ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOLS

Month – wise Break – up of syllabus for the Academic Session 2013 – 14

Std./Class: VIII Subject:ENGLISH

TERM I / Month / No. Of Working Days / Lesson No. & Lesson Name / Page No
From – To / Writing / Tests/
Exams
April / 24 / L.1 The Best Christmas Present In the World
P.1 The Ant and the Cricket
SR-1 How the Camel Got His Hump / 9 -20
21-23
1-6 / Debate Writing
Informal Letter
Notice Writing / FA – 1
FA-1, M-1
FA-1, M-2
FA-1 , M-3
May / 4 / P-2 Geography Lesson / 34-35 / Paragraph Writing
June / 10 / L-2 The Tsunami
SR-2 Children At Work / 24-33
7-16 / Speech on Natural Calamity and Child Labour.
Message Writing.
Formative Assessment I
July / 26 / L-3 Glimpses of the Past
L-4 Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
P-3 Macavity- The Mystery Cat
P-4 The Last Bargain
SR-3 The Selfish Giant / 36-49
60-73
50-52
74-75
17-24 / Dialogue Writing.
Scrap Book on National Movement and National Leaders of India. / FA – 2
FA-2, M-1
FA-2,M-2 Written Test
FA-2, M-3
August / 23 / L-5 The Summit Within
P-5 The School Boy
SR-4 The Treasure Within
SR-5 Princess September / 76-83
84-86
25-33
34-44 / Conversation
Formative Assessment II
September / 23 / Revision for SA I(3rd week of Sep. 2013)
( SA-1 Test in September 3rd Week )
P6- The Duck and the Kangaroo / 97-99 / E-mail / SA 1
Month / No. Of Working Days / Lesson No. & Lesson Name / Page No
From – To / Writing / Tests/
Exams
TERM – II / October / 20 / L-6 This is Jody’s Fawn
L-7 A Visit to Cambridge
P-7 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse
SR-6 The Fight / 87-96
100-108
109-110
45-54 / Story Writing based on visual inputs. / FA – 3
FA-3 ,M-1
November / 19 / L-8 A Short Monsoon Diary
P-8 On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
SR-7 The Open Window / 113-121
122-123
55-61 / Diary Writing
Bio-sketch / FA-3, M-2
FA-3, M-3
Formative Assessment III
December / 17 / L-9 The Great Stone Face-1
L-10 The Great Stone Face -11 / 124-131
132-140 / Report Writing
Description of people, place,event, etc. / FA-4
FA-4, M-1
FA-4, M-2 Written Test
Fa-4, M-3
January / 24 / SR-8 Jalebis
SR-9 The Comet -1
Sr-10 The Comet -11 / 62-72
73-80
81-88 / Formal Letter
Article Writing
February / 22 / Formative Assessment IV & Revision for SA-II
March / 6 / Revision for SA II / SA – 2
Summative Assessment II(11/3/14 to 23/03/14)