ST.

PAUL’S ACADEMY
PURBA BARDHAMAN
First Term Syllabus
Academic Session 2024 – 25

CLASS SUBJECT SUBJECT DETAILS

i) Composition (300 – 350 words)
ii) Notice and E-Mail Writing: [Regarding format, please follow the class]
iii) Letter Writing (Formal & Informal): [Regarding format, please follow the
class]
iv) Functional Grammar:
a) Transformation of Sentences (all types).
b) Joining of sentences without using ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’.
ENGLISH 1 c) Use of Appropriate Prepositions.
(LANGUAGE) d) Use of correct form of Verbs/Words.
v) Comprehension (including 50-word summary writing in grid form)
Projects:
Oral Skill: (10 marks)
Aural Skill: (10 marks)
[Dates of Oral & Aural Test will be announced in class. There must be
compulsory attendance.
There will be no scope for a re-test.]
Play: Julius Caesar – Act I [Up to the portion that will be taught in class]
Poetry:
i) Chapter 3: I remember, I remember – Thomas Hood
ii) Chapter 4: A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 – Vikram
Seth
STD – IX iii) Chapter 5: The Night Mail – W. H. Auden
Prose:
i) Chapter 1: Bonku Babu’s Friend – Satyajit Ray
ii) Chapter 2: Oliver Asks for More – Charles Dickens
iii) Chapter 5: The Boy who broke the Bank – Ruskin Bond
ENGLISH 2
(LITERATURE) Project: Critically analyse Vikram Seth’s poem A Doctor’s Journal Entry
for August 6, 1945.
You may base your answer on the following points:
Destruction caused by the bomb, Symbolism, Human
goodness.
Project Work must be done in channel file and the written papers must be
stapled and attached with the plastic cover of the channel file. There must
be a printed First Page (with name of school, your name, class, section, roll,
subject & topic) and Last Page (for signature of External & Internal
Examiners) attached to the project work.
SONKOLITA BK:
Prose :
Chapter 5: Nam
Chapter 9: Gondhota Khub Sondehojonok
BENGALI (L2)
Poem:
Chapter 2: Shobhotar Prati
Chapter 5: Siri
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PURBA BARDHAMAN
First Term Syllabus
Academic Session 2024 – 25
Bhasa Prasanga:
i) Bakya (Sarol, Jotil, Jougik, and Arthanusare )
ii) Eki Sabder bibhinno Orthe Byabohar
iii) Ek Kothay Prakash (Page no – 271 to 273)
BENGALI (L2) Composition: (Unseen)
Story Writing: (Unseen)
Picture Composition: (Unseen)
Comprehension: (Unseen)
Letter Writing: (Unseen)
Project Work: “Bango Utsabe Bangali Pran”
Sahitya Sagar BK:
Short Stories:
Chapter 6: Bade Ghar ki Beti
Chapter 7: Sandeh
Pomes:
Chapter 6: Sur ke Pad
HINDI (L2) Chapter 7: Vinay Ke Pad
ICSE Hindi Vyakaran Pallav:
Pages: 224, 226, 228, 229, 232, 233, 248, 279, 280, 281, 290, 291
Composition, Comprehension & Letter writing (unseen)
STD – IX
Project work:
Chapter 6: Bade Ghar ki Beti
CIVICS
Chapter 1: Our Constitution and Its Salient Features
Chapter 2: Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles
of State Policy
HISTORY
HISTORY AND Chapter 1: Harappan Civilization
CIVICS Chapter 2: Early Vedic Civilization
Chapter 3: The Later Vedic Age
Chapter 4: India in the 6th Century BC: Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
Chapter 5: The Mauryan Empire
Chapter 6: The Sangam Age: Kingdoms and the Social and Economic
Conditions
Chapter 7: The Age of the Guptas
Chapter 1: Earth as a Planet
Chapter 2: Geographic Grid – Latitudes and Longitudes
Chapter 4: Structure of the Earth
Chapter 5: Landforms of the Earth
Chapter 6: Materials of the Earth’s Crust – Rocks
Chapter 7: Volcanoes
GEOGRAPHY Chapter 8: Earthquakes
