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Middle Section
Syllabus for Mid-Year Examination (Term-1)
Class VIII
December 2023
English Playscript: Brother in the Land
Literature ● All acts and scenes of the playscript
● Analyzing characters and their types
● Determining an author’s point of view or purpose in a text (e.g., first-
person, second-person, and third-person)
● Determining types of conflict in a text
● Determining how authors use language, including figurative language
considering the impact on the reader

Poetry:
● Men that don’t fit in
● If
● Tiger
● The Road Not Taken
● Paraphrasing stanzas of the given text or poem
● Writing an objective summary of the given text or poem
● Identifying implicit and explicit meaning in a poem
● Identifying literary devices: (diction, hyperbole, personification, simile,
metaphor, repetition, alliteration, imagery, anaphora, theme, tone, mood,
rhyming scheme

Unseen poetry:
● skills taught in class

All the work done in notebooks and tasks assigned on Google Classroom are
also part of the syllabus.

Reading Comprehension:
English ● Textual, inferential and analytical questions
Language ● Distinguishing between the connotative and denotative meaning of words
and their appropriate use in a variety of writing and texts
● Explaining the meaning of words from how they are used in different
contexts

Writing task:
● Writing a descriptive essay using precise words and phrases, relevant
descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and
events
● Writing a narrative essay to develop real or imagined experiences or
events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-
structured event sequences
● Writing opinion piece on topics or texts, supporting a point of view, ideas,
opinions, experiences and arguments with examples and evidences
● Writing dialogue between people, giving narration/background in brackets,
using conventions of the director’s notes
● Writing informal and formal letters in extended social and academic
environments for various purposes
● Writing factual recount e.g., news articles for the class, school or
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 community
● Identifying types of narration, transition words and phrases, opening a
narrative, precise words and phrases. Using a variety of transition words,
phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from the one-
time frame or setting to another.
● Using common punctuation cues to aid comprehension when reading
(e.g., comma, full stop, exclamation mark, colon, dash, parenthesis,
ellipses, apostrophe)

Speaking:
Students should be able to speak on any given topic for 2-3 minutes
● Speak to give information
● Speak to describe something using appropriate vocabulary
● Speak to give opinions, and extend ideas by supporting them with
evidence and examples

Listening:
Students listen to audio clip/teacher’s reading aloud
● Listen to follow instructions
● Listen to answer the questions, understand the main idea
● Listen for meaning, explicitly stated information
● Listen to information that is not explicitly stated
● Differentiate facts from speaker’s opinions

All the work done in the notebooks, workbooks, and tasks assigned on Google
classroom are also part of the syllabus.

Urdu :‫ہصحرثن‬ :‫ہصحمظن‬

Literature
)‫اوناھکوسدا(انمااسنتینےکےیل‬.۱ )‫دمح(انمااسنتینےکےیل‬.۱
)‫دیہشِاپاتسکن(دریساتکب‬.۲ )‫لمرکروہ(دریساتکب‬.۲
)‫وچےھتدروشییکاہکین(انمااسنتینےکےیل‬.۳ )‫تنحمیکرباکت(انمااسنتینےکےئل‬.۳
)‫اڈنوایشینےکدپسچلویمزمی(انمااسنتینےکےیل‬.۴
)‫ڑبےاھبیئاصبح(انمااسنتینےکےیل‬.۵

:‫ادیباہمرات‬
‫انددیہرابرتیک الخہصرر ی‬ ‫ددیہ‬،‫انددیہرابرت یک سیلسرر ی وحباہلنتم‬/‫ددیہ‬،‫رمزک یایل‬:‫انددیہااعشریکرشتحیہعمبوحاہل‬/‫ددیہ‬
‫رکداررر ی‬، ‫ہک‬،‫یصخش‬/‫تیصخشرر ی‬
‫سل‬
‫اکیپںیماوروگلگالکسرومرپاپولڈایکایگامتماکمیھب یبساکہصحےہ۔‬:‫ونٹ‬

Urdu :‫اسلیناہمرات‬
Language
‫ اہکینونیسی‬،‫حیملت‬،‫ رمبکِانصق‬,‫ عمجاعمجل‬،‫عمج‬،‫وادح‬،‫اسےقب‬،‫احموراتاوررضباالاثملاک اامعتسل‬،‫طلغرقفاتیکدریتس‬،‫تفصیکااسقم‬،‫اافلظاضتمد‬،‫میہفت‬
‫ومضمنرر یا ورصیخلترر ی۔‬،‫روپرٹرر ی‬،‫وخدونتش‬،‫ومازہنرر ی‬
‫سل‬
‫انمزابنانہماوروگلگالکسرومرپاپولڈایکایگامتماکمیھب یبساکہصحےہ‬،‫اکیپ‬:‫ونٹ‬

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Mathematics 1) Numbers
● Rational and Irrational numbers
● Rounding off decimal numbers and significant figures up to a degree of
accuracy
● Significant Figures
● Number line
● Absolute value

2) The Four Operators

● Properties of real numbers
● Approximation and Estimation
● Bodmas (four operations)
● Word problems based on Multiplication and Division of Whole numbers
& Number properties
● Laws of Integers

3) Factors and Multiples

● LCM and HCF (Word Problems)
● Scientific Notations
● Ordinary and standard form
● Use order of operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
in standard form

4) Square and Cube Roots

● Square and Cube roots (using prime factorization) of multi-digits
and decimal numbers (Using Prime Factorization)
● Word problems

5) Ratio, Rate, and Proportion

● Word problems involving ratios (partnership) and rate.
● Solve problems involving direct and inverse proportions of two quantities
using (a table, equation, and graph).
● Solve word problems related to real-life situations involving direct and
inverse proportion, and compound proportion.

