ST.

MICHAEL’S SCHOOL, DURGAPUR-12

SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 9
SESSION: 2025-2026

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST- 1:
1. Synthesis of Sentences.
2. Transformation of Sentences.
3. Notice and E-mail writing.

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT:
1. Oral Examination: Speaking Skills (Topics to be mentioned in class)
2. Aural Examination: Listening Skills (Unseen Listening Comprehension)

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
TOTAL ENGLISH: Units 1 to 8 TOPICS (Only Grammar structure)
* Selected Exercises from Pearls of English Grammar.
** Grammar topics and Writing skills according to the Council prescribed Syllabus for ICSE
2027

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST – 2: Unseen comprehension passage
INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT:
1. Oral Examination: Speaking Skills – Selected Speeches from the drama JULIUS
CAESAR (to be mentioned in the class)
2. Aural Examination: Listening Skills (Unseen Listening Comprehension)

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
TOTAL ENGLISH: Units 9 TO 15 (Only Grammar structure)

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* Selected Exercises from Pearls of English Grammar. ** Grammar topics and Writing skills
according to the Council prescribed Syllabus for ICSE 2027.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST – 1:
1. DRAMA: Short questions from Act-1, Sc-1 & Sc-2 (As far as progressed in class) from the
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
2. POETRY: I Remember, I Remember- Thomas Hood.

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT: Topics from any two poems to be given in class.

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
DRAMA: Julius Caesar: Act- 1 (full)
PROSE:
1. Bonku Babu's Friend - Satyajit Ray.
2. Oliver Asks for More- Charles Dickens
POETRY:
1. The Night Mail -W.H Auden
2. I Remember, I Remember -Thomas Hood
3. Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat -T.S Eliot

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST – 2:
1. DRAMA: Short Questions from Act- 1 and Act-2, Sc-1(As far as progressed in class) from the
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
2. PROSE: The Boy Who Broke the Bank - Ruskin Bond.

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT: Topics from any two poems to be given in class.

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
DRAMA: Act- 1 and Act-2 (full)

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PROSE:
1. The Boy Who Broke the Bank - Ruskin Bond
2. The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde
3. The Home-Coming -Rabindranath Tagore
4. Bonku Babu's Friend - Satyajit Ray
5. Oliver Asks for More - Charles Dickens
POETRY:
1.A Doctor's Journal Entry For August 6, 1945- Vikram Seth .
2.A Work of Artifice - Marge Piercy.
3.I Remember, I Remember -Thomas Hood
[Link] Night Mail -W.H Auden
[Link]: The Railway Cat- T.S Eliot.

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.

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SUBJECT: HISTORY AND CIVICS (H.C.G.- 1)
HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1:
1. Elections
2. [Link] Reformation

ASSIGNMENT: Directive Principles of State Policy

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
1. Our Constitution
2. Fundamental Rights and Duties
3. Directive Principles of State Policy
4. Elections
5. Jainism and Buddhism
6. The Mauryan Empire
7. The Sangam Age
8. Medieval India: The Cholas
9 . The beginning of the Modern Age in Europe: The Renaissance
10. The Reformation
11. Industrial Revolution

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
[Link] State Legislature
2. Medieval India: The Delhi Sultanate

PROJECT: Composite Culture of India : A pictographic representation.

ANNUAL EXAMINATION :

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(On the entire ICSE syllabus for class 9 as per the scope of the syllabus 2027.)

**Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.

SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY (H.C.G.- 2)

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1:
[Link] and Revolution.
[Link] of the Earth.
ASSIGNMENT : Types of Mountains- Fold Mountain.
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION :
1. Earth As A planet.
[Link] Grid –Latitudes and Longitudes.

[Link] and Revolution.

[Link] of the Earth.

[Link] of the Earth.

[Link] of the Earth’s Crust –Rocks.
[Link].
[Link].
[Link] and Denudation.

MAP : World Map (As per the scope of syllabus 2027 ).

