RAJAGIRI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
GRADE: 8
Subject / Units to beCovered in the month of May / Expected learning outcomes / Guidelines for parents
English / Prose: Taking tea contd.(MCB), The bet(Lit. reader), A dark silent House(MCB).
Autobiography: African Boyhood(MCB)
Grammar: Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, The tenses.
/ Students will be able to:
· Comprehend the text, write reports, formal letters.
· Identify and use pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.
· Identify and use correct form of tenses in sentences. / · Encourage students to browse magazines and internet for various kinds of reports to identify why reports are written and what is the purpose of writing it. For eg. Reports on Global warming etc.
· Speak about formal and informal letters and what is the difference between the two.
· Encourage them to converse in English at home which is the best practice to understand the correct usage of tenses and other important topics of grammar.
Math / Square and square roots
Cubes and cube roots / Students will be able to
· Differentiate between square and square root.
· Find the square and square root numbers
· Find square root using prime factorization and division method
· Simple patterns of square numbers
· Identify perfect square.
· Differentiate between cube and cube root.
· Find the cube and cube root of different numbers
· Identify the perfect cube. / · To have regular practice of square and square root of different numbers in different methods.
· Practice on cubes and cube roots of different numbers
· Allocate one hour for math practice every day.
Subject / Units to be
Covered in the month of may / Expected learning outcomes / Guidelines for parents
Science / Physics
Light
Chemistry-Synthetic fibres and Plastics
Biology- Micro organisms / · To understand the phenomenon of reflection of light.
· To understand the difference between real and virtual images
· To know the characteristics of image formed by a plane mirror.
· To understand the applications of plane mirrors with special reference to periscope and kaleidoscope
· To learn about the process of dispersion.
· To learn about essential parts of human eye
· study about synthetic fibres like rayon, nylon, polyester, and acrylic with their properties and uses.
· To study general characteristics of synthetic fibres.
· To study general characteristics of plastics.
· To understand the parts of a microscope.
· To understand the different types of microbes.
· To classify the different types of bacteria.
· To understand the uses of microbes.
· To understand the harmful microbes and their effects on plants and animals. / · Encourage students to identify the types of mirrors.
· Motivate the students to find the uses of mirrors in vehicles, beauty salon etc
· Encourage the students to make periscope and kaleidoscope
Encourage the child to collect different types of fibres.
Motivate the child to design Eco friendly bags.
Check out the site:
http://cbse.nic.in/publications/science_activity_class_viii.pdf
Social studies / History- education and british rule
Geography- minerals and power resources.
Usst - our arabian gulf / Students will be able to
· Show how the educational system that is seen as universal and normal today has a history.
· Develop an idea about the changes in indigenous systems Understand the growth of national education.
· Understand the basic concepts of minerals and power resources.
· Analyze different processes involved in extraction of minerals.
· Identify minerals on the basis of their physical and chemical properties.
· Understand the importance of the location of the arabian gulf.
· Understand the climate, different types of wind and scanty rainfall in the arabian gulf .
· Understand the different types of vegetation and livestock wealth in the arabian gulf. / · Help the students to enquire more about the importance of minerals and power resources.
· . Help students to find out the after effects of mining for natural resources on nature. Read the textbook and understand the importance of the location of the arabian gulf. Practice the map.
Subject / Units to be
Covered in the month of may / Expected learning outcomes / Guidelines for parents
Hindi / Literature-1. Mahathma Gandhi ke pathra
2. Hari-hari doob par
Grammar- 1. Shab aur pad
2.Avyay ,nipat
3.Vigyapan lekhan
4.Soochna lekhan / · Learn and understand the values of life
· Love towards nature
· Learn and understand shabd aur bhed
· Improve writing skills / · Read the letters written by Mahatma Gandhi
· Read extra books in Hindi
· Listen to Hindi news
· Make them do the worksheets given
· Read the text books daily
Malayalam / “mahakavi ulloor”, / Students will be able to
· Understand what is “Biography”
· Write a biography.
· Learn grammar related to the lesson. / · Encourage the students to read and do worksheets.
· Encourage them to write their experiences in their own language..
French / Leçon 2: une fête, des villes… / Students will be able to
· Acquire new vocabulary on the cities and festivals of france.
· Learn the imperative form of direct and indirect object pronouns in french.
· Usage of direct and indirect object pronouns in the infinitive construction in a sentence. / · Encourage the students to do exercises based on the direct and indirect object pronouns in imperative and infinitive form.
· Go through the festivals and cities in france in internet and make a chart on it.
Subject / Units to be
Covered in the month of may / Expected learning outcomes / Guidelines for parents
Arabic / Lesson no 2
Phone call / Students will be able to
· Find the meaning of the new words.
· Understand negative in sentences.
· Use yes or no questions
· Write sentences about words / · Encourage the student to read and write the lesson
· Help the student to talk Arabic at home.
Moral science / 3. Balancing scales / Students will be able to
· Make the children realize that equality is a symbol of justice and fairness. / · Read stories related to the topic.
Computer / Microsoft access design view, queries, forms,
And reports / Students will be able to
· To create tables, forms, queries, reports.
· To know sorting and filtering data in ms access / · Make them do the ”practice time” given in the textbooks.
Subject / Unit to be
Covered in the month of may / Expected learning outcomes / Guidelines for parents
Islamic studies / 1) The World of Angels
2) Jibreel: The Holy Spirit / Students will be able to
· Learn what angels are.
· Comprehend the importance of belief in angels in Islam.
· Learn who Jibreel is.
· Understand the main role and importance of angel Jibreel. / · Encourage the student to improve their behavior because they are being watched by angels all the time.