CYCLE-WISE ASSESSMENT GUIDELINE

SESSION - 2019 - 2020

Class - I SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : MARIGOLD, BOOK ONE

CYCLE CHAPTER
A Happy Child
Three Little Pigs
Cycle - I (April - July) After a Bath
The Bubble, the Straw, and the Shoe
One Little Kitten

Lalu and Peelu

Once I Saw a Little Bird
Cycle - II (August - September) Mittu and the Yellow Mango
Merry - Go - Round
Circle

If I Were an apple
Our Tree
Cycle - III (October - December) A Kite
Sundari
A Little Turtle
The Tiger and the Mosquito
Clouds
Cycle - IV (January - March) Anandi's Rainbow
Flying - Man

The Tailor and his Friend

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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - II SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : MARIGOLD, BOOK TWO

CYCLE CHAPTER
First Day at School
Haldi's Adventure
Cycle - I (April - July) I am Lucky !
I Want
A Smile

The Wind and the Sun

Rain
Cycle - II (August - September) Storm in the Garden
Zoo Manners
Funny Bunny

Cycle - III (October - December)
Cycle - IV (January - March)
Mr Nobody
Curlylocks and the Three Bears
On My Blackboard I Can Draw
Make it Shorter
I am the Music Man
The Mumbai Musicians
Granny Granny Please Comb my Hair
The Magic Porridge Pot
Strange Talk

The Grandhoper and the Ant

Picture Dictionary
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - III SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : MARIGOLD, BOOK THREE
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters / Topics
Prose The Magic Garden
Nina and the Baby Sparrow
The Enormous Turnip
Good Morning
Periodic Test - I Poetry
Bird Talk
(Last week of July)
Term - I Little by Little
Naming words (Noun),
Grammar
Describing words (Adjective)
Writing Diary writing
Prose A Little Fish Story
The Yellow Butterfly
Half Yearly
Examination (3rd Poetry Sea Song
week of September) The Balloon Man
Grammar Verb forms (Past form), Basic con-
cept of sentence

Writing Paragraph writting

(Approximately 30 words)
&
All chapters of Periodic Test - I
Prose The Story of the Road
Periodic Test - II
(3rd week of December) Little Tiger, Big Tiger
Poetry Trains
Term - II
Puppy and I
What is in the Mailbox ?

Grammar Verb forms (Past only),

Writing Paragraph writting
(Approximately 30 words)
Prose My Silly Sister
Annual He is My Brother
Examination (3rd
week of February to The Ship of the Desert
1st week of March) Poetry Don't Tell
How Creatures Move
Grammar Doing words (Verb)
Writing Situational dialogue
& All chapters/topics of Periodic Test- II
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - IV SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : MARIGOLD, BOOK FOUR
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/ Topics
Prose Neha's Alarm Clock
The Little Fir Tree
Nasruddin's Aim
Wake Up!
Periodic Test - I Poetry
Noses
(Last week of July)
Term - I Run!
Conjuctions, Adjectives, 'to-be' verbs,
Grammar
Punctuation, Framing 'Wh' questions
Writing Paragraph writing (30-40 words)
Alice in Wonderland
Prose
Helen Keller
Half Yearly Why ?
Examination (3rd Poetry
Don't be Afraid of the Dark
week of September)
Grammar Parts of speech, Punctuation
Paragraph on personal experience
Writing
&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test - I
Prose The Milkman's Cow
Periodic Test - II
(3rd week of December) The Scholar's Mother Tongue
Poetry The Donkey
Term - II
I had a Little Pony
Hiawatha

Grammar Tense (Simple present and simple

past), Punctuation, Pronoun, Article
Writing Paragraph writing, Picture description
Prose The Giving Tree
Annual Examination Pinocchio
(3rd week of February A Watering Rhyme
Poetry Books
to 1st week of March)
Going to buy a Book
The Naughty Boy
Punctuation, Conjuctions, Adverb, Num-
Grammar ber, Tense (Simple future, present per-
fect, present continous)
Writing Story Writing
& All chapters of Periodic Test - II
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - V SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : MARIGOLD, BOOK FIVE
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/topics
Prose Wonderful Waste !
Flying Together
Ice-cream Man
Poetry
Periodic Test - I Teamwork
(Last week of July) My Shadow
Term - I
Syllable, Framing 'Wh' question,
Grammar
Proverb, Preposition, Types of
pronoun, Phrases
Report writing, Picture Composition,
Writing Story writing
Robinson Crusoe Discovers a footprint
Prose
My Elder Brother
Half Yearly Rip Van Winkle
Examination (3rd Crying
Poetry
week of September)
The Lazy Frog
Grammar Subject verb concord, Conjunction,
Use of since and for, verb forms
(present, past, past participle)
Writing Informal letter
&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test - I
Prose The Talkative Barber
Periodic Test - II Gulliver's Travells
(3rd week of December) The Little Bully

Poetry Class Discussion

Topsy-Turvy Land
Term - II Nobody's Friend

Grammar Adjectives, Subject-verb concord,

Past Continuous tense, Punctuation

Picture description, Paragraph

Writing writing
 Term Test / Examination Area Chapters
Prose Around the World
Who will be Nighthou
Sing a Song of People
Poetry
Annual Examination (3rd Malu Bhalu
Term - II week of February to 1st
week of March) Grammar Verb forms (present, past, past
participle), Tense.

