CLASS 6 SYLLABUS 2017 2018 ENGLISH Books: 1. Tree Top - Course Book · PDF file7. Flash URDU Books: Ibtedaee Urdu (Doosri Jamat Ke Liye Urdu Ki Darsi Kitab) Grammar (Notes will be

CLASS 6 SYLLABUS 2017 – 2018

ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top - Course Book 6 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top - Companion Book 6 (Headword Publishing Company)

3. Grammar Plus Book 6 (Ratna Sagar)

4. The Little Oxford Dictionary (O.U.P)

FIRST TERM

Essay Writing: Essay /Picture Composition (One per fortnight alternatively) – 150 to 200 words

Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (formal/informal)

Comprehension/Grammar

1. Comprehension passages set from Companion Book 6

a. The Jungle Book (Pg.9)

b. How the Whale Got His Throat (Pg.14)

c. The Miser in the Bush (Pg.18)

2. Sentences – Subject and Predicate 3. Nouns

4. Pronouns 5. Adjectives

6. Articles

PROSE POETRY

1. The Bremen Town Musicians 1. The Miser and His Gold

2. How the Cat Became 2. Daddy Fell into the Pond

3. The Emperor‟s New Clothes

4. Beowulf, the Mighty Hero

5. Jeannie‟s Amber Beads

One Act Plays (Drama)

Spelling and Dictation

Extensive Reading

FINAL TERM

Essay Writing: One essay per fortnight

Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (formal/informal/Application to Principal)



(a) Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Pg.51)

(b) Why Seawater is Salty (Pg.55)

(c) A Tiger in the Zoo (Pg.62)

2. Verbs - Agreement of Subject with the Verb 3. Adverbs

4. Prepositions 5. Conjunctions

6. Tenses – Simple and Progressive Forms 7. Proverbs

PROSE POETRY

1. Amazon Adventure 1. Day

2. The Little Blue Bag 2. A Green Cornfield

3. Taro and the Sea Princess

4. My Early Home

5. Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture

One Act Plays (Drama)


Extensive Reading

HINDI

Books: 1. 6

2. 6

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT fgUnh lkfgR;

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1.

2.

3. (Parts of Noun) (Abstract Noun) 4. (Pronoun)

5. 68 71

6. 73 74

7. 85 87

8. i (Formal Letter) ii (Informal Letter)

9.

10. (Essay Writing) / (Picture writing)

11.

12.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)

2. (Verb - Tense)

3. (Syntax & Correction of Sentences)

4. (Punctuation)

5. 68 71

6. 73 74

7. 85 87

8. 76 78


10.

11.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA Part-2 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid publications (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5.

FRENCH

Books: Apprenons Le Français Part-1 (New Saraswati Publication)

Text Book and Work Book

FIRST TERM


1. Alphabets 2. Numbers

3. Subject Pronouns 4. Professions

5. Culture

PROSE POETRY

1. vous connaissez la france 1. Frère Jacques

2. Les salutations

3. Les Copains

4. Devinez

5. Dans la classe

FINAL TERM


1. Masculine/Feminine 2. Plural of Nouns

3. Verb: aller 4. Months of the year

5. Feminine / Plural of colours 6. Cardinal Numbers

PROSE POETRY

1. Les Amis De Caroline 1. Vole Joli Papillon

2. Quel Jour Sommes-Nous? 2. Le Weekend

3. La Famille De Manuel

4. Les Vacances

5. Le Drapeau De Mon Pays

6. La Carte De La France

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS – Class 6 Jayanti Sengupta (REVISED EDITION) (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY

1. Sources of History 2. Life in Prehistoric Times

3. The Harappan Civilization 4. The Egyptian Civilization

5. The Mesopotamian Civilization 6. Chinese Civilization

7. Roman Civilization 8. Greek Civilization

9. The Early Vedic Period 9. Later Vedic Period

CIVICS

1. Introduction to Civics (Basic Definition of the Environment)

2. Living in Society (Family, Locality, Community)

FINAL TERM

HISTORY

1. Jainism and Buddhism 2. The Rise of Magadha

3. The Mauryan Empire 4. The Mauryan Administration

5. The Guptas 6. South Indian Kingdoms (Pallavas and Cholas)

CIVICS

1. Preservation of Public Property 2. Municipal Corporation and Panchayat

3. Communities in India

GEOGRAPHY

Book: DISCOVER GEOGRAPHY – BOOK 6 J. Balagopal (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. The Earth: Our Habitat in the Solar System 2. Major Landforms and Water Bodies of the Earth