The major Natural Regions of the world – Equatorial, Tropical Monsoon, Tropical Desert,
Mediterranean Type, Tropical Grasslands, Temperate Grasslands, Taiga and Tundra.
The Oceans ,seas, gulfs, and Straits – All Major Oceans, Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Black Sea,
Caspian Sea, South China Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria, Hudson Bay, Persian
Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Guinea, Bering Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Malacca.

Rivers- Mississippi, Colorado, Amazon, Paraguay, Nile, Zaire, Niger, Zambezi, Orange, Rhine,
Volga, Danube, Murray, Darling, Hwang Homing’s Kiang, Ob, Indus, Ganga, Mekong,
Irrawady, Tigris, Euphrates.

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Mountains –Rockies, Andes, Appalachian, Alps, Himalayas, Pyrenees, Scandinavian
Highlands, Caucasus, Atlas, Drakensberg, Khingan, Zagros, Urals, Great Dividing Range.

Plateaus : Canadian Shield, Tibetan Plateau, Brazilian Highlands, Patagonian Plateau, Iranian
Plateau, Mongolian Plateau.

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
[Link] Atmosphere.

[Link].

PROJECT :
[Link], Scale and the Direction of the Topographical Maps.
[Link] Tropical Desert Region.

ANNUAL EXAMINATION :
On the entire ICSE syllabus for Class IX as per the scope of syllabus 2027.

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.

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SUBJECT: PHYSICS

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1 :
[Link] in one dimension.
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
[Link] and experimentation.
[Link] in one Dimension.
[Link] of Motion.
[Link] in Fluids and Atmospheric pressure.
[Link] in Fluids, Archimedes’ Principle and Floatation.

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2 :
[Link] of Sound Waves.
ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
All 5 chapters included in the Half Yearly Examination and
[Link] of Light.
[Link] and Energy
[Link] of Sound Waves
[Link] Electricity.
[Link].
[Link] of light at plane surfaces-From class 10 book (not to be tested)
[Link] Electricity(up to combination of resistors)-From class 10 book (not to be tested)

PRACTICAL WORK:
•Experiments based on the contents as per the scope of syllabus of ICSE 2027.

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** The content matter of the chapters will be in accordance with the syllabus as prescribed by the
council for ICSE 2027.

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST-1:
1. The Language of Chemistry.
2. Chemical Changes & Reactions.

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
1. The Language of Chemistry.
2. Chemical changes & reactions.
3. Water
4. Atomic structure and Chemical bonding.
5. Study of Gas Laws.

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST-2:
1. The Periodic Table.

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
Entire ICSE 2027 Revised Syllabus(For Class 9).

PRACTICAL WORK: ICSE 2027 Revised Syllabus (FOR CLASS-9).

*Note : The pattern of question paper and marking scheme is as per scope of syllabus- 2027.

**Subject to changes as per the instructions by the council.

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SUBJECT: BIOLOGY
HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1 :
1. Cell : The Unit of Life
2. The Flower
3. Pollination and Fertilization
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION :
Syllabus as per ICSE Scope of Syllabus – 2027 (For Class 9) which includes :
1. Cell : The Unit of Life
2. Tissues : Plant and Animal Tissues
3. The Flower
4. Pollination and Fertilization
5. Seeds – Structure and Germination
6. Five Kingdom Classification
7. Economic Importance of Bacteria and Fungi
8. Nutrition
9. Digestive System
10. Skeleton – Movement and Locomotion
11. Skin – “ The Jack of All Trades”

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2 :
1. Respiration in Plants
2. The Respiratory System
ANNUAL EXAMINATION :
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On entire Class 9 syllabus as per ICSE scope of syllabus – 2027 (For Class 9)

PRACTICAL WORK: As per ICSE 2026 syllabus (For Class 9)

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

HALF-YEARLY

UNIT TEST 1:

 Rational, irrational and surds

 Compound interest (with and without formula)
 Simultaneous linear equations in two variables:
o Method of elimination
o Method of substitution
o Method of cross multiplication
o Word problems
PROJECT: Simultaneous linear equations in two variables
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
 Pure arithmetic
o Rational, irrational and surds
 Commercial mathematics
o Compound interest (with and without formula)
 Algebra
o Expansions
o Factorization
o Simultaneous linear equations in two variables
o Indices/exponents
 Geometry
o Triangles:
 Congruence
 Isosceles triangles
 Inequalities
 Midpoint, its converse including intercept theorem.
 Pythagoras theorem
o Construction:

