1st Semester Exams Syllabus for Class VIII

English Literature:

  • Oliver Twist chapters (1-26)
  • Lotus Book of English Verses:1) Upon west minster Bridge.
  • 2) The specious Firmament on High 3) Fidel’s Dirge 4) How Beautiful is the Rain
  • 5) We are seven 6) The Lady of Shallot..

English Language:

Rhodri Jones Unit-1) All about me Unit-2) At School Unit-3) Monsters

Unit-4) Christmas Unit-5) pets.

Text building skills (Book-2) Unit-1) Advertising Unit-2) Drama

Unit-6) Places and Perspectives.

Social Studies:

Geography: More about settlements; Population

History: British raj and the rise of the Muslim Movement; Establishment of Pakistan

Maps: Map of Asia and Europe Map of sub-continent, Detailed map of Pakistan and

Neighbor countries, Countries of WWI

Mathematics:

1) Algebraic manipulation and formulae (Book-2, Chap-4)

2) Congruence and similarity (Book-3 chap-8)

3) Graph of linear Equation in two Unknowns (Book-2, Chap-8)

4) Solution to Quadratic Equations (Book-3, Chap1)

5)Graphs of quadratic Equations (book-2 Chap-9)

6) Indices and standard form (Book-3 Chap-2)

ICT:

Chapter # 1) Computer System and Devices (Chapter-3) Advance Topics in MS Access.

Number system:(Conversions) (Chapter-5) HTML (Chapter-7)

Networking and E-Commerce.

Islamiat:

Chapter- 1,2 Islamiat for intermediate, Quranic portion (Surah Qariah + Surah kauthar)

Quranicverses (Surah Baqrah verse # 283 , Surah Al Imran verse # 97 , 102,103)

Sealed nectar: Military Activities b/w Badr and Uhud, The Battle of Uhud.

Biology:

Chapter-1) Life Process, Topics: Cell Structure, Enzymes controlling reaction in the cell, Factor Affecting Enzymes, How the cells gets its energy, Movement of material in and out of cells,

Cell division and Differentiation, Cells, Tissues and organs.

Chapter-4) Food and Digestion Topics: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Balanced Diet, Proteins, Minerals, Vitamins, Test for glucose, Starch, Protein and Lipids, Energy from food, Digestion, Absorption in the Ileum, The Large Intestine.

Chemistry: 1) Empirical Formula and Molecular Formula. 2) Chemical names and formulae of transition Elements, including radicals. 3) Balancing Equations. 4) Revision of Measurement and unit Conversion. 5) Review of Element atom, Molecule, ion, compound, Atomic no, Atomic mass, valiancy, electronic configuration, radical and mixtures. 6)Molecular mass Calculation and isotopes. 7) Percentage composition of elements in a compound.

Physics:

Unit Conversion: 1) m-cm-km. 2) mg-g-kg. 3) Prefixes.

Chapter # 1: Movement and Positions: Topics: Scalars and vectors, Rest and Motion,

Types of motion, Distance and Displacement, Speed and Velocity, Acceleration, Ticker Tape analysis.

Chpt#2: Forces and Shapes: Topics: Definitions of force, Types of forces, Friction and its types,

Scale diagrams(Parallelogram method), Free body Diagram, Head to Tail rule, Vector addition,

Elasticity, Hooke’s Law (complete).

Chapter # 3 Forces and movements: Topics: Force, Mass and Acceleration (theory and numerical), Acceleration due to gravity, Terminal Velocity, Weight (W=mg) Braking and Friction.