Academic Session 2020-21
Class 9th

Monthly syllabus, assessment coverage and subject enrichment activities.

Monthly Syllabus

MonthTopics / Chapters
April-MayBeehive: The Fun They Had. Poem: The Road Not Taken. Moments: The Lost Child, The Adventures of Toto. Grammar: gap filling, editing, omission, rearrangement and integrated grammar. Writing: diary entry.
JulyBeehive: The Sound of Music, The Little Girl. Poems: Wind, Rain on the Roof. Moments: Iswaran the Storyteller, In the Kingdom of Fools. Grammar: determiners, tenses, modals, passive voice, subject-verb agreement and integrated grammar. Writing: description and story.
AugustBeehive: A Truly Beautiful Mind, The Snake and the Mirror. Poems: The Lake Isle of Innisfree, A Legend of the Northland. Moments: The Happy Prince, Weathering the Storm in Ersama. Grammar: reported speech, clauses, prepositions. Writing: article.
SeptemberRevision for Half Yearly Examination.
OctoberBeehive: My Childhood, Packing. Poems: No Men Are Foreign, The Duck and the Kangaroo. Moments: The Last Leaf. Integrated grammar revision and diary entry revision.
NovemberBeehive: Reach for the Top, The Bond of Love. Poems: On Killing a Tree, The Snake Trying. Moments: A House Is Not a Home, The Accidental Tourist. Integrated grammar and story writing revision.
DecemberBeehive: Kathmandu, If I Were You. Poem: A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal. Moments: The Beggar. Integrated grammar; article and description revision.
JanuaryFull syllabus revision.

Assessment Syllabus

P.T.-I

  • The Fun They Had; The Road Not Taken.
  • The Lost Child; The Adventures of Toto.
  • Integrated grammar and diary entry.

P.T.-II

  • Beehive Ch. 1-5 and related poems.
  • Moments Ch. 1-6.
  • Integrated grammar; story, article, diary and description.

P.T.-III

  • Beehive Ch. 1-9 and poems through The Snake Trying.
  • Moments Ch. 1-9.
  • Integrated grammar; story, article, diary and description.

Annual

  • Full syllabus.

Enrichment Activities

  • April-MayExtempore.
  • JulyDebate / class presentation.
  • AugustCreative writing / questionnaire.
  • SeptemberAssessment of Listening and Speaking - Term I.
  • OctoberRecitation.
  • NovemberRole play.
  • DecemberAssessment of Listening and Speaking - Term II.

Monthly Syllabus

MonthTopics / Chapters
April-MayCh. 1 Number Systems; Ch. 2 Polynomials; Ch. 3 Coordinate Geometry; Ch. 6 Lines and Angles.
JulyCh. 5 Introduction to Euclid's Geometry; Ch. 7 Triangles.
AugustCh. 8 Quadrilaterals; Ch. 12 Heron's Formula.
SeptemberCh. 15 Probability.
OctoberCh. 4 Linear Equations in Two Variables; Ch. 14 Statistics.
NovemberCh. 9 Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles; Ch. 13 Surface Areas and Volumes.
DecemberCh. 13 continued; Ch. 11 Constructions.
JanuaryCh. 10 Circles.

Assessment Syllabus

P.A.-I

  • Ch. 1 Number Systems.
  • Ch. 6 Lines and Angles.

P.A.-II

  • Ch. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.

P.A.-III

  • Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14 and 15.

Annual Exam

  • Ch. 1-15 as listed in the PDF, including constructions, circles, Heron's formula, surface areas, statistics and probability.

Enrichment Activities

  • AprilSquare-root spiral by paper folding; reflect points on a Cartesian plane.
  • MayFactorisation using grids; verify algebraic identity by activity.
  • JulyEstablish the midpoint theorem.
  • AugustShow the quadrilateral formed by joining midpoints is a parallelogram.
  • NovemberEstablish the formula for area of a parallelogram.
  • DecemberShow parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels have equal area.
  • JanuaryCyclic quadrilateral angle activity and degree-measure theorem.

Monthly Syllabus

MonthTopics / Chapters
PhysicsApril-May: Motion. July: Force and Laws of Motion. August-October: Gravitation. November-December: Work, Energy and Power. January-February: Sound and revision.
ChemistryApril: Matter in Our Surroundings. May-July: Is Matter Around Us Pure? August: Revision. September-October: Structure of the Atom. November-December: Atoms and Molecules. January-February: Revision.
BiologyApril: Cell - The Fundamental Unit of Life. May-July: Tissues. August: Improvement in Food Resources. September-October: Diversity in Living Organisms. November: Why Do We Fall Ill? December-January: Natural Resources.