Chapter 10: Hydrosphere
Chapter 11: The atmosphere
Chapter 12: Insolation
Chapter 15: Types of Pollution
Map pointing: World Map [Rivers, Mountains and Plateaus as per Council
syllabus]
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PURBA BARDHAMAN
First Term Syllabus
Academic Session 2024 – 25
Project Work — Meteorological instruments and their uses:
GEOGRAPHY [Six’s maximum and minimum thermometer, Mercury barometer, Aneroid
barometer, Wind vane, Anemometer, Rain gauge and Hygrometer.]
Chapter 1: Measurements and Experimentation
Chapter 2: Motion in One Dimension
Chapter 3: Laws of Motion
PHYSICS Chapter 4: Pressure in Fluids
Chapter 5: Archimedes’ Principle
Project and Lab. Work (Practical) : As per ICSE (2024-25) Syllabus.
Chapter 1: The Language of Chemistry
Chapter 2: Chemical Changes and Reactions
Chapter 3: Water
CHEMISTRY Chapter 4: Atomic Structure and Chemical bonding
Project and Lab. Work (Practical): As per ICSE (2025-2026) Syllabus.
Whole Project Work for class – IX, that is Lab manual, has to be submitted
before First term examination.
Chapter 2: Cell: The Unit of Life
Chapter 3: Tissues: Plant and Animal Tissues
Chapter 4: The Flower
STD – IX
Chapter 5: Pollination and Fertilization
BIOLOGY Chapter 6: Seeds: Structure and Germination
Chapter 7: Respiration in Plants
Chapter 11: Digestive System
PRACTICAL: As per the syllabus given by the Council. (To be done in the Bio
Lab Manual)
Chapter 1: Rational & Irrational Numbers
Chapter 2: Compound Interest
Chapter 3: Expansions
Chapter 4: Factorisation
Chapter 5: Simultaneous Linear Equations in two Variables
Chapter 10: Triangles
MATHEMATICS Chapter 20: Statistics
Chapter 17: Trigonometrical Ratios
Chapter 18: Trigonometrical Ratios of Standard Angles
PROJECT WORK: Conduct a survey of a group of students and represent it
graphically – height, weight, number of family members,
pocket money, etc.
Chapter: Introduction to object-oriented programming concepts:
Only notes and definition of all four principles of OOP, Java source
code, Byte code, Jvm, Applets and applications
Chapter: Elementary concept of objects and classes:
Definitions and notes only of class, object factory, user-define data
COMPUTER type
APPLICATIONS
Chapter: Values and data types with operators in java (Blue J)
All data types and operators, prefix, postfix as per council syllabus.
Chapter: Input in Java and different types errors:
Input through Scanner class and Buffered Reader class and different
types of errors and related programs will be taught in the class.
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PURBA BARDHAMAN
First Term Syllabus
Academic Session 2024 – 25
Chapter: Conditional constructs in Java:
If, if-else, if-else ladder, switch-case, default, break and related
programs will be taught in the class.
Chapter: Iterative constructs in java:
COMPUTER for, while, do..while and related programs will be taught in the
APPLICATIONS class.
Chapter: User define functions:
STD – IX Pure and impure methods and related programs will be taught in
the class as per council syllabus.
PROJECT : As per council norms
Chapter 1: Introduction to Commercial Organisations
Chapter 2: Ownership Structures – Sole Proprietorship and Joint Hindu
Family Business
COMMERCIAL Chapter 3: Ownership Structures – Partnership
APPLICATIONS Chapter 4: Ownership Structures – Joint Stock Company
Chapter 5: Ownership Structures – Cooperative Society
Chapter 8: Communication in Commercial Organisation
Chapter 13: Natural Resources