Latest CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 of English 2017-18
Here, latest syllabus of CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English for the session 2017-18. The new session has started and board updated the new syllabus.
In the Yearly examination, 30% of 1st Term + entire syllabus of 2nd Term will come.
• There will 3 sections, Reading, Writing with Grammar, Literature.
• The section wise weightage will depend on schools. (It will different for different schools.)
• Month wise syllabus list is given as per KVS.
Prescribed Books:
• Honeydew by NCERT
• Supplementary Reader - It so Happened by NCERT
• There will 3 sections, Reading, Writing with Grammar, Literature.
• The section wise weightage will depend on schools. (It will different for different schools.)
• Month wise syllabus list is given as per KVS.
Month | Chapter List |
| April and May | Prose - The Best Christmas Present in the World The Tsunami Writing Section - Notice, Message Grammar - Verb Forms |
| June | Poem - The ant and the cricket Geography lesson Suppl. - How the Camel got his Hump Grammar - Active and Passive Writing - Formal and Informal Letter |
| July | Prose - Glimpses of the Past Poem - Macavity-The Mystery Cat Suppl. - Children at Work The Selfish Giant Grammar - Direct and Indirect Writing - Story Writing, Paragraph Writing |
| August | Prose - Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Poem - The Last Bargain The School boy Suppl. - The Treasure Within Grammar - Adjectives, Question Tag, Reported Speech Writing - Paragraph |
| September | Prose - The Summit Within Suppl. - Princess September Grammar - Jumbled Words, Preposition, Modals Prose - This is Jody's fawn Revision |
| October | Poem - The Duck and the Kangaroo Writing - Leave Application Speaking - Pair Interaction |
| November | Prose - A Visit to Cambridge A Short Monsoon Diary Poem - When I Set out for Lyonnesse Suppl. - The Fight Grammar - Article, Gap Filling Writing - Diary Entry |
| December | Prose - The Great Stone Face I Poem - On the Grasshopper and Cricket Speaking - Conversation Writing - Essay |
| January | Prose - The Great Stone Face II Suppl. - Open Window Jalebis Writing - Short Composition |
| February | Suppl. - The Comet 1 The Comet 2 Revision |
| March | Revision and Session Ending Examination |
Prescribed Books:
• Honeydew by NCERT
• Supplementary Reader - It so Happened by NCERT