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BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
CLASS- VIII SUBJECT: English Syllabus: 2018-19
MONTH READING WRITING GRAMMAR LITERATURE Long Reading Text- Five Tales From
Shakespeare)
April/ May Unseen
passage
Notice
Writing
Formal
letter
1. Determiners
2. Tenses- Present, Past
and Future
Ch-1. The
Earthquake
Ch-2 Ozymandias
(Poem)
Ch-3. Nimai Forever
Ch-4 The Way
Through the woods
(poem)
Ch- 1
May PT I Syllabus Covered in April and May (except Formal Letter in writing, Ch-4 in Literature and Long Reading Text)
July Unseen
poem
Message
Writing
Dialogue
Writing
3. Modals
4. Synonymes and
antonymes
5. Non Finite Verbs
Ch-5 My Financial
Career
Ch-6.The Glove and
the Lions (Poem)
Ch-7 The Open
Window
Ch- 2
August Unseen
passage
Article/
Speech
Writing
6. Active and Passive
Voice
7. Editing and Jumbled
Sentences
8. Adjectives and
Adverbs
Ch-8 The
Nightingale and the
Glow-worm(Poem)
Ch-9 Water Watch
Ch-3
September Unseen
passage
Process
Writing
9. Words That Often
Confuse
10. Idioms & Phrases
Revision of syllabus
covered in Term I
Ch- 10. From Story
Telling to Film-
Making(After
Exams)
-
Periodic Test PT-2 Total + 30% of PT 1
II
October Unseen
passage
Diary Entry 11. Conditionals
12. Prepositions
Ch-11. Television
(Poem)
Ch-12 An Insult That
Created an Empire
Ch-4
November Unseen
poem
Biographical
Sketch
Report
Writing
13. Conjunctions
14. Phrases & Clauses
Ch-13 A Nation’s
Strength (Poem)
Ch-14.After Twenty
Years
Ch-15 The Chimney
Sweeper
Ch-4 (contd...)
December Unseen
passage
Debate
Writing
15. Sentences
16. Reported Speech
17. Spellings
Ch-16 Goodbye, Mr.
Chips!
Ch-17 The
Importance of Being
Earnest
Ch-5
January Unseen
poem
Story
Writing
Essay
Writing
18. Integrated Grammar
Practice (IGP)
19. Punctuation
-
PT III PT 3 + 30% of (Term 1)
February Unseen
Passage &
Poem
Revision
and A S L
Unseen Passage Revision of Annual
Exam
March PT 4 Term 2 Total + 30% of(Term 1)
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class -VIII Subject – MATHS Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Text Book –N.C.E.R.T.
Reference Book – R. S. Aggarwal
Activities
April Chapter – 2 : Linear Equations in one variable
Chapter – 6: Squares and Square Roots
May Chapter - 7: Cubes and Cube Roots
Class will be divided into various groups and each group will be
asked to collect information about the given topic(Square and square
roots / Cube and cube roots), their properties and patterns.
May Periodic Test -I Syllabus : Chapter- 2 and 6
July Chapter – 3: Understanding Quadrilaterals
Chapter – 5 : Data Handling
*To verify angle sum property of a Quadrilateral
*To verify exterior angle property of a Polygon
*To verify the properties of Parallelogram , Rhombus , Kite and
Square by paper cutting and pasting.
August Chapter – 4 : Practical Geometry
Chapter – 12 : Exponents and Powers
Chapter 16- Playing With Numbers(discussion)
September Periodic Test-II Syllabus : Chapter-2,3,4,5,6,7 and 12
September Chapter – 1 : Rational Numbers
October Chapter – 9 : Algebraic Expressions and
Identities
*To verify the standard algebraic identities by paper cutting and
pasting.
November Chapter – 14 : Factorisation
Chapter – 15: Introduction to Graphs A population pyramid is a graphical illustration that shows the
distribution of various age groups in a population (typically that of a
country or region of the world), which forms the shape of
a pyramid when the population is growing. Draw the population
pyramid of India of 2017 on a graph paper and mark 7 points on it
including X axis and Y axis and then to write coordinates of those
points.
December Chapter – 11: Mensuration
Chapter- 13: Direct and Inverse Proportions
*To find area of trapezium by paper cutting and pasting method.
*To find Curved Surface Area of a cylinder using rectangular sheet of
paper.
