KOTHARI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA (SESSION 2022-23)

ANNUAL SYLLABUS BREAK UP

CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY
GRADE: 8 (STAGE- 9)
ENGLISH-

S.NO MONTH TOPIC

1. APRIL Unit 1: Describing: Developing depth and detail
Recapitulation:
• Adjectival Order
• Sensory details
• Imagery
Writing
• Using ambitious vocabulary
• Creating Atmosphere - Imagery, visuals, descriptors, devices,
punctuation
Language
• Adjectives and Adjectival Order
• Personification and Pathetic fallacy
• Symbolism and Synecdoche
• Types of Sentences

2. MAY Unit 2: Entertaining: Memorable moments

Writing:
• Journal Vs Diary Entry
• Speech Writing
• Blog Entry
Language:
• Recap – Clauses
• Contrastive Devices

3. JULY Unit 4 : Narrating: Surprising Stories

Writing:
• Openings
• Setting and Atmosphere
• Characterization
• Suspense and Climax
Language:
• Sentence Order
• Tenses and Pronouns
• Punctuation
4. AUGUST Unit 5: Analysing and comparing: Literary writing about
remarkable places
Writing:
• Register
• Purpose
• Audience
• Informative Article
• Review Writing & Text Analysis
• Report Writing
Language:
• Active and Passive Voice
• Recap literary devices - sound devices

5. SEPTEMBER TERM 1 (Progression Test)

6. OCTOBER Unit 3: Arguing: Presenting a point of view
Writing:
• Informal Letter
• Formal Letter
• Recap of Speech Writing
Language:
• Word Order
7. NOVEMBER Unit 3: Arguing: Presenting a point of view (Continued)
Writing:
• Article
• Advertisement
• Leaflet
Language:
• Discourse Markers
• Types of Phrases
8. DECEMBER Chapter 6: Exploring and Interpreting: One poet’s work
Writing:
• Summary
Language:
• Interpret Ideas
• Explore poetic tone and voice
• Explore language and Structure
• Respond to a poet’s work
• Develop and sustain ideas
• Enjambment
9. JANUARY Unit 7: Testing your skills
Comprehension and Language (Recapitulation)
10. FEBRUARY Writing Paper: Revise all writing styles and structure
 Revision for Term End Assessment
11. MARCH TERM 2 (Progression Test)

MATHEMATICS-

S.NO. MONTHS STRANDS TOPICS

1. April Number CH 1: INDICES, ROOTS & RATIONAL NUMBERS
1.1 Indices
1.2 Rational and irrational numbers
1.3 Estimating surds

CH 4: STANDARD FORM
Number 4.1 Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10
4.2 Standard form

Number CH 8: ROUNDING & DECIMALS

8.1 Upper and lower limits
8.2 Multiplying and dividing with integers and
decimals
8.3 Multiplying and dividing by decimals
between 0 and 1
2. May Geometry & CH 2: ANGLES
Measure 2.1 Interior and exterior angles
2.2 Angles of a regular polygon
2.3 Solving geometrical problems

Geometry & CH 6: TRANSFORMATIONS

Measure 6.1 Describing transformations
6.2 Combining transformations
6.3 Enlargements

Geometry & CH 10: ACCURATE DRAWING

Measure 10.1 Construction
10.2 Bearings
10.3 Points on a line segment
 3. July Statistics & CH 3: COLLECTING & ORGANISING DATA
Probability 3.1 Data collection
3.2 Frequency tables and Venn diagrams

CH 7: PRESENTING & INTERPRETING DATA 1

Statistics &
7.1 Frequency polygons
Probability
7.2 back-to-back stem and leaf diagrams

CH 20: PRESENTING & INTERPRETING DATA 2

20.1 Pie charts and bar charts
Statistics &
20.2 Infographics
Probability
20.3 Correlations

CH 5: EXPRESSIONS
5.1 Substitution
Algebra
5.2 Expanding a pair of brackets
5.3 laws of indices
5.4 Algebraic fractions
5.5 Constructing expressions

