N.K.BAGRODIA GLOBAL SCHOOLSECTOR-17, DWARKA

SESSION: 2018-19CLASS: IX (SYLLABUS)

ENGLISH:Month Syllabus

April and May(24+12) Coursebook (Beehive)

Unit 1: Living in HarmonyL-1: The Fun They HadP- The Road not TakenP-2 : Wind

Supplementary ReaderL-1: The Lost ChildL-2: The Adventures of Toto

Grammar Tenses – Simple Present, Simple Past and Simple Future (Gap Filling)

Revision of Pronouns (I, me, mine, we, us, ours, you, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, they, them, theirs)

Usage of Prepositions: of , from, with, in, on, at, into, across, along, beside, between, among etc.

Identification of types of sentences: Simple, Compound, Complex

Clauses: Adverbial clause of condition

Use of Can/Could, Shall/Should,Will/Would, Integrated exercises for error correction (with grammar topics done so far)

Language SkillsVocabulary (word replacement) exercise using paragraphs from the lesson.

b) Short unseen passages may be read out. The students can answer MCQs based on them.

Speaking: Each child will be encouraged to express his opinion on the topic “Difficult circumstances make a person stronger.”

Writing Diary: You have got a new pet. Write in your diary how you feel, how you are going to look after it,

etc.May-June-2018 Read the prescribed novel.

•Gulliver’s Travels (unabridged version) Book I & II Or

•Three Men in a Boat (unabridged version) (Chapter 1-10)

Write the character sketch of any four characters you like in your Home Work Assignment.

July (25) CoursebookJuly 2017 L-2: The Sound ofMusic: (i) Evelyn Glennie(ii) Ustad Bismillah Khan

P-3: Rain on the Roof

L-3: The Little Girl

P-4 The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Supplementary ReaderL-3: Iswaran the Story tellerL-4: In The Kingdom of Fools

*USE CAL LABMaterial available for the lessons wherever possible to facilitate comprehension by means of visual/ verbal input. Language SkillsWriting Article:•Saving the Girl Child

•Conservation of Water

Story Writing: With a sentence/ phrase given as beginning to the story.

Reading Skills: Sequencing of sentences to complete a story / article.

GrammarDeterminers

Conjunctions

Modals: Usage of must, ought to, need to, have to, had to and their negative forms.

Clauses: noun, adverbial (time and condition), relativeClause.

• Integrated grammar practice with all topics covered so far.

August (26) Coursebook L-4: A TrulyBeautiful MindL-5: The Snake and the MirrorP-6: “A Legend of the Northland”L-6: My Childhood

Supplementary ReaderL-5: The Happy Prince

Language Skills

Writing Skills Diary Entry: You visited a beautiful hill station/vacation spot recently.Write in your diary, describing the natural beauty of the place, your experiences, feelings etc.

Story Writing : Writing a story based on a givenoutline/visual input

Grammar

Reported Speech:(Statements & Questions)Integrated Grammar Practice

Re-ordering of words and phrases to form sentences(from the text for practice)

September (24) Revision of:a) All types of questions (short answer, value based, reference to context etc.) from prescribed Literature syllabus.b) Writing skill-Diary entry/ article, story writingc) Discussing the prescribed novelsd) Integrated grammar exercise

GrammarActive-Passive Voice

October (21) Coursebook L-7: PackingP-6: No Men Are Foreign

Supplementary ReaderL-6: Weathering theStorm in Ersama

Language SkillsWriting Skills – Article Writing: Unity in Diversity /Disaster Management/Climate Change

Diary Entry: You and your friends volunteered your services to help an NGO taking care of people affected by a recent natural disaster (flood/cyclone / earthquake). Write a diary entry describing your experiences and feelings in course of your volunteer

work.Listening Skills: Short passages read out loudly followed by questions to be done in hand-outs.

Grammar

Prepositions

Clauses – NounClauses, Adverbial Clause (Condition andTime) and relative clause –gap filling exercises

Determiners

Re-ordering of words to make meaningful sentences.

November (19) Coursebook P-7: The Duck and the Kangaroo

L-8: Reach for the Top

i) Santosh Yadav

ii) Maria SharapovaP-8: On Killing a Tree

Supplementary ReaderL-7: The Last LeafL-8: A House is not a Home

Language SkillsSpeaking Skills: The students will work in pairs and discuss the topic “Raising Awareness About the need to Protect our Environment”

Writing:

a) Article Writing : Education and Hard work: Keys to successb) Story Writing: based on visual/verbal inputs

GrammarPractice of Determiners TensesReported Speech: Interrogative and Imperative sentences

December (24) Coursebook L-9-The Bond of LoveL-10 KathmanduP-9 The Snake Trying

Supplementary ReaderL-9-The Accidental Tourist

Language Skills

Listening to the pieces of conversation and answering multiple choice questions.

Speaking & Writing Skills: Speaking for a minute on topics relevant to the lives of students and their immediate environment such as• Importance of Trees• Tourism: New Job Opportunities• Animals too feel the bond of love and the pain ofSeparation.

