Month literature/Grammar/ Month literature/Grammar/

Writing skill Writing skill

APR Literary reader OCT Literary Reader

Unit 1: The family pets contest Unit 8 : How a client was saved

Unit 2: The Clod and the Pebble(poem) Grammar

Grammar Determiners

Tenses – (Editing ,omission) Writing skill

Writing skill/Reading skill Story writing

Informal letter, Unseen comprehension Workbook

Workbook unit 5

Unit -1

MAY Literary Reader NOV Literary Reader

Unit 2: The star Unit 9: Green parrots in a cage

Unit 4:How the leaves came down(poem) Poem : Where the mind is without fear(poem)

Grammar Grammar

Modals Narration

Writing Skill Writing Skill

Notice writing Message Writing

Workbook Workbook

Unit -2 Unit 6

JUL Main Course Book DEC Literary Reader

Unit 6: Social Equality Unit 6 :Lets Go Home

Sec 1: Jamaican Fragment Main Course Book

Sec 3: We all are equal Unit 5 : Science fiction

Grammar Sec 3: Sailing out to space(poem)

Active passive Grammar

Writing skill Conjunctions

Article Writing Skill

Workbook Report writing

Unit-3

AUG Main Course Book JAN Main course Book

Unit 6:The Thakur's well Unit 5: Science fiction (The Book That Saved The EARTH)

Unit 3: Trust and care Grammar

Sec 3: Sympathy ( poem) Non Finite Verb

Grammar Writing Skills

Preposition Diary entry

Writing skill

Formal Letter (letter to editor)

Workbook

Unit -4Sep Revision Feb Revision

MONTH CHAPTER MONTH CHAPTER

APRIL CH.1:CROP PRODUCTION AND

MANAGEMENT OCT CH.10:REACHING THE AGE OF ADOLESCENCE

·         kharif crops and rabi crops ·         Adolescence, puberty

·         Agricultural practices ·         Different types of glands

·         Manure and fertilizers ·         Role of hormones

·         Sources of irrigation-drip

system,sprinkler system·         Endocrine glands,

·         Weeding, harvesting ·         Development of sex organs

·         Storage of crops ·         Secondary sexual characters

·         Animal husbandry. ·         Reproductive health

CH.2:MICROORGANISMS: FRIENDS AND

FOECH.11:FORCE AND PRESSURE

·         Microorganisms and habitat ·         Force

·         Friendly microbes ·         Effects of force

·         Commercial and medicinal uses ·         Different types of forces-contact, non contact

·         Non contact force

·         Harmful microbes ·         Contact force

·         Diseases in humans and in plants ·         Pressure,

·         Communicable disease ·         pressure in liquids

·         Antibiotics,antibodies,vaccination ·         Activities- lquid exert equal pressure at equal depth

·         Food preservation o   -liquid exert pressure at the wall of the container

·         Nitrogen cycle and fixationo   -liquid exert pressure at the bottom of a

container which depend on it’s depth

·         Atmospheric pressure

Science

DELHI POLICE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Syllabus of Class VIII (2019 -20)

English

MAY CH.3:SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND PLASTICS NOV CH.12;FRICTION

·         Types of synthetic fibres-Rayon,

nylon, polyester, acrylic·         Force of friction

·         Thermoplastics, Thermosetting

plastics·         Factors affecting friction

·         Different characteristics ·         Types of friction-static, sliding, rolling

·         Effects of plastics on environment ·         Friction is a necessary evil

JULY CH.4:MATERIALS: METALS AND NON

METALS·         Increasing and reducing friction

·         Metals and non metals: characteristics ·         Fluid friction,streamlined body

·         Properties: physical properties and

chemical properties·         drag

·         chemical properties: CH.13:SOUND

·         Reaction with oxygen, water, acid and

base·         Sound, cause of sound

·         Displacement reaction, ·         Sound needs a material medium

·         Corrosion·         Chracteristics of sound-amplitude,frequency,pitch,

loudness, wavelength

·         Uses of metals and non metals ·         Audible and Inaudible sound

CH.5:COAL AND PETROLEUM ·         Noise pollution

·         Coal ·         Noise and music

·         Formation of coal DEC CH.14:CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CURRENT

·         Byproducts of coal-coke,coal tar,

coal gas·         Liquid conducts electricity

·         Petroleum,constituents.uses ·         Chemical effects of current

·         Refining of petroleum ·         Electrolysis in water and in CuSO4 solution

