CO-SCHOLASTIC SYLLABUS FOR CLASS VIII

(2012 – 13)

MONTHS / THEME / COMPUTERS /

P.E.

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ART PURSUITS

PUBLIC SPEAKING / DRAMA

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC / VOCAL MUSIC

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CREATIVE ART / DANCE

APRIL & MAY / Introduction to Flash
Stage and Layers
Working with Timeline / BASKETBALL
- PRE GAME WARM UP DRILLS
- LAY-UP SHOT DRILLS
- 3 MAN PASSING , 4 MAN PASSING, 5 MAN PASSING / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Introduction to the Public speaking class. Discussion on the need to learn the art of public speaking.
-Self Introduction
-Partner’s Introduction
-Elocution: The most memorable incident of my life.
-Making announcements: language, content & etiquette to be followed.
DRAMA
  • Introduction to the Drama Class.
  • Different types of plays—
-Comedy
-Tragedy
-Moral theme
The Martha Game – a warm up game / VOCAL MUSIC
Definition of Music, History Of Indian Music, , Hindi Prayer, National Song, National Anthem, May day song, Tagore song, School Song.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Basic theory of keyboard
  • Structures & parts of instruments
  • Different types of keyboards, piano, electric pianos etc., guitar- electric, acoustic & bass etc.
  • Listening to different genre of music, for e.g. pop, ballad, rock, new age, hip-hop, etc.
  • Discussing the facts about western music in India & eastern music in the world
/ DANCE
Tatkar, Tihai, Todas, New foot works, Chakkars Tagore dance.
DRAWING & PAINTING
WESTERN ARTIST-PAUL CEZZANE
JULY / Symbols
Inserting symbols
Creating symbols
Create instances
Align objects on stage / ATHLETIC
-100 MT .
- LONG JUMP , HIGH JUMP ( INRODUCING STYLES
- RUNWAY PRACTICE OF LONG JUMP / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-News reading (for the morning assembly)
-Just a Minute
-Poetry Recitation
-Book Review
DRAMA
Role play on Consumer Rights / VOCAL MUSIC
Alankar, Indian Classical Music, Krishna Bhajan,Patriotic Song,
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Definition of Nadh, Shruti, Swar, Saptak, Raag, That, Taal etc.
  • Knowledge of Indian music personalities like Tansen & Guru Hari Das. Instrumentalist includes Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Ustad Zakir Hussain.
/ DANCE
Tihais, Tukras, Todas, New foot works, Chakkars, Folk dance, Patriotic dance, Tarana.
DRAWING & PAINTING
INDIAN ARTIST-AMRITA SHERGILL
AUGUST / Tweening
Tweening in flash
Motion tweening
Shape tweening
Motion guide
Edit and swap symbols
Duplicate symbols / BASKETBALL
-INTODUCING INDIVIUAL DEFENSIVE STANCE
-TYPES OF DRIBBLING( BEHIND THE BACK , SPIN DRIBBLE, BETWEEN LEG DRIBBLE)
- 3 MAN WEAVING , 4 MAN WEAVING, 5 MAN WEAVING / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Spin a Yarn
-Advertisements: Enacting an advertisement, creating/ singing jingles
-Extempore
-Movie Review
DRAMA
Play on any social issue / VOCAL MUSIC
Musical personalities, Musical Instruments, Book week-song, Hindi Diwas.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Chromatic Scales:- Scales with sharps
Scales with flats
  • Illustration of major and their relative minor keys
  • Types of Chords:- Triad chord, Broken chord, Arpeggio, Principal chord, accidental chord, suspended chord, diminished chord, seventh chord etc.
/ DANCE
Chakkars, Ginti tihais,Kabitta, Paran, Chakradar paran,Patiotic dance, Theory part, Classical composition.
DRAWING & PAINTING
FOLK ART OF BIHAR-MADHUBANI PAINTINGS
SEPTEMBER / Effects
Apply colour effects to symbols
Change brightness, alpha value to the symbol
Change tint to the symbols
Create transition effects
Use text tool to enter text / CRICKET
-NET PRACTICE ( BOWLING AND BATTING)
- FIELDING AND CATCHING PRACTICE
-IN AND OUT SWING TECHNIQUE IN BOWLING / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-The art of conducting a quiz
-Conducting a quiz on General Knowledge
DRAMA
Making an advertisement (enactment) / VOCAL MUSIC
Vocal Artists, Sloka, , Raag-Kedar.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Classification of Indian classical raags according to time
  • Learning percussion instruments like maracas, tambourine etc.
  • Beats of Indian National Anthem, Vande Matram, We shall overcome/Hum Honge Kamyab, Sare Jahan Se Achcha etc.
/ DANCE
Tarana, Ganesh bandana, Krishna Bndana. Theory.
DRAWING & PAINTING
MOSAIC PAINTING
SUB TOPIC-MONUMENTS OF INDIA
OCTOBER / Interactivity
Publishing Movies
Create buttons
Use actionscript
Add script to buttons and frames
Use fs command
Publish movie in various file formats / VOLLEYBALL
-INTRODUCING OVERHEAD SERVICE
- LIFTING
-SMASHING FOOTWORK FROM LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Compering
