AIR FORCE SCHOOL, GURGAON

SESSION (2018-2019)

ENGLISH SYLLABUS

CLASS-VIII

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TERM I

LITERARY READER- L1 The Night We Won the Buick, L2 The Brogue, L3 The Letter,L4 The Star and L5 The Necklace.

Poem: 1. How the leaves came down and 2. Money-Madness

COURSEBOOK: Unit 1 Wit and Humour, Unit 2 Trust and Care, Unit 3 Fact and Fiction and Unit 4 Sports People.

WORKBOOK: L 1 Wit and Humour, L2 Trust and Care, L3 Fact and Fiction and L4 Sports People.

GRAMMAR: L1.Nouns, L2Pronouns, L3Adjectives, L4Verbs Tenses, L5Subject-Verb Concord, L6Non-Finitet-Verbs, L7Modal Verbs, L8Adverbs, L9Prepositions, L10Determiners, L11Articles, L12Conjunctions, L13Active and Passive Voice And L14 Direct and Indirect.

Notice, Message, Bio Sketch, Paragraph Writing, Dialogue Writing, Diary Entry, Story, Report, Article, Letter Writing(Informal and Formal), Email and Speech.

TERM II

LITERARY READER: L6 Green Parrots in a Cage, L7 The Merchant of Venice, L8 Let's Go Home, L9 The Diary of a Young Girl and L-10(Play) Life's a Glorious Gift.

Poem:3. The Clod and The Pebble and 4.Where the Mind is Without Fear

COURSEBOOK: Unit 5 Irony and Satire, Unit 6 Prejudice, Unit 7 Science Fiction and Unit 8 War.

WORKBOOK: L 5 Irony and Satire, L 6Prejudice, L7 Science Fiction and L8 War.

GRAMMAR: L15Direct and Indirect Speech, L16The Sentence, L17Clauses, L18Relative Pronouns, L19Conditional Sentences, L20Transformation of Sentences, L21Synthesis of Sentences, L22Punctuation, L23Same Words as Different Parts of Speech, L24Synonyms and Antonyms and L25Idoms and Proverbs,

L-13 Active and Passive voice

Notice,Message,Bio Sketch,Paragraph Writing,Dialogue Writing, Diary Entry, Story, Article, Report, Letter Writing (Informal and Formal Letter), Email and Speech.

REPEAT LESSONS

Literary Reader L1 The Night We Won the Buick, L2 The Brogue

MCB- L 1 Wit and Humour

Grammar- Full Syllabus

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SUBJECT- MATHS

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I TERM (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER)

1. Chapter – 1 Rational Numbers

2. Chapter – 2 Exponents

3. Chapter – 3 Squares and Square Roots

4. Chapter – 4 Cubes and Cube Roots

5. Chapter – 9 Applications of Percentage

6. Chapter – 10 Simple and Compound Interests

7 Chapter – 11 Direct and Inverse variation

8 Chapter – 12 Understanding Quadrilaterals

9 Chapter –13 Representing Solids on Paper

10. Chapter – 17 Bar Graphs, Histograms and

Pie Charts

II TERM (OCTOBER TO MARCH)

1.Chapter – 6 Algebraic Expressions and Identities

2. Chapter – 7 Factorisation

3. Chapter – 8 Linear Equations in one variable

4.Chapter – 14 Construction of Quadrilaterals

5. Chapter – 15 Areas of Polygons

6. Chapter – 16 Surface Areas and Volumes

7. Chapter – 18 Introduction to Graphs

8. Chapter – 19 Probability

REPEATED CHAPTERS:

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1)Exponents

2)Squares and Square Roots

3)Understanding Quadrilaterals.

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SUBJECT – SCIENCE

I TERM (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER)II TERM (OCTOBER TO MARCH)

L-1 Crop Production and Management L-9 Reproduction,

L-2 Microorganisms L-12 Sound,L- 15 Light

L-3 Synthetic Fibres and Plastics L-13 Chemical Effects of current

L-4 Metals and Non –Metals

L-5 Combustion and Fossil Fuels L-16 Stars and Solar System

L -6 Conservation of Plants and Animals L-17 Human Intervention

L-7 Cell Structure and Function L- 18 Pollution of Air and Water

L-8 Age of Adolescence L- 7 Cell Structure and Function

L-10 Force and Friction L- 8 Age of Adolescence

L -11 Pressure L-10 Force and Friction

L -14 Some Natural Phenomena

SUBJECT – SOCIAL STUDIES

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TERM-I

HISTORY:

Chapter No. 1:- How, When and Where?

Chapter No. 2:-From Trade to Territory , The Company Establishes Power

Chapter No. 3:- Ruling the Countryside

Chapter No. 4:- Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age

Chapter No. 5:- When People Rebel 1857 and After

Chapter No. 6:- Colonialism and the city

GEOGRAPHY:

Chapter No. 1:- Resources

Chapter No. 2:- Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wild Resources

Chapter No. 3:-Mineral and Power Resources

CIVICS:

Chapter No. 1:-The Indian Constitution

Chapter No. 2:- Understanding Secularism

Chapter No. 3:- Understanding Laws

Chapter No. 5:- Judiciary

Disaster Management

Chapter No. 1:-Being Prepared – A Vital Part of Disaster Management

Chapter No. 2:-Earthquakes

Chapter No. 3:-Cyclones

TERM-II

HISTORY:

Chapter No. 7:- Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners

Chapter No. 8:- Civilizing the Native, Educating the Nation

Chapter No. 9:- Women, Caste and Reform

Chapter No. 10:- The Changing World of Visual Arts

Chapter No. 11:- The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

Chapter No. 12:- India after Independence

Chapter No. 2:-From Trade to Territory, The Company Establishes Power (repeat)

