HALF YEARLY SYLLABUS FOR GRADE 8 -2019

SUBJECT TOPICS
ENGLSH 1 1. Composition writing
2. Informal & Formal letters
3. Notice writing
4. Email writing
5. Comprehension
6. Summary with grid
7. Grammar
 Articles
 Prepositions
 Clauses & Phrases
 Simple, Compound & Complex sentences
 Synthesis of Sentences to form Simple Sentence
 Tenses
 Direct & Indirect Speech[Statements & Interrogatives]
 Transformation of Sentences
 Active Passive voice

ENGLISH 2 Drama
1. King Lear
2. The Bishop’s Candlesticks
Poem
1. Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Night
2. The Village School Master
Prose
1. The Enchanted Pool
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MATHEMATICS  Number System: Number System (Rational numbers,

Operations and applications)
 Insert rational numbers in between two rational numbers.
 Number System: Representation on number line
 Number System: Playing with numbers (Simplification using
BODMAS, substitution and divisibility rules)
 Number System: Square and square root
 Number System: Cube and cube root
 Geometry: Understanding shapes and Polygons.
 Geometry: Representing 3-D in 2- D shapes, Euler's Formula
and Reflection and rotational symmetry
 Geometry: Representing 3-D in 2- D shapes, Euler's Formula
and Reflection and rotational symmetry
 Geometry: Recapitulation of Basic Geometry (Additional) and
Circles
 Ratio and Proportion: Ratio and proportion problems and
applications. (Additional practice questions)
 Ratio and Proportion: Unitary method (Direct and Inverse
Variations)
 Ratio and Proportion: Percentage and Applications (Higher
order)
 Ratio and Proportion: Time and work (application of unitary
method)
 Ratio and Proportion: Profit, Loss and discount (Overhead
expenses) and Tax
 Ratio and Proportion: Simple Interest and Introduction of
Compound Interest (Difference between the two)
Compounded yearly up to three years and half yearly up to
three steps.
PHYSICS  Ch 1 – Matter
 Ch 2 – Physical Quantities and Measurement
 Ch 3 – Force and Pressure
 Ch 4 – Energy

CHEMISTRY  Theme 1: Matter

 Theme 3: Elements, compounds and Mixtures
 Theme 4: Atomic structure
 Theme 5: Language of Chemistry

BIOLOGY 1. The Circulatory System.

2. Transport in plants
3. Reproduction in plants
4. Reproduction in Humans
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HISTORY/CIVICS HISTORY
 Ch 1- A period of Transition
 Ch 2- The Growth of Nationalism
 Ch 3- Napoleon Bonaparte and the Unification of Europe
 Ch 4- The American Civil War

CIVICS
 Ch 15- The Central Government- The Legislature and the
Executive
 Chapter 16- The Judiciary

GEOGRAPHY  Ch 1: Representation of Geographical Features

 Ch 2: Population Dynamics
 Ch 8: India- Location, Political Divisions and Physical
Features
 Ch9: India- Climate, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife.
 Map work

FRENCH  Lessons 1 to 5.
 Chez Pierre
 Mes cadeaux
 Les oeufs de Paques!
 La vie quotidienne de mon grand-père
 Au camping avec Monsieur Martin

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COMPUTER SCIENCE  Spreadsheet- Formatting, Formula/Functions, Errors

PRACTICAL  C- Programming
COMPUTER SCIENCE  Chapter 1: Operating System
THEORY  Chapter 2: Spreadsheet – Formulas and functions
 Chapter 4: Algorithms and Flowcharts (Except loop)
 C - Programming
Note:- All work done in the notebooks, workbooks, text books and all
enrichment sheets are part of the syllabus.