Weekly Syllabus Class VIII Subject: English Session :

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1 Weekly Syllabus Class VIII Subject: English Session : Date Content Listening and Speaking Activity (Poem Recitation) LS 1 How the Camel got its Hump. (it so happened ) Word Meanings + - Short and Long Questions Grammar - Forms of Verbs; Degrees of Comparison; Paragraph : "Work is Worship" Honey Dew L. 1 The Best Christmas Present in the world (Part I & II) Word meanings and comprehension through short and long questions. Seen passage for comprehension. Grammar Tense: Present Tenses (All Forms) Writing Skill: Informal Letter To friend describing your birthday party Honey Dew - L. 1 The Best Christmas Present in the World (Part III) Poem: The Ant and the Cricket Poem Recitation and comprehension through questions. Rhyming Words Grammar: Tense: Past Tense and Future Tense (All Forms) Honey Dew L. 2 Tsunami Word meanings and comprehension through short and long questions Seen passage for comprehension Grammar: Phrasal Verbs; Active-Passive

2 Writing Skill: Paragraph: A Natural Disaster Report : Mock Drill on Earthquake / Fire conducted in your school It So happened L. 2 Children at work - short and long questions Writing Skills: Paragraph Child Labour Honey Dew L. 3 Glimpses of the Past Summer Vacations and comprehension through short and long questions Poem : Geography Lesson - Recitation - Comprehension through questions. Listening Activity : Letter from Abraham Lincoln to his son s school Principal (any one paragraph) Ref. myeducator.com 2005/12/abraham_lincolns_letter_to_his_sons.html?m=1 Project / Map Activity: Chart out directions from your home to the school. Mark important landmarks in the way It So happened - L3 "the Selfish Giant"" -Word meanings - Short and long Questions Writing Skill: Paragraph. A visit to a hill station Informal Letter: To your friend describing how you spent your holidays Honey Dew L. 4 Bepin Chaudhary s Lapse of Memory. and comprehension through short and long questions.

3 - Seen passage for comprehension. Grammar: Use of has to / have to / had to Idioms; Jumbled words Honey Dew - Poem Macavity Unit Test I - Recitation - Comprehension through questions L. 5. The Summit Within and comprehension through long and short questions. - Seen passage for comprehension Grammar: Noun formation, Phrases It So happened L. 4 The Treasure Within - Word Meanings - Short and Long Questions Activity: Role play / Interview: (A famous personality of your school has returned. You take his / her interview for the school magazine.) Honey Dew Poem The Last Bargain - Appreciation and comprehension of the poem. Grammar: Modals Writing Skill: Paragraph- Rainy Season Honey Dew Poem The School Boy - Appreciation and comprehension of the poem. Writing Skill: Paragraph (i) If I were the Principal of my School (ii) If I were a bird Yuva Activity Session 8.5 If there were no schools! (PMI) Unseen passage for comprehension

4 Grammar: Prepositions:- - In / into / at - beside / besides - across - above / over / on / upon - between / among - by / with Writing Skill: Paragraph : Independence Day Notice Dance / Essay Writing Competition to be organised in your school It So happened L. 5 Princess September - Short and long questions Writing Skills: Picture composition Formal Letter: (i) To the Principal of your school requesting him/her to start extra classes in English (ii) To the Editor of a daily local newspaper regarding the problem of water logging and traffic jam in your area It So happened L. 6 The Fight Unit Test II Revision SA I - Short and long questions Unseen Poem: for comprehension Grammar: Verbs Transitive and Intransitive; Subject and Predicate Writing Skill Article Writing: Say No to Polythene Bags Yuva Activity Session: 8.4 I can improve my performance in the exams.

5 Discussion of Question Paper of SA I; Correction Work It So happened L. 7 The Open Window - Short and long questions Writing Skill: Story Writing Autumn Break Writing Skill: Paragraph My Favourite Festival - Informal Letter To friend inviting him /her to celebrate a festival with you Grammar: Active-Passive Honey Dew L. 6 This is Jody s Fawn and comprehension through short and long questions - Seen passage for comprehension. Poem: The Duck and the Kangaroo - Recitation - Comprehension through questions - Rhyme scheme Grammar: Dialogue Writing / Conversation It So happened - L.8 Jalebis - Short and long questions Yuva Activity Session 8.5 Oh! Why did I lie? Honey Dew L. 7 A Visit to Cambridge and comprehension thorugh long and short questions - Seen passage for comprehension Grammar: Determiners: Articles, possessive case, Adjective formation from verbs Honey Dew L. 8 A Short Monsoon Diary word meanings and comprehension through short and

6 long question Diary entry A week of festival days Yuva activity session 8.13 Handling both Happy and Unhappy Moments Honey Dew Poem When I set out for Lyonnese - Appreciation of the poem - Comprehension through questions - Rhyme scheme Writing Skill: Paragraph 'A visit to a historical monument' It So happened L. 9 The Comet I Unit Test III - Comprehension through long and short questions Grammar: Direct /Indirect speech It So happened - L. 10 The Comet - II - Comprehension through long and short questions. Grammar: Direct / Indirect Speech Honey Dew: Poem On the Grasshopper and Cricket - Appreciation of the poem - Comprehension through questions Poetic Device : Personification Writing skill: A poem on Nature Honey Dew L. 9 The Great Stone Face - I and comprehension through short and long questions. - Seen passage for comprehension Grammar: Noun Formation Writing Skill: Dialogue Writing

7 Honey Dew- L. 10 The Great Stone Face - II and comprehension through long and short questions - Seen passage for comprehension Grammar: Future Tense Grammar : Modals - Jumbled words Winter Break Writing skill: Formal letter : To the Manager of a T.V. showroom complaining against the non-functioning of the T.V. set which you have recently purchased Checking of Holidays' Homework Speaking Activity and Writing Activity: Speech: Use of Mobile phones / Electronic gadgets. Writing skill: Formal letter: Application to the Principal requesting him / her to let you appear for Terminal Exams which you had skipped Report : On Sports Day / Annual Day celebrations in your school Group Activity: Students to make a presentation in a group on any of the given scenes/situations: Fair / Hospital / Market / Festival / Sports Match Unit Test IV Writing skills: Formal Letter To the Bank Manager for opening bank account. Informal Letter To your younger brother/sister advising him/her to work harder for edams. Notice: Organizing Local Tour / Outstation Tour from your school Yuva Activity: Session 8.8 Improving concentration Revision Poems

8 Revision Lessons Revision Grammar and Writing Skills