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MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL
SHALIMAR BAGH, DELHI-110088
HOLIDAYS’ HOMEWORK, 2012
Dear Parent(s),
‘Exciting time is here again ! Its time for Summer Vacation and fun filled activities’.
Children are reservoirs of potential which needs to be exploited and channalized in diverse
ways. We at MPS feel that it is very important to fire their imagination and foster an
outlook that helps them explore, discover and rediscover. Children should be encouraged
to develop intellectually and physically. Summer Vacation is the best and fruitful time for
learning and creativity. It is the time when you can connect with your child in many ways.
The Holidays’ Homework designed would not only enhance achievements of your children
but also help to enhance family relationships. It would teach your children to work
independently and would improve their basic academic skills, such as reading, writing,
spellings and would help them develop personal skills and time management.
A few suggestions that you may keep in mind.
• Spend quality time with your children. Take them out to outings and have fun time
together.
• Help your children to become independent by giving them responsibilities. Involve
them in small household activities.
• Inculcate in them good manners, healthy habits and respect for elders.
• Help to imbibe the feelings of empathy, affection and tolerance in your children.
Give them a chance to look after you and their younger brothers and sisters.
• Converse with your children in English.
• Encourage your children to read books to enhance their language skills. Reading will
also boost their interpretative skills and provide them valuable literary experience.
• Help your children improve their handwriting by making them write one page of
English and one Page of Hindi everyday.
• Cultivate sportsmanship by encouraging your children to play various indoor
and outdoor games.
Remember that Summer Vacation is the time to relax and enjoy. So spend these holidays
creating a nurturing and stimulating environment filled with fun, frolic, learning and
education.
NOTE :
Do not get the Holidays’ Homework done by an expert. It must be the
effort of the child. Parents must act as guides and facilitators but not substitutes
to do the work.
The Homework must be done systematically according to the time table made on
the very first day.
Holidays’ Home work should be seen as an interesting way of utilizing time
and energy.
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MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL
SHALIMAR BAGH, DELHI-110088
HOLIDAYS’ HOMEWORK, 2012
CLASS : VIII
ENGLISH
1. Take an unused diary. Pen down all your valuable moments of each day as a diary entry.
(To keep the brain sharp and active)
2. Paste one news item on daily basis in your Holiday Homework copy. Highlight two new
words in the news clipping. Find out their meanings from the dictionary and frame them
into meaningful sentences.
(To improve vocabulary and to encourage the usage of dictionary)
3. Read the novel ‘The Little Women’ and do the comprehension questions of chapter 1 – 7
in the book.
(To skim and scan)
4. Read and write on the life and works on any of the authors given in the ‘New Broadway
Course Book’.
(To improve the writing skills)
5. Express your views both for / against on the following topics in about 150-200 words
each. These topics will be presented in the class as a part of ‘Turn a coat’ class activity
after the summer vacation.
a) Man is the architect of his own destiny.
b) Peer Pressure is more useful than harmful.
c) Mobile Phones encourage the development of Independence and Interpersonal
skills.
d) Formulae one racing should be banned because it wastes fuel.
e) Working mothers are better caretakers.
(To gain confidence and to express his or her views )
Note for Parents :
English Holidays’ Homework helps your ward to comprehend the language used in the novel.
Reading the novel keeps the child interested in knowing about the characters. Vocabulary
sharpens the brain and makes English Writing easy and impressive. You are requested to
encourage your ward to do the Holiday Homework on his/her own so that objectives of
learning are fulfilled in real sense. Just guide and facilitate your child. Let the entire efforts be
of your ward only.
MATHEMATICS
1. Draw the nets of triangular prism, square prism, pentagonal pyramid, Hexagonal
pyramid, cylinder, cone, cube and sphere on colourful pastel sheets and paste them in a
project file and also write down the number of faces, vertices and edges of the figure.
(To develop understanding of 3 D figures)
2. Find out the prices of any five brands of Motor bike for the year 2010 and 2011, compare
the prices and find out net increase or decrease percentage . Do the activity in the project
file and also paste the pictures of bikes.
(To teach application of percentage)
3. Arrange 12 matchsticks as shown in the diagram. Can you move only four matchsticks
and end up with exactly ten square. Do it in your notebook.
(To develop recreational skill)
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4. Solve the crossword puzzle , hints are given below.
2
1 6
4
5
5 10 11
7
11
9
8
12
Across
1. A polyhedron having two identical polygonal faces and other faces are
rectangles..
4. The shape of a birthday cap.
5. The figures on flat surfaces that can be cut and folded to form solid shapes.
7. Common points of three faces of a cuboid.
8. Cuboid with equal length, breadth and height.
12. A triangular pyramid in which all faces are equal.
Down
2. A shape whose faces are triangles with common vertex and a polygonal base.
3. The shape of a ball.
6. Joints of two faces of a cuboid.
9. The shape of a circular storage tank.
10. A solid shape that has three pairs of congruent rectangles parallel to each other.
11. Half of a sphere.
(To built up thinking skills)
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Note for Parents :
The Mathematics Holidays’ homework will help the child in exercising the brain and
enhancing memory. The purpose of doing it is to enhance your ward’s logical reasoning ,
problem solving skills and the ability to think in abstract ways. It will also train the children in
mathematical concepts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
1. Do a research on Gandhiji’s Nai Talim. You can include the following points to make
your research interesting.
a) Kind of Education in Pre-British times.
b) Stress on Western education – The vested motive of the British
c) Gandhiji opposition to western education.
d) Basic features of Nai Talim.
e) Was it a success ?