GEOGRAPHY:

Chapter No. 4:-Agriculture

Chapter No. 5:-Industries

Chapter No. 6:-Human Resources

Chapter No. 1:- Resources (repeat)

CIVICS:

Chapter No. 6:- Understanding our criminal Justice System

Chapter No. 7:- Understanding Marginalization

Chapter No. 8:- Confronting Marginalization

Chapter No. 9:- Public Facilities

Chapter No. 10:- Law and Social Justice

Chapter No. 1:-The Indian Constitution (repeat)

Disaster Management

Chapter No. 4:- Floods

Chapter No. 5:- Drought

Chapter No. 6:- Man-made Disasters

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LIFE SKILLS

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I TERM

Lesson- 1.Goal Setting Process,2. Types of teams

and team building, 3. Leadership Skills,

4. Strategies for Motivation 5. Praise and Criticism

II TERM

Lesson- 6. Managing Emotions 7. Detachment8. Conflict 9. The learning’s of the year

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INSPIRING SOULS

TERM 1 Chapter 1 to 8 TERM II Chapter 9 to 15

COMPUTER

TERM I Lesson: 1 to 4 TERM II Lesson: 5 to 8

DRAWING

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  1. April -Unit 1 Concept of Art
  2. May & June -Unit 2 Object, Still Life
  3. July -Unit 3 Nature Study
  4. August -Unit 4 Animals Studies
  5. September -Unit 5 Landscape
  6. October -Unit 6 Vehicles
  7. November -Unit-7 Human Form Study
  8. December -Unit 8 Composition
  9. January -Unit 9 Art & Design
  10. Feb Revision

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GK

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I TERM (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER)

Lesson-1. Indian Writers 2.India at a glance

3.Our Neighbours 4. Birds of Prey

5. India’s first 6. Nature Basket

7. Books and Writers 8. Animals too Communicate, 9. Olympic Facts10.Science Digest, 11.Time Travel 12. Be Brave 13. Terms and Games, 14. Time Management 15. Salute the Scientist, 16. Quotable Quotes 17. Our Rich Heritage, 18. Meet the Doctor 19. Significant Seniors, 20. Cinema Potpurri

II TERM (OCTOBER TO MARCH)

Lesson -21. Sports Quiz 22.What’s the landmark?

23. Nicknames 24. More on Writers

25. Crossword Animilia 26. Indian constitution

27. National Anthems 28. Word Pairs

29. From the Cricket ground

30.New Seven Wonders of the World 31. Science Quest

32. I’m on a Holiday 33. What’s the Good Word

34. Real Stars 35. Desert Plants

36. Abbreviations 37. The Customer is King

38. Sports Logo 39. Film Festivals 40. Note it

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HOLIDAYS’ HOMEWORK

ENGLISH

  1. Read the famous book written by ‘Enid Blyton’.

a)Write a short summary of the story (75 words) and name the main characters.

b)Choose 10 interesting adjectives and 10 adverbs from the book and make their sentences.

c)Find one Antonym and one Synonym for all the 20 words.

d)Present your work creatively.

  1. Make a beautiful bookmark for your Literature book. Decorate it and write a famous quotation by a well-known poet or author.
  2. Make a chart on the following topics. Use a thick chart paper & be as creative as you can.

a)Donate Blood(R. No. 1-7)

  1. Practice your Grammar skills and learn all the Literature part throughout the holidays.

MATHS

  1. Learn and Write tables from 10 to 20.
  2. Make a chart on the following topics:

i)Rational Numbers – Properties of rational numbers.

ii)Squares and square roots – a) Numbers and their squares. (Page no-41)

b) Properties of square numbers & Pythagorean triplets. (Page no-42 , 43)

iii) Patterns using Quadrilaterals and Triangles (Page No 178)

iv) Different solid shapes (Page No 187,188)

v) Different types of Quadrilaterals and their properties (Page no 169,171,173)

vi) Laws of exponents (Page no. 37)

vii) Different types of Graphs

viii)Formulae of Applications of Percentage (120,124)

Do the following in Assignment folder.

a) Exercise 1(F) of the text book.

b)“CHAPTER CHECK UP” for topics covered in class.

c)Solve 5 Sudoku.

SCIENCE

1. Prepare a model to show irrigation method practice(Drip & Sprinkler) in India. (R.No:1 to 7)

2. Collect samples of different synthetic fabrics, paste them in scrap book and write the use of each fabric.(R.No 8 to 13)

3. Make a wind chime to demonstrate the sonority of metals. (R.No: 14 to 20)

4. Prepare a model of any one of the natural disaster (R.No: 21 to 27)

5. Prepare a project file on various food preservatives and also write about their harmful health effects.(R.No:28 till last roll no)

SOCIAL STUDIES

(MODEL & CHART)

1. Learn all the chapters done in the class. 2. Make a file on the topic ‘Disaster Management

Make Models on the following

a) Mineral and Power resourcesb) Natural Disaster c) Wildlife Sanctuaries

Make Charts on the following

a) Kinds of Farming b) Judicial system of India

c) Make a map of India and locate places where revolt of 1857 took place

In a separate notebook write 20 short answer type questions from each part

History- Ch- 1,2, Geography Ch- 1,2, Civics Ch- 1,2

COMPUTER

  1. Make a web page on Introduction of computer, Parts of Computer, Hardware, Software etc And

take a print out of HTML & coding Sheet.

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