Beaconhouse School System

Gulshan Middle I
EOY EXAM SYLLABUS 2021
CLASS 8
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

LISTENING Intensive Listening (Through Audio Clip)

SPEAKING Speak on the given prompt/s

Unseen Comprehension Passages
READING  Unseen Comprehension

 Narrative Writing
WRITING
 Recount Writing
 Formal and Informal Letters
 Argumentative Writing
 Persuasive Writing
 Descriptive Writing
Report Writing As per the purpose of writing, use the following grammatical
components where required:
different types of sentences, such as question, exclamation, statement,
conditional direct/indirect speech present, past and/or future tense time and
sequence vocabulary for cohesion and coherence (first, after that, in the end
etc.)
phrasal verbs uncommon prefixes collocations write using complex
punctuation (full stop, comma, colon, semi colon, question mark, exclamation
mark, speech/quotation marks, dash, hyphen, parenthesis and apostrophes) As
per the purpose of writing, express the following where required:
facts and/or opinions beliefs and/or assumptions colloquial or formal written
language words with a positive or negative connotation

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' [Book 1, 2 and 3]

PROSE
 Unseen Poems
POETRY

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 ‫اُردو‬
‫اُردواسلاینت‬

‫ُ‬

‫اُردوادب ُ‬
‫(انمااسنتینےکےئل)تعن۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫مہدردیرشطااسنتین۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫ایستحانہمویرپ۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫مظندجتدیواف۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫ڈارٹکافہمطاشہ۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫وکشہوجابوکشہ۔‬ ‫‪‬‬
‫‪( ‬دریساتکب)اپاتسکمیکذہتبیواقثتف۔اثمیلاطملعبلُُُُُُُُ(وگلگالکسرولرپرکواایایگامتلاکلاشلمےہ) ُ‬
 ‫االسایمت‬
،)‫وسرہااکتلرث(ظفح‬ 
،‫ُتلیضفاوراعمرشیتارثات‬،‫روزہ‬ 
،‫دعكوااسحم‬،‫وقتی‬
ٰ ‫االخصو‬ 
،‫ادنا ِزوگتفگ‬ 
،‫ارمابارعملوفویہننعارکنمل‬ 
،)‫ذعموراوراسمرف‬،‫ویبہ‬،‫وقحقاابعلد(میتی‬ 
‫ُُُُُُُُااعدہ‬،ؓ‫رضحتافہمطزرہا‬ 
)‫(وگلگالکسرولرپرکواایایگامتلاکلاشلمےہ‬

MATHEMATICS
Equations and  Solve simultaneous linear equations in two variables graphical methods.
Inequalities (Graphical  Solve quadratic equations using graphical methods
representations)
Fractions and  Increase and decrease quantities by a given percentage.
Percentages  Calculate the percentage increase/decrease of a value.
 Express one value as a percentage of another.
 Convert and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals, ratios
and percentages, including in different contexts.
 Solve word problems related to fractions and percentages in context of
money, length and weight

Sequence and Patterns  Recognize the pattern in number sequences, find out the missing next
terms and describe their nth term.
Introduction to  Calculate distance, midpoint and gradient/slope of a line from given two
Coordinate Geometry points.
 Relationships between gradients of parallel and perpendicular lines to find
missing gradients of given lines
 Find equation of a straight line using slope and y-intercept
Ratio, Rate &  Recognize when two quantities are in direct or inverse proportion
Proportion  Express, mathematically, the proportion between two quantities
 Write an equation connecting two quantities in either direct or inverse
proportions and calculate the missing values
 Identify the relationship between two quantities by interpreting a graph
 Solve problems involving direct and inverse proportions
Time & Average Speed  Convert between 12 hour clock and 24 hour clock and vice versa
 Calculate arrival time, departure time and journey time in a given situation
(on any given day in a month/year)
 Carries out calculations involving speed, distance and time involving any
decimal and decimal fraction hours
 Word problems involving time and average speed
 Calculates time durations across hours, days and months.
 Interpreting travel graphs for one person (for three stages) and read values
on the graph
 Angle properties,  Construction of angle and line bisectors, triangles and quadrilaterals using
bisectors and the standard ruler and compass
construction of Polygons  Know and apply the formulae for sums of interior angle and exterior angles
in a polygon to find missing angles and sides
 Calculate any side of a right angled triangle using Pythagoras theorem
Area and Volume  Convert between standard units of lengths, areas and volumes
 Calculate area and perimeter of any 2D composite shapes where the units
are both consistent and inconsistent.
 Calculate volume and surface area of simple 3D right prisms Pyramids,
Sphere, Cone, Cylinder and Pipe where the units are both consistent
inconsistent.
 Calculate area of sector and length of arc
 Use concepts of areas, perimeter, surface area and volume of any 2D
shapes and 3D solids in problems solving

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GENERAL SCIENCE
 6.1 Metals and their reactions with oxygen
 6.2 Reactions of metals in water
UNIT 6:
 6.3 Reactions of metals with dilute acid
 6.4 The reactivity series
REACTIVITY
 6.5 Displacement Reactions
 6.6 Using displacement reaction
End of unit questions
 7.1 Salts
 7.2 Preparing a salt using metal and acid
UNIT 7: SALTS
 7.3 Metal carbonates and acids
 7.4 Forming salts by neutralization
End of unit questions
 8.1 Measuring the rate of reaction
 8.2 Changes in the rate of reaction
Unit 8: RATES
 8.3 Surface area and the rate of reaction
 8.4 Temperature and the rate of reaction
OF REACTION
 8.5 Concentration and the rate of reaction
 8.6 Catalyst
End of unit question
 9.1 The idea of density
 9.2 Measuring density
Unit 9:  9.3 Density Calculations
 9.4 Pressure
FORCES IN  9.5 Pressure calculations
 9.6 Pressure in gases and liquids
ACTION  9.7 The turning effect of a force
 9.8 The principle of moments
 9.9 Calculating moments
End of unit question.
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 SOCIAL STUDIES

HISTORY
1 Agreements, Disagreements and Deadlock: 1930-39

2 The World at War: 1939-45

3 Power Shifts-The World after World War II.

4 Towards Partition and Pakistan: 1940-47.

GEOGRAPHY
1 Pakistan and International Trade.

2 Transport and its Importance.

3 Environmental Pollution.

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