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Delhi Public School Ghaziabad Vasundhara

SYLLABUS FOR HALF YEARLY 2017-2018
Class VIII
Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.
English: Literature: Retrieved Reformation, Bees in my Backyard, My Earthquake
Experience in Tokyo, Just for Fun
Portrait of a Prince, The Wind in Frolic, Feelings
Grammar: Unit 1 Revision, Unit 3 Phrases & Clauses, Unit 4 Sentence
Structure, Unit 8 Conditionals, Unit 10 Reported Speech, Integrated
Grammar Practice, Editing/Omission, Rearrange Words & Phrases
Writing Skills: Paragraph Writing, Message Writing, Bio-Sketch, E-mail,
Data Interpretation, Letter to the Editor
Reading Skills Comprehension
His Last Bow The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Parington
Plans
Hindi: Literature: ikB 7 D;k fujkk gqvk tk,] ikB 9 dchj dh lkf[k;k] ikB 11 tc flusek us
cksyuk lh[kk] ikB 1/ofu
Grammar: vifBr x|kak] vifBr i|kak] laKk] fyax] opu] dkjd]vusd kCnksa ds fy,
,d kCn1&20] JqfelefHkUUkFkZd kCn1&20]foyke kCn
1&20]eqgkojs1&20] milxZ] izR;;A
Writing Skills: Ik=] fucU/k
Gyansagar: jktdqekjh fo|ksrek] lR; dk egRo] cqn~/k dk migkj
Mathematics: Ch-1 Rational Numbers
Ch-2 Linear Equations in One Variable
Ch-3 Understanding Quadrilaterals
Ch-4 Practical Geometry
Ch-5 Data Handling
Ch-10 Visualising Solid Shapes
Ch-12 Exponents and Powers
Ch-15 Introduction to Graphs
Science: Ch 1 Crop Production and Management
Ch 2 Microorganisms : Friend and Foe
Ch 3 Synthetic Fibres and Plastics
Ch 4 Materials : Metals and Non Metals
Ch- 5 Coal and Petroleum
Ch 6 Combustion and Flame
Ch 7 Conservation of Plants and Animals
Ch 8 Cell Structure and Function
Ch 9 Reproduction In Animals
 Social Science: History: Ch-2 Trade to Territory (clubbed Ch-1 How, When and Where)
Ch-3 Ruling the Countryside
Ch-5 When the People Rebel (clubbed Ch-6 Colonisation)
Maps:
Agencies/Factors of British Company in India in 1765
British territory in the early 19th century in India
Different agrarian policies of the British Company in India in the
late 18th century
Major centres of the Revolt of 1857
Civics: Ch-1 The Indian Constitution
Ch-2 Understanding Secularism
Ch-3 Why do we need a Parliament?
Geography: Ch-1 Resources (clubbed Ch-2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation
Wild Life)
Ch-3 Minerals and Power Resources
Ch-4 Agriculture
Maps:
Types of soil found in India
Various National Parks and Bio-Reserves in India
Major regions known for minerals found in India
States known for crops majorly grown in India
Sanskrit: Literature: ikB 6 nsfg y{ka rrks es ] ikB 7 uhfrkrde~] ikB 9 fonskskq laLd`r
fk{k.ke~] ikB 10 ekr` fir`HkDr% Jo.kdqekj%A
Grammar: vifBr x|kak] fp=okD;] i=] kCn#i& xq#] unh] ekr`] fir`] /kkrq#i &
n`k~] izPN] u`r~] j{k] vkHkwk.kksa vkSj izlk/kuksa ds uke]
Ik;kZ;okph1&10
French: L- 0 La France
L- 1 La rentree
L- 2 Il est francais?
L- 3 La journee de Mme Lavigne
L- 4 Kalu est malade
L- 5 Faire les cours
Japanese: Dai 5 ka
Dai 6 ka
Kanji
Computers: Ch-1 Computer components & Networks Ch-2 Inserting elements in
webpages Ch-3 Adding Forms & Frames in webpages Ch-9
Communicating on the Net
G.K. Unit 1 to Unit 4

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