SYLLABUS MONTHLY BREAKUP  
                                    CLASS VIII (SESSION 2019-20)  
                                     
                                    TERM -1 
                                           APRIL-MAY              JULY                       AUGUST                  SEPTEMBER 
                      SUBJECT/ 
                      MONTH 
                      ENGLISH              Main Coursebook –  Main Coursebook –           Main Coursebook –        Main Coursebook – The 
                                           Living Dreams, It      On Killing a Tree       Saving Chilika(Project   Listeners (Poem) 
                                           Couldn’t be Done       (Poem),  The Cherry     based work only), The    WB Reading 
                                           (Poem),  After         Tree                    Mask                     Comprehension- Dr. 
                                           Twenty Years           Grammar- Types of       Grammar-                 Watson Meets Sherlock 
                                           Grammar- Phrases       Sentences(Simple,       Connectors, Adverb       Holmes 
                                                                                                                   Revision for Half Yearly 
                                           & Clauses (Recap),     Complex &               Clauses 
                                                                                                                   Exam 
                                           Kinds of Sentences     Compound                Writing Skills – 
                                                                                                                   SYLLABUS OF HALF 
                                           (recap), Main &        sentences), Relative    Informal letter, Travel 
                                                                                                                   YEARLY 
                                           Subordinate Clauses,  Clauses, Phrasal         Blog 
                                                                                                                   Main Coursebook -  
                                           Noun Clauses,          verbs (Vocabulary)      Workbook Reading 
                                                                                                                   After Twenty Years, On 
                                           Confusing words &      Writing Skill-  Diary  Comprehension- The 
                                                                                                                   Killing a Tree (Poem),  
                                           Binomial Phrases       Writing                 Darjeeling Himalayan 
                                                                                                                   The Cherry Tree,  The 
                                           (Vocabulary),          Workbook Reading        Railway 
                                                                                                                   Mask 
                                           Homonyms(Vocabul Comprehension-  
                                                                                                                   Grammar-  Types of 
                                           ary), Use of Hyphen    The Oak Tree 
                                                                                                                   Sentences(Simple, 
                                           (Punctuation)          Syllabus for UT- I 
                                                                                                                   Complex & Compound 
                                           Workbook Reading  Main Coursebook – 
                                                                                                                   sentences), Relative 
                                           Comprehension-         Living Dreams, It 
                                                                                                                   Clauses,  Adverb 
                                           The Fisherfolk of      Couldn’t be Done 
                                                                                                                   Clauses,  Connectors, 
                                           Kerala, The Devoted  (Poem) 
                                                                                                                   Phrasal verbs 
                                           Friend (To be done     Grammar- Phrases 
                                                                                                                   (Vocabulary) 
                                           in class)              & Clauses (Recap), 
                                                                                                                   Writing Skills- E-mail 
                                           Born Free: A lioness   Kinds of Sentences 
                                                                                                                   writing, Diary Writing, 
                                           of Two Worlds (to      (recap), Noun 
                                                                                                                   Informal letters, Travel 
                                           be done as Holiday     Clauses, Confusing 
                                                                                                                   Blog  
                                           Hw during summer       words & Binomial 
                                                                                                                   Unseen Reading 
                                           vacations)             Phrases (Vocabulary) 
                                                                                                                   Comprehension 
                                           Writing Skills-  E-    Writing Skills-  E-
                                           mail Writing,          mail Writing, 
                                           Paragraph Writing      Paragraph Writing 
                                           (Sharing an            (Sharing an 
                                           experience)            experience) 
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                           Chapter 1 Rational     Chapter 3               Chapter 4 Practical       Chapter 12 Exponents 
                        MATHS 
                                           Numbers                Understanding           Geometry                  and powers    
                       
                                                                  Quadrilaterals                                     
                       
                                           Chapter 2:                                     Chapter 8 Comparing       Syllabus for Half 
                       
                                           Linear equations in    Chapter 6 Squares       quantities                Yearly  
                       
                                           one variable           and Square roots                                  CH – 1 ,2 ,3 , 4 ,6 , 7 , 8 
                                                                                                                    and 12 
                                                                  Chapter 7 Cubes and                                
                       
                                                                  cube roots                                         
                       
                                                                                                                     
                       
                                                                  Syllabus for UT -1                                 
                       
                                                                  Chapter 1 and 2                                    
                       
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     
                      SCIENCE              Chapter 1 -Crop        Chapter 2  - Micro-     Chapter 4- Materials-     Revision 
                                                                  organisms: friend and 
                                           production and                                 Metals and non metals      
                                                                  foe 
                                           management                                                               Half yearly exams 
                                                                   
