Uploads for Class VII

• ·         Punctuation
• ·        Indented letter Format
•      Figures of Speech
•      Possessive pronouns and Possessive adjectives
•      Verbs

Upload for Class VIII

• ·         Punctuation
• ·         Indented letter Format
•            Active and Passive sentences
•      Plural pronoun Usage
•       Figures of Speech

Goal for Language:

• ü  Use the knowledge of grammar learned in earlier classes.
• ü  Use possessive pronouns appropriate.
• ü  Use question tags correctly.
• ü  Tell the parts of commonly used regular and irregular verbs.
• ü  Use simple, compound and complex sentences.
• ü  Use articles correctly.
• ü  Use active and passive voice.
• ü  Change from direct to indirect speech and vice-versa correctly.
• ü  Show how the meanings of words are changed by adding prefixes and suffixes to root words.
• ü  Use phrasal verbs correctly.
• ü  Use additional punctuation marks and question tags appropriately.
• ü  Use prepositions correctly.
• ü  Use the dictionary for a variety of purposes-word meaning, spelling, and pronunciation.

Goals for Reading & Literature

• ü  Use the reading strategies developed in earlier classes.
• ü  Recognise denotative and connotative meanings of words in texts.
• ü  Make text to life connections.
• ü  Employ the features of fantasy stories to help them make meaning in their reading.
• ü  Identify the features of the modern lyric and the traditional ballad.
• ü  Recognize the music in poetry achieved by rhyme and rhythm, alliteration and assonance.
• ü  Read poetry and discuss the emotions evoked in the reader by the language of poems.
• ü  Build vocabulary and use pronunciation skills to pronounce new words clearly.
• ü  Read the various meanings of a text which figurature language makes possible.
• ü  Recognize the difference between literal and figurative language in the texts.
• ü  Read critically about issues in the national and international community(non-fiction texts: newspapers, magazines) and discuss how these issues relate to them.
• ü  Use the dictionary to find the meanings and use of idiomatic expressions.
• ü  Read various kind of formal writing – business letters, reports, applications, and invitations – and know their different purposes.
• ü  Read at least 40 pieces of fiction and non-fiction.
• ü  Enjoy reading as a learning activity.