3. Practical Work

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Australia – Location and physical features 2. Australia – Political Divisions

3. Australia – Climate and Natural Vegetation 4. Australia – Natural Resources

5. Case Study

FINAL TERM

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Africa – Location, Size, Physical features and Political divisions

2. Africa – Climate and Natural Vegetation

3. Africa – Natural Resources 4. New Zealand

5. Case Study 6. Environmental Concerns

MATHEMATICS

Book: MASTERING MATHEMATICS – BOOK 6 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Integers

2. Sets (Listing, Description, Cardinal Number, Union and Intersection)

3. HCF and LCM

4. Fractions (BODMAS)

5. Decimals

6. Ratio and Proportion

ALGEBRA

1. Fundamental Concepts of Algebra 2. Substitution

1. Addition

GEOMETRY

1. Fundamental Concepts and Lines. 2. Angles: Types and Properties

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Percentage 2. Simple Interest

3. Area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. 4. Volume of a cube.

ALGEBRA

1. Subtraction 2. Multiplication

3. Removal of Brackets

GEOMETRY

1. Constructions 2. Triangles.

GENERAL SCIENCE

Book: INTEGRATED LIVING SCIENCE FOR ICSE SCHOOLS – BOOK 6 Gautam Das, Satinder Malhotra and D. K.. Rao (Ratna Sagar)

BEGINNER’S SCIENCE DICTIONARY - Terrapin

FIRST TERM

1. Measurements 2. Force

3. Friction 4. Pure Substances and Mixtures

5. Classification of the Living World 6. Classification of Plants

7. Our Environment

FINAL TERM

1. Pressure 2. Work and Energy

3. Magnetism 4. Rocks and Minerals

5. Classification of Animals 6. Soil

7. The Structure and Functions of Plant Parts 8. Some Useful Plants and Animals

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – I Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. Introduction to Computer Fundamentals. 2. Basic Commands & Statements.

3. Programming in Basic.

4. Data Representation - Number System. (Binary Addition, Binary Decimal Binary -- Conversion -- Interconversion)

FINAL TERM

1. Introduction to Multimedia. 2. Basic Concepts of Internet & E-mail.

3. Internet Programming in Java. 4. Graphical User Interface.

5. MS – EXCEL 6. Algorithm Flow Chart

7. Flash

URDU

Books: Ibtedaee Urdu (Doosri Jamat Ke Liye Urdu Ki Darsi Kitab)

Grammar (Notes will be given by the teacher)

FIRST TERM

Text:

1. Dua (Nazm) 2. Achcha Har Ka (Kahani)

3. Sabzi Wala (Nazm) 4. Samajhdari (Mazmoon)

5. Chand (Nazm) 6. Nannhi Pari (Kahani)

7. Hamare Janwar (Mazmoon) 8. Jara (Nazm)

Language:

1. Lafz Ki Qismein 2. Kalme ki Qismen

3. Isme Marfa – Isme Nakra 4. Zameer – Zameer ki Qismein

5. Sifat – Sifat ki Qismein 6. Feal – Feal ki Qismein

7. Tameez – Tameez ki Qismein 8. Muhawre

9. Letter Writing – Formal and Informal 10. Unseen passage

11. Essay Writing

FINAL TERM

Text:

1. Jangal (Mazmoon) 2. Bhai Mattu Aur Ghari (Kahani)

3. Naee Kahani (Nazm) 4. Computer (Mazmoon)

5. Murgha Aur Homri (Kahani) 6. Paheliyan (Nazm)

7. School Ka Salana Jalsa (Mazmoon)

Language:

1. Harf – Harf ki Qismein 2. Jumla – Jumle ki Qismein

3. Mauzoon – Ghair Mauzoom Jumle 4. Tashbeeh

5. Isteaarah 6. Majaze Mursal

7. Kamaya 8. Muhawre

9. Hae Maukhtarfi – Hai Malfoozi 10. Unseen passage 11. Essay Writing

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 6 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (ORIENT LONGMAN)

