Resources Adult Approximate

Required Supervision Time Required

ENGLISH A list of movies and books has been provided. Books , Cd's andscrapbook/Notecopy No Yes

MATHEMATICS Assignment and practice sheets File No Yes

GEOGRAPHY Choice between Volcanoes and EarthquakesText book, internet,

maps, newspaper andvarious magazines

No Yes

History Review on the movie Gandhi/Lagaan File /Scrap book No Yes

The Sanskaar Valley SchoolHOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT : Summer Vacation 2015

CLASS : 8

NoWatch the movie- 'Taare Zameen pe' File/ Scrap book

Separate Guideline/Work Sheet

AttachedSubject

YesHINDI

CIE Coordinator

Work to be done

Coordinator

ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

What’s a Holiday without Homework?!Summer is here and with it comes your amazing holidays! But what’s a holiday withouthomework?! So, we’ve decided to give you a fun filled activity this summer!1- Given below is a list of movies and books. Choose anyone of them.(Your task is to read at least one of the books and watch at least one of the movies)

Classes Books (choose one) Movies (choose one)8th Fanstastic Mr. Fox: Roald Dahl

The Adventures of Rusty: RuskinBondAnnie: Thomas MeehanShiva Trilogy: Amish TripathiHitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyThe 100 Foot Journey: Richard CMorais

Fanstastic Mr. FoxAnnieThe School of RockHitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyThe 100 Foot JourneyThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Once you are back you you will be tested on the book and movie you have read and watched.

2- Share your holidays with us, and write a journal of at least a fortnight of your holidays. Youcan supplement it with photographs and souvenirs from your trip.

e.g. If you visit the beach you can stick shells into your journal or If you went to a mountain youcan stick a fern or a flower to support your work, even a ticket stub would be nice

Use a small notebook (60 pages) and cover the book with special designs of your choice (thinkscrap book journaling).

Happy Holidays

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK: Class 8Summer Vacation, 2015

SUBJECT : HINDI

WorkSpecification : CIE PROJECT

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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK : Class 8ESummer Vacation, 2015

SUBJECT : Mathematics

Work Specification : CIE Project

Work Specification:

1 Worksheet: 30 questions on the syllabus transacted.These questions are to be solved on a thin note book orpapers bind together.2 Project Work (Assignment)The home work for summer vacation also requires you to do aprojectwork. Anything that interests you, but is somehow related toMathematics. You may prepare a written report ( not more than 10pages) or computer generated PPT (8-10 slides)on the project.

After summer vacation you will be required to present your project infront of the class.

SUGGESTED LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS:

(A) My Dream Business What business- select/ think of your dream business. What service will be offered, to whom ( who will be your clients) Reason it – why do you wish to do this business. Work out the expected cost price, selling price and profits. List - what can be the challenges/difficulties in running this

business How long can this business continue? Will this business prosper

for short duration or will it last forever?

(B) Designing a house/ kennel for your pet Select/ choose any pet. Do collect information about the size of pet when fully grown Workout the dimensions( length, breadth height etc.) & design

(shape, appearance) of kennel Prepare drawings, showing front view & top view of kennel. Do

mention the sizes on these drawings.

Select material for constructing it. Justify why you chose thismaterial.

Pay attention to how and where this kennel can be fixed, checkon convenience of entering & exit & rest for the animal.

Workout the cost of making it.

(C) Estimating budget for a holiday trip Plan a holiday trip for your family. Do plan- destination, no. of days, no. of travelers. Workout the schedule (days, time & places to visit). Workout the travel & transport plan. Workout the approximate cost of trip. (Do include cost of stay,

travel, food visiting charges etc.)

(D) Geometrical shapes, patterns and their significance in real life. Did you observe triangles under the roof of you school dining hall

or in Railway bridges? Why only triangles have been used here?Investigate.

Observe and list where do you see rectangles and squares. Cansome other shapes be used instead?

Observe where circles are used? Are these used for a purpose?Can some other shape be used?in their place.

