📘 Textbooks & Chapters
1. Radiance Part 3
Contains 17 chapters:
1. I Wonder
2. Sleep
3. The Raja’s Dream
4. Ice Cream Man
5. One Two Three
6. Tess Buys a Miracle
7. The Mountain and The Squirrel
8. Measure for Measure
9. Sikkim
10. My Land
11. My First Role in Life
12. Beat the Clock
13. My Shadow
14. She Lived Her Dream
15. The Outsider
16. Harvesting Rain
17. The Recycling Rap
2. Read, Think and Enjoy
Includes 5 prose selections:
Ending the Evil
The Teen Horrors
Bhutan
Asim Bihari: A Hidden Star of Freedom Movement
📚 Grammar Topics
As per NCERT guidelines, these are covered through lessons and exercises:
Parts of Speech
Number, Gender & Person
Tenses
Active & Passive Voice
Direct & Indirect Speech
Prepositions
Clauses
Idioms & Phrases
Vocabulary
Translation
🖋️ Writing Skills
Students must be proficient in:
Essay Writing
Letter Writing (formal & informal)
Diary Entry
Notice Writing
Comprehension (unseen passages)
📝 Exam Pattern
Objective Section (MCQs): ~40–50 marks
Comprehension: Literary & factual passages
Grammar/Application: Tenses, Voice, Speech, etc.
Writing Skills: Essays, Letters, Diary, Notice
This structure aligns with model papers issued by NCERT/BSEB for Class 8 English exams
🧭 Preparation Tips
Read each chapter thoroughly, focusing on themes, vocabulary & meanings.
Practice grammatical exercises including sentence transformations and translations.
Write essays, letters and diary entries regularly to build fluency.
Solve unseen comprehension passages from model papers.
Take full-length mock tests under exam conditions using past model papers
✅ Summary Table
Section Details
Textbook Chapters Radiance Part 3 (17) + Read, Think and Enjoy (5)
Grammar Parts of speech, tenses, voice, speech, etc.
Writing Essays, letters, diary, notice, comprehension
Exam Format MCQs, comprehension, grammar, writing