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Aga Khan Schools, South
First Term Syllabus, 2024-25
Grade IX (Computer Science Group)
English
Skill Topic
Listening Listening in narrative, descriptive, expository (factual/ informative), and
communicative contexts:
• Listening to Understand Text Type
• Listening to Understand Main and Sub-ideas
• Listening to Understand the Speaker’s Purpose and Viewpoint/ Moral
Speaking Listening and speaking in expository, descriptive, narrative, and communicative
contexts.
• Speak with a clear accent (standard English and common dialects prevalent in
their context)
• Comprehend how meaning is conveyed through pace, stress, and intonation
• Discuss familiar topics by selecting and synthesizing facts and ideas from some
basic print (newspapers/ textbooks) and/ or non-print (internet) sources,
appropriate to the purpose, audience, context, and culture
• Ask and respond to relevant questions
• Deliver presentations/ brief to sustained speeches on familiar topics
Reading Reading narrative, expressive, descriptive, and expository (factual/ informative)
texts
• Reading for Overall Gist, Main and Sub-Ideas (Surface/ explicit meaning,
Implied meaning)
• Reading to Understand Vocabulary
• Reading to Understand Text Type and Genre
• Reading to Understand the Author’s Purpose
• Reading to Understand Details
Question types: Textual, factual, interpretive, inferential, analytical, open-ended
Constructive Response Questions and Extended Response Questions etc.
Writing Writing narrative, expository (factual/ informative), expressive, interpersonal/
transactional communication
• Informal Email/Letter Writing
• Narrative Writing
• Descriptive Writing
• Summary Writing
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Grammar • Tenses
• Narration (Direct and Indirect Speech
• Modal Verbs (learnt till grade VIII)
• Figurative Language – similes, metaphors, idioms, proverbs, and phrasal verbs
• Conjunction
• Simple and Compound Sentences
• Adverbs
• Synonyms, antonyms
• Use of should have, must have, might have, would, had to, used to, be used to in
writing essays + practice sentences.
• Use of conjunctions and transitional devices in writing essays and letters.
• First and Second Conditional Sentences
• Subject Verb Agreement
(To be assessed through writing and cloze passages)
Vocabulary Build and use appropriate vocabulary and correct spelling for effective communication.
Punctuations Use correct punctuation marks in all forms of writing.
Mathematics
Chapters/Topics Subtopics
• Algebraic Expressions
Algebraic Expression and • Algebraic Formulae
Algebraic Formulae • Surds of Second Order and their applications
• Rationalization
• Basic Factorization
• Factorization
Factorization • Remainder Theorem and Factor Theorem
• Factorization of a cubic polynomial
• Ration and Proportion
• Theorems on Proportion
Variation • Direct inverse and joint variation
• K-Method
• Real Numbers
• Properties of Real Numbers
• Radicals and Radicands
Real and Complex Numbers • Laws of exponents/Indices
• Complex Numbers
• Basic Operations on complex numbers
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• Scientific Notation
• Logarithms
Logarithm • Laws of Logarithms
• Application of logarithms
• Operation on sets
• Properties of Union and Intersection
• Venn Diagram
Sets and Function • Ordered Pairs and Cartesian Product
• Binary Relation
• Function
Pakistan Studies
Topics Sub-Topics
Resources of • Natural resources
Pakistan • Energy Resources
• Agriculture
• Irrigation
• Natural vegetation
Historical • Emergence of Political Consciousness amongst Indian Muslims
Background
Emergence of • Towards Pakistan Resolution (1940)
Pakistan • Second World War and the Subcontinent
• Partition and the Creation of Pakistan
• Formative Phase of Pakistan 1947-48
Computer Science
Topics Subtopics
Unit 1: Basics of Computer 1.1 Introduction of Computer
1.2 Significance of Computer
1.3 Computer Hardware
1.4 Working of a Computer
1.5 Computer Software
Unit 2: Fundamentals of the 2.1. Introduction of the Operating System
Operating System 2.2 Classification and types of Operating System
2.3 Getting started with GUI OS
2.4 System Installation
Unit 3: Office Automation I (MS - Theory and Practical
Word 2007 or above) 3.1 Word Processing
3.2 Urdu Editor (In-Page 2018)
*Note: (Practical will be commencing from August)
Unit 6: World Wide Web and 6.1 Introduction to World Wide Web
Hypertext markup language 6.2 Introduction to Hypertext markup language
6.3 Designing Web page I: Text formatting
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Computer Science
S No List of the practical
1. 3.1.2 Create, Open, Save, Save As and Print a document
3.1.3 Add text with font, font colour, font size.
2. 3.1.3 Alignment (right, left, centre, justify)
3.1.3 Apply line spacing (double, 1.5) , indentation (hanging and first line) and
bullets
3. 3.1.3 Use find and replace tool
3.1.4 Insert page number, header, footer, symbols, equations, hyperlink and word art.
4. 3.1.5 Insert tables, adjust border lines, merge and split cells of table.
3.1.6 Insert picture, crop it and adjust its position.
5. 3.1.7 Adjust margin, size and orientation of page.
6. 6.3.1 Create an HTML file and preview it in a browser.