Observe patterns in life around you & list them. Are these patterns related to Mathematics somehow?

(E) Maths in real life( do we ever use Maths in real life? Show uswhere and how)

Investigate where Mathematics is used in real life. Make a reporton it.

Investigate use of Mathematics in any one sport. Make a reporton it.

Study use of Statistics in real life situations. List some examplefrom real life.

Study where mensuration ( study of measurement, areas &volume) is used in real life.

Similarly study use of Geometry in real life situations.

(F) Investigate how things fly? Choose a bird, a paper kite, a paper plane and an aeroplane.

Collect one photograph of each. Do these have something in common? List it. What are crucial parts / features of each that help them fly. What role do these structures play in the flight. List these. Can we control the flight or maneuver the flight of planes? How?

Study & mention? How the flight of birds are superior to flight of machines?

(G) The costs of running an institution Select any one institution of interest for you. List all the functions that are crucial for its working in daily life.

(materials, workers, transportation etc.) Make an estimate of cost of each operations. Add all these expenditures and work out the monthly

expenditure. Can you advise how can we reduce the expenditures without

much impacting the quality of functions.

(H) Create your designs using geometrical patterns. Create a design using geometrical figures for jewelry. Create a design using geometrical figures for fabric. Create a design using geometrical figures for logo of a company. Create a design using geometrical figures for tiles. Create a design using geometrical figures for architecture. You may use colours or shades to highlight geometrical shapes.

(I) Number of calories, Work out caloriesconsumed by us daily, Compare it with required calories for various age categories for

daily activities. Suggest ways to strike a balance. Mention reasons & remedies for obesity.

Materials Required: Text book, internet, books and various magazines

Instructions /Guidelines :

The project should include;

CONTENTS (All topics and sub topics)

1 page

INTRODUCTION (Brief outline of the topic chosen)

1/2 page OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE (Reason of choosing your topic and varied

fields you would be touching upon)

1 /2 page METHODOLOGY AND MAIN BODY

5 to 6pages

CONCLUSION (Your deductions and suggestions) –

1 page BILIOGRAPHY (Mention all your reference points)

1 page

Any other Information :

DATE OF SUBMISSION: - 21st JUNE (MONDAY) 2015

Summer holiday practice worksheet for 8E

Q1 Round off 568.48(a) nearest hundred .................................. (b) tenth place ..................................

Q2 Write 081760 correct to(a) 1 decimal place ........................... (b) 2 significant figures ........................

Q3 Copy and complete the following addition grid.

Second number

Q4 Copy and complete the following subtraction grid.

Second number

Q4 Perform the operations in correct order and work out..

(a) 23 x3 –20 ÷ (1+4) (b) 52 x 15 ÷ (9-4) (c) 43

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Second number

Q7 Complete the following division grid.

Dividend

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(c) Two more than -6 is added to the product of 3 and 5 less than 1. What is the result ?

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Q10 Convert the following into Rupees .( Remember $1= Rs 64.80, Euro1 =Rs 68.17, Australian$1= Rs 47.85, IraninRial 1=Rs0.0022, Rs1=0.059 Dirham)

You are advised to use calculator for this calculation

$80.2 Rs……

Euro 12.67 Rs…….

Rs10,000 Australian$=……

Rs1,000 IranianRial=………..

45 Dirham Rs=……….

Q11 Write the following in words:

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Q13 One chocolate costs $1.45, calculate the cost of 15 chocolates.

Q14 Bananas cost Rs 40 for a dozen. Calculate cost of 25 bananas.

Q15 Twenty ants have enough food for 14 days. How long can they survive if two ants die?

Q16 Amir & Rita share some sweets in the ratio 3:7. Rita gets 52 more sweets than Amir.How many sweets do they get each.

Q17 Find two numbers with the ratio 9:4 and whose sum is 169.

Q18 The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 2:3:2. What sort of triangle is it?

Q19 The price of a new car is Rs 800,000. After a year the car is evaluated t worth Rs 600,000.Find the rate of depreciation.

