G D GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, FIROZABAD SUMMER VACATION HOMEWORK 2018-19 GRADE-VIII Instructions: 1. A file must be made for the project work assigned with the name, class and academic session neatly mentioned on the project file which can be covered by the brown paper. 2. Any downloaded material from the net should not be pasted directly in the form of a Xerox but incorporated in own words (paraphrased). 3. The project should be handwritten only. 4. Last Date of submission of project is 09 July, 2018. 5. Do not use thermocol as it is non-biodegradable. ENGLISH Express Yourself! Evolve! Explore! Be The Change! Life is all about choosing something over the other. We find it quite confusing as to what we really want in life and what exactly should be our focus. This summer, the English assignment will help you to think what exactly are the top most concerns today. Make a folder of about 10 A-4 size sheets. Include any 3 of the following in the folder and make an attractive title page: Enterprise is Fate 1. Use two A-4 sheets to make a list of famous quotes from Shakespearean Plays. This list will be very useful in writing debates, essays, speeches or for compering events. Try to write at least 8-10 quotations. 2. Make a pictorial collage on 2 A-4 sheets about a vacation, a recent excursion or an adventure holiday entitled, Travel: A catalyst of change. The collage should have 2/3 rd written component including greetings (Hola!/Swadhika/Bon Jour/Namaste) phrases/information/slogans and reactions highlighting your experience as being an enriching one. 3. Write an original article/poem/skit or short story on any one of the following topics. (Use 1 or 2 A-4 sheets) (should also be forwarded to gdgpseditorialboard@gmail.com) (typed as a MS Word document, font: Cambria, font size:12) Don t forget to add your name, class and section. 1. An old tradition that is still followed at home 2. If you woke up to a world with no rules 3. Future of Outdoor sports 4. Have regional costumes lost their relevance and charm? 5. A survey conducted on Indian Youth Revealed the following:
From the perils of terrorism to the effects of global Warming, from the determination to have a successful career, to the deeply entrenched corruption in politics, the youth are concerned about all this and more. Use 2 A-4 sheets: on one sheet make a to do list of about 10-12 things. Examples: 6. Try to donate seeds to farmers. 7. Try to help in a poor girl s marriage. 8. Try to donate to a book bank or a toy bank! 9. Try to volunteer at an NGO working with slum children. 10. Visit an Old Age Home. Choose any one thing from the to do list and make a presentation of your experience. Supply relevant information and pictures if possible. This enterprising act of yours will surely enhance and add value to your life. 11. Read the following poem: Oh the places you ll go by Dr. Seuss. It comes under the category of one of the greatest poems ever written! You will find it easily on poemhunter.com. Practice reading the poem out loudly in front of the mirror. Attach a print out of the poem on one/two A-4 sheets and on one sheet write your views about the poem. State why you think it is worth reading. Hindi सभम इतन त ज़ क स थ द ड त ह कक रगत ह ऩकड न अस बव ह, कक त म जन फद ध तय क स ज वन ज न व र क लरए क छ ब भ श ककर नह ह गलभ म क छ ट ट म क सद ऩम ग कयत ह ए क म न आऩ ब क छ ऐस कय, कक सभम ब आन दऩ व क कट ज ए औय आऩ र ब ववतब ह त ह ज इए त म य एक य चक ऩरयम जन क म कयन क लरए ववषम-स ट टहत म क ववक स क लरए तकन क वयद न म अलबश ऩ इस ऩरयम जन क ननम नलरख त स क त बफ द ओ क आध य ऩय कय - 12. भ घ क स द श व हक र ऩ 13. कफ तय क स द श व हक र ऩ ऩत र र न 14. त यस चन क भ ध मभ 15. भ फ इर प न 16. ई. प रण र 17. ऩ रयव रयक स फ ध ऩय प रब व स ट टहत म ऩय प रब व स स क त ववद म थ ज वन ऩय व ऩय ऩक य ववषम ऩय क ई च य कर क लर कय उसक अथ अऩन सब द भ लरख ए i छ ऋत ओ क न भ स क त भ लर क रय उनक चचत र फन ए
FRENCH Project:- A) Make a chart on famous personalities in France. You can choose from the list below or any other French personality of your choice:- Topics Roll No. Art: Claude Monet 1-4 History: Jeanne d Arc/Napoleon Bonaparte 5-8 Gustave Eiffel 9-12 Charles de Gaulle 13-18 The chart should provide answers to the following questions. What is this person famous for? What is remarkable about what they did? What difficulties or opposition did they face? What impact did have on the world at the time? Why should we remember them today? Instructions 1. Draw and/or cut out pictures 2. Take the help from newspapers/magazines/internet 3. Add the latest information about the individual celebrity. B) Make at least two sentences each with the following words:- France, Ville, Aujourd hui, Vacances, Ecole, Beaucoup de, Savoir, Aller, Vouloir, Devoir, Manger, Dormir, Famille, Faire, Appartement. C) Write atleast 8 to 10 lines and paste images related on the topics are: 1. Salon (common room) 2. la salle à manger( dining room) 3. la cuisine ( kitchen) 4. la chambre (bedroom)
WORKSHEET-2 TOPIC: EXPONENTS AND POWERS
Science Q1. If a man stands on chair, chances of its breaking are more but if a man sits on chair, chances of its breaking are less. Explain. Q2. Why does the nose of a mountaineer bleed at high altitudes? Q3. Why does an astronaut wear a special type of suit? Q4. Students have to prepare a list of any 10 daily activities that require energy. They also have to mention the source of energy against each activity and the form into which this external energy is transformed. S.ST. This holiday we ask you to dream, research and project on paper THE WORLD, a hundred years from now, as you see it. This rapidly changing world of ours will be even more beautiful than it is now, even though some parts of it are altered and changed beyond redemption. Our environment will survive due to the sustained efforts and ingenuity of human beings. When you come back from your summer vacations, you should have completed the following: RESEARCH 1. New trends and predictions for the future. 2. Current status and practices prevalent in exploitation of the environment. 3. Innovative methods that were used in the past and could be used again. ONE CHART(ivory sheet),one MODEL from any ONE subtopics given below: 18. Home, family and habitat (Life with respect to social structure and habitat in 2118) 19. Schools and education. 20. Hospitals and healthcare. 21. Means of transportation (let your imagination take wings, think the impossible) 22. Energy (focus on new sources of energy and renewable energy)
23. New technology that will be used (keeping in mind conservation and recycling of energy and minerals), role of Robots in the world. 24. Agriculture. 25. Land use on Earth. 26. Waste management. 27. Forms of Entertainment including entertainment parks. 28. Libraries and books and tools to help reading. 29. Flora and Fauna in the forests. 30. Careers of the future keeping the new environment in mind. 31. Food and Cuisine in the future world 32. Games and fitness Some of the subtopics given above have two or three elements; you are at liberty of considering any one of them or all of them. Dear children we will appreciate work done by you and you will get the opportunity to present your ideas in the Social Science Exhibition 2018. COMPUTER Write the C++ Programs of the following Program to check whether the number is even or odd Program to check whether a character is Vowel or Consonant Program to find the largest number among three numbers Program to check Leap Year Program to generate Multiplication Table Program to calculate the basic operations of a calculator based on user s choice. Program to check whether the number is prime or not.