FIRST TERM

1. Who am I? 2. In Their Footsteps

3. My Secret Wishes 4. Not Afraid Anymore

5. Ever-widening Circles 6. The Voice of Authority

7. Accepting the Difference 8. That‟s Funny

FINAL TERM

1. Precious Moments 2. God to Me

3. Different Routes 4. Keep the Channel Open

5. Children of the World 6. They think I am ...

7. Special People 8. We are Classmates

ART

Book: START UP ART and CRAFT – Book 6 (Acevision Publisher Pvt Ltd)

FIRST TERM

Concept of Art: Still Life study:

1. Introduction of Art 1. Measurements and proportions for still life objects

2. Materials and Techniques 2. Still life with pencil shading

3. Elements of Art 3. Still life with pencil colours

4. Principles of Art 4. Still life with microtip pen

Nature study: Animal study:

1. Drawing and colouring leaves 1. Drawing and colouring birds

2. Drawing and colouring flowers 2. Drawing and colouring animals

3. Drawing and colouring trees 3. Drawing and colouring reptiles

Landscape:

1. Rendering of a landscape

2. Rendering of a cottage

3. Rendering of a Mud House

FINAL TERM

Vehicles: Human form study:

1. Drawing and colouring car 1. Study of facial feature

2. Rendering of Submarine and Hot air Balloon 2. How to draw a face

3. Study of proportion and postures

Composition: Art and Design

1 Rendering of a forest 1. Writing in style - Typography

2. Folk Art – Madhubani 2. Collage

3. Drawing and colouring kettle and fruits 3. Poster design

Craft

1. Zentangle

2. Hanging flowers

3. Foil paper Elephant

4. Tea Coasters

S.U.P.W. WORK: Adoption of leprosy Home

FIRST TERM

1. Medication – Dettol, Savalon, Cotton, Bandage, Calpol & Disprin.

2. Ration – Rice, Sugar, Powder Milk, Dal & Tea leaves.

3. Toiletries – Soap, Toothpaste.

4. Clothing – Old Clothes Shirts, Trousers etc.

FINAL TERM

1. Hygiene – Lyzol & Phenyl cleanliness habits will be taught.

2. Stationary – Note books, Drawing books, Pencils & Erasers etc.

3. Confectionary – Cakes, Buns & Biscuits.

4. Footwear – Old & new slippers


ENGLISH



3. Grammar Plus Book 7 (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

Essay Writing: Essay / Picture Composition (One per fortnight alternatively)

Letter Writing: One Letter per fortnight



1. Comprehension passages set from Companion book 7

a. A Curious Excursion (Pg.20)

b. Gulliver‟s Travels (Pg.30)

c. The Cottingley Fairies (Pg.48)

2. Compound Sentences with „and, „but‟, „or‟.

3. Nouns – Singular, Plural, Collective 4. Articles

5. Pronouns 6. Adjectives

7. Perfect Tense

8. Re-telling stories using selected phrases and vocabulary from the original stories

LITERATURE

PROSE POETRY

1. The Emperor and the Nightingale 1. From a Railway Carriage

2. My life on an Island 2. Tartary

3. The Most Precious Gift

4. The Sorcerer‟s Apprentice

5. Alien Invaders

FINAL TERM

Essay Writing: One Essay per fortnight

Letter Writing: One Letter per fortnight


1. Comprehension passages set from Companion book 7

a. King Bruce and the Spider (Pg.60)

b. Men in Jogging Suits (Pg.69)

c. Michael Goes Climbing (Pg.80)

2. Verbs – to be, to seem, to become

3. Adverbs 4. Prepositions

5. Conjunctions 6. Classes of Verbs

7. Tag Questions

LITERATURE

PROSE POETRY

1. Ashamanja Babu‟s Dog 1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

2. The Gift 2. The Dove

3. The lost Empire

4. Adventures of Don Quixote.

5. My Lord, the Baby

6. One Act Plays (drama)

7. Extensive Reading

HINDI

Books: 1. 7

2. 7

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1.

2. (Parts of Noun)

3. (Pronoun)

4. 86 89

5. 91 92

6. 108 113


8.

9. (Essay Writing)

10.

11.

12.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)

2. (Verb)


4. (Punctuation)

5. 86 89

6. 91 92

7. 108 113

8. 95 98


10.

11.