You can surf the following sites for help.
http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/Vimukt_08. html#naitalim
http://home.iitk.ac.in/ ~ amman/soc748/sykes_story_of_nai_talim.html
http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/on_childrens_education.htm
www.google.com
Now make a project on the above mentioned topic. The project should be of fifteen A4
size sheets. Include the following tasks in proper sequence.
Cover page with your Name, Roll no., School name, Academic year.
Acknowledgement (giving credit to those who helped you in this project)
Project overview (a brief idea about what the project is all about)
Content sheets
Conclusion
Bibliography.
2. Make a collage on India’s journey from 1948 to 2010. You can choose any one of the
following themes and then draw comparisons by pasting relevant photographs, maps and
sketches.
a) Cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai.
b) Clothes
c) Transport
d) Postage stamps
e) Educational system
f) Currency
g) Means of communication
Note : Make the above mentioned collage on a full pastel sheet with 2 inches of border.
Note for Parents :
Social Science Holidays’ Homework will teach interrelationship between people and their
environment , facilitation skills and value development through integration of knowledge.
It will also help in appreciating the differences between cultures.
SCIENCE
Activity 1
Visit to any industrial establishments in your locality like motor repairing workshops, any
production units or factory. Have a conversation with the people working there and collect the
following information.
Type of pollutants and wastes generated
Measures taken for handling pollution
Harmful effects of these pollutants on their health.
(Also discuss and suggest some way to control pollution).
Recollect all the information of the date. Considering all above points and present in a file.
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Activity 2
Collect data from different households (minimum 3) through interview-cum-discussion method
and suggest ways and means for saving electricity and fuels. Tabulate the data under the
following heading.
No. of members in the family
Type of fuel used in the kitchen
Quantity used per month
Total no. of rooms in the house.
No. of bulbs, fans, T.V.S. refrigerators and other appliances used.
Total power consumption per day and per month
Petrol consumption of scooters/motorcycles/cars
Prepare your report and mention all the points of advice you gave to the households.
Note for Parents :
Science Holidays’ Homework will allow your ward to appreciate the beauty of nature. It
will create awareness and sensitivity about the environment and environmental challenges
in your ward. It will develop his/her skills to mitigate the environmental problems.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Prepare the projects on the following topics. The project should be made on A4 sized sheets. It
should include :
a) Cover Page with Name , Roll no., School name and Academic year.
b) Aim
c) Acknowledgement
d) Discussion
e) Pictures
f) Conclusion
g) Bibliography
Projects
1. Ecosystem and its importance.
2. Population Explosion
These projects will be evaluated in the Summative Assessment I Exams.
Note for Parents :
These activities help your ward to think , evaluate, judge and create awareness and
sensitivity about environment. They will also develop skills to mitigate the environmental
problems.
COMPUTER AWARENESS
1. Create a movie in Flash on the given topic save the movie on CD and submit it.
a) Jungle scene (Roll No. 1 – 20)
b) Solar system (Roll No – 21 onwards)
2. Visit the given URL and given the review of two topics in MS Word. (Citizenship and
Trustworthiness)
a) Format the text
b) Give Page Border
c) Use Word Art
d) Insert relevant images
Bring the print out on A4 size sheet
URL : www.goodcharacter.com/ Mstopics.html
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Note for Parents :
By attempting this enriching home assignment student will be able to practice current IT
technologies and can improve their life skills.
ART & CRAFT
1. Make any one composition from the following : -
a) Village composition
b) Poster on Nature as my teacher
c) Book cover
d) Poster on corruption
e) Ozone Protection
f) Organic world – A miracle of nature
Use poster, water or oil pastel colours.
Size of the sheet – ½ cartridge sheet , border – 1cm
2. Make any one craft work from the following:-
a) African mask
b) Planter
c) Bottle decoration
d) Paper mache puppet
e) Basket with weaving wool.
Mount board, feathers , fabric colours, pastel sheet, Bottle, (P.O.P) Plaster of Paris,
beads, Rings, Ribbons, Arylic colours, coloured pastel sheets etc.
Note for Parents
Art & Craft Holidays’ Homework will help your ward to enhance his creativity / skills.
FRENCH
1. Write atleast 5 expressions by using each given verb
a) faire
b) jouer
c) avoir
Paste pictures to make your work more creative.
Note : This work should be done on A4 size sheets.
2. Make a chart on 10 imperative sentences which are used in day-to-day oral conversation.
3. Revise Leçon 0 and 1.
HINDI
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The speaking tree
Note :
SANSKRIT
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