GD Goenka World School



G D GOENKA WORLD SCHOOL

CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY

YEARLY CURRICULUM

SESSION 2019-2020

GRADE -7

|SUBJECT |SPT 1 SYLLABUS |SPT 2 SYLLABUS |

|ENGLISH |Coursebook: |Coursebook: |

| |Unit 1-5 |Unit 6-10 |

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| |Workbook |Workbook |

| |Unit 1-6 |Unit 7-12 |

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| |Writing: Letter,diary entry,articles,story |Writing: Letter,diary entry,articles,story |

|ESL |Semester I - April to October |Semester 2 - November to March |

| |Chapters |Chapters - |

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| |APRIL - MAY |NOVEMBER |

| |INTRODUCTION TO THE CURRICULUM |UNIT 11- PERSONALITY TYPES |

| |UNIT 1 - LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD |UNIT 12- PEOPLE AND THEIR JOBS |

| |UNIT 2 – E COMMUNICATION |DECEMBER |

| |JULY |UNIT 13 - SHOPS AND SERVICES |

| |UNIT 3 -RIVER AND COASTS |UNIT 14 - POSSESSIONS AND PERSONAL SPACE |

| |AUGUST |JANUARY |

| |UNIT- 4-GREAT EXPEDITIONS |UNIT - 15 -NATURAL DISASTERS |

| |UNIT - 6 ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA |UNIT - 16 – SURVIVORS |

| |SEPTEMBER |FEBRUARY |

| |UNIT - 8-HABITAT INTERACTIONS |UNIT – 17 SUMMER VACATION |

| |UNIT - 9- BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES |UNIT - 18 USE OF ENGLISH |

| |Composition: |Composition: |

| |1. Letter writing – Letter / E-mail 2. |1. Letter writing (Formal) |

| |Creative writing |2. Email |

| |3. Paragraph Writing with sequential words |3. Creative writing – Narrative |

| |4. Personal narrative writing with the help of word-web |4. Diary entry |

| |5. Article Writing |5. Biography |

| |6. Story Writing – Character/s, Setting / Plot / Conclusion |6. Advertisements |

| |(using sequential words) |7. Dialogue writing |

| |7. Proofreading |8. Report writing |

| |8. Figurative Language - Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole |9. Modal |

| |prehension – Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking |10. Figurative Language –Personification, |

| |Grammar: |Alliteration, Onomatopoeia |

| |1. Articles |11. Comprehension – Reading, Writing, |

| |2. Noun |Listening, Speaking |

| |3. Relative Pronoun | |

| |4. Verb | |

| |5. Singular and Plural | |

| |6. Adverb – Comparative and Superlative |Grammar: |

| |7. Adjectives | |

| |8. Conjunction |1. Putting the sentences in the correct order |

| |9. Compound noun /Abstract noun |2. Preposition |

| |10. Putting the sentences in the correct order |3. Interjection |

| |11. Punctuation |4. Past simple passive |

| |12. Tenses – Simple, Continuous and Perfect |5. Apostrophe and Contraction |

| |13. Proofreading |6. Subject Verb Agreement |

| |14. Join the sentences |7. Active and Passive |

| |All related work done in the notebook / workbook. |8. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives |

| | |9. Prefix – Root - Suffix |

| | |10. Tenses |

| | |11. Proofreading |

| | |12. Reported Speech |

| | |13. Review writing |

| | |All related work done in the notebook/Workbook. |

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|ICT |Theory Paper |Theory |

| |CHAPTER- 3 WORKING WITH FLASH |CHAPTER- 6 GRAPHICS IN QBASIC |

| |CHAPTER- 7 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC |CHAPTER- 1 NUMBER SYSTEM |

| |CHAPTER- 8 HTML |CHAPTER- 2 ADVANCED FORMATTING IN MS EXCEL |

| |CHAPTER- 9 COMPUTER VIRUS |CHAPTER- 4 INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP |

| |CHAPTER-10 COMMUNICATION ON INTERNET |CHAPTER- 5 DRAWING WITH PHOTOSHOP |

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| |Practical Exam |Practical |

| |CHAPTER- 3 WORKING WITH FLASH |CHAPTER- 6 GRAPHICS IN QBASIC |

| |CHAPTER- 7 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC |CHAPTER- 2 ADVANCED FORMATTING IN MS EXCEL |

| |CHAPTER- 8 HTML |CHAPTER- 4 INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP |

| | |CHAPTER- 5 DRAWING WITH PHOTOSHOP |

|SOCIAL STUDIES |SEMESTER 1 (APRIL TO OCTOBER) | |

| |History |SEMESTER 2 (NOVEMBER TO MARCH) |

| |Faith and reason | |

| |The Catholic Church |History |

| |Critics of the Church |Agriculture 1750-1914 |

| |Martin Luther |Industrialization |

| |The Tudor period |The Textile industry |

| |Henry VII |Coal mining |

| |Henry VIII and the English Reformation |The Age of Steam |

| |Religion in the reign of Edward VI |Working conditions |

| |The reign of Mary 1 |Factory Reforms |

| |The Counter Reformation |Living conditions |

| |Persecution and toleration |Public Health |

| |Geography |Geography |

| |What is weathering? |How does the sea shape the coast? |

| |What is erosion? |What is the coastal erosion problem? |

| |How do rivers shape the land? |How can coastal erosion be reduced? |

| |What causes waterfall? |Are we evenly spread? |

| |What happens on a river bend? |What affects where we live? |

| |What types of economic activity are there? |Where do we live? |

| |What are the main types of farming? |How does population change? |

| |What is a hill sheep farm like? |What is migration? |

| |What is an arable farm like? |What are the effects of migration? |

| |The iron and steel industry |What is the tourist industry? |

| |The car industry |Where do the tourists go? |

| |What are Asia’s main physical features? |What are high tech industries? |

| |What are Asia’s main human features? |Where is high-tech industries located? |

| |World issues |What are India’s main physical features? |

| |What is the water / food problem? |What are India’s main population features? |

| |The economic activity enquiry |World issues |

| |Key Skills |What is the poverty problem and how it can be reduced? |

| |How can we use an atlas? |The population enquiry |

| |How can we describe physical features on a map? |Key Skills |

| |How can we describe human features on a map? |How can we use an atlas? |

| |How can we use diagrams in geography? |How can we describe physical features on a map? |

| | |How can we describe human features on a map? |

| | |How can we use diagrams in geography? |

| | |What do choropleth maps show? |

| | |What are population pyramids? |

|MATHEMATICS |SPT-1 |SPT-2 |

| |Ch 1- Place Value, ordering and rounding |Chp1. - Place value, ordering and rounding |

| |Ch 2- Expressions, equations and formulae |Ch2. – Expressions, equations and formulae |

| |Ch 3- Congruency and properties of two-dimensional shapes |Chp3. – Congruency and properties of two – dimensional |

| |Ch 4- Measures and motion |shapes |

| |Ch 5- Collecting and displaying data |Chp4. - Measures and motion |

| |Ch 6- Calculations and mental strategies 1 |Chp5. - Collecting and displaying data |

| |Ch 8- Integers, powers and roots |Chp6. – Calculations and mental strategies 1 |

| |Ch 9- Equations and simple functions |Chp8. – Integers, powers and roots |

| |Ch 10- Constructions |Chp9. – Equations and simple functions |

| |Chp11. - Transformations |Chp10. - Constructions |

| |Ch 12- Statistical calculations |Chp11. - Transformations |

| |Ch 13- Calculations and mental strategies 2 |Chp12. – Statistical Calculations |

| | |Chp 13. – Calculations and mental strategies 2 |

| | |Chp15. – Fractions decimals and percentages |

| | |Chp16. – Sequences , functions and graphs |

| | |Chp17.-Angle properties |

| | |Chp18.- Area and volume |

| | |Chp19.- Interpreting data and graphs |

| | |Chp20. - Calculations and mental strategies 3 |

| | |Chp22. – Ratio and proportion |

| | |Chp23.- Formulae and substitution |

| | |Chp24.- Enlargement and scale drawing |

| | |Chp25. – Nets and surface area |

| | |Chp26. – Probability |

| | |Chp27. - Calculations and mental strategies 4 |

|SCIENCE |Scientific skills - in all sciences |Scientific skills - in all sciences |