12.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA – PART 3 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid Publication (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS – Class 7 (REVISED EDITION) Jayanti Sengupta (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY

1. The Medieval World 2. Christianity and the Roman Church

3. Islam and its Impact on the Middle East 4. The Turkish Invasion

5. The Mamluk Dynasty 6. The Khilji Dynasty

7. The Tughlaq Dynasty 8. Life under the Delhi Sultanate

9. The Vijaynagar and Bahamani Kingdoms 10. The Early Mughals

11. Sher Shah Suri

CIVICS

1. The Making of our Constitution 2. Fundamental Rights and Duties

FINAL TERM

HISTORY

1. Akbar the Great 2. Jahangir and Shah Jahan

3. The Reign of Aurangzeb and the Marathas 4. Religious Movements

5. The Renaissance 6. The Reformation

CIVICS

1. Directive Principles of State Policy 2. Union and State Legislature

3. The Union Executive 4. The State Executive

5. The Judiciary

GEOGRAPHY


FIRST TERM

1. Practical Work

2. Locating places on the Earth and calculating Time

3. Motions of the Earth

4. North America

a. Location and Physical Features

b. Climate and Natural Vegetation

c. People and Natural Resources

d. Making use of Natural Resources

e. Political Divisions

f. Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

FINAL TERM

1. The Four Realms of the Earth

2. Weathering and Soil Formation

3. South America

a. Location, Physical Features and Political Divisions


c. Natural Resources

4. Antarctica

MATHEMATICS

Book: ICSE MASTERING MATHEMATICS – BOOK 7 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Square roots 2. Unitary method

3. Speed, Distance and Time 4. Percentage

ALGEBRA 1. Fundamental Concepts and Operations on algebraic expressions

2. Formulae

3. Factors

GEOMETRY 1. Fundamental Geometrical Concepts

2. Angles, Parallel lines.

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC 1. Profit & Loss

2. Simple Interest

3. Mensuration

ALGEBRA 1. Simplification of Algebraic fractions

2. Linear equations

GEOMETRY 1. Congruency of Triangles 2. Parallelograms, Definitions and Properties

3. Construction of squares and rectangles 4. Triangles

PHYSICS

Book: ICSE LIVING SCIENCE - PHYSICS - CLASS 7 Gautam Das (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Measurements

2. Motion

3. Heat

FINAL TERM

1. Light and Shadows 2. Reflection of Light – Plane Mirrors

3. Reflection of Light – Spherical Mirrors 4. Sound

5. Electricity

CHEMISTRY

Book: ICSE LIVING SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY - CLASS 7 Satinder Malhotra (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Elements and Compounds

2. Physical and Chemical Changes

3. Water

FINAL TERM

1. Air

2. Acids, Bases and Salts

3. Chemistry in Everyday Life

BIOLOGY

Book: CONNECT WITH SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - CLASS 7 (REVISED EDITION) Sangeeta Sinha (OUP)

FIRST TERM

1. Basic Biology

2. Organization in Living Things

3. Life Processes: Movement in Animals and Plants

FINAL TERM

1. Life Processes: Nutrition in Animals and Plants

2. Life Processes: Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation

3. Life Processes: Respiration and Excretion in Animals and Plants

4. Life Under a Microscope

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – II Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers)

FIRST TERM

1. Introduction to Computer Fundamentals.

a. History of Computers b. Computer Generations c. Types of Computers

2. Introduction to Hardware & Software.

3. Algorithms & Flowcharts.

a. Basic Programming – Review. b. Basic Programming – More features.

4. Number System - (Binary Addition, Binary Subtraction, Binary Decimal Octal - Conversion - Interconversion )

FINAL TERM

1. Internet Programming in Java – Review 2. Java Programming – More Features

3. Microsoft Front Page 4. Multimedia Presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint

5. HTML (Taught through Smart Class Modules) 6. FLASH (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

7. PHOTOSHOP (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

FRENCH

Books:

1. Textbook: Apprenons Le Français – Méthode de Français (Part-2)

2. Workbook: Apprenons Le Français- Cahier d’Exercices (Part-2)

Publication : New Saraswati House Publication

FIRST TERM

PROSE (Lesson-0 to 4) POETRY

0. Un coup d‟œeil sur la France 1. Mon chapeau

1. Voila le frère et la sœur de Manuel 2. Arc-en-ciel

2. À la Caféteria

3. Mon pays: La France

4. Les parents de Manuel

Vocabulary/Grammar:

1. Les saisons 2. « Aller » continues with other irregular verbs

3. Negation 4. Places to visit

5. Second group of verbs (ir) 6. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

7. Interrogation 8. Third group of verbs (re/oir)

9. Exceptional verbs “ger”

Comprehension/Composition:

1. Picture Composition (Describing an object or an image)

2. Comprehension Passages

3. Making Identity Cards

FINAL TERM

PROSE (Lesson-5 to 10):

1. C‟est Noël 2. Allons à la lécole

3. Dans un grand magasin 4. Les Repas

5. Ma Maison 6. Une Lettre de Rouen

Vocabulary/Grammar:

1. Prepositions 2. Regions of France

3. Expressions with Faire verb 4. Demonstrative and Possessive Adjectives

5. Irregular Verbs: Pouvoir, Vouloir, Faire, Voir, Venir 6. Negation including « de » with indefinite articles

7. Places in the house 8. Partitive articles

9. Contracted articles 10. (tir) verbs

Comprehension/Composition:

1. Picture Composition

2. Comprehension passages

3. Letter Writing (Informal)

4. Essays (describing family, house, school, friend, a place)

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 7 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

1. Why be Shy? 2. Being in Control

3. Let your Light Shine 4. Reaching Up

5. How Life Begins 6. Feeling at Home

7. In Relationships 8. What is Leadership?

FINAL TERM

1. With Words and Actions 2. Bridge the Gap

3. Way of Praying 4. Do you Care Too?

5. Author of Beauty 6. This Land is my Land

7. A Time to Act 8. We are the World

ART


FIRST TERM

1. Concept of Art

2. Still Life study (Pot, Fruit, Book, Candle stand etc.)

3. Nature study (Leaves, Flowers, Trees etc.)

4. Animal study (Birds – Peacock, beaks and claws, Animals – Deer, Elephant, Tiger, Panda etc.)

5. Landscape

6. Art and design (Rangoli, Stamp, Poster etc.)

FINAL TERM

1. Vehicles (Rickshaw, Glider)

2. Human Form study (Face, Parts of Human face, Profile Face study etc.)

3. Composition study

4. Art and design (Pot making, paper cutting design)

5. Craft (Twinkling Glass lamp, Pen holder etc.)

S.U.P.W.

The students of Class 7 will adopt the school ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV ACADEMY, 18 JOPLING ROAD for the session

2017-18. This is a school for the underprivileged children whose parents can ill afford their education and the children are studying on

sponsorship. The age groups range from 4 to 13 years. It is a project of Mrs. Meera Talwar, who is personally involved. Benevolence

drives will be organized by the students, under the guidance of their teachers. These will aim at social interaction, imparting basic

knowledge on various topics, organizing medical camps and maintenance projects which will enable our students to understand the

needs of these children and provide help in ways befitting.

During this session, student representatives (around 50) will be sent to this school on Saturdays while the others will remain in class to

make different articles planned for the next drive.

FIRST TERM

1. Benevolence Drive (footwear and stationery).

2. „Keep my Environment Healthy‟ – a project wherein our students will give talks on basic hygiene and also act as volunteers

in cleaning their school. Dustbins made by our students will be taken for each classroom.

3. „Teach and Learn‟ – our students will make informative charts according to the needs of children and put up these teaching

aids in the school adopted.

4. „Assets in order‟ – our students will assess and maintain furniture of this school, involving the inmates in polishing, minor

repairs and painting.

5. Medical camp – doctor parents will be requested to help and boys will run the camp under the able assistance of the doctor.

FINAL TERM

1. „Go Green‟ – a tree plantation drive in which our boys will plant saplings or make a kitchen garden and train the inmates to

maintain it.

2. Excursion and picnic at La Martiniere College – our students will organize a fun-filled day for their friends, after taking them

on a tour of our school.

3. Our students will organize a Special Assembly for the inmates at their school, celebrating a festival by organizing a skit.

4. „Money-wise‟ – our students will paint „Gullaks‟, personalize them and give them to their friends, telling them about the

importance of saving and encouraging them to do so.

