FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2023-24

SYLLABUS
Year 8

SUBJECT SYLLABUS
All work assigned in the Google classroom will be included.
Resources: Inspire English International Book 9
READING (Unseen)
• inferring ideas,
• summarising
• creating a response
• comparing key information,
• identifying writer’s intention,
• open ended/opinion-based questions,
• identifying and commenting on vocabulary choice,
• identifying writing techniques
WRITING
Extended writing:
a. Information
b. Explanation
c. Descriptive
Directed writing:
ENGLISH
a. Letter
LANGUAGE
b. Article
c. Advice
SPAG
• Regular and irregular plurals
• Spelling strategies
• Spelling with double letters
• Building spelling families
• Non-finite clauses
• Sentence (simple, compound, complex, complex-compound)
• Adverbials for comparison
• Conjunctions for comparison
• Modal verbs
• Synonyms
• Adverbials for contrast and emphasis
• Finite and Non-Finite Verbs
• Punctuation (semi-colon, colon, ellipses, dash, hyphen, apostrophes)

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PROSE:
Play: Novel- Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
• Questions based on character traits, mapping and sketches
• Questions based on plot and theme, implicit, explicit and analysis of language
• Quoted text (reference to context)
POETRY:
ENGLISH Poetry: 3 Poems, 1 unseen poem
LITERATURE THE BROOK by Alfred Lord Tennyson
OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley
WINTER by William Shakespeare and R.L. Stevenson
• FOS identification
• Qs and As (seen and unseen)
• FOS – simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration & onomatopoeia

The supporting resource for the topics given below is available in the Google Classroom.
All ayaat, duas and verses are done as assignments.

Al-QURAN-UL-HAKEEM
Memorisation of Surahs
• Surah Al- Adiyat
• Surah Al- Takasur
Translation
• Surah Al Inshira (94)
FAITH AND PRAYERS
• The concept of life after death
• Fasting
ISLAMIYAT THE HOLY PROPHET ‫ ;ﷺ‬GOOD CONDUCT AND CHARACTER
• Courteous Conduct (Khulq-e-Azeem)
• Patience and Perseverance
• Piety and Fear of Allah
• Justice and Kindness
• The call towards right and prevention of wrong
• Honest Earnings
• Honesty in Trade and Business
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES:
• Hazrat Umar Farooq
• Hazrat Fatima
CHARACTER BUILDING IN THE LIGHT OF AHADITH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ‫ﷺ‬
• Aged persons

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• Cleanliness
• Courtesy
• Hospitality
• The Quran
• Labour
• Modesty
• Orphans

All work in notebooks, workbooks, tests & extra resources provided by teachers are
included.
Resources: New Syllabus Mathematics 2 (Student Book, Workbook)
CH 2: Linear Graphs and Simultaneous Linear Equations
CH 5: Quadratic Equations and Graphs
Excluded:
MATHEMATICS ➢ 5.1: Solving Quadratic Equations by Factorisation

➢ 5.2: Applications of Quadratic Equations in Real-World Contexts

CH 9: Geometrical Transformation
CH 10: Pythagoras’ Theorem
CH 11: Trigonometric Ratios
CH 12: Volume and Surface Area of Pyramids, Cones and Spheres

Written work and practical: all work in notebooks, resource packs, tests & extra
resources provided by teachers are included.
Resources: Exploring Science Lower Secondary 3 & Resource Pack 8
WRITTEN EXAMINATION & PRACTICAL:
CH 1: Genetics and evolution
Excluded:
 1.2b: Probability
CH 2: Plant growth
Excluded:
 2.5b: Bias and validity
SCIENCE
CH 5: Making materials
Excluded:
 5.2b: Peer review
CH 6: Reactivity
CH 9: Forces and motion
Excluded:
 9.3b: Equations and graphs
CH 10: Force fields and electromagnets
Excluded:
 10.4b: Rounding numbers

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GEOGRAPHY
Resource: Absorbing World Geography 3.
The following chapters will be included completely in the exams.
• Chapter 1: Oceans and Seas
• Chapter 2: Living with the Climate
• Chapter 3: Environmental Pollution
Note: Notebook work will be included.

SOCIAL HISTORY
STUDIES Resource: World Watch History 3 - 2nd Edition
The following units will be included completely in the exams.
• Unit 1: The Colonisation of the Subcontinent
• Unit 2: The Struggle for Power on the Subcontinent
• Unit 3: The War of Independence
• Unit 4: The Reform Movements
• Unit 5: The First World War
Note: Notebook work will be included.

1. Unit 1: Digital Citizenship

a. Digital media & your brain
b. Being Aware what you share
c. Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities
d. Responding to Online Hate Speech
e. This Just In
2. Unit 2 - Problem Solving and Computing
a. Chapter 1: The Problem-Solving Process
i. 2.1.1 Intro to Problem Solving
ii. 2.1.2 The Problem-Solving Process
iii. 2.1.3 Exploring Problem Solving
COMPUTING b. Chapter 2: Computers and Problem Solving
i. 2.2.1 What is a computer?
ii. 2.2.2 Input & Output
iii. 2.2.3 Processing
iv. 2.2.4 Storage
v. 2.2.5 Project: Propose an app
3. Unit 3 - Interactive Animations and Games
a. Chapter 1: Images and Animations
i. 3.1.1 Programming for Entertainment
ii. 3.1.2 Plotting Shapes
iii. 3.1.3 Drawing in Game Lab
iv. 3.1.4 Shapes and Parameters
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‫‪v.‬‬ ‫‪3.1.5 Variables‬‬

‫‪vi.‬‬ ‫‪3.1.6 Random Numbers‬‬
‫‪vii.‬‬ ‫‪3.1.7 Sprites‬‬
‫‪viii.‬‬ ‫‪3.1.8 Sprite Properties‬‬
‫‪ix.‬‬ ‫‪3.1.9 Text‬‬

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