| |Biology |Biology |

| |1. Unit 1 – Plants |1. Unit 1 – Plants |

| |2. Unit 2 – Food and digestion |2. Unit 2 – Food and digestion |

| |3. Unit 3 – The circulatory system |3. Unit 3 – The circulatory system |

| | |4. Unit 4 – Respiration |

| |Chemistry |5. Unit 5 – Reproduction and development |

| |1. Unit 6 – States of matter | |

| |2. Unit 7 – Elements and compounds |Chemistry |

| |3. Unit 8 – Mixtures up to pg 99 |1. Unit 6 – States of matter |

| | |2. Unit 7 – Elements and compounds |

| | |3. Unit 8 – Mixtures |

| | |4. Unit 9 – Material changes |

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|GERMAN |Modul 3 Lektion 1,2,3 und 4 |Modul 4 Lektion 1,2,3,4 |

| |Wortschatz |Wortschatz |

| |Lesen |Lesen |

| |Artikel |Artikel |

| |Singular Plural |Singular Plural |

| |Übersetzen |Übersetzen |

| |Trennbare und Modal verben |Possessiv Artikel |

| |E-mail |Personal Pronomen |

| | |Verben |

| | |E-mail |

| |Challenges- |Challenges- |

|Global | | |

|Perspective |1.Understanding each other |1.Globalisation |

| |2.Tradition,culture and Identity |2.Education for all. |

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| |Individual Report |Individual Report. |

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| |Students will write an Individual Report on one of the above|Students will write an Individual Report on one of the |

| |global topics from a choice of 2. |above global topics from a choice of 2. |

| |With the guidance of the teacher, candidates choose from one|With the guidance of the teacher, candidates choose from |

| |of the specified topic areas and devise a global research |one of the specified topic areas and devise a global |

| |question. |research question. |

| |Candidates use this question as to the title for their |Candidates use this question as to the title for their |

| |report. The report must be between 500-800 words. |report. The report must be between 500-800 words. |

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| |Students will benefit from an understanding of the |Students will benefit from an understanding of the |

| |following: fact, opinion, prediction, value judgement, bias |following: fact, opinion, prediction, value judgement, bias|

| |and vested interest. They should be able to analyse and |and vested interest. They should be able to analyse and |

| |evaluate the use of evidence and language. |evaluate the use of evidence and language. |

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| |Work-based on topics other than those listed above will be |Work-based on topics other than those listed above will be |

| |awarded zero marks. |awarded zero marks. |

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|SPANISH |Topics from book: |Topics from book: |

| |Description of house |City description |

| |Parts of house |Giving directions |

| |Things in room |Weather, Season |

| |Daily routine |Sports |

| |Sports |Leisure time |

| | |Weekend plans |

| | |Trips |

| |Grammar |Vacations |

| |Preposition | |

| |reflexives |Grammar: |

| |Verb vivir, gustar, ir |Verb ir, tomar, seguir,practicar, jugar,ver hacer. |

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| | |Picture description, Email, Letter, |

| |Picture description, Email, Letter, |comprehension . |

| |comprehension . | |

|FRENCH |Topics from book: |Topics from book: |

| |Talk about weather, season, months |Asking and telling time |

| |Weekend activities and sports |Daily routine |

| |Places in town |School subjects and opinion on them |

| |Ask for and give directions |Meals in France |

| |Understand and say how far places are |Discuss food and drink |

| |Talk about one’s town and area |Healthy eating- fruits and vegetables |

| |Understand tourist information |Planning meals and picnics |

| | |Festival foods |

| |Grammar: | |

| |Verb - jouer, aller |Grammar: |

| |Other regular -ER verbs |Using du/de la/ de l’/des |

| |Pronom ‘on’ |Verb manger/prendre |

| |Using adjectives vieux/vieille |Negation |

| |Using à/au/à la/à l’/aux |Futur Proche |

| |Using devant/derrière/avant, etc | |

| |Expression : Il y a/ Il n’y a pas | |

|HINDI |पतवार |पतवार |

| |इकाई-1 |इकाई-5 |

| |इकाई-2 |इकाई-6 |

| |इकाई-3 |इकाई-7 |

| |इकाई-4 |इकाई-8 |

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| |रामायण |रामायण |

| |बाल कांड 2 . अयोध्या कांड 3. अरण्य कांड |4. किषन्क्धा कांड 5. सुंदर कांड 6. युद्ध कांड |

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