Term Wise Syllabus

Session : 2019-20
Class: VIII
Subject : English

Term 1 - From April to September 2019

HONEY DEW – THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR And WRITING LEARNING

LESSON 1 SKILLS OUTCOMES
i. Discuss war as a menace
THE BEST War story against the It is an evil which has a i. Noun – Common Proper
CHRISTMAS backdrop of serious impact on the Collective Abstract i. Refers to
PRESENT IN Christmas. common man. While it is the dictionary.
THE WORLD Celebration of a countries which make war, ii. Adjectives.
festival with family. the common man is the worst iii. Forms of Verbs ii. Responds to recall.
Traditions like the sufferer. iv. Tenses- All forms of Present
exchange of gifts with Tense iii. Answers very short
Past Tense questions and short
relatives on festivals . ii. What kind of presents do we
questions .
War is a menace and like ? v. Use of Articles a, an ,the
causes much loss to vi. Punctuation marks –The use of iv. Understands the
life . It results in iii. Discussion about the comma ,full stop and question topics done under
severe emotional set tradition of wishing friends marks . grammar.
back also . by sending greeting cards. vii. WRITING SKILLS –Write a
iv. Making Greeting cards in short paragraph on’
class . Celebrating festivals with
v. Discussion of the title. friends and neighbours’ .
viii. ‘Sports can help build relations
vi. Quotations given in the box ‘.
on page 20 ix. Diary Entry – The day you
received a wonderful gift .
HONEY DEW THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR And WRITING SKILLS LEARNING
POEM – 1 OUTCOMES
THE ANT AND Importance of hard i. Class discussion on the i. Tense—All forms of Past i. Participates in small
THE CRICKET work . importance of the truth -- ‘Well Tense conversations based
begun is half done’ . on familiar context
Reading and ii. Talk about a Fable which is a ii. Forms of verb ii. Recites simple poem
appreciating a poem with birds and animals as with intonation and
Fable..(A poem with characters .Ends with a moral . iii. Rhyming Words . expression
birds and animals as iii. Value of hard work and iii. Refers to the
characters) planning for future . iv. Write a letter to the principal dictionary to find
iv. Writing the central idea of the of your school seeking meanings of
poem . permission to present a skit unfamiliar words .
about the ‘ Importance of hard
work’ in the morning assembly
on Labour Day

HONEY DEW – THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR And WRITING SKILLS LEARNING
POEM 2 – i. Auxiliary verbs OUTCOMES
The Earth and its i. Making a map of a Is, am, are, was, were
GEOGRAPHY geological features. place/home/school/metro i. Participates in
LESSON Mans existence in station, ii. WRITING SKILLS – Letter small
relation to nature ii. Discussion on stanzas of Writing –Write a letter to your conversations
Peaceful co existence poems and very short and friend telling him about the based on familiar
of man and the other short answer questions based celebration of Earth Day in context.
beings on Earth on them your school . ii. Recites simple
iii. Poster making on Earth Day. iii. Notice Writing – poem with
Write a notice for the notice intonation and
board of your school informing expression .
about ‘ Delhi darshan trip iii. Refers to the
.Include all necessary details dictionary to find
the meanings of
difficult words .
iv. Responds to
recall and
comprehension
questions from a
short text .
THE TSUNAMI THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR And WRITING LEARNING
SKILLS OUTCOMES
Natural disasters and i. Discussion on different types
disaster management. of disasters both manmade i. Tense –Past continuous and i. Refers to
and natural future continuous dictionary to find
Relief Camps ii. Modals – can , could ,may , meanings of
ii. How can man made disasters might ,will , would , shall , unfamiliar words
Social Work be avoided should , must , ought to , need .
to , used to , has to , have to ii. Responds to
Saving lives of iii. Talking about the proactive ,dare to . recall and
humans and animals approach and the reactive comprehension
approach . iii. Conjunctions –Joining two questions from a
sentences with the help of short text .
iv. It is better to prevent and joining words like-- and , but , iii. Use newly learnt
prepare rather than to repent till , until , as , if , as well as , vocabulary while
and repair. so –that , such that etc . speaking and
iv. Error Correction practice on writing correct
the basis of all structures done words ..
so far. iv. Detects errors in
sentences
WRITING SKILLS v. Replaces errors
v. Paragraph Writing On with correct
‘Disaster Management.’ words
vi. Notice Writing –
Write a notice for the notice
board asking the students of
your school to donate in kind
for the victims of a recent
natural disaster .

SEPTMEBER 2019 REVISION FOR FIRST TERM EXAM / FIRST TERM EXAM
 TERM- 2 (OCTOBER 2019 –MARCH 2020)

POEM THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOMES

A lyrical poem by T.S I. Stanzas for comprehension i. Auxiliaries i. Recites simple

MACAVITY:THE Eliot ii. Verbs poem with
MYSTERY CAT A Satire on the ii Reading of the poem as a iii. Rhyming words. intonationand
corrupt judicial fun activity iv. Notice Writing expression .
Write a notice for your school ii. Refers to dictionary
system
to find meanings
notice board about the’ Story
Writing competition’ which is
going to be organised for classes 6
to 8 .Give all the necessary details.

