Weekly Syllabus For Class VIII 2017-18

English

Month

Week

Literature

Revision Planning

April

1

Lit -1. A Lantern as big as a house

Gram-1. The simple Present and the Present Continuous Tenses

Lit - *Vocabulary, Find the antonyms of the words*Spelling Test*Reading Test Celebration around the world

Gram*Writing an Informal Letter with the help of the information on simple and present continuous tenses*Word Bank Dictionary work

2

Lit: 2. The present Perfect and the present Perfect Continuous Tenses

Writing: Notice writing

Novel : Chapter 1 & 2

Gram: *Make sentences using the present perfect tense*Completion of a conversation using the PPT

Writing: *Practicing Notice Writing

Novel: *Explanation of the summary of the chapter

*Character sketching

3

Lit: 2. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Gram: 3. Simple past and the Past Continuous Tenses

Lit:*Picture composition on Saving Resources of Our Planet*Dictionary work

Gram:*Quiz using E-class modules and exercises

4

Poem: Wandering Singers

Novel: 3 & 4

Lit: Creative writing on the world is our home*Poem recitation to check pronunciation, proper tone and rhythm of the poem

Novel:*Explanation of the summary of the chapter *Summary writing and character sketching

May

1

Lit: 3. The Footsteps Die Out forever

Lit:*Finding the extracts from the lesson and answering them*Knowing the values: Would you help someone like Sydney Carton?*Vocabulary work*Enacting the play

June

3

Gram: 4. The past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses

Gram:*Write 5 sentences in the PPT on the truck accident using the picture that is given on page 22 in the grammar book

4

Lit: 4. The Leopard

Writ: Formal Letter

Novel: 5 & 6

Lit:*Conversation based on the lesson*Knowing the writer Ruskin Bond

*Vocabulary work

Gram:*Practicing formal letter writing

Novel:*Explanation of the summary of the chapter *Summary writing and character sketching

July

1

Lit: Poem: The charge of the light brigade

Gram: 5. Expressing future time

Lit: *Speech*Learning about the poetic devices used in the poem and what feelings or senses do they convey?*Poem recitation to check pronunciation, proper tone and rhythm of the poem*Quiz with the help of the module exercises

2

Gram: 6. Modal Auxiliaries

7. Position of Adverbs

Novel: 7 & 8

Gram:*Learning the usage of can/could, may/might, shall/should, will/would, must/ought to using the grammar exercises

*Rearrange the sentences and find the exact place of adverbs

Novel:* Character sketching*Speech

3

Lit: 5. The Day the Viceroy Came

Gram: 8. Finite and Non-finite verbs

Writ: Bio-sketch

Lit:*Make sentences using the words and phrases*Finding synonyms and antonyms

*A group discussion on what should we do to stay focused on any task that has been given to us.

Gram:*Solving the exercise and understanding finite and non-finite verbs

Writing: Practicing Bio-sketch

4

Gram: 9. Infinitives10. Gerunds11. Participles

Gram:*Usage of Gerunds + -ing form, participle + -ing forms and usage of to infinitives

*Solve the grammar exercises

I Periodic Test

Literature: Unit 1 and 2Grammar: 1 to 6Writing: Notice and Formal Letter

Novel: Chapter 1 and 2

Aug

1

Lit: 6. William Finds a Party

Gram: 12. Subject-verb Agreement

Lit:*Completion of table regarding the characters of William and Archie, their personality and examples from the story

Gram:*Learn the rules of subject verb agreement

2

Gram: 12. Conti

Novel: 9

Gram:*Solving grammar exercises

Novel:*Character sketching and explaining the lesson by the students

3

Gram: 13. Active and Passive Voice

Gram:*To make the students write the rules of Actives and passive voice*Solve the exercise questions*Usage of e-class modules

4

Lit: Poem: The Hero

Gram: 13. Conti.Active and passive voice

Lit:*Group Activity work in 4s. take turns to give a short imagination account of a heroic deed that you have performed

Gram:*Solve the grammar exercises from the text book

Sept

1

Gram: 13. Active and Passive Voice

Gram: A class test on the rules and other active and passive passages

2

Novel: 9

Novel: Character sketching and summary writing

3

Exam

Literature: Unit 1, 2, 3Grammar: 1 to 13

Writing: Notice, formal letter and biosketch

Novel: Chapter 1 to 9

4

Oct

1

Lit: 7. Against the odd

Gram: 14. Using Nouns and prepositions

Writ: Informal Letter

Novel: 10

Lit:*Learn the word meanings and make sentences out of the words.*Solving the exercise on modals*Spelling test*Conversation on Your new hobby and its benefits