5. Woollen drive in winters.


ENGLISH



3. Grammar Plus - Book 8 (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

Essay/Story/Debate Writing: Essay / Picture Composition (One per fortnight alternatively)

Letter Writing: Formal and informal: One letter per fortnight


1.. Comprehension passages set from Companion Book 8

a) Dr Dolittle (Pg.9)

b) I Cannot Remember My Mother (Pg.28)

c) A Cello Against the Guns (Pg.36)

2. Sentences and Clauses

3. Nouns 4. Articles

5. Pronouns 6. Figures of Speech

7. Tenses – Use of since, shall, will

PROSE POETRY

1. The Old Man Who Made the Withered Trees Blossom 1. Casabianca

2. The Hero 2. All the World‟s a Stage

3. I Never Forget a Face

4. A Day‟s Wait

5. Perseus and Andromeda

FINAL TERM

Essay/Story/Debate Writing: Essay / Picture Composition (One per fortnight alternatively)

Letter Writing: Formal and informal: One letter per fortnight



a) Principle Put to the Test (Pg.56)

b) Where‟s the Doctor? (Pg.70)

d) The Germ (Pg.99)

2. Adjectives – Comparatives and Superlatives

3. Verbs – negative verbs (cannot, has not) 4. Adverbs – confusion with adjectives like hard, hardly

5. Prepositions 6. Conjunctions

7. Introduction to Precis writing 8. Reported Speech

PROSE POETRY

1. Seventeen Oranges 1. Past and Present

2. The Fun They Had 2. Three Years She Grew

3. The Mists of Mystery

4. The Model Millionaire

5. Man against Virus

HINDI

Books: 1. 8

2.

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Parts of Noun) 2. (Pronoun)

3. 96 99

4. 102 103

5. 118 121


7.

8. (Essay Writing)

9.

10.

11.

FINAL TERM

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)


3. (Punctuation)

4. 96 99

5. 102 103

6. 118 121

7. 114 116


9.

10.

11.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA – PART 4 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid Publication (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS - Class 8 (REVISED EDITION) Jayanti Sengupta (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY CIVICS

1. Decline of the Mughal Empire 1. Three main organs of the Indian Government

2. Rise of Independent Regional Powers 2. Globalization

3. Rise of British Power in Bengal

4. Expansion of British Power in North India

5. Impact of British Rule in India

6. Revolt of 1857

7. Indian Renaissance – Religious and Social Reformers

8. Rise of Indian Nationalism

FINAL TERM

HISTORY CIVICS

1. The Indian National Movement (1885 – 1918) 1. The United Nations

2. The Indian National Movement (1919 – 1947) 2. Specialised Agencies of the U.N.

3. A period of Transition 3. India and its Neighbours

4. The Age of Revolution

5. The American Civil War

6. National Movements in Europe

GEOGRAPHY


FIRST TERM

1. Practical Work 2. Solar System

3. Weather and Climate 4. Temperature

5. Asia

a. The Continent of Contrasts

b. Physical Features

c. Climate of Asia

d. Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

e. Agriculture and Population

FINAL TERM

1. Atmospheric Pressure

2. Wind

3. Moisture in the Atmosphere

4. Europe

a. Location, Physical Features and Political Divisions


c. Natural Resources and Economic Activities

5. India

a. The Indian Sub-Continent

b. Climate

c. Flora and Fauna

6. Disaster Management (Power point)

MATHEMATICS

Book: ICSE MASTERING OF MATHEMATICS - 8 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Set Theory

2. Venn Diagrams – two and three circle venns to bring about relationship in sets and their use in solving logical problems.

3. Number Systems

4. Approximation, Significant figures and Rounding

5. HCF and LCM – Using factors only

6. Square Roots and Cube Roots- use of tables in computing squares, cubes, square root and cube root of natural numbers.

7. Unitary Method and its Applications

8. Simple Interest

9. Compound Interest – Elementary idea and elementary problems related to it.

10. Percentage

11. Profit and Loss

12. Speed, Time and Distance

ALGEBRA

1. Fundamental concepts: monomial, binomial, trinomial, polynomial degree of polynomial coefficient, variable, constant,

linear and algebraic fractions.

