Syllabus Of Grade IX - ENGLISH (EN901)
Instructions:
- Separate marks are given with each unit.
| Unit | Area Covered | Marks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | |||||||
| Listening skills | Speaking skills | Reading skills | Writing skills | Language Structure and conventions; literary devices | |||
| Unit1 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit2 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit3 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit4 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit5 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit6 | 15 | read more | |||||
| Unit7 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Unit8 | 10 | read more | |||||
| Total Marks | 100 | Time: 3 Hours | |||||
Unit1 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen and respond to a historical speech Listen and respond to film clips
- Listen and respond to a popular song
- Listen closely in order to grasp the main idea
- Listen for specific in format ion
Speaking skills
- Participate actively in group discussions
- Present their viewpoint with clarity
- Discuss ways to resolve conflict
- Debate for and against an idea and come to a consensus
Reading skills
- Understand the meanings of new words in context
- Understand the elements of a short story
- Appreciate a poem on war
- Appreciate irony as used in a short story
Writing skills
- Write a slogan on peace
- Write a simple poem on peace
- Write a short story
- Generate their own ideas for writing
- Write with logical continuity
- Use literary devices like similes and metaphors to improve their writing
- Use their editing skills to polish writing
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Tenses of the Verb Past and Present
- Figures of Speech –similes, metaphors and irony
Unit2 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- Watch a film related to the theme and respond to what they hear
- Listen actively to questions in an interview format
- Listen closely to follow dialogue in English
Speaking skills
- Take part in a dramatisation of the text
- Conduct an interview
- Present a description of their workspace with the help of multi media
Reading skills
- Read and understand the Diary as a literary genre
- Identify the main events chronologically
- Deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words
- Read, appreciate and analyze a poem
Writing skills
- Learn to write dialogue for a skit/play
- Write a Diary entry
- Write a description of a character
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Articles and determiners
- Personal Pronouns
Unit3 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen for literal comprehension
- Listen for the gist or surface meaning of a poem
Speaking skills
- Distinguish between verbal and non-verbal cues in communication
Reading skills
- Read a variety of texts with the theme of human relationships
- Read to understand the gist of the texts
- Read for specific information
- Understand meanings in context
- Find out the etymology of selected vocabulary in the given text
Writing skills
- Writing a notice
- Giving advice
- Narrating an event
- Writing an informal letter
- Use various formats to plan writing
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Simple Present Tense and Present Continuous Tense
- Repetition as a literary device in poetry
- Free verse
Unit4 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen to a song or film on the theme
- Listen for gist and specific information
Speaking skills
- Conduct an interview
- Express their opinions and ideas in a group discussion
- Debate an issue, giving reasoned arguments for their views
- Participate in role play
Reading skills
- Read a short story
- Read for gist and for specific information
- Identify the main points of a story
- Make inferences, analyse and critically evaluate
- Read and critically evaluate a poem, analysing the poet’s use of poetic devices
Writing skills
- Write a summary
- Write an informal letter
- Write a description of a person
- Compare and contrast ideas and write a point of view
- Plan writing and organise ideas step by step
- Write a short play or skit
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Past Continuous
- Present Perfect
- Present Perfect Continuous
- Past Perfect
- Used to and would
- Subject-verb agreement
Unit5 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- View and listen to dialogue in a film
- Listen to a taped interview or news report
- Listen for gist and specific information
Speaking skills
- Conduct an interview
- Participate in group discussions, giving reasoned arguments for their viewpoint Present a news report
Reading skills
- Identify words from the text with the help of given clues
- Identify main points
- Select and extract information and record it for use in the form of notes
- Read, analyse and interpret text
- Read factual and informational text
- Read a biography
Writing skills
- Write a newspaper article
- Write a formal letter
- Write a biography
- Generate their own ideas for writing
- Plan and organise writing
- Edit and proof check, correcting own mistakes in punctuation
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Requests and offers
- Ability
- Necessity, Obligation and Permission
- Probability
- Mixed Modals Punctuation
Unit6 (15 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen closely to a news report
- Listen and respond to a song
- Listen for both gist and specific information.
Speaking skills
- Discuss a given topic and present their point of view
- Enact a given play
- Conduct an interview
Reading skills
- Read a short story
- Read a play
- Read for comprehension
- Critically appraise given text by analysing, interpreting and evaluating information
Writing skills
- Write a newspaper report
- Write a Science Fiction story
- Write a film review
- Create a cartoon
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- The Future tense
- Simple Present and Present Continuous
- Will and shall
- Future Perfect and Future Continuous
Unit7 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- Listen to the viewpoints of others and give appropriate responses
- Listen for gist and specific understanding
Speaking skills
- Take part actively in a group discussion, expressing and arguing a viewpoint
- Discuss their responses to a film related to the theme
- Compare and contrast different selections of text on the theme
- Present a news report
Reading skills
- Read text, analysing and interpreting facts
- Deduce the meanings of new words in context
Writing skills
- Write an adventure story in autobiographical form
- Narrate events in a logical sequence
- Write a description of a person
- Write a humorous piece on wishful thinking
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Connectors: Classification according to meaning
- Active and Passive Voice
Unit8 (10 Marks)
Listening skills
- Watch a film on Animal Assisted Therapy, listening closely and taking notes
- Listen to a reading of the poem Listen for gist and specific information
Speaking skills
- Express and argue a point of view
- Convey ideas effectively
- Present an oral report to an audience of peers
- Understand and use words related to animal conservation
Reading skills
- Read and analyse facts and data
- Read a poem, analysing and interpreting its meaning
- Read a story, anticipating and predicting ideas and events
- Deduce meanings of new words with the help of clues
- Understand and appreciate the poet’s use of personification, metaphors and similes
Writing skills
- Plan, organise and present ideas
- Use appropriate style and format to produce a pamphlet or poster on animal conservation
- Describe an animal
- Write a magazine article
- Write a story about animals
- Write a film review after watching a film of the story
Language Structure and conventions; literary devices
- Past and Past Perfect
- Reported Speech
- Reporting Verbs
- Reporting ‘Questions’ and ‘Requests’
- said and told
- Changes in Reported Speech
- Animal idioms
- Proverbs