Assessment Syllabus

P.T.-I

  • Physics: Motion.
  • Chemistry: Matter in Our Surroundings.
  • Biology: Cell - Fundamental Unit of Life.

P.T.-II

  • Physics: Motion, Force/Laws and half Gravitation.
  • Chemistry: Matter and Is Matter Around Us Pure.
  • Biology: Cell, Tissues and Improvement in Food Resources.

P.T.-III

  • Physics: Motion, Force/Laws, Gravitation and Work/Energy.
  • Chemistry: Matter, Pure Substances and Structure of Atom.
  • Biology: Cell, Tissues, Diversity and Food Resources.

Annual Exam

  • Physics: Motion, Force/Laws, Gravitation, Work/Energy and Sound.
  • Chemistry: Chapters 1-4 listed in the PDF.
  • Biology: Cell, Tissues, Diversity, Why Do We Fall Ill, Natural Resources and Food Resources.

Experiments and Practical Work

  • PhysicsMelting/boiling point of water; density using spring balance and measuring cylinder; buoyancy relation; laws of reflection of sound; velocity of a pulse in a stretched slinky.
  • ChemistryPrepare true solution, suspension and colloid; prepare mixture/compound of iron and sulphur; separate sand, salt and ammonium chloride; classify physical/chemical reactions; verify conservation of mass.
  • BiologyOnion peel and cheek cells; identify plant tissues; study Spirogyra, Agaricus, moss, fern, Pinus, monocot/dicot; observe microorganisms/tissues; compare monocot and dicot root, stem and leaf.

Monthly Syllabus

MonthTopics / Chapters
HistoryApril-May: French Revolution. July-August: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution. September-October: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. November-December: Forest Society and Colonialism. January: Revision.
GeographyApril: India - Size and Location. May: Physical Features of India. July-August: Drainage. September: Revision. October: Climate. November: Natural Vegetation and Wildlife. December: Population. January: Revision.
Political ScienceApril: What is Democracy? Why Democracy? May: Constitutional Design. July-August: Electoral Politics. September-October: Working of Institutions. November-December: Democratic Rights. January: Revision.
EconomicsApril-May: Story of Palampur. July-August: People as Resource. September-October: Poverty as a Challenge. November-December: Food Security in India. January: Revision.

Assessment Syllabus

P.T.-I

  • History: French Revolution.
  • Geography: India - Size and Location.
  • Political Science: What is Democracy?
  • Economics: Story of Palampur.

P.T.-II

  • History: French Revolution and Socialism.
  • Geography: India, Physical Features and Drainage.
  • Political Science: Democracy, Constitutional Design and Electoral Politics.
  • Economics: Palampur and People as Resource.

P.T.-III

  • History through Nazism.
  • Geography through Population topics listed for P.T.-III.
  • Political Science through Working of Institutions.
  • Economics through Poverty as a Challenge.

Annual Exam

  • All listed History, Geography, Political Science and Economics chapters.

Enrichment Activities

  • AprilHistory map work.
  • JulyDisaster-management project work.
  • AugustGroup presentation on stages of elections.
  • OctoberEconomics graph analysis - Poverty as a Challenge.
  • NovemberGeography map work.

Monthly Syllabus

MonthTopics / Chapters
April-Mayस्पर्श तथा संचयन के निर्धारित गद्य-पद्य पाठ; अपठित गद्यांश, अनुच्छेद और श्रवण गतिविधि।
July-Augustनिर्धारित पाठ; उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय, संधि, समास, स्वर/व्यंजन तथा अनौपचारिक पत्र।
September-Octoberपाठों की पुनरावृत्ति; वाक्य-विचार, चित्र-वर्णन, अनुच्छेद तथा विज्ञापन लेखन।
November-Decemberनिर्धारित गद्य-पद्य, व्याकरण और रचनात्मक लेखन।
Januaryसंपूर्ण पाठ्यक्रम की पुनरावृत्ति।

Assessment Syllabus

Periodic Test 1

  • अप्रैल-मई तक करवाया गया पाठ्यक्रम।

Periodic Test 2

  • अप्रैल से अगस्त तक का निर्धारित पाठ्यक्रम।

Periodic Test 3

  • अप्रैल से नवंबर तक का निर्धारित पाठ्यक्रम।

Annual Exam

  • Full syllabus.
Note: The original Hindi pages are low-resolution scans. Major readable syllabus categories and test coverage have been retained.