2. Fundamental operations (Addition, subtraction and multiplication)

3. Products and Expansions (x + a) (x + b), (x + a)2

4. Factorization – Grouping, difference of two squares, trinomials and by taking out common factors.

5. Simple Equations

6. Simultaneous Equations

7. Quadratic Equations – In one variable only, using factors. No problems to be discussed (only illustrative).

8. Problems based on Simple and Simultaneous Equations

9. Framing of Formula and change of Subject of Formula

GEOMETRY 1. Fundamental Concepts (Lines, angles and properties of straight and parallel lines and related Theorems)

2. Congruency of Triangles

3. Pythagoras Theorem

4. Lines, Angles and Polygons

5. Parallelograms, Rectangle, Rhombus and related Theorems (No derivations)

6. Area of Parallelograms and related Theorem (No derivations)

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Proportional Parts (Ratio and Proportion)

2. Mensuration:

Area and perimeter of Squares, Rectangles, Triangles, Parallelograms, Rhombus, Trapezium and Area of the paths inside

or outside.

Volume and Surface area of Cubes, Cuboids.

Circle – Area, Circumference, Radius and Diameter

ALGEBRA

1. Graphs – solving simultaneous linear equations in two variables graphically, solution of a pair of linear equations in two

variables graphically.

2. Exponents: Introduction to the Positive integral and zero indices only, Law of Exponents xm=x

m+n; x

m/x

n=x

m-n; (m>n only)

(xm)n=x

mn and x

0=1 (Elementary problems only, Proof of different laws will not be required)

3. Inequations – Simplification of Algebraic fractions (cancelling the HCF/ in Nr. And Dr.) Addition and subtraction of simple

algebraic equations by finding the LCM of the denominators (Simple problems only).

4. Elementary idea of Relations and Mapping: roster and equation form of functions (excluding classification of functions).

GEOMETRY

1. Construction of angles of 300, 45

0, 60

0, 90

0 (Using ruler and compass only)

2. Construction of triangles, incircles and circumcircles (Using ruler and compass only)

3. Construction of squares, rectangles and rhombus (Simple and elementary idea only).

4. Construction of Parallelograms (Simple and elementary idea only)

5. Circles: Chords, arcs, semicircle, major arc, minor arc, sectors, segments, central angle, tangents, angles in a semicircle =

900.

6. Introduction to Symmetry, Reflection and Rotation: Figures having symmetry, line symmetry and rotation through 900

(elementary ideas only)

STATISTICS

1. Tabulation of raw data, making data array, frequency tally, frequency distribution and column graphs based on frequency

distribution only.

2. Introduction of grouped data – tabulating data and finding mean.

3. Introduction of median and mode.

PHYSICS

Book: ICSE LIVING SCIENCE - PHYSICS - CLASS 8 Gautam Das (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Refraction of Light

2. Lenses

3. Optical Instruments

4. Heat

5. More About Energy

FINAL TERM

1. Static Electricity

2. Current Electricity (Only flow of electrons and conventional current to be done)

3. Magnetism and Electricity

4. More about Matter

5. Pressure and Archimedes Principle

CHEMISTRY

Book: ICSE LIVING SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY - CLASS 8 Satinder Malhotra (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Structure of the Atom

2. Transformation of Substances

FINAL TERM

1. Hydrogen

2. Carbon and its Compounds

3. Fuels

4. Metals and Non-Metals

BIOLOGY

Book: CONNECT WITH SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - CLASS 8 (REVISED EDITION) Sangeeta Sinha (OUP)

FIRST TERM

1. Life Processes: Transport of Food and Minerals in Plants

2. Life Processes: Transport of Food and Minerals in Animals

3. Reproduction, Growth and Development

FINAL TERM

1. Health and Hygiene

2. Control and Coordination

3. Conservation and Pollution

4. Food Production and Management – I

5. Food Production and Management - II

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – III Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. An Operating System – MSDOS

2. Number System – (Binary Addition -Subtraction – Multiplication – Division , Binary Decimal Octal

Hexadecimal - Conversion - Interconversion )

3. Computer Languages

4. Computer Networking

FINAL TERM

1. Internet Programming – Java Review.

2. Java Decision Making & Branching with Command and Line Input

3. Looping in Java

4. Java Programming – More Programs on Looping & Floating Point Number

5. FLASH (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

6. DREAMWEAVER (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

7. HTML (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

8. MS – ACCESS (Taught through Smart Class Modules)

FRENCH

Books: 1. Apprenons le Français – [Part- 1] [New Saraswati Publication] Méthode de français [Text Book]

2. Apprenons le Français – [Part- 1]

Cahier d‟exercices [Work Book]

FIRST TERM

PROSE

Chapter- 0 - La France, Qu‟est-ce que c‟est?