Writing Informal letter

&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test - II
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - VI SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : 1. HONEY SUCKLE
2. A PACT WITH THE SON
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/Topics

Periodic Test - I Prose Who Did Patrick's Homework?

(Last week of July) How the Dog Found Himself a New
Master
Taro's Reward
Poetry A House, A Home
Term - I
The Kite
The Quarrel
Supplementary A Tale of Two Birds
The Friendly Mongoose
The Shepherd's Treasure

Writing Dialogue writing, Notice, Message,

Story Writing, Dictation
Grammar Word and Phrase, Noun, Tense

Half Yearly Prose An Indian - American Woman in

Examination (3rd Space : Kalpana Chawla
week of September) A Different Kind of School

Poetry Beauty
Where Do All the Teachers Go

Supplementary The Old Clock Shop

Tansen

Writing Paragraph, Debate writing

Grammar Subject-verb concord, Phrase

&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test-I
 Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/topics

Periodic Test - II Prose Who I am?

(3rd week of December) Fair Play
A Game of Chance
The Wonderful Words
Poetry
Whatif
Term - II
Beauty

Supplementary The Monkey and the Crocodile

The Wonder Called Sleep
A Pact with the Sun

Writing Formal and Informal letter,

Paragraph, Dictation

Grammar Verbs, Nouns, Phrases

Prose Desert Animals

Annual Examination (3rd
The Banyan Tree
week of February to 1st
week of March)
Supplementary What Happened to the Reptiles
Strange Wrestling Match

Writing Story Writing, Trip Diary, Paragraph

writing on clues

Grammar Adjective, Adverb

&
All chapters/topic of Periodic Test-II
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - VII SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : 1. HONEYCOMB
2. AN ALIEN HAND
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/Topics

Periodic Test - I Prose Three Questions

(Last week of July) The Gift of the Chappals
Gopal and the Hilsa Fish

Poetry The Squirrel

The Rebel
Term - I
The Shed
Supplementary The Tiny Teacher
Bringing up Kari
The Desert

Grammar Verbs, Reported speech, if clause,

Article, Punctuation
Formal and Informal Letter, Story
Writing
Writing ( 40 - 50 words)

Half Yearly Prose The Ashes that Made Tree

Examination (3rd Bloom
week of September) Quality
Chivvy
Poetry
Trees

Supplementary The Cop and the Anthem

Grammar Adjective, Question Tag, Modals,

Subject-verb Concord, Article, Punc-
tuation, Phrases Preposition
Writing Paragraph, Summary writing, Story
writing on the basis of clues
&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test-I
 Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/Topics

Periodic Test - II Prose Expert Detectives

(3rd week of December) The Invention of Vita-Wonk
Fire : Friend and Foe
Gopal and the Hilsa Fish

Poetry Mystery of the Talking Fan

Dad and the Cat and the Tree
Term - II
Meadow Surprises

Supplementary Golu Grows a Nose

I Want Something in a Cage
Chandni

Grammar Determiners, Articles, Verbs, Punc-

tuation, Tense, Error Finding
Formal and Informal Letter, Para-
Writing
graph Story Writing, Dialogue writing
Prose A Bicycle in Good Repair
Annual Examination (3rd
week of February to 1st The Story of Cricket
week of March)
Poetry Garden Snake

Supplementary The Bear Story

A Tiger in the House
An Alien Hand
Grammar Error Finding, Adverb, Modals,
Phrases, Suffix and Prefix

Writing Paragraph writing, Story writing

&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test-II
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SESSION - 2019 - 2020
Class - VIII SUBJECT - ENGLISH
NAME OF THE TEXT BOOK : 1. HONEYDEW
2. IT SO HAPPEND
Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/Topics

Periodic Test - I Prose The Best Christmas Present in the World

(Last week of July) The Tsunami
Glimpses of the Past

Poetry The Ant and the Cricket

Geography Lesson
Macavity : The Mystery Cat
Supplementary How the Camel Got His Hump
Children at Work
The Selfish Giant

Grammar Noun, Adjective, Verb forms, Active

and Passive voice, Phrase, Direct
and Indirect Narration, Determiners
& Modifier
Term - I
Writing Formal and Informal Letter, Story
writing, Paragraph writing, Diary writ-
ing, Dialogue writing.