Gram:*Usage of Noun + Preposition and preposition + Noun through solving the exercises*Modules

Writ:*Practicing on Informal letter writing

Novel: Character sketching

2

Lit: Poem: The Fog

Gram: 15. Using Adjectives and Prepositions

Novel: 10

Lit:*Paragraph writing on describing all that you can see, hear, smell and feel around you

Novel:*Character sketching and summary writing

3

Lit: 8. Through Grandpas Eyes

Gram: 16. Prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs

Lit:*Look for cartoons created by RK Laxman in books. Find any one and 1. Identify the characters in the setting 2. What is happening in the picture 3. Explain how the cartoon makes us laugh and think 4. What is the intended message in the cartoon?

*Reading test by reading aloud

*Dictionary work

Gram:*Solve the grammar exercises*Quiz on the lesson prepositional and phrasal verbs

Nov

1

Lit: 9. The Blackwood House

Gram: 17. Noun Clauses

Novel: 11

Lit:*Play enactment

*Analyzing the character of Mr. Cooper and Dr. NortonGram:*Solving grammar exercises

*Word game

Novel:* Discuss on the disasters faced by Mr Fogg on the travel to Shangai.

2

Lit: 10. The Mystery of the missing Ring

Gram: 18. Relative clause

Novel: 12

Writ: Message writing

Lit:* Enacting the play.*Find the names of few fictional detectives*Solving the extracts

*Briefly describe the character of Miss Susskind

*Methods of practicing to interrupt politely during a conversation through simple day-to-day examples

*Find the difference between British spellings and American Spellings with examples

Gram:*Completion of story with relative clauses

*Solving the exercise questions

Novel:*Briefly describe the travel on The Carnatic by Mr Fogg and his team

Writ:*Practicing on Message

3

Gram: 19. Reduced relative clauses

Novel: 13 and 14

Gram:*Solving grammar exercises

*Ways of reducing relative clauses to phrases

Novel:*Discuss on what makes you tell that Mr. Fogg was a brave English man

4

Lit: Poem - The Listeners

Gram: 20. Adverbial clauses

Lit:*A discussion on the summary of the poem

*Why are there unanswered questions in the poem

Gram:*Kinds of adverbial clauses*Solve the grammar exercises*Class test

Dec

1

Gram: 21. Conditionals

Writ: E-mail

Gram:*converting the sentences to different conditionals

*Practice on E-mail

2

Lit: 11. Dream of Antarctic

Novel: 15, 16

Lit:*Story writing on Shackleton an inspiring hero. What lessons of leadership did you learn from the lesson*Find the plural forms of the words given on Pg: 131

*Write a paragraph on the difference between bugs and beetles using the clues given on Pg: 132

Novel:*Discuss on who attacked the train and what happened to the train?*Explain the incident at Liverpool.

3

Gram: 22. Direct and Indirect Speech

Novel: 17, 18

Gram:*A class test on the rules of direct and indirect speech*Solving the exercises in the book and modules

*Write a letter to your friend as suppose you are Mr Fogg. You have lost the wager and are ruined. Write the letter to your friend expressing your feeling

II Periodic test

Literature: Unit 4 and 5

Grammar: Lesson 14 to 18

Writing: Informal Letter and Biosketch

Novel: 11 and 12

Jan

1

Lit: 12. Camels versus Trains

Gram: 23. Sentence Linkers

Writ: Message

Lit: *Write down the impression that you get of Satyajit Ray, the director.*Vocabulary work and spelling test*Pronunciation

Gram: Solve the grammar exercises from the text book*Quiz using the e-class modules

Writ: writing practice for message writing

2

Lit: Poem: A Life on the Ocean Wave

Novel: 18

Lit:*Discuss on the difference between a life on land and a life on sea.*Write what sort of adventures do you think the speaker longs for?

Novel:*Summary writing on the success on Mr. Fogg on the world tour

3

24. Punctuation I

Gram* Solving the grammar exercises

4

25. Punctuation II

Gram: *Solve the grammar exercises