ACADEMIC SYLLABUS

Grade 8
OSHIWARA
2022-23
 Grade 8

Syllabus covered during

Quarter 3
4th January to 18th March 2023
English Language
English Language

● Language analysis
● Rhetorical techniques
● Discursive Essay
● Debate
English Literature
English Literature
Reading:
Passage Comprehension
● Deciphering Implicit and Explicit questions

Usage:
● Figures of speech
● Imagery
● Writer’s effect
● Literary Techniques (Drama)

Writing:
● Narrative-descriptive Writing
French
French
● Unité 5 : Au parc d’attractions

● Unité 6 : Bonjour le Québec

● Grammaire :
➔ L’objet direct
➔ Pronoun y
➔ Futur Simple
➔ Use four different tenses
➔ Superlative adjectives
Hindi
 Hindi
QuarQuarter 1 - Hindi
Quarter 1 - Hindi
इकाई: पयार्थवरण: जीवन का आधार

Quarter
उप- 1 -महत्त्व,
वषय: प्रकृ त से आशय, Hindi
प्राकृ तक संसाधन का अथर्थ, दोहन, प्राकृ तक आपदाएँ, वैि वक समस्या,पयार्थवरण
संरक्षण
Quarter 1 - Hindi ter 1
लेखन/भाषा- वधाएँ: पत्रि-लेखन (अनौपचा रक, औपचा रक), नबंध लेखन, भाषण
- Hindi
व्याकरण: भाषाई शुद्धता संबं धत नयम, वराम- चन्ह तथा वकारी व अ वकारी शब्द|

साभार: चत्रि, चल चत्रि, वज्ञापन, सा हि यक गद्य व पद्य, समाचार-पत्रिों व प त्रिकाओं के लेख

अभ्यास: पठन और लेखन, श्रवण कौशल

Marathi
Marathi

Topic:
● जीवन सुंदर करू (क वता )
● शब्द- अथर्थ

व्याकरण:
अव्यय
● उभयान्वयी अव्यय
● केवलप्रयोगी अव्यय
Mathematics
Unit 9: Sequences and functions
9.1 Generating Sequences
9.2 Using the nth term
9.3 Representing functions

Unit 4: Equations and inequalities

4.1 Constructing and solving equations
4.2 Simultaneous equations
4.3 Inequalities

Unit 10: Graphs

10.1 Functions
10.2 Plotting graphs
10.3 Gradient and intercept
10.4 Interpreting graphs
Biology
Quarter 3 - Biology
15.2 Energy flow
15.3 Decomposers
15.4 Changing populations
15.5 Facing extinction
15.6 Maintaining Biodiversity
16 Human influences
16.1 Air pollution
16.3 Water pollution
16.4 Saving rainforest
Physics
Physics
Unit 9 Electricity

9.8 How components affect current

9.9 Voltage

Unit 10 Energy

10.1 Hot and cold

10.2 Energy transfer: Conduction

10.3 Energy transfer: Convection

10.4 Energy transfer: Radiation

10.5 Cooling by evaporation

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chapter 10

10.4 The reactivity series

10.6 Metal displacement reaction

10.7 Extracting metals from their ores

10.8 Writing symbol equations

Chapter 11

11.1 Making salts - acids and metals

11.2 Making salts - acids and carbonates

11.3 Making salts - acids and alkalis

Lab activities
HISTORY
Treaty of Versaille
Second World War - Causes
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
● Sports for all
1. Sports and politics
2. Sports and ethics
3. Sports and Human rights
4. Role models in Sports
Geography

● Theme 3: Natural Environment

○ Lithosphere- Formation of rocks
and rock cycle
○ Weathering - Types of Weathering,
Process involved

● Theme 4: Population Dynamics

○ Population
○ Migration
Music
Music

● Instruments of the Western Orchestra

● Musical styles and genres
● Listening: Music analysis
● Performance: instrumental technique
and repertoire
Theatre & Drama
Theatre & Drama
● Through a wide variety of games, activities, and
viewings of productions and production clips we
will continue exploring the roles of director,
designer and performer in preparation for IGCSE
Drama in Grade 9.

● We will begin to look at the process of devising

and look at Frantic Assembly Theatre Company

● We will look at theatre theory, vocabulary and

terms used in writing about theatre productions
Computer Science
Computer Science
Iterative Statements in Python Robotics
● Basic Concepts of Python
● Conditional Statements
● Concept of Loops
● Iterative Statements
● For Loop
● While Loop
● Infinite Loop
● Loop…else

Links and Frames HTML5

● Linking Web Pages
● Audio and Video
● Frames
Art & Design
Art & Design

➢ Kala Ghoda Art Installation

Working on concept of zoom into the Future and creating
the concepts of futuristic environments, city, transport and
own interpretations in 2D or 3D.

➢ 3 Dimensional art _Local to Global

Studying the indian art tribal art forms and culminating
them on 3D materials
Lippan, Ganjifa, Kerala Murals, Gond, Dhokra
Assessments
Public Holidays

8th Mar 2023 Holi

Settings Goals and Expectations
● Set SMART Academic Goals

● Plan your day, Prepare for the task and Present your
best work

● Make a New Friend/Be a Good Friend

● Respect others

● Follow Directions and be an active listener and a good

participant

● Eat healthy and stay fit

● Use technology safely and responsibly

Quarter Dates for Academic Year 2022 - 23

Quarter 1 26th July to 1st October 2022

Quarter 2 3rd October to 21st December 2022

Quarter 3 4th January to 18th March 2023

Quarter 4 20th March to 7th June 2023

THANK YOU!