Class 8 English — Tamil Nadu SCERT
Follows English, Standard VIII (SCERT Tamil Nadu — Free Textbook Programme, Revised edition, current print)
A year of English for Class 8 on the Tamil Nadu state syllabus, following the SCERT reader through every prose lesson, poem and supplementary reading, plus the play. Each is taught over three short days: the lesson, then a sheet marked at once, then a recall round. The grammar the book sets unit by unit — parts of speech, adjectives, prepositions, connectors, tenses and question tags — is taught inside the lesson it belongs to. 69 daily sessions of 10–15 minutes.
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69 days, in the book’s own order
Every lesson in the textbook is taught over three short days rather than one long sitting — because ten minutes is a thing a child does on a bus, and forty is a thing somebody has to make them do.
Learn
What the lesson is about and the grammar it carries. About 15 minutes.
Practise
Worked examples, then a sheet marked the moment you submit it. About 15 minutes.
Recall
Read aloud, three things to remember, and questions from earlier units. About 10 minutes.
1.The Nose-Jewel
Day 1Learn20mDay 2Practise53mDay 3Recall25m2.Special Hero
Day 4Learn20mDay 5Practise50mDay 6Recall25m3.The Woman on Platform 8 (Ruskin Bond)
Day 7Learn20mDay 8Practise50mDay 9Recall30m4.Hobby
Day 10Learn20mDay 11Practise52mDay 12Recall30m5.My Hobby: Reading
Day 13Learn20mDay 14Practise50mDay 15Recall25m6.Jim Corbett, A Hunter Turned Naturalist
Day 16Learn20mDay 17Practise50mDay 18Recall30m7.Sir Isaac Newton, The Ingenious Scientist
Day 19Learn21mDay 20Practise53mDay 21Recall25m8.Making Life Worth While
Day 22Learn20mDay 23Practise50mDay 24Recall25m9.The Three Questions (Leo Tolstoy)
Day 25Learn20mDay 26Practise50mDay 27Recall30m10.My Reminiscence
Day 28Learn21mDay 29Practise52mDay 30Recall30m11.A Thing of Beauty (John Keats)
Day 31Learn20mDay 32Practise51mDay 33Recall25m12.Crossing the River
Day 34Learn20mDay 35Practise51mDay 36Recall25m13.Being Safe
Day 37Learn21mDay 38Practise52mDay 39Recall30m14.Fire Work Night
Day 40Learn20mDay 41Practise51mDay 42Recall25m15.When Instinct Works
Day 43Learn20mDay 44Practise51mDay 45Recall30m16.Friendship
Day 46Learn21mDay 47Practise52mDay 48Recall25m17.Lessons in Life
Day 49Learn20mDay 50Practise50mDay 51Recall30m18.Homeless Man and his Friends
Day 52Learn20mDay 53Practise50mDay 54Recall30m19.Cyber Safety
Day 55Learn20mDay 56Practise52mDay 57Recall30m20.My Computer Needs A Break
Day 58Learn20mDay 59Practise51mDay 60Recall25m21.The Mystery of the Cyber Friend
Day 61Learn20mDay 62Practise50mDay 63Recall25m22.Jack and the Beanstalk
Day 64Learn20mDay 65Practise50mDay 66Recall35m23.Everything from Class 8
Day 67Learn21mDay 68Practise54mDay 69Recall35m
Every third day is a recall day, and it deliberately asks about lessons from one, three and seven units ago rather than the one just finished. Getting those wrong is the point — a thing you have to reach for is a thing you still have in March.
What is included
- 69 daily sessions following English, Standard VIII (SCERT Tamil Nadu — Free Textbook Programme, Revised edition, current print)
- Every day played as an illustrated story episode — animated scenes, read-to-me, key words to collect and puzzles
- 23 lessons, each taught over three short days
- A marked practice sheet on every practise day
- A spaced recall quiz on every recall day, from earlier units
- Read-aloud lines scored for clarity by the platform
- Worked examples for every grammar and writing point
- A full revision unit written against the question paper
- XP, a streak, and a certificate at the end
The textbook itself is copyright NCERT or the relevant State Council. This course follows the same units in the same order and teaches the same grammar and writing skills, with entirely original explanations, examples and questions. It does not reproduce the textbook, and it is not a substitute for it.