Dear Parents,
Summer Vacations are here with all the fun and frolic. Apart from enjoying we want the students to keep in touch with their studies also. Hence the holiday home work has been prepared keeping these points in mind. The holiday home work being given is creative and thought provoking. It can be done with some guidance from you and the teachers who will brief the students. We would request you to avoid taking any professional help.
( Anju Gupta )
Incharge Middle Section
( Rama Srinivasan)
( Head Senior School)
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
Instructions :-
a) Neat and legible work will be appreciated.
b) Decorate charts beautifully.
c) Be creative and innovative in your work.
d) Avoid taking professional help and simply copy / pasting from the net.
Q1: Compulsory for all
a) 5 quotations to be written on clouds or any other shape on the following topics.
(One on each)
i) Time ii) Discipline
iii) Books iv) Responsibility v) Nature / Environment
b) 10 proverbs with meanings to be written in the note-book. Use them in sentences of your own.
Q. 2 Roll No. 1 – 15 :
a) Prepare a personality web in the form of a wall hanging, any poet / writer from your text book stating name, place of birth, Names of books written (the year of publication), types of stories / poems, any awards won. The last page / slide / placard should include your review of any of his / her works other than the one included in the text book.
b) Project on ‘Real Hero Vs Reel Hero’ : Collect the information about ‘real’ heroes of our country from 2000 onwards. You may select from soldiers / activities children who were given bravery awards / any unusual act of courage done by anyone. Compare them with ‘reel’ heroes – cine stars, and do a comparative study. Present your views in the form of a wall hanging / calendar.
Q. 3 Roll No. 16 till last.
a) Design an advertisement : Draw and colour an original product for eg. Car / mobile / shoes / cold drinks / sunglasses etc. Give it an attractive and unique name. Write caption / slogan for this product that should convey the qualities of this product. Write it along with lucrative offers in bold letters on a poster. Take half pastel sheet for this purpose.
b) Reading of five articles :- Cut and paste articles on a cartridge sheet and write some selected words from those articles under eight parts of speech on colourful paper besides it.
SUBJECT : SCIENCE
Roll No. 1 - 15
Q. 1 Study the Biodiversity of any one of the National Park / Wildlife Sanctuary. Prepare a detailed report (in the form of poster) with photographs & sketches of flora & fauna found there.
Roll No. 16 till last
Q. 2 Visit three families in your neighbourhood & enquire about the things & clothes (made up of synthetic fibres) they use, the reason for their choice and advantages of using them in terms of cost, durability and maintenance. Collect at least 5 samples of different things and clothes from each family and record information in the format given below on a chart. 
OR
Name five famous Indian Musicians and write information about the instruments they play with respect to : N
Name of the instrument :
Type of instrument :
How is sound produced by it ?:
Do the activity on a chart paper.
Also, make a model of any one of these instrument.
SUBJECT : SOCIAL STUDIES
(VIII - A,B & C)
Roll No. 1 – 15
Q. 1 Many social evils existed in Indian Society which hindered the process of upliftment of women like :
a) Sati
b) Female Infanticide
c) Plight of widows
d) Child Marriage
e) Purdah System
Use placards to demonstrate these evils on any two. Write slogans. Quotations related to these and name the reformers who helped to eradicate these evils from Indian Society.
Q. 2 Make a poster entitled (Any one)
a) Save Forest to Save Wildlife
b) Environment Day
c) Global Warming
Roll No. 16 till last
Q. 1 Make a poster to highlight the various ways in which people waste energy or waste water.
Q. 2 Prepare a scrap file on customs and traditions of some scheduled tribes in India including information about their dresses, festivals, dances, language, eating habits, education etc. Make it attractive by adding pictures of the tribes.
(VIII - D,E & F)
Roll No. 1 – 15
Q. 1 Make a project on colonial architecture found in your city / town. You can include the following points to make your project attractive :
• Basic architectural features like domes, arches etc.
• Purpose (projection of British power, Memorial, commemorating victory etc)
• Use of Material
• Prominent architects
• Its present day condition (any change in name)
• The body / bodies responsible for its upkeep.
Q. 2 Prepare a scrapbook on :
Make a comparative study of the kind of public facilities that are provided in a developed country like England and a developing one like India.
Paste pictures to make the scrap file attractive.
OR
Make a project on recent Nuclear disaster which occurred in Japan project should include the following :-
a) What is a Disaster ?
b) What is a Nuclear Plant and why it is required ?
c) What should be the set norms for setting up such a plant ?
Roll No. 16 till last
Q. 1 Make a project on any one of the fundamental rights given to us by the constitution. Also write the preamble and see which Fundamental Right goes with which feature of the preamble. The project should include the following points in proper sequence.
• Events leading to the formation of the constitution.
• Incorporation of Fundamental Rights.
• A brief write up on the six Fundamental Rights.
• Relevant photographs and newspaper clippings.
Q. 2 In 2010 India got its new currency symbol. ( ) This symbol has standardized the expression of Indian Rupee in different languages, both within and outside the country.
Make a wall hanging highlighting the following information with the symbol :
• Who has designed India’s currency symbol ?
• What does the symbol denote ?
• Which are the other four currency symbols ?
OR
Make an informative wall hanging showing various stages of crop farming. Start with the preparation of the field, then ploughing, sowing, irrigating the field, applying fertilizers harvesting the crop, threshing and finally marketing and selling the crop.
SUBJECT : COMPUTER
1. Roll No. 1 - 15
Prepare power point presentation on any one of the following topics.
• Role & Image of Today’s Indian Women.
• Sonia Gandhi as Indian Politician with Italian roots (PPT / Collage)
• Mentors & role model of Sonia Gandhi.
2. Roll No. 16 till last
Prepare a chart on any one of the given topics :
• Use of Artificial Intelligence in Robots.
• Tools used in Photoshop.
• Different aspects of Multimedia.
SUBJECT : GERMAN
1. Roll No. 1 - 15
Project file to be made on the topic : Sonia Gandhi.
2. Roll No. 16 till last
On a chart illustrate with explanation the do’s and don’ts for a healthy living.
SUBJECT : MATHS
Prepare a project or a model for the topics given below according to your Roll Numbers.
1. Roll No. 1 - 16
Prepare a model (non-working or working) on any topic of your syllabus. Some topics are given below for your reference.
a) 3D shapes with their faces, vertices, edges.
b) Front, side & top view of various shapes.
c) Area of a circle (Activity given on page No. 221, NCERT book of class – VII).
d) Puzzles from other books.
e) Various types of quadrilaterals.
f) Angle sum property of quadrilaterals.
These models on thermare to made ocol sheets
1. Roll No. 17 till last
Prepare a project (scrap book) on either of the following topics.
a) Real life application of Pythagorus Theorum.
b) Percentage and its application in real life situations.
The project should have complete information and pictures related to the topic and is to be well made and decorated.
