holiday homework - class - viii

CLASS- VIII
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
English
ACTIVITIES
1. Make a chart depicting the story of –
The Tempest (roll no 1-10)
Twelfth Night (roll no 11-20)
The Gift Of The Magi- by O’ Henry (roll no 21-30)
The Last Leaf- by O’ Henry (roll no 31- 42)
Use illustrations/ cartoon figures/ sketches etc to make the chart colourful and lively
2. Cover your literature and grammar notebooks with green sheets and design your book
covers using proverbs, quotations, course based messages etc. Do not forget to label
your notebooks and cover them with cellophane sheets.
3. Prepare a debate on one of the following topics-
Noisy Media- Nothing but a Spoilt Child
Roll no 1- 10 -for the motion
Roll no 11- 20 -against the motion
Parents are the Best Friends of Teenagers
Roll no 21- 30 -for the motion
Roll no 31- 42 -against the motion
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Create a chart or a project file (4- 5 pages) on any one of the following:
1. Controls in Visual Basic
2. Visual Basic – a visual tool
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ART
Make 5 paintings of your choice in the summer vacation.
[Each on different sheet]
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MATHEMATICS
1. Roll No. (1 to 15) :
Record the number of hours a day spent on the following activities during summer vacations
and make a pie chart based on it, on a cardboard.
(i) watching television.
(ii) doing holiday homework.
(iii) playing.
(iv) reading books
(v) time spent on facebook
2. Roll No. (16 to 30):
Plan out an interesting Maths Quiz for six teams of your class
Number of rounds- four or more
You may have Suduko / Simplification Round, Rapid Fire Round, Identifying
Magicians of Mathematics Round.
Of course, do give your quiz a wonderful mathematical name.
Your questions with answers should be on mathematically designed cards.
3. Roll No. (31 onwards):
A beautifully handwritten project on any one of the following to be made-
a) Geometry
b) Algebra
c) Number System
Content of the project-
your name, class, roll number, name of the project.
origin of the topic (It’s history).
names of various mathematicians who worked on it.
any one story/ puzzle/ fallacy related to the topic.
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SCIENCE
PHYSICS [Roll No.-1-13]
Do you observe the things around when you go to a park/ mall/ airport/ railway
station/ travel in your car/ do household chores?
So here is the time to take a look around and explore the world through Physics.
Make a neat and detailed report in a scrap book on at least 5- 6 phenomena you
observe in day to day life related to Physics.
CHEMISTRY [Roll No.-14-26]
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Make a photo album by pasting pictures of five (fruits or vegetables) mentioning
the chemicals present in them and the importance of these chemicals.
Make a chart explaining the History and Chemistry of matchsticks. Illustrate the
formula of two chemical compounds with the help of matchsticks on the same.
Prepare a talk show (3 min) on … ‘Cooking Changes Food Chemically’
OR
‘Global Warming- A Serious Threat’.
BIOLOGY [Roll No.-27- 42]
According to the Roll No. the students have to prepare 3- D model on the given topics.
NOTE- Models made professionally will be rejected & no marks will be given for the
same.
Marks Distribution
1. 3- dimensional model - 10 marks
2. Presentation - 5 marks
Roll No. Topics Hint (Textbook)
1. 27- 28 Sprinkler System of Irrigation Page-9, Fig. 1.5 (a)
2. 29- 30 Drip System of Irrigation Page-9, Fig 1.5 (b)
3. 31- 32 Model Depicting Differences Page-96 Fig. 8.7
Between Plant Cell & Animal Cell (a& b)
4. 33- 34 Budding in Hydra Page-107 Fig. 9.11
5. 35- 36 Binary Fission in Amoeba Page-107 Fig. 9.12
6. 37- 38 Zygote Formation & Development of
Embryo
Page-104 Fig. 9.8(a)
7. 39- 40 Metamorphosis in Frog Page-106 Fig 9.10
8. 41- 42 Structure of Virus (Bacteriophage/
AIDS virus)
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Page-19 Fig 2.5
OR
Students
can
choose
any topic
from
a/ b/ c as
given
below
OTHER TOPICS
(a) Cloning (Sheep Dolly)
(b) Twins (monozygotic & dizygotic twins)
(c) Quiz Board on National Parks/ Sanctuaries in India & the State in which they are Located.

SOCIAL SCIENCE
CIVICS
1. Students are to make project files on the key features of The Indian Constitutions.
There will be one file for a group of ten students. The students are supposed to choose
one child as leader or compiler and distribute the work with the help of the concerned
teacher.
(i) Federalism: [Roll No. 1- 10]
(ii) Parliamentary form of Government: [Roll No. 11- 20]
(iii) Seperation of Powers: [Roll No. 21- 30]
(iv) Fundamental Rights: [Roll No. 31- 42]
GEOGRAPHY
[Roll No. 1- 42] Conservation of Wildlife
OR
Conservation of Water
Prepare a collage on a chart paper on either of the above mentioned topics.
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