                                                                                          Chapter 5- Coal and        
                                                                  Chapter 3  - Synthetic 
                                                                                          petroleum                 SYLLABUS FOR HALF 
                                           Chapter 17 -Stars 
                                                                  fibres and plastics 
                                                                                           
                                                                                                                    YEARLY EXAMINATION 
                                           and the solar system 
                                                                   
                                                                                          Activity – 
                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                                  Chapter 16- Light 
                                                                                              1)  To study 
                                                                                                                    Chapter 1 -Crop 
                                           Activity – 
                                                                   
                                                                                                 displacement 
                                                                                                                    production and 
                                               1)  To separate 
                                                                  Activity – 
                                                  healthy            1)  To study                reactions.        management 
                                                  seeds from             phenomenon                                 
                                                  unhealthy              of reflection       2)  To study the      Chapter 2 - Micro-
                                                                                                                   organisms: friend and foe 
                                                  seeds                  of light from a         nature of 
                                                                                                                    
                                               2)  To draw               plane mirror.           metallic and 
                                                                                                                   Chapter 3 - Synthetic 
                                                  various                                        non metallic 
                                                                                                                   fibres and plastics 
                                                  constellation      2)  To collect and          oxides. 
                                                                                                                    
                                                  using thread           paste             
                                                                                                                   Chapter 4- Materials- 
                                                  and stickers.          different 
                                                                                                                   Metals and non metals 
                                                                         synthetic 
                                                                                                                    
                                                                         fibres and 
                                                                                                                   Chapter 5- Coal and 
                                                                         write their 
                                                                                                                   petroleum 
                                                                         characteristic 
                                                                                                                    
                                                                         features. 
                                                                                                                   Chapter 16- Light 
                                                                   
                                                                                                                    
                                                                  SYLLABUS FOR UNIT 
                                                                                                                   Chapter 17- Stars and the 
                                                                  TEST – I 
                                                                                                                   solar system 
                                                                  Chapter 1- Crop 
                                                                                                                    
                                                                  production and 
                                                                  management 
                                                                   
                                                                  Chapter 17- Stars and 
                                                                  the solar system 
                                                                   
                                                                                                                    
                       SOCIAL               HISTORY – CH-1       HISTORY                  HISTORY   CH-6           REVISION 
                      SCIENCE              HOW , WHEN             CH-4                    COLONIALISM AND   
                                           ,WHERE                 TRIBALS, DIKUS          THE CITY(PROJECT)  SYLLABUS OF HALF 
                                              CH-2 FROM              CH-5 WHEN                                     YEARLY 
                                           TRADE TO               PEOPLE REBEL            GEOGRAPHY   CH-4  EXAMINATION 
                                           TERRITORY                                      AGRICULTURE               
                                           CH-3 RULING THE  GEOGRAPHY                                               HISTORY                    
                                           COUNTRYSIDE             CH-3 MINERALS          CIVICS         CH-3      CH-2 FROM TRADE 
                                                                  AND POWER               WHY DO WE NEED           TO TERRITORY                                       
                                           GEOGRAPHY              RESOURCES               A PARLIAMENT             CH-3 RULING THE 
                                           CH-1 RESOURCES                                     CH-4                 COUNTRYSIDE 
                                           AND                    CIVICS   CH-2           UNDERSTANDING            HISTORY                             
                                           DEVELOPMENT            UNDERSTANDING  LAWS                              CH-4 TRIBALS, DIKUS                                        
                                           CH-2 LAND, SOIL        SECULARISM                                       CH-5 WHEN PEOPLE 
                                           AND WATER                                                               REBEL 
                                           RESOURCES              SYLLABUS OF                                       
                                                                  UT-1                                             GEOGRAPHY                 
                                           CIVICS    CH-1-        HISTORY                                          CH-1 RESOURCES                                  
                                           THE INDIAN             CH-1 HOW, WHEN,                                  CH-2-LAND, SOIL 
                                           CONSTITUTION           WHERE                                            AND WATER 
                                                                     CH-2 FROM                                     RESOURCES                                      
                                                                  TRADE TO                                         CH-3 MINERALS AND 
                                                                  TERRITORY                                        POWER RESOURCES                                        
                                                                                                                   CH-4 GRICULTURE 
                                                                  GEOGRAPHY                                         
                                                                  CH 1 RESOURCES                                   CIVICS                            
                                                                      CH 2 LAND,                                   CH-2 
                                                                  SOIL AND WATER                                   UNDERSTANDING 
                                                                  RESOURCES                                        SECULARISM                                        
                                                                  CIVICS CH-1-THE                                  CH-3 WHY DO WE 
                                                                  INDIAN                                           NEED A PARLIAMENT                                        
                                                                  CONSTITUTION                                     CH-4 
                                                                                                                   UNDERSTANDING 
                                                                                                                   LAWS