BLOOM PUBLIC SCHOOL

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Class:-VIII

Subject : English

Syllabus (2018-2019)

Month CONTENT: (NCERT)

1. HONEY DEW( MAIN TEXT BOOK)

2. IT SO HAPPENED(SUPPLEMENTARY READER)

3.AMITY ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

April

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-1: The Best Christmas Present in the World Poem-The Ant and the Cricket It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 1-How the Camel Got its Hump Amity English Grammar: Unit-1-Sentences Unit-2-Clauses Unit-3-Averb Clauses

May

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-2: The Tsumani Poem-Geography Lesson It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 2-Children at Work Amity English Grammar: Unit-4-Defining and Non-Defining ClausesClauses Unit-5-Comprehension-I Unit-6-Think a little-I Let’s Think back-I

July

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-3: Glimpses of the Past Poem-Macavity: The Mystery Cat It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 3-The Selfish Giant Amity English Grammar: Unit-7-Transformation of Sentences-1 Unit-8-Infinitives Unit-9-Gerunds Unit-10-Participles

August TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Poem-The Last Bargain It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 4-The Treasure within Amity English Grammar: Unit-11-Active and Passive voice Unit-12-comprehension-II Unit-13-Think a Little-II Let’s Think Back-II

September

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-5: The Summit Within Poem-The School Boy Amity English Grammar: Unit-14-Tenses Unit-21-Comprehension-III

October

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-6: Jody’s Fawn Poem-The Duck and the Kangaroo It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 5-Princess September Amity English Grammar: Unit-15-Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Unit-16-Direct and Indirect Speech Unit-17-Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses

November

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-7: A Visit to Cambridge Poem-When I set out for Lyonnesse It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 6-The Fight Amity English Grammar: Unit-18-Transformation of Sentences-2 Unit-19-Modals Unit-20-Punctuation Unit-22- Think a Little-III Let’s Think Back-III

December

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-8:A Short Monsoon diary Poem-On the Grasshopper and Cricket It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 7-The open window Amity English Grammar: Unit-23-Prepositions Unit-24-Conjunctions

January

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-9:The Great Stone Face-1 Unit-10- The Great Stone Face-2 It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 8-Jalebis Amity English Grammar: Unit-25-Articles Unit-26-Conditional Sentences

February

It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 9-The Comet-1 Chapter-10-The Comet-2 Amity English Grammar: Unit-27-Error identification Unit-28-Comprehension-IV Unit-29-Think a Little-IV Let’s think Back-IV

February/March

Annual Assessment

Month Content

July TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW

(Periodic test-1)

Unit-1: The Best Christmas Present in the World Poem-The Ant and the Cricket It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 1-How the Camel Got its Hump Grammar: Unit-1-Sentences Unit-2-Clauses Unit-3-Averb Clauses Unit-4-Defining and Non-Defining Clauses Integrated Grammar Writing Skill: Diary Entry

September

(Half-Yearly)

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-1: The Best Christmas Present in the World Unit-2: The Tsumani Unit-3: Glimpses of the Past Unit-4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Unit-5: The Summit Within Poem-The Ant and the Cricket Poem-Geography Lesson Poem-Macavity: The Mystery Cat Poem-The Last Bargain Poem-The School Boy It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 1-How the Camel Got its Hump Chapter 2-Children at Work Chapter 3-The Selfish Giant Chapter 4-The Treasure within Grammar: Unit-1-Sentences Unit-2-Clauses Unit-3-Averb Clauses Unit-4-Defining and Non-Defining Clauses Unit-7-Transformation of Sentences-1 Unit-8-Infinitives Unit-9-Gerunds Unit-10-Participles Unit-11-Active and Passive voice Integrated Grammar Writing Skill: Story Writing Diary Entry

Informal Letter

November

(Periodic test-2)

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-6: Jody’s Fawn Poem-The Duck and the Kangaroo It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 5-Princess September Grammar: Unit-14-Tenses Unit-15-Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Unit-16-Direct and Indirect Speech Unit-17-Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses Integrated Grammar Writing Skill: Paragraph writing/Story Writing

February

(Final Test)

TEXTBOOK: HONEYDEW Unit-4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Unit-5: The Summit Within Unit-6: Jody’s Fawn Unit-7: A Visit to Cambridge Unit-8:A Short Monsoon diary Unit-9:The Great Stone Face-1 Unit-10:The Great Stone Face-2 Poem-The Last Bargain Poem-The School Boy Poem-The Duck and the Kangaroo Poem-When I set out for Lyonnesse Poem-On the Grasshopper and Cricket It so happened-Supplementary Reader: Chapter 4-The Treasure within Chapter 5-Princess September Chapter 6-The Fight Chapter 7-The open window Chapter 8-Jalebis Chapter 9-The Comet-1 Chapter-10-The Comet-2 Grammar: Unit-7-Transformation of Sentences-1 Unit-8-Infinitives Unit-9-Gerunds Unit-10-Participles Unit-11-Active and Passive voice

Unit-14-Tenses Unit-15-Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Unit-16-Direct and Indirect Speech Unit-18-Transformation of Sentences-2 Unit-19-Modals Unit-20-Punctuation Unit-23-Prepositions Unit-24-Conjunctions Unit-25-Articles Unit-26-Conditional Sentences Unit-27-Error identification Integrated Grammar Writing Skill: Story Writing Diary entry Informal letter/Formal writing Notice writing Paragraph writing