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Syllabus For English Literature Session 2019-20 Class: VIII: First Bimonthly Test
Syllabus For English Literature Session 2019-20 Class: VIII: First Bimonthly Test
Session 2019-20
Class: VIII
Books: English Book One for class IX (STB)
Annexure
INSTRUCTIONS
1. The syllabus provides month wise break up of chapters which is planned according to
available working days in each month. The given break up should be strictly followed to
complete the syllabus on time.
2. Syllabus should not be given to students in the beginning of teaching period. Rather, it
should be sent only before the revision week.
3. It should be ensured that all lessons are dynamic. If the lessons are monotonous or sound
bored, this will result into lack of enthusiasm in students which makes teachers’ job tedious
and achievement of set objectives becomes more difficult.
4. While planning lessons for the contents, ICT should be integrated at least once a month.
5. Teaching resources should be added in the lesson plans and used as frequently as
possible.
6. Collaborative learning techniques must be used and mentioned in the lesson plan.
7. Project based learning should be planned and done in the class only and should not be
given as homework. Also, projects must not be planned during revision week or
examinations.
8. Presentations should be planned after completion of every chapter to develop confidence
and presentation skills in students.
9. One week is reserved for Revision. All syllabus contents which are included in monthly test
or term exam should be revised in the class and written evaluation should be done in the
exercise books.
10. Modern Techniques of Evaluation should be used in everyday class, monthly tests and
examination. Rote learning based questions are strictly prohibited.
11. Descriptive Questions must be based on higher level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
12. Other Activities include map, web diagrams, timeline, flow charts, illustrations, one
word answers, filling in the blanks and true/false statements.
Anaphora is a technique where several phrases (or verses in a poem) begin with the same word or
words. Examples are:
I came, I saw, I conquered - Julius Caesar
Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! - King John II, William Shakespeare
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of
foolishness - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right - Abraham Lincoln
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end... we shall never surrender - Winston
Churchill