HOLIDAY HOME WORK
CLASS – VIII

SUBJECT:
ENGLISH
Roll No. : 1 – 5 (See Fig A)
1. Make a project on H.H. MUNRO ‘Saki’ or. Henry, (short story writers), in the form of a wall hanging.

a) First panel should have sketch / printout of the author, with important information about them.

b) Second panel : Text of a short story written by them। Choose a small one.

c) Third panel : Your comment on the story।

d) Fourth panel : An illustration from the story – a scene or a character।

e) You may increase the no। of panels if needed and change the order too.

f) Use coloured pastel sheets for the hanging. Make decorated borders too.

Roll No. : 6 – 10
1. Collect quotations on the following topics
a) Health

b) Books

c) Friendship

d) Peace

e) Teachers
Select the best and make five clouds out of coloured pastel sheets, cutting out 3 clouds from one pastel sheet.

2. Decorate borders, write one quotation on each cloud in beautiful and bold handwriting.

Roll No. : 11 – 20 (See Fig B)

a) Make a wall calendar based on 6 authors or poets from European Countries.
b) Plan it this way. Fold two pastel sheets to get four pages of your calendar.
c) Let the first be introductory page : bearing your cover design, name etc.
d) All the pages should have :

i) A portrait / sketch or printout of the author / poet.
ii) Cover of one of their books, hand drawn / printout or sketched.
iii) Any awards won
iv) Text of one of their poems ( if he / she ) a poet.
v) The dates should be handwritten by you. Make the calendar attractive by designing border / background.

Roll No. : 21 – 25
a) Make a project on martyrs of Kargil / of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
b) You must choose three personalities :
i) First panel should have their photo / sketch / printout with their names and posts.
ii) Second panel should have the story of their bravery.
iii) Third panel should have some information about their families.
iv) Fourth panel should have a paragraph written by you on ‘Our real heroes’.

c) You may convert this into a wall hanging , or a fan folding panel.

Roll No. : 25 onwards
a) Make a chart on verb forms. Present, Past, Past participle
b) Illustrate wherever possible.
c) Design a good border for the chart.
d) Write at least twenty verbs (not too common) in the chart in bold handwriting.

SCIENCE

Prepare a PPT / chart on the topic given below according to your roll numbers.
Roll No. : 1 - 8
a) Prepare a power point presentation on the topic ‘Micro – Organisms & Diseases’. Prepare attractive slides to show.

i) How micro organisms spread diseases through air, water, food or physical contact.
ii) Name the various diseases caused by virus and bacteria.
iii) Show how these diseases can be avoided by being hygienic.
iv) Show how clean environment and general awareness about modes of spreading of these diseases can control the spread of these communicable diseases.

Roll No. : 9 – 16
b) Prepare a power point presentation on the topic ‘Pollution Free Fuels’. Prepare informative and attractive slides to show :

i) Various types of fuels used for different purposes.
ii) Use of CNG and LPG.
iii) Use and preparation of biodiesel.
iv) Judicious use of fuels by methods like using public transport or carpooling.

Roll No. : 17 – 24
c) Prepare a chart on the topic :- ‘Think Global act local’.
You should depict the topic based on ‘Water’
Your chart should display

i) Rain water harvesting
ii) Underground water recharging
iii) Conservation of water bodies.
iv) Potable water its characteristics

Roll No. : 25 – 32
d) Start an awareness campaign in your neighbourhood on the topic ‘Noise Pollution’ Collect information & pictures from internet, reference books, magazines, newspaper etc. Prepare a chart / poster on the basis of following guidelines.


· Noise & Music
· Identify the sources of noise pollution in your area.
· Consult a doctor and get information on the harmful effects of noise pollution.
· Suggest various ways for reducing noise pollution
· Your role (action) as a member of this campaign.

MATHS

Prepare a project or a model for the topics given below according to your roll numbers.

Roll No. : 1 – 15
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 with their properties.
f) Angle sum property of quadrilaterals.