4. August Algebra CH 9: FUNCTIONS & FORMULAE

9.1 Functions
9.2 Formulae

Algebra CH 13: EQUATIONS & INEQUALITIES

13.1 Equations with fractions
13.2 Solving inequalities

5. September PROGRESSION TEST-1

6. October Number CH 11: FRACTIONS

11.1 Recurring and terminating decimals
11.2 Adding and subtracting fractions
11.3 Multiplying and dividing fractions

Number CH 14: CALCULATIONS

 14.1 Simplifying calculations with decimals and
fractions

Number CH 17: PERCENTAGES

17.1 Compound percentages

7. November Number CH 21: RATIO & PROPORTION

21.1 Using ratios in context
21.2 Direct and inverse proportion
Geometry &
Measure CH 15: PYTHAGORAS’ THEOREM
15.1 Pythagoras’ theorem

Geometry & CH 19: AREA & MEASURES

Measure 19.1 Area and circumference of a circle
19.2 Areas of compound shapes
19.3 Small and large units

CH 24: 3D SHAPES
Geometry &
24.1 Volume of prisms
Measure
24.2 Surface area
24.3 Reflective symmetry in 3D shapes

8. December Statistics & CH 12: PROBABILITY 1

Probability 12.1 Mutually exclusive events
12.2 Experimental probability

Statistics & CH 23: PROBABILITY 2

Probability 23.1 Independent events
23.2 Tree diagrams and calculating probabilities

Statistics & CH 16: MEASURES OF AVERAGES & SPREAD

Probability 16.1 Median, mode and range for grouped
distributions
16.2 Mean from a grouped frequency
distribution
 Algebra CH 22: RELATIONSHIPS & GRAPHS
22.1 Drawing linear and quadratic graphs
22.2 Equation of a straight line graph
22.3 Forming linear functions
22.4 Real life graphs
9. January Statistics & CH 26: THINKING STATISTICALLY
Probability (Project based evaluation)

Algebra CH 25: SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS

25.1 Solving simultaneous equations with like
coefficients
25.2 Solving simultaneous equations with unlike
coefficients
25.3 Solving simultaneous equations using
substitution
25.4 Solving simultaneous equations using
graphs

10. February REVISION FOR PROGRESSION TEST-2

11. February & PROGRESSION TEST – 2
March
SCIENCE-
S.NO MONTH STRAND TOPICS
1. APRIL BIOLOGY CHAPTER 1: PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT
GROWTH

1.1 Photosynthesis
1.2 Transport of water and mineral salts in
plants

CHAPTER 2: THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM

2.1 Producing urine

CHEMISTRY CHAPTER 5: THE PERIODIC TABLE

5.1 Atomic Structure and the periodic table

5.2 Trends in the Periodic table
2. MAY
 PHYSICS CHAPTER 11: SOUND

3. JULY 11.1 Loudness and pitch

11.2 Interference

CHAPTER 8: ENERGY
PHYSICS
8.1 Energy Conservation
8.2 Heating and cooling
8.3 Conduction, convection, radiation and
evaporation

