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1. English

2 Mathematics

3 Physics

4 Chemistry

5 Biology

6 History & Civics

8 Geography

9 French

10 Computer Application

11 Economic Application

12 Hindi

14 Tamil

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ENGLISH

SEMESTER – I

MARCH-APRIL CONTENTS:

PAPER I – LANGUAGE Writing skills:

o Informal Letter Writing

Functional Grammar:

o Connectors

o Transformation of Sentences

PAPER II – LITERATURE

( A collection of ICSE Poems & Short Stories) (Inter University Press) Prose:Short Stories

o Kabuliwala - Rabindranath Tagore o Journey by Night – Norah Burke

POETRY: o A Doctor’s journal entry for August 6, 1945 – Vikram Seth o A Psalm of Life – H. W Longfellow

DRAMA : The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A.W. Verity)

Act 3, Scene

MAY -JUNE

CONTENT:

PAPER I – LANGUAGE

o Argumentative Essays

o Comprehension passages

o Adjectives

o Adverbs

PAPER II – LITERATURE

DRAMA : The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A.W. Verity Act 3, Scene 2-4

JULY

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CONTENT:

DRAMA : The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A.W. Verity Act 3: Scene 5 Act 4: Scene 1 PAPER I – LANGUAGE

Writing skills:

o Picture Composition

AUGUST

CONTENT:

PAPER I – LANGUAGE Writing skills: Narrative Essays

Functional Grammar:

o Reported Speech

o Articles

PAPER II – LITERATURE

DRAMA : The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A.W. Verity

o Act 4, Scene 2 o Act 5:Scene 1

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SEMESTER - II

OCTOBER

CONTENT:

PAPER I – LANGUAGE

o Comprehension passages

Functional Grammar: Revision

PAPER II – LITERATURE

CONTENT: Revision

MATHEMATICS

MARCH-APRIL

Chapters:

1. Quadratic equations and problems on quadratic equations

2. Distance and Section Formula

3. Equation of a line

4. Banking (Savings and Recurring deposit)

5. Loci

MAY-JUNE

Chapters:

1. Similarity of Triangles

2. Factor and Remainder theorem

3. Circles

4. Tangents and intersecting chords

JULY

Chapters:

1. Symmetry

2. Trigonometry

3. Matrices

4. Shares and dividends

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AUGUST

CONTENT:

Chapters:

1. Ratio and proportion

2. Construction of tangents

3. Heights and distances

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER

CONTENT:

Chapters:

1. Probability

2. Cone and Sphere

3. Circumference and Area

PHYSICS

MARCH -APRIL

Chapters: Machines

MAY-JUNE

Chapters: Sound, Current Electricity

JULY

Chapters: Electrical Power and household circuits

AUGUST

Chapters: Electromagnetism, Spectrum

SEPTEMBER

Chapters: Calorimetry, Thermionic emmission

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OCTOBER

Chapters: Radioactivity

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CHEMISTRY

MARCH-APRIL

Chapters: 1. Study of Compounds : Hydrogen Chloride , Ammonia

2. Study of Acids, Bases and Salts

3. Analytical Chemistry :Uses of Ammonium hydroxide & Sodium

hydroxide

MAY-JUNE

Chapters: 1. Organic Chemistry

2. Practical Chemistry

JULY

Chapters: 1. Mole concept &Stoichiometry

2. Empirical and Molecular Formulae

AUGUST

Chapters: 1. Study of Compounds : Nitric Acid and Sulphuric acid

2. Electrolysis

SEPTEMBER

Chapters: 1. Metallurgy

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BIOLOGY

MARCH-APRIL

CONTENT:

Unit 1: Basic Biology

1. Cell cycle and cell division

2. Genetics

MAY

CONTENT:

Unit 3: Human Anatomy and Physiology

6. Circulatory System

7. Excretory system

JUNE

CONTENT:

Unit 3: Human Anatomy and Physiology

7 Excretory system( Contd.)

JULY

CONTENT:

8. Nervous System

9. Sense organs

AUGUST

CONTENT:

10. Endocrine System

11. The Reproductive System

SEPTEMBER

CONTENT:

12. Human Population

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13. Aids to health

14. Health Organisations

OCTOBER

CONTENT: : Pollution

Revision

HISTORY

MARCH-APRIL

CHAPTERS:

History:

1. The First War of Independence

2. Growth of Nationalism

3. The Programme and Achievements of the Moderates

4. Rise of Radical Nationalism

5. Partition of Bengal

Civics :

1. The Union Legislature

2. The Union Executive

MAY-JUNE

CHAPTERS:

History:

6. Formation of the Muslim league

7. Lucknow Pact and the home rule league

Civics:

3. The cabinet and the prime minister

JULY

CHAPTERS:

History:

8. Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement

9. Quit India Movement

10. Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA

11. The Last Phase: Partition of India

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Civics:

4. The Judiciary

AUGUST

CHAPTERS:

History:

12. The First World War

13. Rise of Fascism and Nazism

14 The Second World War

15. The UNO and the agencies of the UN

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER

CHAPTERS:

History:

17. Universal declaration of Human Rights

18. Non -Aligned Movement

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GEOGRAPHY

MARCH-APRIL

Chapters:

1. Agriculture in India

2. Food Crops

3. Map work on Rivers of India

MAY- JUNE

Chapters:

1. Commercial crops

2. Distribution of crops and their requirements

JULY

Chapters:

3. Minerals in India

4. Agro based industries in India - Begin

AUGUST

Chapters:

1. Agro based industries – Contd

2. Mineral based industries in India

SEPTEMBER

Chapters:

1. Climate of India

2. Map work on Direction of Monsoon winds and Population

OCTOBER

Chapters:

1. Waste Management – 1

2. Waste Management -11

Revision

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FRENCH

MARCH-APRIL

CONTENT:

Revision of class -9 portions

Lesson 6-Les Plaisirs de lire

Composition topic : To talk about indian newspapers

Grammar : Pronouns, pronom relatif composes, la phrase négative

Worksheet : Comprehension

Worksheet : Translation

Worksheet : Grammar

Worksheet : Composition

MAY - JUNE

CONTENT:

Lesson 7 : Chercher du travail

Composition topic : About exams, futur plans, work experience, firther education and careers.

Different aspects of a job, pocket money, describing vwhat you would ideally like to do.

Grammar- Futur tense, expressing intention( je vais, j’ai l’intention de + inf), using two verbs

together.

Worksheet : Grammar

Worksheet: Letter writing

Lesson: 8 Metro, boulot,Dodo

Composition topic: transport, travel issues in cities,

Grammar: Perfect and Imperfect tense.

Worksheet : Comprehension

Worksheet : Translation

Worksheet : Composition

JULY CONTENT:

Lesson 9: Vive la Republique

Composition :Le système politique en France.

Grammar : Present particilpe, gerodif, les phrases au discours indirect.

Worksheet : Comprehension

Worksheet : Translation

Worksheet: Letter writing

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AUGUST Lesson 10: C’est bon le progrès.

Composition topic : futur plans, opinions about TV, programmes and personalities, home and

country, household tasks.

Worksheet : Translation

Worksheet : Grammar

Worksheet : Composition

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER Revision of past year papers

Worksheet : Comprehension

Worksheet : Translation

Worksheet : Grammar

Worksheet : Composition

Worksheet: Letter writing

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COMPUTER APPLICATION

Month Topics

March-April Revision of Functions (Call by value and Call by Reference)

Flow control , selection and iteration statements Revision

May-June Array declaration, definition, initialization

Accessing array

1-D , 2-D array

Searching (linear and Binary Search)

Sorting (Bubble, Selection and Insertion Sort)

June Project (Final Project)

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July Using Library classes

String methods

Util Packages

Aug File I/O statement

Scanner class

Sep-Oct Revision on Exception handling, functions, Arrays, Constructors, Java

Basics.

ECONOMIC APPLICATION

MARCH-APRIL

Chapters: Elasticity of Demand

Elasticity of supply

Factors of Productions: Land and Labour

MAY-JUNE

Chapters: 1. Factors of Productions: Capital and Entrepreneur

2. Forms of Market Structure

JULY

Chapters: Role of State in the Indian Economy

AUGUST

Chapters: Public sector enterprises

Money and Inflation

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SEPTEMBER

Chapters: Banking

OCTOBER

**REVISION**

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TAMIL

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