HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2014-2015
CLASS V
‘Lazy hazy summer days,
Unwind slowly, sun ablaze
Sweetly scented air abounds,
Let’s have some fun and jump around!’
A holiday is supposed to be a break from studies, explanations and completing tasks.
But are holidays supposed to make us irresponsible kids? NO. So, we’re going to take
up certain responsibilities and also enjoy our holidays with our Families.
The following assignments would be graded for FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1.
Guidelines for Holiday Homework
 Revise the content covered in the moth of April and May.
 Do your holiday homework neatly and in an organised manner.
English
INSTRUCTIONS:
 Holiday homework shall be done on an A4 size spiraled booklet.
 Homework should be neatly and nicely presented.
I. Read the following book and complete the questions that follow:Collins Bright Readers: Monster in the Mirror and other stories
1. Read the story ‘Flash Harriet and the Loch Ness Monster’.
 Do the activities given therewith.
 Write a short summary of the story (75 words) and name the main
characters.
 Choose 10 interesting adjectives from the story and find their
dictionary meanings.
 Find one synonym and one antonym for all the 10 words.
 Make interesting sentences using the 10 words.
 Present your work creatively.
2. Make a book cover for the above book. Remember, a book cover has
the name of the book, author, illustrator and an illustration. Use a thick
A4 size sheet and be as creative as you can.
3. Make a bookmark. Decorate it and write an inspirational quotation by a
well known poet or author. Laminate and present it beautifully.
4. Make a story board.
Storyboards
Storyboards are used in the making of films and television programmes.
They're drawn up before the film or programme is shot and they show how
the action should end up looking on screen.
You're going to make a storyboard of your own for your homework.
Imagine that you're a director and that you're going to turn a storybook
into a film.
Choose a section of your book and draw up a storyboard for it. You need to
draw pictures of the main events that happen in the part of the book
you've chosen and add captions underneath each picture to describe what
is happening.
II. Compare Books to Film: Read a book and then check out the video version
of the book. Talk about the similarities and differences in the two
mediums. What did you like about each form? What you didn't like? Did
you prefer the book or the movie, and why?
Choose any one of the two options given below:
 Charlie and The Chocolate Factory written by Roald Dahl(Name of
the book)
 Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Name of the movie)
OR
 The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond (Name of the book)
 The Blue Umbrella (Name of the movie)
Mathematics
Q1) Revise all the concepts covered in rough notebook.
Q2) Make a mathematical puzzle or number trick. Write it beautifully on A4
coloured sheet and its answer on its back.
Roll no. 1 to 11
Activity 1) Represent the given fractions using rectangular slip of paper by
shading.
⅟4 ,⅔ ,⅕ ,⅚ , 3/7
Activity 2) Create your own geometrical pattern depicting mathematics in nature.
Roll no.12-22
Activity 1) Represent the given fractions in circular region by shading.
1/8 , ¾ ,2/2 , 6 / 12
Activity 2) Draw or paste different objects or figures showing line of symmetry.
Also draw the mirror image of the figures or objects.
Roll no.23– 33
Activity 1) With paper folding , transform a square into
a) 4 rectangular quarters
b) 4 square quarters
c) 4 triangular quarters
Q1) Are you able to get quarters in all the shapes?
Q2) Shade the given fractions of figures
1) ½ of the rectangle
2) ¼ of the square
3) 2/2 of the triangle
Activity 2) Visit to a nearby restaurant and order any four food items. Prepare a
bill for it like
FOOD ITEM
RATE
AMOUNT
Based on your data, answer the following questions.
a) Calculate the total amount. Write its number name.
b) Round off the amount of different items nearest to tens, hundred and
thousand like
ROUND OFF FIGURES
FOOD ITEM AMOUNT
NEAREST TO TENS HUNDRED THOUSAND
German
Note:- To be done in a separate Scrapbook:1.
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Bilderbuch von Deutschland (Scrap book on Germany)
Capital
Remember what we have
States with their capital
discussed in class about how to
set out your project :
Flag
 Front cover -title
Map
 Titles and subtitles
 Full sentences
Sports (Football)
 Details and descriptions
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Pictures and labels
 Neighboring Countries
 Names of famous Personalities
 German Inventions
2. Create a Puzzle/ Word Search related to any one topic given below in
German: Body Parts
 Colors
 Clothes
 Animals
(OR)
Solve and paste the given puzzle in your scrapbook:-
French
1. Prepare a chart on body parts in French.
2. During Holidays, leisure replaces work as priority. You are filled with the
enthusiasm to explore and learn. So let’s learn about the land of one of the
world’s tallest monument The Eiffel tower in France.
