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
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks 100

Unit 1 (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

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Unit 2 (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

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Unit 3 (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

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Unit 4 (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

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Unit 5 (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 viewpointPresent 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

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Unit 6 (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

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Unit 7 (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

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Unit 8 (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

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