-Impromptu Speaking: How to deal with interviews
Interviewing a celebrity on a radio show
DRAMA
Street play
(topic to be selected by students like corruption, etc.) / VOCAL MUSIC
Diwali Song, Practice for Annual Day.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Definitive words practical: - chords, notes, flat, sharp, scale, key, off beat, change of voice, style, tempo etc.
  • Learn to play various taals namely teentaal, keherwa, dadra, jhaptal, rupaktal, ektal & equivalent western rhythms.
  • Learning the beats of corresponding prayer songs
/ DANCE
Krishna bandana, Annual day practice.
DRAWING & PAINTING
JIGSAW MAKING
SUB TOPIC-ADVENTURE TOURISM
NOVEMBER / Introduction to Visual Basic
Explore Visual Basic window
Basic tools of VB
Placing controls
List controls and properties
Modifying properties
Events to create programs
VB Data types
Conditional statements
Working with Arrays
Arrays
Looping / FOOTBALL
- DRIBBLING WITH DEFENSIVE MAN (ACTIVE DEFENSE)
- PASSING 2 0N 2 , 3 0N 3 / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Narrating a story
-Hosting a TV show
-Hosting a Radio show
DRAMA
Script Writing and dramatisation / VOCAL MUSIC
Practice for Annual Day.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Performing skills – expressively through appropriate dynamics & feet.
  • Learning the patterns in different sections according to the theme of Indian Music.
  • Combining all different sections & patterns & playing them.
  • Appropriate interpretation
/ DANCE
Annual day practice.
DRAWING & PAINTING
GLASS PAINTING
DECEMBER / Learning MS Access
Define DBMS
Classify and organize data into tables
Define fields, field names and records
Add or delete records in database
Create table and enter data
Add and delete records
Manipulate columns
Sort data
Import data from other application to MS Access
Connecting Visual Basic and Access
Wrapping Up
Use recordset methods
Use VB to validate data
Create simple visual effects using timer control
Insert pictures using Picture box / BADMINTON
-TYPES OF SERVICE
-SINGLE PLAY, DOUBLE PLAY
- FOOTWORK TECHNIQUES / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Reporting an incident
-Speeches of great leaders
-Preparing a speech for the morning assembly
DRAMA
One act play / VOCAL MUSIC
Christmas Carols.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Accurate pitch correction & blending
  • Playing Vande Matram on melody instruments.
  • Beats of Indian National Anthem, Vande Matram, We shall overcome/Hum Honge Kamyab, Sare Jahan Se Achcha etc. on congas, tabla & drums alongwith tambourine, maracas etc.
  • Revision of earlier classes
  • Preparation for Orchestra according to the theme of Indian Music
/ DANCE
Annual day practice.
DRAWING & PAINTING
RANGOMETRY
JANUARY / Turbo C
Algorithm and flowchart
Variables and datatypes / VOLLEYBALL
-UNDERHAND SERVE AND UPPERHAND SERVE
-BLOCKING , SMASHING AND DROP
-ROTATION PRACTICE / PUBLIC SPEAKING
Debate
-language, style, role of an interjector
-Topic: Success cannot be achieved without academic qualification
-Boarding schools are better than normal schools.
-CCE equips children for the future in a better manner
DRAMA
Assessment:
Perform in a group any one act. / VOCAL MUSIC
Community Singing, Saraswati Vandana, Prize Distribution.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Playing Indian National Anthem on melody instruments.
  • Beats of Indian National Anthem, Vande Matram, We shall overcome/Hum Honge Kamyab, Sare Jahan Se Achcha etc. on congas, tabla & drums alongwith tambourine, maracas etc.
  • Revision of earlier classes
  • Preparation for Orchestra according to the theme of Indian Music
/ DANCE
Republic dance, contemporary dance, creative dance.
DRAWING & PAINTING
SHADING EFFECT
SUB TOPIC- ENGRAVED PATTERNS FROM SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES
FEBRUARY & MARCH / Turbo C
Conditional Statements / BASKETBALL
-SHOOTING FROM DIFFERENT SPOTS
-INTRODUCING JUMP SHOT
- OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES / PUBLIC SPEAKING
-Turn coat
-Social Etiquette
-Dining Etiquette
DRAMA
Assessment:
Perform in a group any one act. / VOCAL MUSIC
National Song, Revision of Songs.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
  • Playing Sare Jahan Se Achcha on melody instruments.
  • Beats of Indian National Anthem, Vande Matram, We shall overcome/Hum Honge Kamyab, Sare Jahan Se Achcha etc. on congas, tabla & drums alongwith tambourine, maracas etc.
  • Revision of earlier classes
  • Preparation for Orchestra according to the theme of Indian Music
/ DANCE
Revision of dances. Some new compositions. Practice of chakkars.
DRAWING & PAINTING
SKETCHING AND FRAMING OF THEIR PAINTINGS

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