·         Natural gas ·         Electroplating, it’s application

CH.6:COMBUSTION AND FLAME ·         Galvanization

·         Combustion CH.15:SOME NATURAL PHENOMENA

·         Ignition Temperature ·         Types of charges and their interactions

·         Inflammable substances ·         Charging by rubbing- static current

·         Types Of Combustion -rapid,

spontaneous ,explosion·         Transfer of charges,Electroscope

·         structure of a flame ·         The story of lightning,safety measures

·         Fuel efficiency ·         Lightning conductor, earthing

·         Calorific value ·         Earthquake ,cause, safety measures

·         Harmful effects of burning fuel -

AUGCH.7:CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND

ANIMALSCH.16:LIGHT

·         Deforestation and cause ·         Light, properties of light

·         Consequeances of deforestation ·         Laws of reflection, Types of reflection

·         Conservation of forest and wild

life·         Formation of image of an object by a plane mirror,

·         Biosphere Reserve ·         Ray diagram,characteristics

·         Flora and fauna ·         Real image, virtual image

·         Endemic species ·         Sunlight –white or coloured·         Wild life sanctuary, national

park·         Dispersion of light

·         Red data book Migrarion ·         Stucture of eyes, care of eues

·         Recycling of papers ·         Braille system

·         reforestation

CH.8:CELL- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS

·         Cell

·         Unicellular organisms, Muticellular

organisms

·         Cell structure and function

·         Components of cell- nucleus,cytoplasm,

cell wall, cell membrane,vacuole,plastids etc.

·         Difference between plant cell and animal

cell

CH.9:REPRODUCTION IN ANIMALS CH.17:STARS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

·         Modes of reproduction JAN ·         The moon , the stars

·         Sexual and asexual reproduction ·         Constellations-ursa major, orion

·         Male and female reproductive

organs·         Pole star

·         The solar system

·         The planets- important features

·         Asteroid, Halley’s comet

·         Artificial satellite, satellite communication

SEP CH.9:REPRODUCTION IN ANIMALS FEB CH.18:POLLUTION OF AIR AND WATER·         Fertilization – internal and

external·         Air pollution, pollutants

·         Development of embryo ·         Acid rain,Green house effect

·         Viviparous , oviparous animals ·         Global warming, preventive measures

·         Metamorphosis ·         Water pollution, pollutants

Budding,Binary fission ·         Ganga action plan,

·         potable water,3R’s

Month Topic/Sub Topic Month Topic/Sub Topic

APR Chapter-1”Rational Numbers” OCT Chapter-8”Comparing Quantities”

Ø  Introduction Ø  Ratio and percentage

Ø  Properties of rational numbers Ø  Discount

Ø  Representation of rational number on

number lineØ  Profit and loss

Ø  Rational numbers between two rational

numbersØ  Sales tax ,value added tax

Ø  Compound interest

Chapter-2”Linear Equation in One Variable” Ø  Application of compound interest formula

Ø  Solving linear equation in one variable Chapter -10”Visualinsing Solid Shapes”

Ø  Word problems Ø  Polyhedrons

Ø  Convex and regular polyhedrons

MAY Chapter -3“Understanding Quadrilaterals” Ø  Prisms and pyramids

Ø  Classification of polygons – Ø  Euler’s formula

v  Regular polygon

v  Irregular polygon NOV Chapter-9”Algebraic Expression and Identities”

v  Convex and concave Ø  Monomials , binomials , trinomials and polynomials

Ø  Angle sum property of triangle and

quadrilateralØ  Addition and subtraction of algebraic expression

Ø  Types of quadrilaterals and their

propertiesØ  Multiplication of algebraic expression

JUL Chapter-4”Practical Geometry” Ø  Standard identities

Ø  Construction of quadrilateral when :

v  The length of four sides

and a diagonal are givenChapter-11 “Mensuration”

v  Two diagonals and three

sides are givenØ  Area of trapezium

v  Three sides and two

included angles are givenØ  Area of squares , rectangles and circles

Ø  Some special cases Ø  Surface area of cube , cuboid and cylinders

Ø  Volume of cube , cuboid and cylinders

Chapter -5 “Data Handling”

Ø  Bar graph

Ø  Double bar graph

Ø  Pie chart

Ø  Probability

AUG Chapter -6”Squares and Square Root” DEC Chapter-12”Exponents and Powers”

Ø  Square numbers and their properties Ø  Laws of exponents

Ø  To find square root through: Ø  Negative exponents

v  Repeated subtraction Ø  Use of exponents to express large numbers in standard form

v  Prime factorisation

v  Long division methods Chapter-13”Direct and Inverse Proportion”

v  Square roots of decimals Ø  Direct proportion

Ø  Indirect proportion

Chapter-7”Cubes and Cube Root” JAN Chapter-14”Factorisation”