*To find volume of cuboid by taking piles of congruent sheets of
paper.
January Periodic Test-III(Jan) Syllabus : Chapter – 1,3,6, 9,11 ,13,14,15
Chapter – 8 : Comparing Quantities
February/
March
Chapter – 10 : Visualising Solid Shapes
Revision and Periodic Test- IV
*Draw different types of prisms and pyramid on A-3 size sheet and
write their base polygon, number of faces, vertices and edges in a
tabular form.
Syllabus : Chapter 1, 2 ,7, 8,9,10 ,11,13,14,15
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class – VIII Subject –SCIENCE Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Book – NCERT SCIENCE / W.BOOK Activities
April L-1: Crop production & Management
L-11: Force and Pressure
L-3: Synthetic fibres and plastics
To separate healthy seeds from unhealthy or damaged seeds.
Activities to show factors affecting force.
May L-8: Cell
Making Model of plant and animal cell using waste materials.
May Periodic Test-I L- 1,3,11
July L-4: Materials: Metals and Non-metals
L-2: Microorganisms: Friend and foe
L-12: Friction
To show chemical reactions of different metals and non-metals
with different acids and bases, oxygen and water.
To study a displacement reaction in solution. To show that oxygen
is needed for burning.
To show the slides of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and algae.
August L-5: Coal & Petroleum
L-13: Sound
To show the structure of human ear through a model.
September Half – yearly Exams
L-6: Combustion & Flame L- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13
To study the various zones of candle flame.
October L-7: Conservation of plants and animals
L-9: Reproduction in Animals
To make a poster showing Biodiversity.
To study the cell division in amoeba.
November L-10: Reaching the age of adolescence
L-14: Chemical effects of Electric Current
To test the electrical conductivity of some liquids like oil, honey, orange
juice.
December L-15: Some Natural Phenomena
L-16: Light
To demonstrate laws of reflection and dispersion of white light
with the help of Newton’s disc.
January Periodic Test - III Lessons from Term I (L-2, 3 &4) & lessons done from Sept to Dec.
January L-17: Stars and The Solar System
L-18: Pollution of air & water Discussion on rain water harvesting and other ways of conserving
water.
Discussion on the present status of pollution.
February/
March Revision and Annual Examination Lessons from Term I (L-8, 11 &13)& lessons done from Sept to Jan.
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class –VIII Subject – Social Science Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Book –NCERT Practicals / Activities
April History
Chapter 1- How, When and Where (Discussion)
Chapter 2-From Trade to Territory
Geography
Chapter 1- Resources
Civics
Chapter 1- The Indian Constitution
Chapter 2- Understanding Secularism
Map Work on important regions under British India.
Discussion on how the things like stone, leaf and straw can be used as resources?
The Constitution also mentions fundamental duties. Find out what these include
and why it is important for citizens in a democracy to observe these.
The students will be asked to find out the different religious practices that people
follow in their neighbourhood.
May History Chapter 3- Ruling the Countryside
Discussion on Champaran movement and Gandhiji’s role in it.
PT1
(July)
April/ May- Complete Syllabus (5 Chaps) History (Chap 2 and 3), Civics (Chap 1 and 2), Geo (Chap 1)
July History
Chapter 4-Tribals, Dikus and the vision of Golden Age
(Discussion)
Chapter 5- The Revolt of 1857
Geography
Chapter 2-Land, Soil and Water, Natural vegetation and
Wildlife Resources
Civics Chapter 3- Why do we need a Parliament
Chapter 4- Understanding Laws
Map work on important centres of the Revolt in North India.
Group discussion on conservation of resources like water, soil, land and wildlife.
The students will be discussing – why are there less number of women in the
Parliament and how it can be increased?
How did ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act’ of 2006 came
about?
August Geography
Chapter 3- Mineral and Power Resources
History
Chapter 6- Colonialism and the City (Discussion)
Chapter 7- Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory owners
Map work on the concentration of minerals in different regions.
Map work on major centres of weaving in the late eighteenth century.
PT2
(Sept)
April to August – Complete Syllabus (11 Chaps) History (Chapter 2, 3, 5 and 7), Civics (Chapter 1, 2, 3 and 4), Geo (Chapter 1, 2
and 3)
Septe
mber Civics
Chapter 5- Judiciary
Class discussion on significance of independent judiciary
Octobe
r History
Chapter 8- Civilising the “Native” and educating the
nation
Geography
Chapter 4- Agriculture
Chapter 5- Industries
Civics
Chapter 6- Understanding our Criminal Justice System
Map work on important crops in the world.
