GD Goenka World School



G D GOENKA WORLD SCHOOL

CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY

YEARLY CURRICULUM

SESSION 2019-20

GRADE -8

|SUBJECT |SPT 1 SYLLABUS |SPT 2 SYLLABUS |

|ENGLISH |Coursebook: |Coursebook: |

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

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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,report |

|ESL |CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH CB/WB |CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH CB/WB |

| |Unit 1- Family ties |Unit-7 Energy resources |

| |Unit 2- Personal appearance |Unit-8 Industrial revolution |

| |Unit 3- Moods and feelings |Unit-9 Handling Data |

| |Unit 4- The world of music |Unit-10 Giving presentations |

| |Unit 5- Health and diseases |Unit-11 Learning and training |

| |Unit 6- Leisure time |Unit-12 Making a living |

| |Composition: |Unit-13 Population and resources |

| |1. Letter writing |Unit-14 Cultures and Customs |

| |2. Diary entry |Unit- 15 The digital age |

| |3. Article writing |Composition: |

| |4. Message Writing |1. Story writing |

| |GRAMMAR |2. Report writing |

| |1. Adjectives |3. Email writing |

| |2. Tenses |Grammar: |

| |3. Nouns |1. Adverbs |

| |4. Pronouns |2 Active Passive |

| |5. Reported speech |3. Conjunctions |

| |6. Verb forms |4. Prepositions |

| |7.Gerunds |5. Determiners |

| | |6. Modals |

| | |7.Relative clauses |

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|ICT |Theory Paper |Theory Paper |

| |Chapter- 6 Lists and Images in HTML |Chapter- 2 Introduction to MS-Access |

| |Chapter- 7 Creating tables and frames in HTML |Chapter- 3 Microsoft Access queries, forms and reports |

| |Chapter- 1 Computer Software |Chapter- 4 More on Photoshop |

| |Chapter- 5 More in Visual Basic |Chapter- 8 Introduction to Java |

| |Chapter- 9 Networking and E-commerce | |

| | |Practical Exam |

| |Practical Exam |Chapter- 2 Introduction to MS-Access |

| |Chapter- 6 Lists and Images in HTML |Chapter- 3 Microsoft Access queries, forms and reports |

| |Chapter- 7 Creating tables and frames in HTML |Chapter- 4 More on Photoshop |

| |Chapter- 5 More in Visual Basic |Chapter- 8 Introduction to Java |

|SOCIAL STUDIES |Geography: |Geography: |

| |1.What factors affect climate? |1.What are polar regions like? |

| |2.What are ecosystems? |2.How can we use questions in geography? |

| |3.What is the equatorial climate? |3.How can we design a questionnaire? |

| |4.What are tropical rainforests? |4.How can we measure shopping quality? |

| |5.Why is it important to protect our resource? |5.How can we conserve resources? |

| |6.What is a hot desert climate? |6.What are volcanoes and earthquakes like? |

| |7.How do plants and wildlife survive in hot deserts? |7.What happens when a volcano erupts? |

| |8.Why is soil an important resource? |8.What happens in an earthquake? |

| |9.How can industry pollute the environment? |9.How can the earthquakes danger be reduced? |

| |10.How can environments be damaged? |10.Two earthquakes compared. |

| |11.Too many people? |11.What are China's main physical features? |

| |12.How do jobs affect development? |12.What are China's main human features? |