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 Rectilinear figures
 Regular hexagon
 Mensuration
o Area and perimeter:
 Triangle
 Quadrilateral

 Coordinate geometry
o Graphical solution
o Distance formula

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
 Trigonometry ICSE Class 9 Syllabus
PROJECT: Statistics
ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
 Pure arithmetic
o Rational, irrational and surds
 Algebra
o Expansions
o Factorization
o Simultaneous linear equations in two variables
o Indices/exponents
o Logarithms
 Geometry
o Triangles:
 Pythagoras theorem
 Midpoint Theorem
o Rectilinear figures
o Area theorem on parallelograms
o Circle
 Chord properties
 Arc and chord properties
 Mensuration
o Area and perimeter:
 Triangle
 Quadrilateral
 Circle
o Surface area and volume of 3d solids

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 Statistics
o Statistics
o Mean and median
 Trigonometry
o ICSE class 9 syllabus
 Coordinate geometry
o Graphical solution
o Distance formula

** Subject to change as per the instructions by the Council.

SUBJECT: COMMERCIAL STUDIES

HALF-YEARLY

UNIT TEST 1:
Commercial Activities
 Commercial and Non- Commercial Activities
 Types of Commercial activities
 Business Activities
 Non-profit Organisations
ASSIGNMENT:
 Aids to trade
 Non-profit Organisations
HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
Commercial Activities [complete unit]
Introduction to Accounting and Book keeping
 Meaning and Objectives
 Basic Accounting Terminology
 Basic accounting principles and concepts
 Journal
 Ledger
Communication in Commercial Organisations [complete unit]
ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
 Banking [complete unit]

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 Introduction to Accounting and Book keeping
 Trial Balance
ASSIGNMENT:
Journal and Ledger-Numerical
ANNUAL EXAMINATION: On the entire ICSE Scope of Syllabus 2027.
** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.
SUBJECT: ECONOMICS

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1:
1. Introduction to Economics

ASSIGNMENT:
Green revolution

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
1. Introduction to Economics
2. Types of Economies
3. Problems of an Economy
4. The Indian Economy: A Study (Up to Secondary Sector)

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
1. The Indian Economy: A Study (Tertiary sector)
2. Major Problems of the Indian Economy (Poverty and Unemployment)

ASSIGNMENT: Poverty

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
Syllabus as per ICSE scope of syllabus - 2027.

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by Council.

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SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST-1:
1. Understanding Our Environment.

ASSIGNMENT: Causes and Effects of Global Warming.

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
1. Understanding Our Environment.
2. Living Things in Environment.
3. How Ecosystems Work.
4. Kinds of Ecosystems.
5. Water.
6. Air.

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
1. Atmosphere and Climate

PROJECT: Deforestation and its Effects.

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
 The entire I.C.S.E syllabus for Class 9 as per the scope of syllabus 2026

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by Council.

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SUBJECT:PHYSICAL EDUCATION

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST – 1: The human anatomy and physiology

PROJECT : GAMES (ANY ONE WILL BE DECIDED IN THE CLASS)

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:
THEORY: SEC A-
1) The human anatomy and physiology
2) Muscular system
3) Games and sports

SEC B :- Any two of the following games-

(FOOTBALL, CRICKET, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, HOCKEY)

PRACTICAL :
1) Skill and performance ( any 2 games)
2) Physical efficiency test
3) Specialization test

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST-2: Circulatory system

PROJECT : GAMES ( ANY ONE WILL BE DECIDED IN THE CLASS)

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
THEORY: SEC A-
1) Respiratory system

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2) Circulatory system

SEC B- Any two of the following games-

(FOOTBALL, CRICKET, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, HOCKEY)

PRACTICAL: Follow the half yearly syllabus.

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.