Comparing and contrasting the system of education in Shantiniketan and the
education system of today.
Map work on major iron ore and cotton producing areas.
Nove
mber Geography
Chapter 6- Human Resources
History
Chapter 9- Women, Caste and reform
Civics
Chapter 7- Understanding Marginalisation (Discussion)
Chapter 8- Confronting Marginalisation (Discussion)
Civics
Chapter 9- Public Facilities
Discussion on the characteristics of a society with ‘too many under 15s’ and one
with ‘too few under 15s’.
How can we say that women like Pandita Ramabai, Tarabai Shinde, etc were the
real architects of the society?
Class discussion on various public facilities except water.
Decem
ber History
Chapter 11- The Making of the National Movement:
1870s- 1947
Chapter 12- India After Independence
Map work- Princely states before 14 Aug, 1947 and princely states for the period
1947-48 to 31 October 1956.
Discussion on division of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
PT3 October- December + 4 chaps of 11 chaps till Aug
(30% of term 1)
History (Chapter 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12), Civics (Chapter 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9), Geo (Chapter
2, 4, 5 and 6)
Januar
y History
Chapter 10- The Changing world of Visual Art
(Discussion)
Civics
Chapter 10- Law and Social Justice
Group discussion on the importance of law and justice.
Februa
ry
Revision for the Final Exams
Finals October to January Complete Syllabus
+ 4 chaps of 11 chaps till Aug (30% of term 1)
History (Chapter 2, 3, 8, 9, 11 and 12), Civics (Chapter 4, 5, 6 and 9), Geo (Chapter
1, 4, 5 and 6)
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class -VIII Subject – FRENCH Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Book –Apprenons la Française. Part 4 Activities
April/May
L-0 Que Savez-Vous de la France
L-1 Une Boum.
Paste pictures of world Map and mention all Francophone
countries in it.
Make a Birthday card in French for your mother & write
short French poem for her in it.
May Periodic Test – I L- 0 & 1
July L-2 Jeanne D’Arc
Les verbes.
Les Adjectifs possessif
Les Les Pluriels.
Les Négatifs
L-3 La Vie d’mannequin est-elle facile ?
Les négatifs
Les Interrogations
Make presentation on Jean d’arc describing her role in French
revolution.
Differentiate between the life style of French models with
Indian models.
August L-4 On Voyage
Les Préposition de Lieu
L-5 Bon Voyage
Les prépositions
Les articles contracté.
Passé Compose
Make picture collage of a place you have visited with your
family recently, describe the place using adjectives and
adverbs.
Make an advertisement to promote any beautiful city in India.
September Periodic Test – II L – 0,1,2,3,4 & 5
October L-6 Des nouvelles de Lyon
Passé Compose
Transitif/Intransitif
Write a letter to your friend describing beautiful city Lyon
and its culture and heritage .
November L-7 Bon Appétit
L’Imperatif/Negatif
Passe Compose
La recette
Write recipe of your favourite drink or desert, paste picture
of it and mention all the ingredients used in it.
December L-8 Des Invitations
Les verbes prominaux
Passe compose
L’Invitation
Make an invitation card for marriage party of your brother or
sister & write all the informations in French.
January Periodic Test – III
L-9 Aneesh partira bientôt
Les expression –avoir/faire
Future Simple
Les Fêtes
L-10 La Méteo
Future porches
Passé Recent
Make a collage of your favourite festivals of France or India.
Write a weather report of any country and the signs used to
indicate weather in a map
February/
March Revision and Annual Exam/Periodic Test- IV ___________________________
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class -VIII Subject – GERMAN Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Book –HALLO DEUTSCH Activities
April MODUL 5
L-1 Stefan, wiegeht’sdir?
Students will write the conversation between Doctor & Patient and will
present the role play in the class.
May PT-I L-1
July L-2 GesundLeben
Students will make a Poster and paste the Healthy and Unhealthy Foods
labelling it in German.
August L-3 Was hast du fur deineGesundheitgetan? Students will write five –six lines on different Sports and Activities that
are good for Health.
September PT-II PT-I + PT-II i.e Total -3 Chapters till August
(ch-1,2, & 3)
October MODUL 6
L-1 Woist Tina?