Chapter- 1 - La rentrée

Chapter- 2 - Il est français?

Chapter- 3 - La journée de Mme Lavigne

Chapter- 4 - Kalu est malade

Chapter- 5 - Faire les courses

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY

Definite and indefinite articles

Contracted articles with the definite articles

1st, 2

nd, 3

rd group of verbs including the irregular verbs

Adverbs of quantity

Position of adjectives

Infinitive and other verbs

Pronominal verbs

Three forms of Interrogation

Expressions with “avoir”

Interrogative Adverbs

Difference between the verbs “savoir” [to know] and “connaître” [to know]

Telling the time

COMPREHENSION/ COMPOSITION

Picture composition

Comprehension passages

Letter writing – Formal/ Informal

Essays- Daily life, Describing the city, school, historical monuments

Writing Postal Cards

FINAL TERM

PROSE

Chapter- 6 - M. Lavigne cherche un manteau

Chapter- 7 - Allons à Paris

Chapter- 8 - Les photos de Manuel

Chapter- 9 - Au café des Laurent

Chapter- 10 - Encore une lettre de Rouen

Chapter- 11 - Une journée bien chargée

Chapter- 12 - Une visite au parc d‟attractions

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY

Prepositions (Extended)

–ayer, -oyer, -uyer verbs

French festivals

Using imperative with affirmative and negative sentences

Pass-time and sports

Past tense

Future tense

COMPREHENSION/ COMPOSITION

Picture composition

Comprehension Passages

Letter writing – Formal/ E-mail writing

Essays – Visit to some places, Describing the vacations using past and future tense

Postal cards using past and future tense

Summary writing

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 8 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

1. A Look at Yourself 2. The Highest Bid

3. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 4. Snap Decision

5. Think Again 6. A Meeting Point

7. My Teacher is … 8. The Outsider

FINAL TERM

1. It‟s so Boring 2. The Written Word

3. Footprint on the Sand 4. Beyond the World of Reason

5. Being an Indian 6. All Men are Equal but …

7. A World we Ignore

ART


Cartridge Art File Book (A3 Size)

FIRST TERM

1. Concept of Art

2. Still Life study (crockery, utensils, fruits, vegetables, furniture)

3. Nature study (flowers, fruits, leaves, vegetables, trees etc.)

4. Animal/Bird study (sparrow, kiwi, crow, kingfisher, horse, cheetah, rhinoceros, ant eater, squirrel)

5. Landscape (city, desert, village, any famous building etc.)

6. Art and design (logo, greeting card, repeated patter, wrapper, comic strip)

FINAL TERM

1. Vehicles (truck, car, ship/yacht, aeroplane etc.)

2. Human for study (eyes, nose, ears, legs, hands, portrait, full body sketches)

3. Composition (festive dance, snake charmer, human and animal, sports, any festival, folk art)

4. Art and design (poster, book cover, stamp making, product design)

5. Craft

S.U.P.W.

Book: Ten Steps to Good Health Prof (Dr) Gourdas Choudhuri (Bloomsbury India)

Theme: Service & Compassion

FIRST TERM

1. Drives:

(i) Daily use medicines to be distributed among the poor in and around the College campus (collection of Band-aids,

Boroline, Vaseline, Dettol, Cotton, Burnnol, Vicks, Vicks Inhalers, Savlon, Lifebuoy soaps, Nail-cutters, Bandages,

etc.)

FINAL TERM

Theme: Service & Compassion

1. Drives:

(i) Collection of old slippers of all sizes, socks, shoes, short pants, long pants, old blazers (without the College Crest) etc.

Distribution of these things will be done to the slum area around the city.

(ii) Distribution of dry eatables only like Glucose Biscuits, Soya Puffs, Toffees, Chips, Salted Mixtures, etc.

Documents

CLASS 6 SYLLABUS 2017 2018 ENGLISH Books: 1. Tree Top - Course Book · PDF file7. Flash URDU Books: Ibtedaee Urdu (Doosri Jamat Ke Liye Urdu Ki Darsi Kitab) Grammar (Notes will be