| |13.How does trade affect development |13.The China enquiry. |

| |14.Is development evenly spread? |History- |

| |International development e |The Peace Treaties |

| |History |The League of Nations |

| |Assassination at Sarajevo |Failure of the League of Nations |

| |Who Was to Blame? |The Weimar Republic, 1919-1929 |

| |The War Begins |Democracy under Threat 1919-1939 |

| |Trench Warfare on the Western Front |The Great Depression |

| |The Great Battles of 1915-1917 |Hitler Comes to Power |

| |The other fronts |Life in Nazi Germany |

| |The War at Sea |The Holocaust |

| |The USA Enters the War |Five steps to war |

| |The War Ends |Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement |

| | |The Rise and fall of the Axis |

| | |The War in the East |

| | |Hiroshima and Nagasaki |

|MATHEMATICS |SPT-1 |SPT-2 |

| |Ch 1- Integers, powers and roots |Chp1.Integers, powers and roots |

| |Ch 2- Expressions and formulae |Chp2.Expressions and formulae |

| |Ch 3- Shapes and geometric reasoning |Chp3.Shapes and geometric reasoning |

| |Ch 4- Length, mass and capacity |Chp4.Length, mass and capacity |

| |Ch 5- Planning and collecting data |Chp5.Planning and collecting data |

| |Ch 6- Calculations and mental strategies 1 |Chp6. Calculations and mental strategies 1 |

| |Ch 8- Place Value, ordering and rounding |Chp8.Place value, ordering and rounding |

| |Ch 9- Equations and inequalities |Chp9.Equations and inequalities |

| |Ch 10- Pythagoras theorem |Chp10, Pythagoras theorem |

| |pound measures and motion |pound measures and motion |

| |Chp12.Processing and presenting data |Chp12.Processing and presenting data |

| |Ch 13- Calculations and mental strategies 2 |Chp13. Calculations and mental strategies 2 |

| | |Chp15.Fractions, decimals and percentages |

| | |Chp16. Sequences |

| | |Chp17.Position and movement |

| | |Chp18.Area and Volume |

| | |Chp19.Interpreting and discussing results |

| | |Chp20. Calculations and mental strategies 3 |

| | |Chp22.Ratio and proportion |

| | |Chp23.Functions and graphs |

| | |Chp24.Bearings and drawings |

| | |Chp25. Measures and the circle |

| | |Chp26. Probability |

| | |Chp 27. Calculations and mental strategies 4 |

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

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| |Biology |Biology |

| |1. Chapter 3 – Adapting to a habitat |1. Chapter 3 – Adapting to a habitat |

| |2. Chapter 1 – Photosynthesis |2. Chapter 1 – Photosynthesis |

| |3. 3. Chapter 2 – Reproduction in flowering plants |3. 3. Chapter 2 – Reproduction in flowering plants |

| |4. Chapter 4 - Ecosystems |4. Chapter 4 - Ecosystems |

| | |5. Human influence on the environment |

| |Chemistry |6. Classification and variation |

| |1. Chapter 7 – The structure of the atom April | |

| |2. Chapter 8 – The periodic table May |Chemistry |

| |3. Chapter 9 – Endothermic and exothermic reactions Aug |1. Chapter 7 – The structure of the atom April |

| |4. Chapter 10 – Patterns of reactivity Sept |2. Chapter 8 – The periodic table May |