Students will paste pictures of various shops and write the items they can
buy from that particular shop in German.
November L-2 Hast du Lust, ins Kino zugehen? Students will make a collage about two most important means of
transport both in India and Germany respectively.
December L-3 Ordnungmusssein! Students will write various prepositions and sentences on A4 sized sheet
and explain them in the class.
January PT-III(Jan) 25%of the whole syllabus(i.e Grammar topics)
+ Chapters done in months of Oct to Dec
(ch-1, 2, 3)
January L-3 Ordnungmusssein! (cont)
Students will write 5 sentences in German using connectors in their
notebooks.
February/
March Revision and Annual Exam 30% of Term 1(ch-1 -4 MODUL 5) + Oct to Jan Syllabus
(ch 1, 2, 3)
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class -VIII Subject – F.I.T Syllabus: 2018-19
Month Book –GATEWAY TO WINDOWS Activities
April Ch-5.Tables and Hyperlinks in HTML
Ch-1.About Networking
Ch-2.Wireless and Cloud Technologies
To create a table to show the names of 5 open source softwares
and names of their companies.
To create a webpage to show a table containing hyperlink of 5
sections of a webpage, e.g., top, bottom etc.
To show demonstration of connecting multiple devices using
modem/hub through video on projector following live
demonstration of devices used in school to form a network.
May PT-I: Ch-5,1 & 2
July Ch-8:Working in Photoshop
Ch-9:More in Photoshop
To select a penguin from the image and move it to another image
using selection tools.
To copy a tree from an image and reapply it on another image to
create a tree scenery.
August Ch-10:Internet Telephony and More
September PERIODIC TEST-II PT-I + PT-II i.e Total -6 Chapters till August
October Ch-3:Microsoft Office Access
Ch-4:Forms, Queries and Reports
To create a table to enter details of 5 sports equipment’s with their
use and details.
To execute a query to display:
Names of the equipment are used in cricket.
To create a report to for the above query.
November Ch-6:Starting Visual Basic
Ch-7:Programs using Controls and Properties
Demonstration on projector for the components of visual basic
screen by group of students.
To create an application to show simple division and integer
division.
December Ch-11:Cyber Threats and Protection
To create a ppt on identity theft with its solution.
PT-III(Jan): Ch-1 and 2 (Term I) + Ch-3,4,6,7 and 11.
January Ch-12:Cyber Legal Issues To prepare a document on hacking and its types.
February/
March Revision and Periodic Test- IV Ch-5 and 10 (Term I) + Ch-3,4,6,7,11 and 12.
BRAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class –VIII SUBJECT – G.K Syllabus 2018-19 S.No MONTH Book -Know For Sure(Britannica Learning)
1 April /May Out of this world, The Mighty dinosaurs, Ruling the world, Sports legends, Awesome
body facts, Life in a desert, In your genes,…and the Oscar goes to, Plugged in, In the
20th
Century, Sobriquets of Indian cities, Traditional foods of the world
PT I CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 Marks
2 July Word Game: Towards a Greener Earth, Mountains of smoke and fire, Union territories
of India, Quiz Yourself –I, Woman of substance, Bringing fantasy alive, Traditional
music instruments, Making a zoetrope, Robotics, Football clubs of the world
3 August The Dog and the Wolf, Unique animals, Time to expand your vocabulary, Photofinish,
Artists and their art, Time to be logical, Global Indian achievers, Currency Wise
4 September PT II
5 October On a science track, Basketball drills, Majestic hunters of the sky, Medical discoveries,
Word Game: Talking about money, Cities with a glorious past, Visiting the northeast
6 November Natural wonders of the world, Quiz Yourself- 2, Greatest villains, More than just stories,
Insect myths, Technology today, Hybrid cars, Travelling Tales, Ultimate basics,
7 December Stories in sculpture, Recognizing common diseases, Mind bogglers, Know your games,
Architectural feats, In space, The country’s shield, Puzzles
Pages only for discussion: 11, 34, 37, 42-43, 44, 48-49, 71, 74, 90
PT III CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 Marks
8 January Net savvy, Flora and fauna of Indian states, Unique trees, Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Famous Indian authors, The sari story, Rivers and lakes that can kill, Try logic, Quiz
yourself-3, Our changing world
9 February/March Revision and PT IV
