KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
SPLIT UP SYLLABUS 2016 – 17 (Delhi Region)
CLASS VIII (ENGLISH)
TERM I April to September
Month / Unit / Lesson / Topics to be covered / Mode of Assessment / Skills / Suggested value points / PeriodsApril & May /
- The Best Christmas Present In The World ( Prose )
- The Ant And The Cricket ( Poem )
- How The Camel Got His Hump (Supplementary )
- Informal letter writing (letter describing any event)
- Read the ‘Gift of Magi` by O’ Henry & associate it with “The Best Christmas present”
- Comprehension check
- Story Construction (Importance of Hard Work )
- Fable writing in ‘speech bubbles form’
- Newspaper activity Past tense / Earlier Past.(Past indefinite and Past Perfect Tense)
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Vocabulary
- Recitation
- Accuracy
- Creativity / originality
- Pronunciation
- Content
- Expression
June & July /
- Tsunami ( Prose )
- Geography Lesson ( Poem )
- Glimpses of the Past ( Prose )
- Children At Work
- The Selfish Giant ( supplementary )
- Data collection & interpretation regarding different calamities
- Active and Passive Voice
- Project: There is an imminent threat of floods due to heavy rains Collect information on the precautions to be taken & rehabilitation measures for the flood affected.
- Letter to Editor raising your concern over the problem of ‘child Labour’
- Quiz on glimpses of the past integrating it with the chapter “When people Rebel 1857 and after” of history book
- Learn & sing any patriotic song.
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Analytical
- Musical
- Life Skill
- Content
- Confidence
- Pronunciation
- Originality
- Creativity
- Aesthetic
August /
- Macavity The mystery cat (poem)
- Bepin Chaudhary lapse of memory (prose)
- The Treasure Within (supplementary)
- The Last Bargain
- Poem recitation
- Comprehension Check
- Dramatization
- Construct an Interview & present it in the class.
- Editing/Omission Exercises/Jumbled words
- Bio sketch of R.N.Tagore or any other eminent personality
- Reported speech
- Notice Writing
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Oratory skill
- Pronunciation / Aesthetic
- Expression
- Fluency
- Accuracy
- Diction
- creativity
September
SA I Exam /
- The Summit Within (Prose)
- The School Boy (Poem)
- Article : Importance of freedom with reference to princess September & chandni of class VII
- Profile Writing of any mountaineer
- Message Writing
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Comprehension
- Pronunciation
- Accuracy
- Fluency
TERM II (October to March)
October /
- The Fight (supplementary)
- This is Jody’s Fawn (Prose)
- Princess September (supplementary)
- Prepare a Skit highlighting ‘cruelty towards animals’ to be presented after the autumn break
- Diary Entry (quarrel between you & your friend )
- Transitive & Intransitive
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Acting
- Communication skill
- Expression
- Creativity
- Accuracy
- Fluency
November /
- A Visit to Cambridge (Prose)
- The Open Window (Supplementary )
- When I Set Out For Lyonnesse (poem )
- The Duck and the Kangaroo
- Comprehension check
- Adjectives
Extempore Activity
- Visit any pilgrimage and write your experience .
- Construct dialogue b/w The Duck & The Kangaroo
- Reading
- Writing
- Aesthetic
- Communication skill
- Creativity
- Expression
- Accuracy
December /
- Jalebies (Supplementary )
- A Short Monsoon Diary (Prose)
- Comprehension check
- Diary Entry : you have done something wrong now you realize your mistake
- Read any story of Ruskin Bond and write its review. (winter vacation activity)
- Project : On Monsoon
Record of temperature for for fifteen days. Draw a graph of it. (Winter vacation activity)
Modals /
- Reading
- Speaking
- Writing
- Analytical
- Comprehension
- Pronunciation
- Expression
January /
- On The Grasshopper And The Cricket (poem )
- The Great Stone Face 1 (Prose)
- Email Writing
- Tenses expressing Future Time References
- Editing/Omission Exercises
- Reading
- Writing
- Analytical
- Recitation
- Pronunciation
- Expression
- Creativity
February /
- The Great Stone Face I ( Prose )
- The Comet I & II
- Debate : Religion versus science
- Article on ‘Mars Mission’
- Jumbled sentences
- Gap filling Exercises
- Reading
- Writing
- Analytical
- Expression
- Accuracy
- Confidence
March / Revision SA II / 25
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
SPLIT UP SYLLABUS 2016 – 17 (Delhi Region)
CLASS VII (ENGLISH)
TERM I April to September
Month / Unit / Lesson / Topics to be covered / Suggestive Activities/Mode of Assessment / Skills / Suggested value points / PeriodsApril & May /
- Three Questions (Prose)
- The Squirrel (Poem)
- The Tiny Teacher (Supplementary)
- Comprehension Check
- Paragraph on Value of Discipline
- Poem Recitation/Rhyming words
- Tenses (Simple Present and Simple Past)
- Dictation Exercise
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Vocabulary
- Recitation
- Accuracy
- Creativity / originality
- Pronunciation
- Content
- Expression
June & July /
- The Gift of Chappals (Prose)
- The Rebel (Poem)
- Bringing up Kari (Supplementary)
- The Desert (supplementary)
- Gopal and the Hilsa Fish (Prose)
- Antonym Activity (The Rebel)
- Collect pictures of different types of deserts in the world.