Q20 The length of a metallic rod is 160cm. On heating it expands by 7%. Find the increase in

length and the final length of the rod.

Q21 Change the following fractions to a percentage and a decimal.

(a) 3/10 (b) 7/20 (c) 8/5 (d) 3/8

Q22 Change following percentage to a decimal and a fraction

(a) 24% (b) 9% (c) 75% (d) 10% (e) 135%

Q23 Write first amount as a fraction and as a percentage of the second amount

(a) 750 marks, 900 marks (b) Rs 350, Rs 500 (c) 2mg, 40mg

Q24 Work out

(a) 24% of 250m (b) 18% of $ 520 (c) 120% of 5cm2 (d) 50% of 200ml.

Q25 Copy and complete the table ( Remember Profit = S.P. – C.P. whereas Loss= C.P.-S.P.)

Article Cost Price Selling Price Profit Profit % Loss Loss%Pen $ 5.00 $ 6.00 ---- -----Bicycle Rs 4,000 Rs 3,500Cell phone $ 80 $75Mangoes Rs 80/kg Rs 120/kgFridge $2163 $2437

Q26 Manjima bought an I phone for $950. What will be the seliing price if

(i) She makes a profit of 8% (ii) makes a loss of 15%

Q27 I bought 200kg apples at a rate of Rs 50 per kg in Srinagar. I also had to spent Rs 4,000 ontransportation and storage. 30 kg of them got spoiled so had to be discarded. I managed tosell 100 kg at a rate of Rs 80/kg and the remaining quantity at a rate of Rs 75/kg. Calculatedid I make profit or loss. Also work out the percentage.

Q28 Find the discounted price of the following(a) Calculator marked price $85, discount =20%(b) iron marked price $51.50, discount =12% .

What will be the discounted price if discount is reduced by2%

Q29 The interest rate at a bank is 2% per year. Starc has $1000. How long will he have to keephis money in the bank before he gets $80 in simple interest.

Q30 Work out the price with tax in the following table

Article cost Rate of tax Final price(including device)

Iron $35 5%Computer $ 840 8%Car $3200 7%Wrist watch $210.40 12%

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK : Class 8ESummer Vacation, 2015

SUBJECT : GEOGRAPHY

Work Specification : CIE Project

Work Specification:

Project Work (Assignment)

The purpose of this project is to explore the hazards associatedwith volcanoes or earthquakes and to investigate how peopleprepare or prevent them.

You may make a model of the volcano - this will be extra credit. This project has 2 parts – a presentation and a written part. You can also make a movie

SUGGESTED LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS:

Part 1: Written part – you have a choice: VOLCANO orEARTHQUAKE It can be a newspaper article, a power point presentation, a comic

book, or poster or a short summary if you make a movie A bibliography is a MUST – use EXACT reference points (even if

you make a movie – this is still due!) Use the Internet and books found at the library. You must explain as much as possible about your chosen

volcano/earthquake – see below

Part 2: Presentation of your project to the class 5-8 min in length – if you make a movie or present in person Audible – everyone can hear you Pictures or drawings or other illustrations

You need to cover all the information and pictures /other graphics.

Materials Required: Text book, internet, maps, newspaper and various magazines

Instructions /Guidelines :

The project should include;

CONTENTS (All topics and sub topics)

1 page ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (People who have helped/inspired you for

this project)

1 page INTRODUCTION (Brief outline of the topic chosen)

1 page OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE (Reason of choosing your topic and varied

fields you would be touching upon)

1 to 2 pages METHODOLOGY AND MAIN BODY

6 to 8 pagesVOLCANO

Name of volcano Elevation (how tall is the volcano) Country where volcano is located (include a map) Population of that Country Language spoken in the Country Plant and animal life that live on the volcano or near the base of

the volcano. Describe how the volcano is important to the people who live

near it (religious, cultural, traditions...etc) and describe how theyuse the volcano.