6) 2D and 3D Shapes
● Circle ( arc, segments, tangents, concentric circles)
● Area of the sector and Arc length
● Calculate the length of any side of a right-angled triangle using Pythagoras
Theorem
● Solve word problems with real-life contexts involving Pythagoras Theorem

7) Line and Angle Properties

● Construct a triangle with 2 sides and an angle.

8) Construction of Angles, Bisectors, and Polygons

● Construct different types of quadrilaterals ( square, rectangle,
parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium, and kite)

9) Transformation
● Rotate a shape clockwise and counterclockwise (Rotational
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 Transformation)
● Locate the center and angle of rotation.

10) Frequency Distribution and Statistical Graphs

● Difference between discrete, continuous, grouped and ungrouped data
● Construct and interpret frequency distribution tables for discrete data only (both
grouped and ungrouped)
● Construct and interpret histograms for both discrete and continuous data with
equal/ unequal interval range (with overlapping class boundaries) using heights
of rectangles and frequency densities
● Construct and interpret frequency polygons for both discrete and continuous data
with equal interval range (with overlapping class boundaries only)

11) Measures of Central Tendency

● Calculate mean of grouped continuous data (by finding mid-value)

All the work done in notebooks and tasks uploaded on GCR are also included in
the syllabus.

Science ● UNIT: HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS:

➔ Renal System ( Reading material uploaded on GCR, pages 9, 10, 11
textbook)
➔ Nervous System (Chapter 3 textbook)
● UNIT: THE PERIODIC TABLE (Chapter 7 textbook)
Note: Periodic Table: Group 1( Alkali metal), Group 7 ( Halogens) and
Group 8( Inert Gases) considering the first 20 elements only.
● UNIT: BONDS AND STRUCTURES (Chapter 8 textbook)
Excluded Pages: 86, 87 and 88.
● UNIT: DENSITY (Chapter 9 textbook)
● UNIT: ENERGY (Chapter 14 textbook)
● UNIT: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION (Chapter 13 textbook)

Workbook Pages:
Chapter 1: page 4 only
Chapter 6: 26, 27 and 28
Chapter 7: 29, 30, 31 & only Q12 of Page #34.
Chapter 8: 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 & 41
Chapter 12 (Energy): 57, 58, 59,60, 61 & 62

Note:
All the work done in pamphlets, workbooks, and tasks uploaded on GCR are also
included in the syllabus.

Geography: Unit 1: Oceans and Seas. (pages 1-18)

Unit 2: Living with the Climate. (pages 19- 34)
Unit 3: Environmental Pollution. (pages 35-48)

All the work done in pamphlets and tasks uploaded on GCR are also included in
the syllabus

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‫‪History‬‬ ‫)‪Unit 1: ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH IN SUBCONTINENT. (pages 1-13‬‬
‫‪ Chapter 1: A New Power Emerges-Europeans in South Asia‬‬

‫)‪Unit 2: REFORM MOVEMENTS IN INDIA. (pages 14-25‬‬

‫‪ Chapter 2: Revivalists in the Subcontinent‬‬
‫‪Unit 3: WORLD WARS I AND II‬‬
‫)‪ Chapter 3: The Great Conflict: World War I. (pages 26-35‬‬
‫)‪ Chapter 4: The World at War: World War II. (pages 36-42‬‬

‫‪All the work done in pamphlets and tasks uploaded on GCR are also included in‬‬
‫‪the syllabus‬‬

‫‪Islamiat‬‬ ‫‪۱‬۔آۃیارکلیساکرتہمج‬
‫‪۲‬۔اامیاینتورابدات(روزےیکتلیضفاوراعمرشیتارثات)‬
‫‪۳‬۔ربصولمحت‬
‫‪۴‬۔قلخمیظع‬
‫‪۵‬۔بسکالحل‬
‫‪۶‬۔اکروابرںیمدایتن‬
‫‪.۷‬وبیلعانبانیس‬

‫سل‬
‫اکیپںیماوروگلگالکسرومرپاپولڈایکایگامتماکمیھب یبساکہصحےہ‬

‫‪Ethics‬‬ ‫ذمبہاکقلعت‪ :‬ااسنینرتیقںیمذمبہاکرکدار‪،‬امسیجوبہبد‪،‬ریمعترکاد‪،‬ااھچااسنناننب‪،‬ینبونعااسننیکزعترکان‬

‫ذمابہاکاعترف‪:‬ریمعترکادر‪،‬اعیلمربادر یاکرنکوہےنیکتیثیحےسااسنناکرکدار۔‬
‫ذمابہاعمل‪:‬ویفنکشازم‪(،‬اعترف‪،‬اتکںیب‪،‬اقعدئ)اتوازم(اعترف‪،‬اتکںیب‪،‬اینبد یامیلعتت)‬
‫االخیقادقار‪:‬کلموتلمےسوافدار ی‪،‬رہش یےکرفاضئاورذہمدارایں‬
‫گ‬
‫ایصخشت‪:‬ریماابیئ‪،‬دقمسآ سبن‬
‫اپاتسکنںیمذمیبہوہتار‪:‬دویایل‪،‬دویایلیکروسم‪،‬یمشکلدوی ییکوپاج‬

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