BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, PRAYAGRAJ

SYLLABUS (2020 – 2021)

HALF YEARLY
CLASS – VIII
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Poem – Homeless – Vikram Seth (Pg. 64)
Books – 1. Anytime English Grammar and Composition Book - Stories of Shakespeare’s Plays – Abridged
Book – 8 by Mrs. Anita Arathoon – Evergreen Publications. Edition
2. New Tree Top – A Comprehensive Course in English – Ch.2 King Lear
Companion Book 8 by Elton deSouza and Nirmala Marian
Chandra (Headword Publishing Company) MATHEMATICS
Rational Numbers (As Per First Assignment)
Book – Anytime English Grammar and Composition Exponents (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 1. The Sentence Suqares and Square Roots (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 2. Sentence Structure Cubes and Cube Roots (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 3. Question Tags and Short Answers Understanding Shapes (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 4. Anomalous Finites
Ch. 5. Non – finite Forms of Verbs Book:- New Mathematics Today – O.P. Malhotra S.K.
Ch. 6. Strong and Weak Verbs Gupta, Anubhuti Gangal
Parsing a Sentence Ch. 5. Playing with Numbers
Composition - Descriptive, Narrative and Imaginative Ch. 7. Percentage
Picture Composition Ch. 8. Profit, Loss and Discount
Letter – Formal (Letter of Complaint to Municipal Ch. 12 Fundamental Concepts and Operations
Corporation) Ch. 20. Constructions of Quadrilaterals
Comprehension Ch.22 Linear Symmetry, Reflection and Rotation
Book – New Tree Top – A Comprehensive Course in Ch. 24. Circle
English Ch. 25 Areas of Rectilinear Figures
Ch. 1. The Kitemaker Ch. 26 Circumference and Area of a Circle
Ch.2 A Day’s Wait
Ch. 3. India’s Space Odyssey HISTORY / CIVICS
Section A : History (Modern World)
Book - Anytime English Grammar and Composition Period of Transition (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 7. Tenses and Their Uses The Growth of Nationalism (As Per First Assignment)
Ch. 8. Conditional Sentences Section B : Civics
Ch. 9. Voice The Union Legislature (As Per First Assignment)
Ch.10 Subject and Verb Agreement
Ch. 11. Pronouns Book:- My Book Of History and Civics – 8 – Manju
Ch. 12. Adjectives Bhashini
Ch. 13. Determiners Section A : History (Modern World)
Parsing a Sentence Ch. 3. The American Civil War
Notice Writing Ch. 4 India in the Eighteenth Century
Composition - Descriptive, Narrative and Argumentative Ch. 5. Traders to Rulers
Picture Composition Section B : Civics
Letter – Informal (Invitation and Sympathy) Ch. 1 The Union Executive (Pg. 92 to 97)
Comprehension Project Work : Compostion of the Indian Parliament (the
Book – New Tree Top – A Comprehensive Course in Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha) also mention the powers
English and functions of Union Parliament.
Ch.4 Detectives Two
Ch. 5. The Hitchhiker GEOGRAPHY
Worksheet – 1 (Pg. 29) Book - New Trends in Discovering The World – 8 by K.
S. Randhawa and Amanpreet Kaur (Evergreen
Publications)
ENGLISH LITERATURE Ch. 1. Representation of Geographical Features
The Adventure of the Dying Detective (As Per First Ch. 2. Population Dynamics
Assignment) Ch. 3. Migration
Ch. 4. Urbanisation
Books – 1. New Oxford Modern English - Course Book 8 Ch. 6. Asia : The Largest Continent
by David Horsburgh, Nicholas Horsburgh and Clarie Map Work - Pg. 62, 63 [Outline Map of Asia]
Horsburgh – (Refer to the Atlas for Map Work)
2. Stories of Shakespeare’s Plays – Abridged Edition
Evergreen Publications Project Work - With reference to Migration, write about
Book - New Oxford Modern English Course Book the following :
Ch. 1. A Shot in the Dark 1. Information about brain drain from various sources
Poem – Where the Mind is Without Fear – Rabindranath (e.g. newspaper, journals, magazines, internet etc.)
Tagore (Pg. 24) 2. Analyse the positive and negative impact of brain
Book - Stories of Shakespeare’s Plays – Abridged drain in India.
Edition
Ch.1 The Merchant of Venice PHYSICS
Book - New Oxford Modern English Course Book 8 Book - Physics for ICSE Schools - Book 8 by N. C.
Ch. 3. The World-Renowned Nose Tewari
Ch. 5. Dreaming of the Dawn Wall [Kriti Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.]