Earth’s Plates Name of Earth’s plate or plates that surround your volcano Type of plate boundary located at your near your volcano

(divergent, convergent, transform fault) Explain the interaction of the type of plate boundary located at or

near your volcano Explain the basic driving force for plate movement

Volcano Type

Explain the basic anatomy of a volcano –cross-section drawing Name your volcano type (shield, cinder cone, composite) Explain how your type of volcano is created/produced and how

this affects its shape/size.ERUPTION What factors cause your volcano to erupt How does an eruption from your type of volcano look How often does it erupt When did it erupt last and what was the damage

HAZARD Volcanic hazards - is it only the lava that is a problem or are there

other hazards such as lahars, pyroclastic flows, and ash fall?SAFETY How can you prepare for a volcanic eruption? Is there any means of early warning? Which is considered the most dangerous type of volcano? Explain

why.

OR

EARTHQUAKES and TSUNAMIS

Name of earthquake Country where earthquake occurred (include a map) Population of that Country Language spoken in the Country Plant and animal life that live in the earthquake zone

Earth’s Plates Name of Earth’s plate or plates that is close to the earthquake Type of plate boundary located at your near your earthquake

(divergent, convergent, transform fault) Explain the interaction of the type of plate boundary located at or

near your earthquake Explain the basic driving force for plate movement Explain what earthquakes are and why they occur Why do earthquakes occur in California? Which plates are

interacting in what ways? What part of the plates are breaking tocause earthquakes?

Hazard List and explain the different hazards caused by earthquakes

(falling objects, collapsing infrastructure, lahars, tsunamis) and

How to avoid them.Safety Explain what people can do to prepare for an earthquake

(safety). Include what people should put in an earthquake survival kit.

CONCLUSION (Your deductions and suggestions) –

1 page BILIOGRAPHY (Mention all your reference points)

1 page

Any other Information :

DATE OF SUBMISSION: - 29th JUNE (MONDAY) 2015

EVALUATION CRITERIA MARKS

CONTENT 5

PRESENTATION 5

TOTAL 10

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK : Class 8Summer Vacation, 2015

SUBJECT : History/Civics

Work Specification:

SUMMER PROJECT 2015-2016

(CHOOSE ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS)

For any topic you choose to prepare a project document that containsall the components specified below from point no.4-12 .

Topic 1: Movie: Gandhi

The project shall make the students realize the contribution of Gandhitowards the Indian freedom struggle.

1.Learning Objectives:

To help the students understand the essence of Indian Freedom Struggle.

2. Scope

Early life of Gandhi

Gandhi in South Africa

Gandhi in India (1915 onwards)

Satyagraha and non-violence

3. Learning outcomes:

On completion of the project the student should be able to understand:

The Early Life of Gandhi.

Racial discrimination faced by Indians in South Africa.

Satyagraha and non-violence

Gandhi’s contribution to Indian Freedom Struggle

OR

Topic 2: Movie: Lagaan

The project will highlight upon the condition of Indians under theBritish.

1. Learning Objectives:

The Victorian Period under the colonial British that affected acommon Indian who also suffered under the unfair system of

taxation.

Scope:

System of unfair taxation on villagers by the British

Bhuwan and his cricket match with the British

Russells sister Elizabeth and her approach

towards the villagers

Untouchability and “Kachra” who joins the village

cricket team

British India

3. Learning outcomes:

On completion of the project students should be able to understand theBritish governance that compels a common Indian to revolt against thesystem.

Instructions /Guidelines :

COMMON INSTRUCTIONS

4. Acknowledgement:

People who have helped and inspired you in the making of the project.

5. Cover Page

6. Index

7. Introduction:

Brief outline of the topic chosen.

8.Content: 8pages

9. The project should be handwritten.

10. Pictures: (to support the content)

To be pasted or drawn neatly.

11. Conclusion:

Your deductions and suggestions

12. Bibliography:

Mention the sources of reference.

13. Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation Criteria Distribution of Marks

Content 5

Presentation 5

Total 10