Half Yearly Prose Bepin Choudhury's Lapse of Memory

Examination (3rd
The Summit Within
week of September)
Poetry The Last Bargain

The School Boy

Supplementary The Treasure Within

Princess September
Grammar Adjectives, Question Tag, Reported
speech, Idioms, Present Perfect
Tense, Subject-verb concord

Writing Paragraph writing, Letter writing

&
All chapters/topics of Periodic Test-I
 Term Test / Examination Area Chapters/Topics

Periodic Test - II Prose The Summit Within

(3rd week of December) This is Jody's Fawn
A Visit to Cambridge
Poetry The School Boy
The Duck and the Kangaroo
Term - II
Supplementary The Fight
The Open Window
Jalebis

Grammar Subject-verb concord, Adjectives,

Syllable, Prepositions, Transitive and
Intransitive verb, Modals.
Formal letter (Application),
Writing
Paragraph writing, Short Composi-
tion, Notice writing, Dialogue writing

Prose A Short Monsoon Diary

Annual Examination The Great Stone Face - I
(3rd week of February The Great Stone Face - II
to 1st week of March) Glimpses of the Past
Poetry When I set out for Lyonnesse
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Macavity : The Mystery Cat
Supplementary The Comet - I
The Comet - II
Grammar Article, Tense

Writing Diary writing, Essay,

Descriptive narrative

&
All Chapters/topics of Periodic Test-II
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PERIODIC TEST FOR CLASS - III, IV, V

Total Very Short Short Answer Short Answer Long Answer Total No
Sl Area Answer Type Type-I Type-II Type of
marks
No. (VSA) (SA-I) (SA-II) (LA) Question
Mark - 1 Mark - 2 Mark - 3 Mark - 6

1 Prose 14 7 2 1 10
2 Poetry 12 5 2 1 8
3 Grammar 8 8 8
4 Writing 6 1 1

Total 40 20 4 2 1 27

HALF YEARLY / ANNUAL EXAMINATION FOR CLASS- III, IV, V

Total Very Short Short Answer Short Answer Long Answer Total No
Sl Area Answer Type Type-I Type-II Type of
marks
No. (VSA) (SA-I) (SA-II) (LA) Question
Mark - 1 Mark - 2 Mark - 3 Mark - 6

1 Prose 26 14 3 2 19
2 Poetry 22 12 2 2 16
3 Grammar 15 15 15
4 Writing 12 2 2
5 Comprehension 5 5 5

Total 80 46 5 4 2 57

Word Limit for Periodic Test and Term End Exmination

Word limit
Mark - 1 Mark - 2 Mark - 3 Mark - 6

Class - III One word/sentence 10-15 words 15-20 words 30 words

Class - IV One word/sentence 10-15 words 15-20 words 30-40 words
Class - V One word/sentence 10-15 words 20-25 words 40-50 words
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PERIODIC TEST FOR CLASS - VI, VII, VIII

Section Area Total Instruction
Weightage
40

A Reading Skill 8 A Factual passage with eight very short an-

swer type question (VSA) of one mark each
(The length of the passage should be 100-
150, 150-200, 200-250 for Class -VI, Class-
VII and Class-VIII respectively)

B Writing Skill with 15 Question should be from both writing portion

Grammar and grammar portion. The mark distribution
of each portion should not be less than five
and should not exceed eight.

C Literature Textbook 17 Very Short Answer Type question-4 nos (1x4=4)

and Supplementary Short Answer Type question I - 2 nos(2x2=4)
Reader Short Answer Type question II - 1 nos(3x1=3)
Supplementary Reader - one question out of
two of six marks
Answer of questions of this section should
be at least in one sentence

Total 40

HALF YEARLY/ANNUAL EXAMINATION FOR CLASS - VI, VII, VIII

Section Total Weightage 80

A Reading Skill 20
B Writing Skill with Grammar 30
C Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reader 30

Total 80

Section A : Reading
This section will have two unseen passage
Sl. Description Marks
No. Distribution
1. A Factual passage with eight very short answer type question(VSA) 1x8=8
(The length of the passage should be 100-150, 150-200, 200-250
for Class-VI, Class-VII and Class-VIII respectively)
2. A Discursive passage with four short answer type question of eight 2x4=8
marks to test inference, evaluation analysis and four very short &
answer type question to test vocabulary and comprehension (Two 1x4=4
VSA for vocabulary and two for comprehension) (Total - 12)
 (The length of the passage should be 150-200, 200-250, 250-300
for Class-VI, Class-VII and Class-VIII respectively)

Section B : Writing and Grammar

Writitng
Class Topics Marks
Notice, Message, 5
VI Paragraph, Letter 8
Story Writing 5
Total Marks 18

Letter 5
VII
Paragraph 8
Story Writing 5
Total Marks 18

Letter, Short Composition 5

VIII
Paragraph, Essay writing 8
Story Writing, Diary writing 5
Total Marks 18

Grammar
Instruction Total Marks
There should be twelve questions of one mark each. Questions should be 12
framed from each topic as specified in Term-wise Examination guideline

Section C : Liteature Textbook and Extended Reading Text

Total Very Short Short Answer Short Answer Long Answer Total No
Sl Area Answer Type Type-I Type-II Type of
marks
No. (VSA) (SA-I) (SA-II) (LA) Questions
Mark - 1 Mark - 2 Mark - 3 Mark - 6
(10 words) (15-20 words) (20-30 words) (40-60 words)

1 Prose 14 7 2 1 10
2 Poetry 10 5 1 1 07
3 Supplementary 06 1(one
out of 01
two)

Answers of questions of this section should be at least in one sentence