Class-IX
Subject: English
Annual
Guidelines for teachers
A teacher is supposed to take the following points in consideration while teaching prose/poetry:
1 Teacher should correlate the contents of the chapter with the examples
of day to day life to make the students understand the text well.
2 Teacher must stress the vocabulary given in a particular chapter to
enrich the word power of students, to enhance their understanding
pronunciation and stress while reading aloud in classroom.
3 Stress must be given on correct pronunciation while reading the text
aloud and letting the children read the text.
4 The style of a writer enunciating his experiences or writing about
historical events and places, must be explained to the students i.e.
whether it is narrative, persuasive, expressionistic or impressionistic
style.
5 A critical appreciation of the poem must be given to the students;
while teaching poems the teacher must explain used vocabulary, style,
diction, use of figures of speech etc in the text.
6 Prose/play must be taught on the basis of activities such as group
discussion, role playing, debate, declamation etc. (developing similar
topics as given in the chapters.)
7 Grammar already used in the text of a chapter must be related to the
topics of grammar taught in the class i.e. parts of speech, prepositions,
conjunctions etc. used in the sentences of text.
8 To enhance the correct usage of English, teacher must encourage the
students to go on the pattern used in the text of the chapter.
9 Students must be encouraged for a comparative study of the text
giving references and allusions from other chapters if there is any
relation in the text i.e. ideas, style, lexical and grammatical usage.
10 For improving the communicative skills of students, teacher must
encourage the students to participate in different types of activities to
be done in classroom such as; Newspaper cuttings, preparing charts
based on grammar, flow charts based on story or paragraph,
developing paragraph by speaking in front of class and organizing
debate and discussions based on chapters and related issues.
Class-IX
Subject: English
Annual
Chapter wise Guidelines
A teacher is supposed to take the following points in consideration while teaching prose/poetry:
1 A critical appreciation of the poem must be given to the students
explaining and simplifying the used vocabulary, style, diction and
figures of speech.
2 Teacher must introduce the latest teaching aids like that of robotic
teachers in the chapter THE FUN THEY HAD. In the same chapter a
comparison and contrast of emotions can be observed between
machine and man. In the story THE LOST CHILD also the touchy
difference between man and material should be discussed in the
classroom.
3 In chapters THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO and THE BOND OF
LOVE a teacher must highlight the characteristic features which
separate human beings from animals.
4 In chapters MY CHILDHOOD and PACKING, autobiographical
incidents and used vocabulary must be observed and discussed with
the students encouraging them to follow the path shown by them.
5 Chapters THE HAPPY PRINCE, THE LAST LEAF and THE
BEGGAR carry the moral values that must be inculcated into the
students to transform them into good citizens. Similarly a
humanitarian approach in chapter WEATHERING THE STORM IN
ERSAMA should be assessed and discussed with the students.
6 Chapter like REACH FOR THE TOP, full of motivational incidents
should be discussed in the class to the true meaning of the word.
7 A symbolic aspect of patience and impatience of Buddha and
Pashupati Nath has been highlighted respectively in the chapter
KATHMANDU which must be discussed in detail with the students
while dealing with the chapter.
8 To evoke the feelings of love and concern for nature, the poems RAIN
ON THE ROOF, THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE and THE
SNAKE TRYING should be explained intensely; whereas the poem
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN should be explained highlighting the
human dilemma .
Class-9th
Subject-English
Month Name of Books Contents Period Revision
allotted period
April Beehive :- The Fun They Had (Poem)
The Road Not Taken
Moments:- The Lost Child
Grammar:- Punctuation (Semi colon, colon,
Dash, Hyphen, use of brackets and
Composition:- exclamation marks.
Applications, Business letter/ job
application. Description of
events/incidents paragraph writing
May Beehive :- The Sound of Music
Ist Unit Wind (Poem)
Moments:- The Adventures of Toto
Test 17th
Grammar:- Articles (Indefinite and definite)
to 25 th Tenses( Present and past)
may Composition:- Description of events/incidents(day
to day events, past events,
functions, eye witnessed incidents
and accidents)
Reports, Advertisements
June Summer Vacation 1st to 30th
July Beehive :- The Little Girl,
Rain on the Roof
Moments:- Iswaran the Story teller
Grammar:- Voice(Tense wise , imperative
,Double objects, who-words and
miscellaneous) Reported Speech
Composition:- Paragraph/article writing on current
affairs, persons, visits common
social issues and problems).
August Beehive :- A Truly Beautiful Mind (Poem)
2nd Unit The Lake Isle of Innisfree(Poem)
Moments:- In the Kingdom of Fools, The Happy
Test up to
Prince.
17th to 25th Grammar:- Conjunctions
(Not only, but also , since, because,
Composition:- as , while, when, that , till, until,
unless)
Report writing (Present and past
happenings and functions)
September Beehive :- The Snake and the Mirror (poem)
A Legend of Northland.
Moments:- The Happy prince
Grammar Prepositions(Prepositions of time,
place , movement, position)
Composition:- Advertisement(Situation vacant, Job
wanted for , lost & found, sale &
purchase, accommodation wanted)
October Beehive My Childhood, Packing
No Men Are Foreign,
Moments The Duck and the Kangaroo, (Poem)
Weathering the storm in Ersama,
The Last Leaf
Grammar Modals(Shall, will , can, may should ,
would, could, might) suffixes, correct
spellings
Composition:- Messages(personal and professional)
November Beehive Reach for the Top
3rd Unit On Killing a Tree (Poem)
Moments A House Is Not a Home
Test up to
Grammar Subject verb agreement(based on
17 to 25th tenses, modals, verbs and
conjunctions)
Composition Notice(related to
school/office/public)
December Beehive The Bond of Love
Kathmandu
The Snake Trying (Poem)
Moments The beggar
Road safety
Grammar Transformation of sentences, simple,
compounds and complex sentences
Composition Dialogue writing (between two
persons poster making (including
road safety)
Winter Vacation up to 22nd to 31 st Dec
January Beehive If I were You.
4th Unit A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal (Poem)
Grammar Paragraph Writing
Test up
Revision(Tenses, voice and
to 15 th to conjunctions)
23rd Composition Revision(Application, letter and
Reading Skill: paragraph)
Unseen passages)
February Revision of whole syllabus
March Examinations