4. AUGUST CHAPTER 9: FORCES

9.1 Floating and sinking

CHAPTER 12: PLATE TECTONICS

EARTH AND
SPACE 12.1 Evidence for plate tectonics
12.2 Explaining plate movement

CHAPTER 13: CLIMATE CHANGE

13.1 The carbon cycle

13.2 Impacts of climate change

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES-

S.NO. MONTH TOPIC

1. APRIL UNIT – I REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
1. Meaning, importance and types of Regional Organizations
2. European Union- Meaning, Evolution, Objectives, Pros and
cons, Concept of BREXIT
3. Common Wealth Nations- Meaning, Evolution, Objectives,
Pros and cons
4. G4, G5, G7, G8 AND G20
5. BRICS
6. BIMSTEC
7. SAARC
8. ASEAN
 UNIT- II FROM RADERS TO RULERS
2. MAY 1. Voyages of Discovery
2. The Formation of European Trading Companies in India
3. Advent of the English East India Company
4. Conquest of Bengal- Battle of Plassey and Buxar- causes and
results
5. Dual Government- Drawbacks of Dual Government
6. Defeat of Marathas, Sikhs; Conquest of Mysore
7. Policy of British expansions
➢ Doctrine of Lapse
➢ Subsidiary Alliance
➢ Annexation of Awadh
8. Reasons for the success of the British
9. Effects of the British rule

UNIT- III THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1857

3. JULY 1. Beginning of the Revolt of 1857
2. Causes of the revolt of 1857
3. Leaders and spread of the uprising (Main Centres)
4. Reasons for the failure of the Revolt
5. Effects of the Revolt
6. Nature of Uprising

UNIT- IV URBANISATION
4. AUGUST 1. What is Urbanisation and settlements?
2. How were the sites for early settlements chosen?
3. Different settlement patterns
4. How do settlements change with time?
5. Benefits and problems of settlement growth?
6. Why are there different land use patterns in towns and the
study of their changing pattern?
7. Where do we shop and the changing pattern of shopping?
8. Traffic in urban areas- problems and solutions
9. How environment may be improved

SEPTEMBER REVISION FOLLOWED BY PROGRESSION TEST-I

5. OCTOBER UNIT- V THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT (1870-1916)

1. Rise of Nationalism
2. The Indian National Congress
3. Partition of Bengal
4. Boycott and Swadeshi Movement
 5. Demand for Swaraj
6. Split in the Congress
7. The rise of Revolutionaries
8. Morley- Minto Reforms
9. Formation of Muslim League
10.Home Rule Movements and Lucknow pact

6. NOVEMBER UNIT- VI THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1916-1947)

1. Gandhian Era (1919-1947)
2. Early Campaigns – Kheda, Champaran and Ahemdabad
3. Mass Movements
❖ Non-Cooperation
❖ Rowlatt Act
❖ Jalliawala Bagh
❖ Khilafat
❖ Chauri- Chaura Incident
4. Simon Commission
5. Civil Disobedience Movement and the Dandi march
6. Cripp’s Mission
7. Quit India Movement
8. Indian National Army
9. Independence and Partition
10.Cabinet mission plan
11.Mountbatten plan
12.Indian independence act

7. DECEMBER UNIT-VII UNITED NATIONS

1. Establishment of the UNO
2. Origin of the UNO
3. Purposes/Objectives of the United Nations
4. Principles of the United Nations
5. Headquarters and the Flag of the United Nations
6. Organs of the United Nations
7. Major Agencies of the UN
8. India and the United Nations

8. JANUARY UNIT- VIII KNOWING OUR COUNTRY- INDIA

1. India - Position and extent
2. India - physiography
3. India - Climate

FEBRUARY REVISION FOLLOWED BY PROGRESSION TEST-II

ICT-

S.NO MONTH TOPICS

1. APRIL - MS EXCEL
MAY Functions
Concatenate function
LEN Function
Days/Networkdays
SUMIFS
Averageif
Pivot Tables.
2. JULY TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM
Hardware and Software
Operating Systems
HTML
Tables in HTML
3. AUGUST HTML
Table Row
Table Column
Table Borders
Headers and Footers
CSS in HTML
Message box in HTML
4. SEPTEMBER TERM 1 (Progression Test)
5. OCTOBER PYTHON
Loops revision
List
6. NOVEMBER PYTHON
Tuples
Dictionary