These models are to be made on Thermocol Sheet.
Roll No. : 16 – 30 or last Roll No.
Prepare a project (scrap book) on the following topics.

a) History of the constant II and its application
b) Nature and Mathematics
c) Real life application of Pythagoras theorem.

The project should have complete information and pictures related to the topic and is to be well made.

Do all the questions from the month April, May and June given in the calendar given to you (compulsory for all )

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Roll No. : 1 – 4

Collect the pictures of the main leaders of the Revolt of 1857 (Any four). Paste them in the scrap book mentioning their role, with important centres of the Revolt.

OR

Make a project using pastel sheets -named “Personal Profile”, paste your photograph and give a brief introduction on:
a) Your name
b) Your school
c) Class & section
d) e-m ail id.
e) Contact no.

Roll No. : 5 – 8
Prepare a time line on the growth of Architecture (urbanization) of Delhi during colonial rule mentioning :

a) Name of the Building (Old Name / New Name)
b) Time period
c) Built by whom
d) Its significance
e) Architects
f) Style

(Any four buildings)
OR

Give the following details on pastel sheets:
a) Name of your religion
b) Background history of your religion
c) Religious prayers and its translations
d) Popular festivals of your religion celebrated in India

Roll No. : 9 – 12

Take two crops (one food crop & one cash crop), identify its geographical conditions required for growth
- its cultivation
- harvesting
- processing
- its uses
- where does India stands in the production of the crop.
- A map showing major areas.

Present these details on a chart also prepare a cross word puzzle based on it on the same chart.

OR
Give the following details on National Festivals of India on
pastel sheets:
a) Name any three
b) Origin & background
c) Date
d) Significance attached to it
e) Its importance in modern day

Roll No. : 13 – 14

Collect the information about daily temperature (max & min) for a period of four weeks. Draw a line graph for each week and compare the records after calculating the average temperature for the four weeks. Show this through graphs pasted on four different maps of India( an outline map) (Use A4 size pastel sheets for this activity)

OR
Make a project named “National Festivals of India” on pastel sheets:
Provide a detailed description on:
a) How are these National Festivals of India celebrated:
i) Republic day
ii) Independence Day
iii) Gandhi Jayanti
iv) Children’s Day

b) Your views and opinion on –Do you think it unifies our Country inspite of so much diversity existing in India?

Roll No. : 15 – 16
Prepare a project report on the recent volcanic eruption at Iceland mentioning – the area, the nature of volcanic eruption, its consequences, map of the area.

Prepare a POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (PPT) using following parameters:

YOUR NAME, CLASS, SECTION

RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND

PROPOUNDERS OF THE RELIGION

RELIGIOUS PRAYERS

TEACHINGS

FESTIVALS

Roll No. : 17-18

SIKHISM

Roll No. : 19-20

ISLAM

Roll No. 21-22

HINDUISM

Roll No.: 23-24

CHRISTANITY

Roll No.: 25-26

JAINISM &BUDDHISM

Roll No.: 27-28

HINDUISM

Roll No.:29 onwards

OUR NATIONAL FESTIVALS

Use the following parameters:

Name of the festival

Date

Significance attached

Ways of Celebration

Its importance in modern day India

Should Children's day be celebrated as National Festival in India? Give your suggestion.

GERMAN

Class VIII – A and Class VIII – C

Illustrative presentation on Indian Weddings in form of a chart with texts / explanation written in German.

Class VIII – B and Class VIII – E

Illustrative presentation on German Weddings in form of a chart with texts / explanation written in German.

COMPUTER

· ROLL NO. 1 TO 10

Make a collage of the different aspects of multimedia. Include picture from magazines or newspaper or even your own drawing.

· ROLL NO. 11 to 20

‘Computer play an integral part is air travel’. Prepare a chart on the given theme. Choose any 2 topics of the following.

· Security
· Helping planes land and take off
· Booking of tickets
· Explosive detection system
· Body scanners
· Use of computerized X-Ray machine.

· ROLL NO. 21 to last Roll No.
Make a poster that warns others about cyber crimes & how to avoid them.