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Theme 1. Matter Ch4. laKk
Theme 2. Physical Quantities and Measurement Ch5. fyax ,oa opu
Theme 3. Force and Pressure Ch7. loZuke
Theme 4. Energy Ch20. ‘kCn HkaMkj
Project Work : Application of sound in musical instruments 1. lekukFkhZ ‘kCn ¼i;kZ;okph ‘kCn½ 1&20¼ist&120½
and acoustics.
2. foijhrkFkhZ ‘kCn ¼foykse ‘kCn½ ¼ist&121½
CHEMISTRY 3. vusdkFkhZ ‘kCn 1&20¼ist&122½
Book - Chemistry for ICSE Schools - Book 8 by Nishi 4. okD;ka’kksa ds fy, ,d ‘kCn 1&25 ¼ist&125&126½
Mishra (Kriti Prakashan Pvt. Ltd) 5. le#ih fHkUukFkZd ‘kCn 1&20¼ist&127&128½
Theme 1 – Matter Ch21. eqgkojs 1&20 ¼ist&131&132½
Theme 2 – Physical and Chemical Changes i=&ys[ku&
Theme 3 – Elements, Compounds and Mixtures vkSipkfjd & 1- Á/kkukpkZ; egksn; dks ‘kqYd&eqfDr ds
(Experimental Techniques) fy, vkosnu i=A
Theme 4 – Atomic Structure 2- nsj jkr rd ctus okys ykmMLihdj ls vkidh i<+kbZ
Theme 7 – Hydrogen esa ck/kk mRiUu gks jgh gS] bl vjktdrk dks jksdus gsrq
Project Work : Preparation and properties of Hydrogen.
Fkkuk/;{k dks i= fy[kksA
BIOLOGY vukSipkfjd & 1- fe= dks c/kkbZ i=
Book : Biology for ICSE Schools –Book 8 (Kriti 2- eksckby Qksu [kjhnuss dk gB u djus ds fy,
Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.) Nk=kokl esa jgus okyh NksVh cgu dks i= fy[kksA
Theme 1 – Transport of Food and Minerals in Plants fucU/k jpuk&
Theme 3 – Ecosystems 1- ;ksxklu
Theme 4 – Human Body (Circulatory System) 2- unh dh vkRedFkk
Theme 5 – Health and Hygiene 3- ‘kgjhdj.k vkSj Ánw”k.k
Project Work : “Transport System in Plants” vifBr x|ka’k
COMPUTER STUDIES ***********************
Book: - iDO- A Book of Computer Science – 8
by Shashank Johri
Ch. 1. Database Management System
Ch. 4. E – Commerce
Ch. 5. Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
Ch. 2. MS. Access : Queries , Forms and Reports
Ch. 3. More About Flash
Ch. 10. Google Apps
Ch. 11. Apps Development

HINDI
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2. lqHkku [kk¡ (As Per First Assignment)
3. txnh’kpanz clq (As Per First Assignment)
O;kdj.k & i;kZ;okph ‘kCn (As Per First Assignment)
Jqfrle fHkUukFkZd ‘kCn (As Per First Assignment)
foykse ‘kCn (As Per First Assignment)
eqgkojs (As Per First Assignment)

Books – uo fdly; fganh ikB~;iqLrd & 8

Milestone Books Publication
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Milestone Books Publication
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Helpline
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Ch3. feykoV
Ch4. ohj xksihukFk
Ch10. esjk ?kfu”B iM+kslh ¼dfork½
vH;kl iqfLrdk & Ch 2, 3, 4, 10
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Ch1. gekjh Hkk”kk
Ch2. o.kZ fopkj
Ch3. ‘kCn fopkj

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