LESSON 4: THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS LEARNING

i. Discussion about writing of a i. Correct form of the verb OUTCOMES
BEPIN character sketch. ii. The use of Prefix and Suffix
CHOUDHRY’S Satyajit Roy’s story Dividing it into three parts - iii. Simple past and present perfect i. Refers to
LAPSE OF with a surprise ending such as – iv. Rearrange a group of words to dictionary to find
MEMORY . Writing all about the form meaningful sentences . the meanings of
Element of mystery. character . v. Error Correction on the basis of difficult words`
The character in relation to grammatical structures done so ii. Responds to
Reading a story for other characters . far. recall and
fun. What is the characters role or WRITING SKILLS. comprehension
significance in the story. vi. Story Writing about a chance questions from a
Students can use this meeting with a friend . short text .
sequence to write character vii. Story about an interesting iii. Uses newly learnt
sketches. episode .(use verbal input vocabulary while
ii. A web chart or a mind ,visual input , and a beginning speaking and
mapping may be done on the as an input used as guided writing .
basis of the same divisions . writing )
POEM :4 THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOMES
i. Take stanzas from the poem and i. The use of Articles and
THE LAST Power , money or distribute them to groups of determiners . i. Recites simple poem
BARGAIN beautiful things can four .Ask students to form ii. Omissions - Finding the with intonation and
not win happiness it is questions on each stanza . structure which is missing from expression
only achieved with ii. Sharing the questions formed a sentence and supplying the ii. Refers to the
.Exchange the stanzas and ask same from the correct structure dictionary to find
simplicity and
meanings of
innocence to write answers .Discuss the learnt so far. unfamiliar words .
answers . iii. Diary Entry-Write a diary page
about the message you got from
the poem read in class about
freedom ( Refer to the poem –
The Last Bargain. )
THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOMES
LESSON – 6 i. Use of prepositions—in , into ,
i. Web chart of characters among , between , to , towards , i. Describes familiar
JODY’S FAWN Importance of and places of the story by , with , for , from , of , surroundings in four
separation ,guilt and ii. Mind map of characters beyond , below , behind in front to five short
love . in the srory. of , around. sentences orally and
Importance of values iii. Role play for some ii. Transitive and intransitive in writing and vice
like compassion, love situations. verbs. versa
towards animals and iii. Practice of Error correction and ii. Participates in small
birds and empathy filling the omitted words . conversations based
WRITING SKILLS on familiar contexts
iv. Story Writing on saving an iii. Recites simple
injured animal/bird.(use poems with
guidelines given) intonation and
v. Paragraph on Taking care of expression .
animals .
POEM :6 THEME SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE DUCK Reading the poem i. Assigning roles of the duck i. Dialogue completion using the i. Recites a simple poem
AND THE from the angle of and the kangaroo to students . conversation between the duck with intonation and
KANGAROO friendship . ii. Reading of the poem by and the kangaroo . expression
students assigned with roles. ii. Refers to dictionary
Fun reading WRITING SKILLS –Letter Writing- to find meanings of
. Write a letter to your friend telling him unfamiliar words.
All poetic devices about your experiences of ‘The Delhi iii. Understands the
 used . Darshan trip from school ‘ hidden meaning in a
ii. Paragraph Writing on’ Good poem and its theme .
friends are a blessing’ . iv. Understands the
iii. Notice Writing – Write a different poetic
notice for the school notice devices like-
board about your lost cycle alliteration ,rhyme
keys (Lost and Found) scheme , similie ,
metaphors ,repetition
,imagery , symbolism
etc.

Read for Pleasure - It So Happened - Learning Outcomes for the Supplementary Reader

Lesson 1 : How the Camel Got his Hump o Identifies characters of the stories heard.
Lesson 2: Children At Work o Recalls few characters from stories and can write the names of the characters with pictures.
Lesson 3 : The Selfish Giant o Guesses meaning of unfamiliar words by reading them in context as well as by using
dictionary.
o Draws simple and specific information from a simple text available in surroundings.
o Responds to recall and comprehension question from a short text.

Read for Pleasure - It So Happened - Learning Outcomes

Lesson 4 : The Treasure Within oIdentifies characters of the stories heard.

Lesson 6 : The Fight oRecalls few characters from stories and can write the names of the characters with pictures.
Lesson 7 : The Open Window oGuesses meaning of unfamiliar words by reading them in context as well as by using
dictionary.
oDraws simple and specific information from a simple text available in surroundings.
oResponds to recall and comprehension question from a short text.

 Chapters from Supplementary Reader ‘ It so Happened ‘ are not meant for Evaluation/ Assessment purpose and should be done for learning
enrichment.
Encourage loud reading of stories in class .Use the same to practice very short and short answer type questions
 Each Chapter/ Poem from the Text book- Honey Dew has a connecting theme . This will guide pedagogy and suggest topics for writing skills.
 Activities are only suggestive in Nature, meant to enhance teaching learning processes.
 Pragati 6 must be used in class regularly. Use the activities given in Pragati .
 The Writing Section Topics must be done in class using both Verbal and Visual input.