SUBJECT: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST- 1:
1. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts.
2. Elementary Concept of Objects and Classes.
3. Values and Data Types.
PROJECT :
1. Elementary Concept of OOP, Concept of Object and Class, Creation of a Project, Creation of
a Class, Description of a Java program, Compilation and Execution of a JAVA Program,
Modification of a JAVA Program, Description of JVM.
2. 10 Programs Based on General Programming and Conditional Statements in Java.
HALF- YEARLY EXAMINATION:
1. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts.
2. Elementary Concept of Objects and Classes.
3. Values and Data Types.
4. Operators in Java.
5. Input in Java.
6. Mathematical Library Methods.
7. Conditional Statements in Java.

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST - 2:
1. Computing and Ethics.
2. Operators in Java.
3. Mathematical Library Methods.
PROJECT :
20 Programs Based on Conditional Statements and Iterative Constructs in Java.

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ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
1. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Concepts.
2. Elementary Concept of Objects and Classes.
3. Values and Data Types.
4. Operators in Java.
5. Input in Java.
6. Mathematical Library Methods.
7. Conditional Statements in Java.
8. Iterative Constructs in Java.
9. Nested for Loops.
10. Computing and Ethics.
** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council.
SUBJECT: ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS
HALF-YEARLY
UNIT TEST 1:
Basic Concepts of Economics
• Meaning and definition of Economics; Economic entities
• Three major problems of an economy
• The nature and the classification of an economy (upto developed, underdeveloped and
developing economy)
PROJECT:
• Sectors of Indian Economy
• Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy
HALF- YEARLY EXAMINATION:
Basic Concepts of Economics [Complete Unit]
• Meaning and definition of Economics; Economic entities
• Three major problems of an economy
• The nature and the classification of an economy
An Overview of Indian Economy [up to Abatement of pollution]

ANNUAL
UNIT TEST 2:
An Overview of Indian Economy
• Importance of Service Sector
Infrastructure of Indian Economy [Only Economic Infrastructure]

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PROJECT:
• Consumer Awareness
• Globalisation
ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
On the entire ICSE syllabus as per the scope of syllabus 2027.

*** Subject to changes as per the instructions from the Council.

SUBJECT: HINDI

HALF-YEARLY

UNIT TEST-1:

1.बात अठन्नी की (प्रश्नोत्तर),

2.व्याकरण |

PROJECT OR ASSIGNMENT: साखी अथवा बात अठन्नी की |

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:

साहित्य सागर:-

गद्य भाग –

1,बात अठन्नी की ,

2.काकी,

3.महायज्ञ का पुरुस्कार |

पद्य भाग-

1.साखी,

2.गिरधर की कुंडलिया,

3.स्वर्ग बना सकते है |

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सरस हिन्दी व्याकरण :–
लिंग, वचन, काल, वाच्य, शुद्ध करो, वर्तनी, क्रिया, सरल -मिश्र – संयुक्त
वाक्य बनाना, अर्थानुसार वाक्य भेद और परिवर्तन, विलोम (259-262Pg.),
पर्यायवाची (अंक से.. ....ध्वजा तक ), शब्द समूह के लिए एक शब्द (1-60),
भाववाचक संज्ञा (221-222 Pg.), तत्सम से तद्भव शब्द (अचरज से ......... सोना तक
– सिर्फ बाईं तरफ), विशेष्य –विशेषण (237-240Pg.), मुहावरे (1-58), कहावते
(1-32), अनेकार्थी शब्द(1-35), वर्तनी , एकार्थ प्रतीत होने वाले शब्द (1-
20), पत्र ( औपचारिक –अनोपचारिक), निर्देशानुसार वाक्य परिवर्तन, अपठित
गद्यांश, निबन्ध |

ANNUAL

UNIT TEST- 2
1.निबंध.

