direction Sense Test Chapter -13 Patterns Chapter -14 Classification Chapter -17 Cubes / Cuboids Chapter -18 Rotating Dice Chapter -19 Making Designs 5
Science Chapter -20 Ages Chapter -22 Sum of Squares of first N Natural Nos. Chapter -27 Diagonals in Polygon Chapter 1 Crop Production ` Chapter3 Synthetic fibres and plastics Chapter 9 Force and Pressure Half Yearly Chapter 1 Crop Production Chapter2 Microorganisms Chapter3 Synthetic fibres and plastics Chapter 4 Metals and non- metals Chapter 6 Conservation of biodiversity Chapter 7 The cell Chapter 9 force and pressure Chapter 10 Friction Chapter 11 Sound Chapter 5 Chapter 8 Chapter 12 Combustion and flame Reproduction and Adolescence Chemical effects of current Social Science Annual Chapter 4 Metals and non- metals Chapter 5 Combustion and flame Chapter 7 The cell Chapter 8 Reproduction and Adolescence Chapter 10 Friction Chapter 12 Chemical effects of current Chapter13 Some natural phenomena Chapter 14 Light Chapter 15 The night sky Chapter16 Coal and Petroleum Chapter 17 Pollution in air and water Chapter-1 Resources Chapter -1 Modern India Chapter-1 The Indian Constitution Half Yearly Chapter -1 Resources Chapter -1 Modern India Chapter -2 Colonization of India Chapter -1 The Indian Constitution Chapter -2 Understanding Secularism 6
Chapter -3 The Company s Civil Administration and Revenue Policy Chapter -2 Land, Soil and Water Resources Chapter -4 Tribal Resistance Chapter -3 Our Fundamental Rights and Duties Chapter -3 Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Chapter -4 Parliamentary Government: The Union Legislature Chapter -4 Mineral and Energy Resources Chapter -5 The Revolt of 1857 Chapter -6 Colonization and Urban Change Chapter -5 Parliamentary Government: The Union Executive Chapter 6 The Judiciary Chapter -5 Agriculture Chapter -7 Crafts and Industries Annual Chapter 6-The Judiciary Chapter -5 Agriculture Chapter -7 Crafts and Industries Chapter -8 Education and British Rule Chapter -7 Role of Police and Courts Chapter -8 Marginalized Groups and Social Justice Chapter -9 Women, Caste and Reform Chapter -10 Changes in Art and Architecture Chapter -6 Industry Chapter - 9 Public facilities and Social Justice Chapter -11 Rise of Indian Nationalism 7
Chapter 7 Human Resource Chapter 12-National Movement- Fulfillment Chapter -10 Laws and Public Welfare Chapter -13 India after Independence Chapter -3 Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Chapter -5 Parliamentary Government: The Union Executive Chapter -4 Tribal Resistance Sanskrit Half Yearly 8
Annual French Half Yearly Chapter 1 from "L'ESPRIT" Les conversation formel et informel & 0 chapter Les conjugaison de verbes irreguliers passe composee avec etre et avoir Les verbes pronominaux [the reflaxive verbs ] Chapter 1 from "L'ESPRIT" Chapter 2rd from "L'esprit" Chapter 3rdfrom "L'esprit" Chapter 4th from "L'ESPRIT" Chapter -5th from "L'esprit" Les conversation formel et informel & 0 chapter Les conjugaison de verbes irreguliers passe composee avec etre et avoir Les verbes pronominaux [the reflaxive verbs ] fait une conversation [ do a dialogue] Les negation en detail [ negatives in detail] Les vocabulaires de la gare et le voyage [the vocabulary] decrire la journee [ describe the routien] L'adverb et les adjectif [ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBES ] Les articles contractes [ contrected articles] adjective interrogatif Les verbe "ir" endings and "re" endings Ecrire une lettre[ WRITE A LETTER] Les vocabulaires [the vocabular] L'ecoute dans la classe[ listining] Fait une dialogue [ do a dialogue] Civilisation francaise 9
Annual Les pronom possessifs: et comment fait les questions? COD [ DIRECT OBJECT] COI [ INDIRECT OBJECT] "EN" ET" Y" les vocabulaires de sport et nourriture[sports and food] Chapter 6th from "Lesprit" Chapter 7th from "L'esprit" Chapter -8th from "L'esprit" G.K. Half Yearly Unit 1-12 Test Paper 1 Current affairs Annual Unit 13-24 Test paper 2 Current affairs Value Education Half Yearly Chapter-1-8 Annual Chapter-9-17 Computer Half Yearly Chapter - 1,2,3,4 Annual Chapter -5,6,7 Les pronom possessifs: et comment fait les questions? COD [ DIRECT OBJECT] COI [ INDIRECT OBJECT] "EN" ET" Y" les vocabulaires de sport et nourriture[sports and food] Ecoute et fait une dialogue [ listining and do & prepare a dialogue] Les saison[ the seasons] and faire verbe [to do verbe] Ecrivez une lettre [ write a letter] comprehension-1 exrcise de livre [ from book ] Comment posez les questions [ how to form the questions] Les vocabulaires comment fait une dialogue {3-4minute} how to form a dialogue Ma ville et mon pays [ write on your city and your country] comprehension-2 de exrcise de livre [ from book ] Ecoute dans la classe [ listining ] et la nourriture expression avec "etre" avoir" et " faire" et contraire [ oppoeiste] comprehension 3th et 4th de livre [ from book] Art & Craft Half Yearly Page No. 2 to 6, 11 to 19, 22 to 26, 28 to 30 Annual Page No. 31 to 50 E. Education Half Yearly Chapter-1 Ecosystems Chapter 2 Human Population and the Environment Chapter 3 Sources of Energy Chapter 4 Agriculture Annual Chapter 5 Industry and the Environment Chapter 6 Degradation of the Environment Chapter 7 Disaster Chapter 8 Environmental Concerns 10
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