7. DECEMBER PYTHON
Sets
Graphic Design
8. JANUARY PYTHON
Classes and Objects
9. FEBRUARY Revision
10. MARCH Revision

SECOND LANGUAGE-

FRENCH-
S.NO MONTH TOPICS LESSONS TO BE INCLUDED
IN TERM 2
1 APRIL Lesson 1: Preparons un gâteau au Lesson 3, 4 & 5
chocolat ! 1. L’interrogation
1. Les adverbs de quantite. 2. Le future simple
2. L’impératif 3. Le future proche
3. L’adjectif ‘tout’

2 MAY Lesson 2: La crémaillère

1. Expressions avec <<avoir>>
2. Savoir/Connaitre
3. Les conjonctions
3 JULY Lesson 3: Faisons des courses !

1. Les adjectifs demonstrartifs

2. L’interrogation
4 AUGUST Lesson 4: Mes vacances

&

Lesson 5: Qu’est ce que je ferai !

1. Le future proche
2. Le future simple

5 SEPTEMBER Mid-Term Examination

6 OCTOBER Lesson 6: L’environnement

1. Les expressions de la negation
2. Les prepositions et les
adverbs.
7 NOVEMBER Lesson 7: Nous venons de
déménager a Nice.

1. Le passe recent
2. Les adverbs
 8 DECEMBER Lesson 8 : Léa a visité le
Futurescope

1. Le passe compose avec avoir

9 JANUARY Lesson 9 : Mon journal intime

&

Lesson 10 : Parlons a une vedette !

1. Le passé compose avec

<<etre>>
10 FEBRUARY Revision for TERM END Assessment

11. MARCH TERM END ASSESSMENT

GERMAN-
S.NO MONTH TOPICS LESSONS TO BE INCLUDED
IN TERM 2
1 APRIL Stefan, wie geht’s dir? Lesson 2: Gesund Leben’

1. Körperteile 1.Modalverben: ‘dürfen’ and

‘sollen’
2. Dativ bestimmter Artikel,
Personal Pronomen 2. Nebensatz: ‘weil’

4. Gesund Essen (Healthy food

habits)

Lesson 3: Was hast du für

deine Gesundheit getan?’

1.Das Perfekt: haben/sein

3.Wochentage

5.Wortshatz

2 MAY Stefan, wie geht’s dir?

3. Imperativ: 2 Person plural höflich

form”
 Gesund Leben

1. Modalverben: ‘dürfen’ and

‘sollen’

3 JULY Gesund Leben

2. Nebensatz: ‘weil’

3. Gesund Essen (Healthy food

habits)

4. E-mail schreiben

4 AUGUST Was hast du für deine Gesundheit

getan?

1.Perfekt: haben/sein

2.Regemäßige/unregemäßige
Verben

3.Wochentage

4. Einen Brief lesen.

5.Wortshatz

5 SEPTEMBER Revision for MID TERM Assessment

6 OCTOBER Wo ist Tina?

1.Lokal-Ergänzung: Präposition (an,

in vor, hinter, neben)

2. Fragewort: Wo?
 7 NOVEMBER Wo ist Tina?

3. Die Verben: wissen, stehen,

sitzen.

4. Stadtplan

Hast du Lust, ins Kino zu gehen?

1. Präpositionen in, auf (dativ),

Fragewort: wo?

2.Lokal-Ergänzung in, auf(akkusativ)

Frage :wohin?

8 DECEMBER Hast du Lust, ins Kino zu gehen?

3. Lokal-Ergänzung : zum , zur

4. Präpositions mit (dativ)

5.Infinitiv satz mit zu

9 JANUARY Ordnung muss sein!

1. Position Verb

2. Präpositionen mit Dativ oder

Akkusativ

10 FEBRUARY Revision for TERM END Assessment

11 MARCH TERM END ASSESSMENT

SPANISH-
S. No. Month Topic Topics to be
included in Second
Term
1. APRIL NOSOTROS Lesson 3: ?DONDE ESTA
SANTIAGO?
1. Saludar y despedirse
2. Personal details 1. Uses of ser
3. Nationalities 2. Uses Of hay
4. Sentence construction 3. Uses of que/cual/cuales
5. Numbers 4. Uses of muy and mucho
 6. Verbs conjugations
Lesson 4: ?CUAL PREFIERES?
1. Numbers
2. Demonstratives
3. Sentence construction
4. Uses of tener que +
infinitive
5. Verbs conjugations
6. Adjectives
7. Uses of gustar