Design a scrapbook: Paste pictures of museum, monuments, fashion
designers, emperor of France and also write a few lines about them in
English. Also mention why 14th July is a national holiday in France.
Computer
1. Find out information on any 2 latest storage devices and type about it in MS
Word according to the specifications given below and take a printout of the same.
OR
2. Scientists are trying to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) in computers. Search
information about it and type an article on “Computers with Artificial
Intelligence” in MS Word according to the given specifications. Also take a
printout of the same.
 Heading:
Use Word Art
 Remaining Text:
Font Style: Comic Sans MS
Font Size: 12
 Insert Page borders and relevant pictures.
Art and Craft: Creative Planet
Page no.19- Tribal mask
Page no. 27- Shady Duck
Page no. 29 - Piggy Puppets
Page no. 36 – My holiday trip
Page no.44- Cereal support
हिंदी
1) कविता आगे बढाओ
आसमान में काले - काले बादल वघर आए थे,
िंम स्कू ल से घर लौट रिंे थे कक --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2) " एक बार एक सेठ ने अपने नौकर को चाबी देते हुए किंा कक "
---------- किंानी को अपनी कल्पना शवि के अनुसार आगे
बढाएँ ि उसका वचत्र तैयार करें ।
नोट - प्रश्न 1 ि 2 को अपनी हिंदी की उत्तरपुवस्तका में करें ।
3) ग्रीष्मािकाश में आप जिंाँ घूमने जाएँ ििंाँ के वचत्र खींचकर
एक एलबम बनाएँ ि उसका वचत्र िर्णन करें या ििंाँ की सुुंदरता
पर एक कविता लऱखें ।
4) पानी की कमी को दरू करने के लऱए और उसे स्िच्छ बनाने के लऱए
क्या - क्या उपाय ककए जा सकते हैं ? इस पर एक पोस्टर तैयार करें ।
Social Science
Collect the newspaper you get in school (from 1st may till 16th may 2014).
1. Choose the articles related to Social science and prepare a collage by
pasting them on A3 size sheet. Select any one interesting article from
the collage and do any one of the following on A3 sheet:
i.
Make a crossword of the new /interesting terms found in the article.
ii.
Treat the article as a reading comprehension passage and prepare 5
question-answers on it.
iii.
Prepare a fact sheet with more amazing facts or information related
to the article.
iv.
Write a short summary of the article in your own words. Also include
your own opinion on the article.
2. Atlas Activity: Refer to the Atlas and do any one of the followingi.
A to Z of countries: Write names of 2 countries starting with each
alphabet on A3 sheets. Eg- A- Argentina, Alaska…..B- Brazil,
Bangladesh….Z- Zambia, Zaire etc. Also write an interesting fact
about each country and paste the flag of the country.
ii.
Crossword Mania: Observe the physical map of any continent. Study
the important landforms (mountains, rivers, deserts, plateau, plains,
gulf, bay, strait, isthmus etc.) of that continent and prepare a
crossword on it (on colored A3 sheet). Use facts about the landforms
found in the continents to prepare the crossword. Also include
pictures. Eg- Continent chosen : AFRICA
Crossword clues: Across-i. The largest desert
(Answer- Sahara desert)
Science: “Science is magical, yet has reasons ”
1. What happened when the turmeric met the soap? Observe yourself. Make
a turmeric paper by spreading turmeric paste on a A4 size handmade sheet
(white). After the sheet dries, write your name on it using a soap
solution.(compulsory for all)
2. FUN WITH COLOURS: immerse the petals of China rose in slightly hot water.
Wait for some time. Then filter out the petals from the solution. Add this
solution to different samples of lemon juice, soap solution, vinegar, garden
soil, milk and observe. Make a note of this experiment in a scrap file.
(Roll no.1-10)
3. Make a compost bin yourself. Use a wide mouthed jar. Place vegetable
peels and left over cooked rice between the layers of soil. Sprinkle some
water over the top layer of soil. Keep the jar outside in your garden and
observe it every day. Write your observations in a file. (Roll no.11-20)
4. Make a weighing balance. Use identical jar caps as pans. Tape paper loops
to the plastic pans and hang them from the ends of a straw. Push a pin
through the centre of the straw and then through an eraser. Make sure that
the straw moves freely about the pin (fulcrum). Then fix the loops to the
straw and place the eraser on the box of the jar.
(Roll no.21-31)
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Remember :
Give a title to the
project
Write procedure
Write observations
Write conclusion
HEY KIDS! HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPENING BREAK!!