Computer Notepad and Google
Chrome
6.3.2 Apply the basic HTML text formats, i.e. heading, bold, italic, underline, strike-
out, superscript, subscript, center, font size, font color and font face
Chemistry
Topics Subtopics
Unit 1: 1.1 Chemistry and its Branches
Fundamentals of 1.2 Basic Definitions and Comparison of Essential Terminologies
Chemistry 1.3 Avogadro's Number and Mole
1.4 Empirical and Molecular Formulae
1.5 Chemical Reactions and Calculations
Unit 2: Atomic 2.1. Features of atom
Structure 2.2 Isotopes
2.3 Models to understand the Structure of an Atom
2.4 Shells and subshells
2.5 Electronic Configuration
Unit 3: Periodic 3.1 Periodic Table
Table and 3.2 Periodic Properties
Periodicity
Unit 8: Chemical 8.1 Differences Between Metals and Nonmetals
Reactivity 8.2 Metals
8.3 Non-Metals
Unit 4: Structure of 4.1 Formation of Chemical Bond
Molecules 4.2 Ionic Bond
4.3 Covalent Bond
4.4 Coordinate Covalent Bond
4.5 Metallic Bond
4.6 Intermolecular Forces
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Unit 5: State of 5.1 Physical States of Matter
Matter 5.2 Gaseous State Typical Properties
5.3 Laws Related to Gases
5.4 Liquid State
5.5 Solid State Typical Properties
5.6 Type of solid
S No List of the practical--- CHEMISTRY
1. Topic 1: Fundamentals of Chemistry
1.2.8 Separate the mixture of iron fillings, sand, and alum by physical method.
2. 5.4.1 Determine the boiling point of ethyl alcohol.
3. 5.5.1 Determine the melting point of wax/ naphthalene.
4. 5.5.1 Demonstrate sublimation using solid ammonium chloride
5. 8.1.1 Demonstrate that two elements combine to form a binary compound
6. 8.2.4. Demonstrate that compounds can be the products of a decomposition reaction
Physics
Topics Subtopics
Unit 1: Physical Quantities 1.1 Introduction
and Measurement 1.2 Physical Quantities
1.3 International System of Units
1.4 Prefixes (Multiple and Sub-multiples)
1.5 Standard form / Scientific Notation
1.6 Measuring Instruments
1.7 Significant Figures
Unit 2: Kinematics 2.1 Rest and Motion
2.2 Types of Motion (translator, rotatory, vibratory)
2.3 Terms Associated with Motion
2.4 Scalars and Vectors
2.5 Forces on Bodies
2.6 Addition of Forces
2.7 Resolution of Forces
2.8 Graphical Analysis of Motion (Distance-Time Graph and Speed-
Time Graph)
2.9 Equations of Motion
2.10 Motion due to Gravity
Unit 3: Dynamics 3.1 Force
3.2 Momentum
3.3 Newton’s Laws of Motion
3.4 Friction
3.5 Uniform Circular Motion
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Unit 4: Turning Effect of 4.1 Moment of Force
Forces 4.2 Principle of Moments
4.3 Centre of Gravity
4.4 Couple
4.5 Equilibrium
4.6 Stability
Unit 5: Gravitation 5.1 Law of Gravitation
5.2 Measurement of Mass of Earth
5.3 Variation of „g‟ with Altitude
5.4 Motion of Artificial Satellites
5.5 Earth and Space
9. Transfer of Heat 9.1 Processes of Heat Transfer
9.2 Conduction
9.3 Convection
9.4 Radiation
9.5 Consequences and Everyday Application of Heat Transfer
S No List of the practical---PHYSICS
1. Topic 1: Physical Quantities and Measurement
1.6.2 To calculate the area of cross-section of a solid cylinder by measuring the diameter
with Vernier calipers.
2. Topic 1: Physical Quantities and Measurement
1.6.2 To measure the thickness of a metal strip or the diameter of a wire using a screw gauge.
3. Topic 2 Kinematics
2.6.1To find the weight of an unknown object using vector addition of forces.
4. Topic 2 Kinematics
2.8.3To find the acceleration of a ball rolling down an angle-iron by drawing a graph
between distance (2S) and time (t2).
5. Topic 2 Kinematics
2.8.4 To study the relationship between load and extension of a helical spring with the help
of a graph.
6. Topic 2 Kinematics
2.10.1To find the value of acceleration due to gravity “g” using the free-fall method.
اردو
رمزا ب،اغلاکطخرمزاہتفتےکنام
اغل اکمبیت ب،اچبو
ٔ ےھجمریمےدووتسںےس،نامدویامیل،حبصزیخیاورڑپےنھےکافدئے اابسق
افہمطتنبِدبعاہلل،اکطخریمدہمیرجموحےکنام
وقیمہمغن، ببراستاکامتشا،داینےئاالسم،حبصاکرظنم،دمح وظنمامت
ریغریمسطخ،اکمہملوطخطونیسی، رودادونیسی، الخہصاگنری اہکینونیسی، رصبتہاگنری ےنھکلیکاہمرت
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اابتقس ُسرکاسےکدرسوجانباترپناناگلنا نسیکاہمرت
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اابتقسڑپھرکاسےکدرسوجانباتانھکلنادرسوجانباترپناناگلنا ڑپےنھیکاہمرت
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رمابکت،ناصقاورناماکفرق ،رعشیاالطصاحت،علطموعطقمردفیواقہیف،رحوفیکااسقم،امسیکااسقم ،روزرمہاور وقاع
ت ت ت
احمورے،رضباالاثمل ،اشتمہب اافلظ،تذریکونان،رتمادفالعموفق،اافلظ،اضتمد،وادحعمج،اسہقبالہقح،
ت ِ
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،العموفق حیملت،اانصفادب ،ملعاایبلنیکاینبدیاالطصاحت
االسایمت
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