- Narrate any folk tale
- Newspaper Actvity on Prepositions and Articles
- Notice Writing (Competition)
- Crossword Puzzle
- Comic Creation of any story
- Activity on connecting words/Building vocabulary activity/word game
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Analytical
- Musical
- Life Skill
- Content
- Confidence
- Pronunciation
- Originality
- Creativity
- Aesthetic
August /
- The Shed (Poem)
- The Cop and the Anthem (Supplementary Reader)
- Golu Grows a nose (Supplementary Reader)
- The Ashes that made the Trees Bloom (Prose)
- Poem Recitation
- Picture Description
- Read any Panchtantra Story/ Aesop’s Fable and narrate the same in the class
- Informal Letter Writing
- Adjectives (Degrees of Comparision)
- Activity on Question Words
- Application to the Principal
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Oratory skill
- Pronunciation / Aesthetic
- Expression
- Fluency
- Accuracy
- Diction
- creativity
September
SA I Exam /
- Quality (Prose)
- Chivvy (Poem)
- Class discussion on does and donts for the children
- Story building
- Quiz
- Revision Exercises
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Comprehension
- Pronunciation
- Accuracy
- Fluency
Term II (October to March)
October /
- Poem (Trees)
- I Want Something in a cage (Supplementary)
- Expert Detectives
- Slogan Writing (Save Trees/ Save Earth)
- Paragraph on Importance of Trees in life
- Tenses (Present Continuous/Past Continuous)
- Editing/Omission/Jumbled Words
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
- Writing
- Acting
- Communication skill
- Expression
- Creativity
- Accuracy
- Fluency
November /
- Mystery of the The Talking Fan (Poem)
- Chandini (Supplementary Reader)
- Invention of the Vita Wonk (Prose)
- Comprehension Check
- Identification of Active and Passive sentences
- Process Writing
- Short speech on ‘Value of Freedom’ with reference to Chandini and I want something in a cage
- Message Writing
- Paragraph on wonders of science
- Reading
- Writing
- Aesthetic
- Communication skill
- Creativity
- Expression
- Accuracy
December /
- The Dad and the Cat and the Tree (Poem)
- The Bear Story (Supplementary)
- Fire, Friend and Foe (Prose)
- Recite any funny poem in the class
- Paragraph on fire safety measures in school and at home.