| | |3. Chapter 9 – Endothermic and exothermic reactions Aug |

| | |4. Chapter 10 – Patterns of reactivity Sept |

| | |5. Chapter 10 – Patterns of reactivity Sept |

| | |6. Chapter 11 – Preparing common salts Nov |

| | |7. Chapter 12 – Rates of reaction Dec |

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| | |Physics Sem II |

| | |Chapter 17- Electricity |

| | |Chapter 18-Heat energy Transfer |

| | |Chapter 19- World energy needs |

| |Physics Sem I | |

| |Chapter 13 - Density | |

| |Chapter 14 –Pressure | |

| |Chapter 15-Turning on a pivot | |

| |Chapter 16-Electrostatics | |

|GERMAN |Modul 5 Lektion 1,2 und 3 |Modul 6 Lektion 1,2,3 |

| |Nominativ, Akkusativ, dativ |Lesen |

| |Lesen |Wortschatz |

| |Wortschatz |Personal Pronoun |

| |Personal Pronoun |Singular Plural |

| |Singular Plural |Artikel |

| |Artikel |Verben |

| |Verben |E-mail |

| |E-mail |Prapösitionen |

|SPANISH |SPT 1 |SPT 2 |

| |Modulo 1 |Modulo 4 |

| |Nos presentamos (page no.6-22) |El turismo (page no.60-74) |

| |Modulo 2 |Modulo 5 |

| |La comida (page no.24-40) |Diviertete (page no.76-90) |

| |Modulo 3 |Modulo 6 |

| |De compras (page no.42-58) |La salud (page no.92-106) |

| | |Revision of all the topics. |

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

| |Identify french shops and what they sell |Talk about school, school life |

| |Shop for food |Morning/evening routine |

| |Talk about money and prices |Discuss homework |

| |Discuss means of transport |What you (don’t)want to do |

| |Holiday postcards |Describing and greeting people |

| |Describe places |Asking and answering questions |

| |Asking permission |Helping at home |

| | |Presents and souvenirs |

| |Grammar: | |

| |Verbs ending in -er/-ir/-re |Grammar: |

| |Using ne...pas de/ ne… plus de |Reflexive verbs |

| |Prepositions (à/en/au/aux) |Making comparisons |

| |Verbs like venir and aller |Verbs- apprendre, comprendre, vouloir, lire, dire, écrire|

| |Futur Proche |Past perfect with avoir |

| | |Expressing past time |

| | |Using ce/cet/cette/ces |

|HINDI |पतवार |पतवार |

| |इकाई-1    |इकाई-5    |

| |इकाई-2    |इकाई-6   |

| |इकाई-3 |इकाई-7    |

| |इकाई-4    |इकाई-8    |

| |महाभारत  - पाठ : |महाभारत  - पाठ : |

| |1.महाभारत की रचना  , 2.शांतनु  3. देवव्रत  4 धृतराष्ट्र और पांडु 5.|16.द्यूतक्रीडा 17.बारहवर्षीय 18.वनवास 19.मायावी  20.जलाशय |

| | कृष्ण –जन्म 6. कौरव और पांडव 7 कर्ण 8.द्रोण 9.लाक्षागृह  10. भीम |21.तेरहवाँ वर्ष  22.मैं युद्ध नहीं शांति चाहता हूँ 23.युद्ध की तैयारी |

| |हिडिंबी विवाह  11.बकासुर 12. द्रोपदी  13.इन्द्रप्रस्थ 14. जरासंध |24.अठारह –दिवसीय युद्ध 25.भीष्म पितामह 26.अभिमन्यु –वध 27.द्रोण|

| |15.राजसूय यज्ञ |की मृत्यु28. कर्ण की मृत्यु 29.दुर्योधन की मृत्यु 30.हस्तिनापुर की ओर |

| | |प्रस्थान 31.इंद्रलोक की ओर |

|Global perspective |Challenges- |Challenges- |

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| |1. Language and Communication |1.Education for all |

| |2.Disease and Health |2.Globalisation |

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| |Individual Report | |

| | |Individual Report |

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

| |above global topics from a choice of 2. |Students will write an Individual Report on one of the |

| |With the guidance of the teacher, candidates choose from |above global topics from a choice of 2. |

| |one of the specified topic areas and devise a global |With the guidance of the teacher, candidates choose from |

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

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

| |report. The report must be between 700-800 words. |Candidates use this question as to the title for their |

| | |report. The report must be between 700-800 words. |

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

| |following: fact, opinion, prediction, value judgement, |Students will benefit from an understanding of the |

| |bias and vested interest. They should be able to analyse |following: fact, opinion, prediction, value judgement, |

| |and evaluate the use of evidence and language. |bias and vested interest. They should be able to analyse |

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

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

| |awarded zero marks. |Work-based on topics other than those listed above will |

| | |be awarded zero marks. |

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NOTE :For subjects – English , Math and Science whole year curriculum will be given in SPT-2 examination.

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