GrammarTransformation of sentences: Active- Passive Voice,Reported speech Gap filling exercises.

Winter VacationsRead the prescribed novel

•Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (Book III & IV)

OR

•Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome (Chapter 11-19)

January (16) Coursebook P-10: A Slumber did my Spirit SealL-11: If I were you

Supplementary ReaderL-10: The Beggar

Language Skills

Writing Diary: 1) You are upset at the sight of young men and women begging at the cross roads. Write in your diary describing what happened, how it made you feel.2) Story Writing

Listening Skill: Short unseen passages may be read out. The students can answer MCQs based on them.

GrammarIntegrated Grammar Practice.

February (22) Coursebook Revision of Chapters through very short questions. Revision of Novels through discussion on theme, plot, character sketches, important incidents and events for interpretation and inference.Supplementary Reader

Revision through short questions.

Language Skills

Revision of Writing skills on Current Topics relevant to the theme dealt with in the lessons.

Writing Skills: Story Writing through verbal / visual stimulus.

HINDI:

MATHEMATICS:April(24)Ch 1-Number SystemCh2-PolynomialsMay(12)Ch 3-Co-ordinate GeometryCh 4-Linear Equations in Two VariablesCh 12-Heron’s FormulaJuly(25)Ch 5-Introduction To Euclid’s GeometryCh 6-Lines And AnglesCh 14-StatisticsAugust(26)Ch 7-TrianglesCh 15-Probability

September(24)Revision of I TermOctober(21)Ch 11-Construction Ch 9-Areas of parallelogram and trianglesCh 8-QuadrilateralNovember(19)Ch 10-CirclesCh 13-Surface Areas and VolumesDecember(24)Ch 13-Surface Areas and Volumes(continued)January & FebruaryPre Boards+Revision

SCIENCE:

Science Class 9 Syllabus (2018-19)Exam Structure

Units Marks

I Matter - Its Nature & Behaviour 23

II Organisation in the Living World 20

III Motion, Force and Work 27

IV Our Environment 06

V Food; Food Production 04

  Total 80

Month SyllabusApril –May (36) Ch 1 Matter in our surroundings

Definition of matter; solid, liquid and gas; characteristics - shape, volume, density; change of state-melting (absorption of heat), freezing, evaporation (cooling by evaporation), condensation, sublimation.Ch 5 Cell - Basic Unit of life: Cell as a basic unit of life; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms; cell membrane and cell wall, cell organelles; chloroplast, mitochondria, vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus; nucleus, chromosomes - basic structure, number. 

Ch 6 Tissues : Structure and functions of plant tissues ( meristematic and permanent tissues in plants).

Ch 8 Motion: Distance and displacement, velocity; uniform and non-uniform motion along a straight line; acceleration, distance-time and velocity-time graphs for uniform motion and uniformly accelerated motion, equations of motion by graphical method; elementary idea of uniform circular motion.

Ch 15 Improvement in food resources Plant and animal breeding and selection for quality improvement and management; use of fertilizers, manures; protection from pests and diseases; organic farming.

JULY ( 25) Periodical Assessment 1

Ch 2 Elements, compounds and mixtures. Heterogenous and homogenous mixtures, colloids and suspensions.

Ch 3 Atoms and molecules, Law of constant proportions, Atomic and molecular masses.

Ch 6 Tissues Structure and functions of animal tissues (four types in animals.

Ch 9 Force and Newton's laws: Force and Motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Action and reaction forces, Inertia of a body, Inertia and mass, Momentum, Force and Acceleration. Elementary idea of conservation of Momentum.

August (26) Ch 13 Why do we fall ill? Health and Diseases: Health and its failure. Infectious and Non-infectious diseases, their causes and manifestation. Diseases caused by microbes (Virus, Bacteria and protozoans) and their prevention, Principles of treatment and prevention. Pulse Polio programmes.

Ch 10 Gravitation: Gravitation; universal law of gravitation, force of gravitation of the earth (gravity), acceleration due to gravity; mass and weight; free fall.

Ch3 Mole concept : Relationship of mole to mass of the particles and numbers.

September(24) Periodical Assessment 2

Ch 10 Floatation: Thrust and pressure. Archimedes' principle, buoyancy, elementary idea of relative density.

October(21) Ch 7 Diversity in living organisms Diversity of plants : basic issues in scientific naming, basis of classification. Hierarchy of categories / groups, Major groups of plants (salient features) (Bacteria, Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms).

Ch 11 Work, energy and power: Work done by a force, energy, power; kinetic and potential energy; law of conservation of energy.

Ch 4 Structure of atoms: Electrons, protons and neutrons, valency, chemical formula of common compounds. Isotopes and Isobars.

November(19) Ch 14 Natural Resources

Physical resources: Air, Water, Soil. Air for respiration, for combustion, for moderating temperatures; movements of air and its role in bringing rains across India. 

Air, water and soil pollution (brief introduction). Holes in ozone layer and probable damages. 

