The Book

The Books:
Buzzword #NEP #NCF Textbooks (5th Edition)  (1-8)
Aligned with the National Educational Policy and the National Curriculum Framework, Buzzword blends strong content with 21st century skills and visual literacy. Integrative and holistic
in its approach, the course lays a solid foundation in English.

Buzzword #NEP #NCF series consists of the following:

For the student

• Textbooks 1 to 8
• Workbooks 1 to 8
• Supplementary Readers 1 to 8
• Students’ Smart Apps 1 to 8

For the teacher

• Teachers’ Resource Manuals 1 to 8  
• Orient BlackSwan Teachers’ Portal with Smart Books 1 to 8

Special Value Adds

Textbooks

• Graded Competencies and systematic Learning Outcomes
• Activity-based and integrated approaches to promote experiential and holistic learning
• Enhanced attention to sustainability, inclusiveness, and values and dispositions
• Active India knowledge and local knowledge
• Integrated assessments for, as and of learning to fulfil learning outcomes and acquire Higher Order capacities
• Extensive digital resources
• Rich selection of classic and contemporary texts and poems
• Springboard (3 to 8) and Take Off (1 to 8) addressing multiple intelligences and varied learning styles
• My Thoughts (3 to 8) and My Notes (6 to 8) to promote reflection and self-assessment
• Embedded Questions (1 to 8)  
• Think–Pair–Share (1 to 8) to support collaborative strategies
• Learning Journal (1 to 8) for self-assessment
• Warm Up tasks (1 to 8)
• Inclusive learning methods (1 to 8)
• Formative and Summative Assessments (1 to 8)
• Detailed on-page tags to show alignment with the NEP and the NCF (1 to 8)

Workbook

• Thematically linked to the Textbook
• Special attention to reading sub-skills
• Extensive practice for grammar, vocabulary and writing
• Consolidated revision worksheets for assessment
• On-page tags of NEP features.

Supplementary Readers

• Rich selection of texts from different genres and themes
• Enjoying the Text (1 to 3) and Appreciating the Text (4 to 8) with questions focused on enjoying the texts and poems in the lower classes, and appreciating literary style and devices in the higher classes
• Going Further (1 to 8) to encourage integrated learning
• Embedded Questions 
• Learning Journal (3 to 8) for self-assessment
• Warm Up (1 to 8)
• Detailed on-page tags to show alignment with the NEP and the NCF (1 to 8)
• Detailed listing of learning objectives across skill areas (3 to 8)

Teachers’ Resource Manual

• Lesson Module (Competency-based Lesson Plans for the Textbook, Question Bank with Answer Key, Students’ Book Answer Key and Listening Texts)
• Lesson Plans for the Supplementary Reader
• Sample Assessment Papers with Answer Key
• Answer Key (Workbook, Supplementary Reader)

Orient BlackSwan Teachers’ Portal with Smart Books 1-8

• e-chapters from the Textbooks and Supplementary Readers
• Competency-based Lesson Modules
• Animation
• Audio-visual support
• Interactive Tasks
• Text and Poem Summaries
• Presentations and Picture galleries
• Question Bank
• Question Paper Generator
• Lesson Plans for the Supplementary Reader
• Smart Tips
• Worksheets with Answer Key
• Sample Assessment Papers
• SAFAL samples

Students’ Smart App

• AR Experiences
• QR-linked Resources
• Text and Poem Animation
• Text, Poem and Exercise Audio tracks
• Presentations
• Picture Galleries
• Text and Poem Summaries
• Interactive tasks