Tamil Nadu State Board · Full Year

Class 8
English

8 units · June to March · Everything you need in one place.

8 Units
7 Prose
7 Poems
4 Memoriter
7 Supplementary
1 Play
Unit 1
June
Unit 2
July
Unit 3
August
Unit 4
October
Unit 5
November
Unit 6
January
Unit 7
February
Unit 8
March
1
Unit 1
The Nose-Jewel & Special Hero
June
📖
Prose
The Nose-Jewel
C. Rajagopalachari
✨
Poem Memoriter
Special Hero
Christina M Kerschen
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Supplementary
The Woman on Platform 8
Ruskin Bond
2
Unit 2
Hobby Turns into a Successful Career
July
📖
Prose
Hobby Turns into a Successful Career
Excerpted
✨
Poem
My Hobby: Reading
Anonymous
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Supplementary
A Hunter Turned Naturalist
Jim Corbett
3
Unit 3
Sir Isaac Newton — The Ingenious Scientist
August
📖
Prose
Sir Isaac Newton — The Ingenious Scientist
Biographical excerpt
✨
Poem Memoriter
Making Life Worth While
George Washington Doane
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Supplementary
The Three Questions
Leo Tolstoy
4
Unit 4
My Reminiscence & A Thing of Beauty
October
📖
Prose
My Reminiscence
Rabindranath Tagore
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Poem Memoriter
A Thing of Beauty
John Keats
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Supplementary
Crossing the River
Kiran Bedi
5
Unit 5
Being Safe
November
📖
Prose
Being Safe
Safety & awareness text
✨
Poem
Fire Work Night
Berlie Doherty
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Supplementary
When Instinct Works
Adapted excerpt
6
Unit 6
Friendship
January
📖
Prose
Friendship
Adapted excerpt
✨
Poem Memoriter
Lessons in Life
Poem
🔖
Supplementary
Homeless Man and his Friends
Story
7
Unit 7
Cyber Safety
February
📖
Prose
Cyber Safety
Informational text
✨
Poem
My Computer Needs a Break
Poem
🔖
Supplementary
The Mystery of the Cyber Friend
Short story
8
Unit 8
Jack and the Beanstalk
March
🎭
Play Drama
Jack and the Beanstalk
A full-length play — English drama for Class 8