2. MAY QUIERO APRENDER ESPANOL

1. Vocabulary
2. Verbs conjugations
3. Uses of querer
3. JULY ?DONDE ESTA SANTIAGO?
1. Uses of ser
2. Uses Of hay
3. Uses of que/cual/cuales
4. Uses of muy and mucho
4. AUG ?CUAL PREFIERES? & TUS AMIGOS SON
MIS AMIGOS
8. Numbers
9. Demonstratives
10.Sentence construction
11.Uses of tener que + infinitive
12.Verbs conjugations
13.Adjectives
14.Uses of gustar

5. SEPT Revision for MID TERM Assessment

6. OCT DIA A DIA
1. Time
2. Vocabulary
3. Verbs conjugations
4. Sentence construction
7. NOV !A COMER!
1. Vocabulary
 2. Basic questions
3. Verb conjugations
4. Conversation in a restaurant
8. DEC EL BARRIO IDEAL
1. Verbs conjugations
2. Vocabulary
3. Description of a city
4. Translation
9. JAN ?SABES CONDUCIR?
1. Uses of preterito perfecto
2. Vocabulary
3. Irregular participles
4. Sentence construction
5. Talk about last journey in Spanish
6. Verb conjugations
10 FEB Revision for TERM END Assessment
11. MARCH TERM END ASSESSMENT

HINDI-

S.NO MONTH TOPICS LESSONS TO BE INCLUDED IN TERM

2

1
अप्रैल- 1. भगवान के डाककए (कववता) पाठ- . भगवान के डाककए (कववता)

2. लाख की चूडडयााँ(कहानी) व्याकरि - संज्ञा तथा उसके भेद

मई
3. बस की यात्रा (व्यंग्य)
लेखन -पत्र लेखन
व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु नुक्ता, संज्ञा

रचनात्मक कार्य

● आत्मकथा लेखन कविता रचना

2 4.क्या ननराश हुआ जाए (ननबन्ध)

जुलाई 5. यह सबसे कठठन समय नह (ं कववता)

6.चचट्ठठयों की अनूठी दनु नया (पररचचाा)

 व्याकरणिक बबंद ु – संज्ञा, ललंग, वचन,
ववलोम

रचनात्मक कार्य

● संस्मरि लेखन
● पत्र लेखन

3
अगस्त 8. कामचोर ( पररचचाा )

9. कबीर की साणखयााँ

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु सवानाम ,कारक

रचनात्मक कार्य

● लघुकथा लेखन
● चचत्र विान
पनु रावत्तृ ि
4
सितंबर अर्द्ध वात्तषधक परीक्षा
5
अक्तूबर 10.जहााँ पठहया है (ररपोतााज)

11.अकबर लोटा (कहानी)

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु ववशेषि, अशुद्चध शोधन

रचनात्मक कार्य

● अनुच्छे द लेखन
● ववज्ञापन लेखन
6
निंबर 12. पानी की कहानी

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु किया

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु किया ववशेषि

रचनात्मक कार्य

● अनुच्छे द लेखन
7
दििंबर 14. बाज़ और सााँप (कहानी)

व्याकरणिक बबंद ु - मुहावरे

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु ववराम चचह्न

रचनात्मक कार्य

● लघुकथा लेखन
● संवाद लेखन
8
जनिरी 15.टोपी (कहानी)

16.जब लसनेमा ने बोलना सीखा (पररचचाा)

व्याकरणिक बबंद-ु समास

रचनात्मक कार्य

लघुकथा लेखन

9
फरिरी पन
ु रािवृ ि