SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
SESSION 2015-16
CLASS - VIII
ENGLISH
1. Choose any poem of your favourite poet.Write it on a A-3 size colourful sheet. Draw or paste the
related pictures.
2. Read all the chapters from Unit1& Unit2 (Reader only). Solve the vocabulary enrichment exercises.
Do each exercise on separate A-4 size colourful sheets and put all the sheets in a beautiful folder.
3. Read all the chapters of the book ‘KIM ‘and do the following:
 Write a review of your favourite chapter beautifully in your words.
 Write short paragraphs on your favourite characters (any two), draw or paste the related
pictures.
 Write on two important incidences from the book.
 Make a word bank of at least thirty words along with their meanings and arrange them
alphabetically.
 Make a beautiful book cover of the story.
 Do all the work related to the story on colourful A-4 size sheets.
 Put all the sheets in a folder.
HINDI:
MATHS:
PUZZLES
INSERT NUMBERS
1. Insert the missing character :
3
2
4
8
9
3
31
5
?
NUMBER RIDDLE
2. Put the numbers from 1 to 10 in the circles such that the sum of any two adjacent numbers is equal to the sum of
the pair of numbers at the opposite ends of the diameters.
SUDOKO:
3. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column contains the digits 1 through 9. Do not change the digits already
provided in the grid.
1
4
2
8
4
3
2
8
1
9
3
2
7
4
6
9
3
7
3
8
4
3
9
6
6
7
6
5
8
9
4
2
6
BRAIN SHARPENER:
4. Make this equation true with one stroke of the pen.
6+6+6 =652
9
1
1
5
2
5 FERRIES
1. A farmer has to take a hen, a fox, and some corn across a river. The farmer can only take one thing across at a
time. Unless the farmer's present the fox will eat the hen and the hen eat the corn. How is it done?
2. 3 missionaries and 3 obedient but hungry cannibals have to cross a river using a 2-man rowing boat. If on either
bank cannibals outnumber missionaries the missionaries will be eaten. How can everyone cross safely?
PROJECT WORK:
ROLL NO.(1 -5)
1. Make a beautiful model of the area of trapezium which is equal to the product of its altitude and half the sum of
its parallel sides using paper cutting and pasting.
ROLL NO.(6-10)
2. Make a model of verification of the sum of first n odd natural numbers is n2 .
ROLL NO.(11-15)
3. Symmetry is an important geometrical concept. It is commonly exhibited in nature. It is used almost in every
field of activity like:
 Art
 Architecture
 Textile technology
 Design creation
Show 5 designs of any one topic given above. Depict it on a chart paper and paste it either on a cardboard or a
thermocol. Also write the kind of symmetry involved in it.
ROLL NO.(16-20)
4. We can use algebra in other parts of mathematics. For example area of triangle =½ x b xh. Similarly give five
areas in maths where algebra is applied.
ROLL NO.( 21 to 25)
5. Make a model of using various 3 D geometrical shapes like house ,clinic etc.
ROLL NO.( 26 to 30)
6. Watch any cricket match and make a histogram ang frequency polygon of the performance of two teams
( No. of runs vs overs )
ROLL NO.( 31 to 36)
7. Make a collage of pictures of famous Mathematicians and their achievements
ROLL NO.( 36 onwards )
8. Make a beautiful chart showing all the mensuration formulas for area and perimeter of two dimensional figures
along with figures .
SCIENCE
1. Prepare a diet chart of a diabetic patient and a heart patient.
2. Gather information on eye care from an eye specialist and make a chart highlightining the main points of
your findings.
3. Conduct a survey in your locality and find out how many children of your age group of 6-12 years use
spectacles. Record your findings along with reason of their weak eyesight.
4. Sheena entered a dimly lit room and could not see anything initially. However, after a while, she was able to
see things clearly. Can you explain the reason for this?
5. What will happen if only regular reflection happened with all objects around us?
6. Why is a glass slab not able to split white light like prism?
7. Gather information of various kinds of antibiotics and the microorganisms from which they are prepared.
Make a chart based on your findings.
8. Request your mother to provide you all the bottled items bought from the market recently. Make a list of your
preservatives printed on their labels and gather information about them. Prepare a brief report based on your
findings.
9. Prepare an immunization schedule for a child up to 5 years of age.
10. Make a science dictionary from A to Z from your science book selecting at least ten words from each
alphabet.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Roll No 1 to 10: Make a storyboard on the Revolt of 1857.
Points to be included:
# Pictures of leaders
# Places from which they belong.
# Why did he/she revolt against the British.
# Outcome of the Revolt.
Roll No 11 to 20: Paste pictures of various types of resources in your scrap book. Enumerate how the resources
have developed overtime and their use has increased.
Roll No 21 t0 30: Design a poster with appropriate slogan on ‘Religious Tolerance’.
Roll No 30 onwards: Collect information about atleast two national and two state parties and make a
collage/chart related to it.
Points to be included:
# Name of the party.
# Symbol of the party
# Prominent leaders of the party.
# States where this party is in majority.
# Party Manifesto.
SANSKRIT
FRENCH
Écrivez les suivantes dans votre cahier:
*Les verbes de I er groupe (5 au choix) et fait l0 phrases auss /L’adjectif possessif (5 phrases)
- Lundi
*Les verbes de II éme groupe (5 au choix) et fait 10 phrases aussi / 5 phrases avec « tout,toutes…»
- Mercredi
*Les verbes de III éme groupe (5 au choix) et fait 10 phrases aussi
Les conjugations / 10 phrases de adjectifs démonstratifs
- Vendredi
* 10 phrases (passé composé) avec être/avoir
-Samedi
*Make a 3-D model of any oe French festival and write about it o a A-4 size pastel sheet and decorate it .
COMPUTER SCIENCE
1. On a A4 size sheet draw network architecture based on the chapter Networking concepts (Roll No- 1-10)
2. Make a Scrap book on Components and types of Network based on the chapter Networking concepts (Roll
No- 11-20)
3. Design a page in Photoshop inserting images, graphics, clipart on causing awareness on “Junk Food”. Get a
coloured printout (Roll No – 21-30)
4. Design a Poster in MS-Word on Cloud Computing including the Advantages, Disadvantages of the
technology. Get a coloured printout (Roll No –31 and above)
ART & CRAFT
Make a glass painting and frame it.