Ch 12 Sound: Nature of sound and its propagation in various media, speed of sound, range of hearing in humans;

December(24) Periodical Assessment 3Ch 7 Diversity in living organisms Major groups of animals (salient features) (Non-chordates- phyla and chordates -classes).Ch 12 Sound - To be continued

Ultrasound; reflection of sound; echo and SONAR. Structure of the human ear (auditory aspect only).

January(16) Revision, sample papers, mock testsFebruary(22) Revision and sample papers , full termMarch (23) NEW SESSION STARTS

Practicals1. Preparation of:

a) a true solution of common salt, sugar and alum b) a suspension of soil, chalk powder and fine sand in water c) a colloidal solution of starch in water and egg albumin/milk in water

and distinguish between these on the basis ofo transparencyo filtration criteriono stability

2. Preparation of:

a) a mixture b) a compound

using iron filings and sulphur powder and distinguish between these on the basis of:

i. appearance, i.e., homogeneity and heterogeneity ii. behaviour towards a magnet iii. behaviour towards carbon disulphide as a solvent iv. effect of heat

3. Separation of the components of a mixture of sand, common salt and ammonium chloride (or camphor).

4. Performing the following reactions and classifying them as physical or chemical changes :

a. Iron with copper sulphate solution in water b. Burning of magnesium in air c. Zinc with dilute sulphuric acid d. Heating of copper sulphate e. Sodium sulphate with barium chloride in the form of their solutions

in water

5. Preparation of stained temporary mounts of (a) onion peel, (b) human cheek cells & to record observations and draw their labeled diagrams.

6. Identification of Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striped, smooth and cardiac muscle fibers and nerve cells in animals from prepared slides. Drawing of their labeled diagrams.

7. Determination of the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water.

8. Verification of the Laws of reflection of sound.

9. Determination of the density of solid (denser than water) by using a spring balance and a measuring cylinder.

10. Establishing the relation between the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed in

a) tap water b) strongly salty water, with the weight of water displaced by it by

taking at least two different solids.

11. Determination of the speed of a pulse propagated through a stretched string / slinky.

12. Study of the characteristics of Spirogyra / Agaricus, Moss / Fern, Pinus (either with male or female cone) and an Angiospermic plant. Drawing and providing two identifying features of the groups they belong to.

13. Observing the given pictures / charts / models of earthworm, cockroach, bony fish and bird. For each organism, drawing of their picture and recording:

a) one specific feature of its phylum. b) one adaptive feature with reference to its habitat.

14. Verification of the law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction.

15. Study of the external features of root, stem, leaf and flower of monocot and dicot plants.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:

19 Chapters

Month Subject/Lesson Activities

April And May(24+12)

HistoryL-1: French RevolutionGeographyL-1: India : Size And LocationL-2: Physical Features Of IndiaCivicsL-2: What Is Democracy? Why Democracy?EconomicsL-1: The Story Of Village Palampur

Discussion on social division in France

Timeline Map Work Debate against and for

democracy PPT on any one physical

feature of India Map Work

July(25) Civics

L-3:Constitutional DesignEconomicsL-2: People As A Resource

Draw the Preamble of Indian Constitution

Presentation on PMKVY

August(25)

HistoryL-3: Russian RevolutionGeographyL-3: DrainageCivicsL-4: Electoral Politics

Timeline Elections in class Make a river grid Know your

representatives –MP, MLA, Ward Councillor

September(24)

Revision

Mid Term Exam

October(21)

HistoryL-3: Nazism and the Rise of HitlerGeographyL-4: ClimateCivics L-5: Working of InstitutionsEconomicsL-3: Poverty as Challenge

Timeline Paste newspaper cutting

related to climate change and weather reports

Debate – Against and for reservation

Presentation on different poverty alleviation schemes

November(19) Geography

L-5: Natural Vegetation And wildlifeCivicsL-6: Democratic RightsEconomicsL-4: Food Security in India

Make a poster on different types of vegetation found in different areas

Discussion- Life without Rights

Collect information on different types of Ration Cards

December(24)

HistoryL-5: Pastoralists in The Modern WorldGeographyL-6: Population

Make a PPT on any one nomadic tribal community

Map Activity PPT on any one tribal

community

January (16)

RevisionPre Board Exam

February(22)

Revision For Final Exam

March(23) Final Exams

SANSKRIT:

ART :Subject -- Art

Months Topic ActivityApril (24) Elements of art, still life Nature

studyGlass Painting

May (12) Landscape, Human body parts (Nose, Eyes, Lips, Hands

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July (25) Human body parts (Legs, Head study) Scribble art, sketching, Portrait, Life study

Foil Painting

August (26) Composition, Folk art, character designing, cartoon character, mechanical character, Fan tansy character

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September (24) Story board, Modern art, Leno art, art & craft, some more creatives.

Make a object by using Tetra pack

October (21) Calligraphy, typography Make a hand puppet

November (19) Logo designing, Poster designing, free hand designing

Fish aquarium in shoe box

December (24) Book cover, collage work card designing

Patch work

January (16) Rangoli designing ---------February (22) Mehandi designing ---------March (23) Legends that Inspire ---------