- Jumbled sentences
- Gap-filling exercises
- Listening comprehension
- Reading
- Speaking
- Writing
- Analytical
- Comprehension
- Pronunciation
- Expression
January /
- A Bicycle in Good Repair (Prose)
- Meadow surprises (Poem)
- The Tiger in the House (Supplementary)
- Collage making on beautiful creations of nature
- Modals/auxillaries
- Activity based on prefix and suffix
- Paragraph on ‘Save Wild Animals’
- Reading
- Writing
- Analytical
- Recitation
- Pronunciation
- Expression
- Creativity
February /
- The story of the Cricket 1& 2 (Prose)
- An Alien Hand (Supplementary)
- Garden Snake
- Bio-sketch of favourite cricketer
- Quiz on the Chapter ‘The Story of the Cricket’
- Crossword puzzle
- Description of the live cricket match
- Reading
- Writing
- Analytical
- Expression
- Accuracy
- Confidence
March / Revision SA II / 25
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
SPLIT UP SYLLABUS 2016 – 17 (Delhi Region)
CLASS VI (ENGLISH)
TERM I April to September
Month / Unit / Lesson / Topics to be covered / Suggestive Activities/Mode of Assessment / Skills / Suggested value points / PeriodsApril & May / L.1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework?(Prose)
P.1 A House, A Home. (Poem)
S.1 A Tale Of Two Birds (Supplementary Reader)
L.2 How The Dog Found Himself A New Master!(Prose) / Reading Comprehension
Paragraph Writing on My Family l/Importance of Homework/Self-help is the best help/My Dream Home
Cross word puzzle, Dictation
Short Composition based on given pictures
Paragraph Writing on ‘My Pet’
Articles (a, an, the) Newspaper Activity / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Spelling
Vocabulary / Understanding
Application
Content
Accuracy
Fluency
Style
Spelling / 30
June & July / P.2 The Kite (Poem)
S.2 The Friendly Mongoose ( Suppl.Reader) / Prepositions
Your own Family Tree
Prepare a Kite and write few lines on it
Picture Dictionary
Word Search
Collect Ten collective nouns with pictures
Leave Application to the Principal / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Vocabulary / Letter Format
Content
Fluency
Accuracy
Vocabulary / 33
L.3 Taro's Reward (Prose)
P.3 The Quarrel (Poem)
S.3The Shepherd's Treasure. (Supply Reader) / Listening Comprehension
Notice (Lost & Found)
Collection of tongue-twisters, some in their own language also.
Activity on rhyming words
Diary Entry on a recent quarrel with brother
Simple Past Tense (Past form of verbs) / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Listening
Understanding, Word Attack
Notice Format
Content
Accuracy
August / L.4 An Indian - American woman in Space –Kalpana Chawla. (Prose)
P.4 Beauty ( Poem)
S.4 The Old Clock shop ( Supply Reader) / Bio Sketch on Any Astronaut /Scientist
Recitation
Collection of any 10 beautiful pictures.
Activity on prefix ‘un’, ‘in’ , ’dis’ , ‘im’
Match-ups activity / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Pronunciation
Content
Accuracy
Fluency
Expression / 24
September / L.5 A Different Kind of School ( Prose)
SA-1Revision and Exams / Dramatization/ Role play ( on Miss Beam's School)
Informal Letter (Invitation)
Quiz for revision / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Team Work
Dialogue Delivery
Body Language / 10
October / P.5 Where Do All the Teachers Go? ( Poem )
P.6 The Wonderful Words ( Poem)
S.5 Tansen. (Supply. Reader ) / Term II (October to March)
Poem recitation
Speech/Paragraph on’ My School’
Reading Comprehension
Paragraph on My Favourite Teacher
Weave a yarn
Dictation, word game / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Spelling vocabulary / Understanding, Application
Content, Accuracy, Fluency, Style
Confidence
Spelling / 17
November / L.6 Who I Am ( Prose )
L.7 Fair play (prose)
S.6 The Monkey and the Crocodile ( Supply reader)
S.7 The Wonder Called Sleep. ( Supply Reader) / Read any Panchantrantra story and narrate the same in the class
Dramatization of :the Fair Play’
Editing Exercise
Paragraph on 'My Ambition', / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Content, Accuracy, Fluency
Expression, Pronunciation / 20
December / P.7 Vocation. ( Poem )
L.8 A Game Of chance (Prose )
S.8 A Pact With the Sun ( Supply reader) / Writing /Speaking on “A fair you have visited”/Health is Wealth
Writing A Comic story
Arrange Jumbled words
Notice (Competition) / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Creativity
Content
Fluency / 19
January / L.9 Desert Animals ( Prose)
P.8 Whatif ( Poem )
S.9 What Happened To The Reptiles? ( Supply Reader / Collage making on f Desert Animals and Plants
Message Writing
Story narration
Tense (Present Indefinite and Past Indefinite)
Recitation , / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Format
Content, Fluency
Expression
Confidence
Pronunciation
Creativity / 15
February / L.10 The Banyan Tree ( Prose )
S.10 A Strange Wrestling Match ( Supply Reader ) / Paragraph on ‘My favourite place’
Picture description
Listening Comprehension
Degrees of adjective
Reading Comprehension / Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing / Understanding Application,
Inference etc. / 23
March / Revision
Exams (SA II) / 24