Ø  Perfect cube Ø  Factorisation of algebraic expressions

Ø  To find cube root by prime

factorisation methodØ  Division of algebraic expressions

SEP Chapter-16”Playing with Number”

Ø  Test of divisibility FEB Chapter-15”Introduction to Graphs”

Ø  Bar graph

Ø  Pie chart

Ø  Line graph and its application

MATH

Month Chapters Month Chapters

APR Geo:-Ch-1-Resources OCT Geo:-Ch-4-Agriculture

·         Types of Resources ·         Farm System

·         Conserving Resources ·         Types of farming

SPL:-Ch-1-The Indian Constitution ·         Agricultural development

·         Why does a country need a

constitutionSPL:-Ch-5-The Judiciary

·         The Indian constitution : Key

Features·         Role of judiciary

·         Independent judiciary

·         Structures of courts in India

His:-Ch-8- Civilising the "Native",Educating the Nation

MAYHis:-Ch-2-From trade to territory The

Company establishes power·         How British saw education

·         East India Company Comes East ·         What happen to local schools?

·         Company rule expands ·         National education

·         Setting up new administration

·         Conclusion

JULGeo:-Ch-2-Land,soil,water,natural vegetation

& wildlife resourcesNOV Geo:-Ch-5-Industries (excluding pg 58-60)

·         Conservation of land resources ·         Classification of industries

·         Factors of soil formation ·         Factors affecting location of industries

·         Problems of water availability ·         Distribution of major industries

·         Conservation of Natural

vegetation and wildlife·         Information technology

SPL:-Ch-2-Understanding Secularism

·         What is secularism?

·         Why is it imp to separate religion

from the state?SPL:-Ch-6-Understanding our criminal justice system

·         What is Indian secularism? ·         Role of police

His:-Ch-3-Ruling the countryside(Permanent

settlement ONWARDS Excluding The “Blue

rebellion” and after)

·         Role of Public prosecutor

·         Permanent settlement ·         Fair trail

·         Crops of Europe

His:-Ch-4-Tribals,Dikus,and the vision of a

Golden age

·         How did tribal groups live? DEC His:-Ch-11-The making of the National movement 1870s-1947

·         How did colonial rule affect tribal

lives?·         Emergence of nationalism

·         A closer look ·         Growth of mass nationalism

·         The march to Dandi

·         Quit India

His:-Ch-12-India after independence

AUG

Geo:-Ch-3-Minerals and power resources

(excluding pg 26-28 ) & (Non- conventional

sources of energy -in brief)

·         A new divided nation

·         Types of minerals ·         A constitution is written

·         Distribution in India ·         Formation of new states

·         Uses of minerals ·         Planning for development

·         Conservation of minerals ·         The Nation, sixty years on

·         Power Resources SPL:-Ch-7-Understanding Marginalisation

SPL:-Ch-3-Why do we need parliament? ·         About Adivasis

·         People and their representation ·         Minorities and marginalisation

·         The role of parliament·         Who are the people in

parliament?His:-Ch-5-When the People Rebel 1857 and

afterJAN Geo:-Ch-6-Human resources

·         Policies and the people ·         Distribution of population

·         A mutiny becomes a popular

rebellion·         Factors affecting distribution of population

·         A company fights back ·         Population change

·         Aftermath ·         Population composition

His:-Ch-6-Colonialism and the city SPL:-Ch-8-Confronting marginalisation

The story of an imperial capital (till pg 72) ·         Invoking fundamental rights

·         Cities under colonial rule ·         Laws of the marginalised

·         The making of New Delhi ·         Protecting the rights of Dalits and Adivasis

·         1989 act

FEB Revision and exam

Social Studies

Month Chapters Month Chapters

CH 1-

Introduction to Computer Networking CH 5-

Creating Webpage Using Html

Unit 2-

Learn to Use Access 2013 CH 6-

More on Adobe Flash Professional CS6

CH 2- CH 7-

learn to Use Access 2013 More on Internet

CH 8-

CH 3- Computer Ethics ,Crime and security

Queries,Forms and Reports in Access 2013 Revision and exam

CH 3-

Queries, Forms and reports in Acess 2013

CH -4

Intrduction to HTML

Sep Revision and Exam

August

Computer

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JAN

DEC

NOV

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MAY

JUL