2.पत्र लेखन |

PROJECT OR ASSIGNMENT: पाठ्य पुस्तक पर आधारित प्रश्न उत्तर एवं

व्याकरण संबंधी प्रश्न |

ANNUAL EXAMINATION:
साहित्य सागर:

गद्य भाग –

1.नेताजी का चश्मा ,

2.अपना – अपना भाग्य ,

3.बड़े घर की बेटी |

पद्य भाग –

1.वह जन्म भूमि मेरी ,

2.मेघ आए ,

3.सूर के पद |

सरस हिन्दी व्याकरण:-

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 लिंग, वचन, काल, वाच्य, शुद्ध करो, क्रिया, वर्तनी, सरल -मिश्र –
संयुक्त वाक्य बनाना, अर्थानुसार वाक्य भेद और परिवर्तन, विलोम
(263-265Pg. ), पर्यायवाची (धरती से ..... ह्रदय तक ), शब्द समूह के लिए
एक शब्द(61-119), भाववाचक संज्ञा बनाना (223-224Pg.), तत्सम से तद्भव
शब्द बनाना (अमी से …..शाम तक– सिर्फ दाईं तरफ ), विशेष्य – विशेषण
(241-244Pg.) , मुहावरे (59-116) कहावते (33-64), अनेकार्थी शब्द (36-
70), वर्तनी , एकार्थ प्रतीत होने वाले शब्द (21-41), पत्र ( औपचारिक –
अनोपचारिक) , निर्देशानुसार वाक्य परिवर्तन ,अपठित गद्यांश, निबन्ध|
NOTE :- अर्धवार्षिक परीक्षा में पढ़ाए गए सभी अध्याय वार्षिक परीक्षा में
रहेगे |

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council

SUBJECT: BENGALI

HALF-YEARLY

UNIT TEST 1: লালু, বঙ্গভূমির প্রতি

ASSIGNMENT: এক কথায় প্রকাশ, প্রায় সমোচ্চারিত ভিন্নার্থক শব্দ,

অনুচ্ছেদ লিখন

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION:

BENGALI LANGUAGE:
ব্যাকরণ- বাগধারা,সাধু-চলিত, এক কথায় প্রকাশ, পদান্তর, শুদ্ধ-অশুদ্ধ,
বাক্যান্তর(সব) প্রায় সমোচ্চারিত ভিন্নার্থক শব্দ, ধবন্যাত্মক শব্দ,
সমার্থক শব্দ, পদ পরিবর্তন, বিপরীত শব্দ, শব্দের বিশিষ্ট অর্থে প্রয়োগ,
লিঙ্গ পরিবর্তন
পত্র লিখন, বোধ পরীক্ষণ, রচনা(Unseen), ছবি দেখে বর্ণনা(Picture Reading),

BENGALI LITERATURE:
গদ্য- গিন্নি, লালু, বামা, ক্যানভাসার
পদ্য- বঙ্গভূমির প্রতি, সভ্যতার প্রতি, কুলি-মজুর, আবার আসিব ফিরে

ANNUAL

UNIT TEST 2: অসহযোগী, সিঁড়ি

ASSIGNMENT: বাগধারা, ধ্বন্যাত্মক শব্দ, পত্র লিখন

ANNUAL EXAMINATION

BENGALI LANGUAGE:

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ব্যাকরণ- ধ্বন্যাত্মক শব্দ, উদ্দেশ্য বিধেয়র সম্প্রসারণ, বাগধারা, প্রায়
সমোচ্চারিত ভিন্নার্থক শব্দ, বাক্যান্তর(সব), লিঙ্গ পরিবর্তন, সমনাম,
শব্দের বিশিষ্ট অর্থে প্রয়োগ, সাধু-চলিত, এক কথায় প্রকাশ, শুদ্ধ অশুদ্ধ,
বিপরীত শব্দ, লিঙ্গ পরিবর্তন, পদ পরিবর্তন
রচনা, বোধ পরীক্ষণ, পত্র লিখন, Picture Reading

BENGALI LITERATURE
গদ্য- নাম, অসহযোগী, দেবতার জন্ম, (এ ছাড়া Half Yearly র সমস্ত গদ্য)
পদ্য- সিঁড়ি, রবীন্দ্রনাথের প্রতি, খো-খো, (এ ছাড়া Half Yearly র সমস্ত পদ্য)

** Subject to changes as per the instructions by the Council

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