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The Sanskaar Valley School Cambridge Lower Secondary
Summer Holiday Work 8 CIE [2017]
HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYS It’s time to smile and play
Holidays are on the way
Wow! I am waiting for these lovely days. I will have lot of
fun
With friends I will play in the Sun and Moon. All play and just
a little Work,
I promise I will do A book of reading, A page of writing and a
sum of math
With no refusal and no fighting.
Subject ENGLISH
Work Specification :
TASK 1: BOSCARS – Reading activity (Refer to Annexure – 1)
TASK 2: Asset Practice Exam (Annexure 2)
TASK 3: Novel 1984 by George Orwell, Worksheet. (Annexure 3)
Instructions / Guidelines :
1. TASK 1:
• BOSCARS – Refer to Annexure -1 for complete details.
2. TASK 2:
• Complete the two online asset practice papers
• Refer to Annexure – 2 for complete details 3. TASK 3:
• Read the Novel 1984 by George Orwell
• Complete the worksheet attached in Annexure – 3
Date of Submission: 25/6/2018
Cambridge Coordinator Head of SOPAAN
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ANNEXURE - 1
BOSCARS – READING ACTIVITY
Once you are back from the summer vacation you will have to cast
your ballot for the BOSCAR Awards which is
to be held on 26 June. The categories that will be awarded will
be based on your vote so the more you read,
the more you will be able to enjoy the upcoming BOSCARS.
1. Given below is a list of books. Choose any two of them
(Ideally, you must choose one from each genre).
Genres Books (choose any two)
Fiction
1. 1984 by George Orwell 2. The Invisible Man – HG Wells 3. The
Harry Potter series 4. The Music of Dolphins- Karen Hesse 5. The
Girl who drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill 6. Counting by 7s - Holly
Goldberg Sloane
Autobiography 7. Playing it in my way – Sachin Tendulkar 8. Boy
, Tales of childhood– Roald Dahl 9. Diary of a Young girl- Anne
Frank 10. APJ KALAM A life – Arun K Tiwari 11. Lone Fox dancing –
Ruskin Bond
Thrillers
12. Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Novels & Stories - by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle 13. Green Glass House – Kate Milford 14.
Knightley & Son – Rohan Gavin
Science Fiction 15. I, Robot – Issac Asimov 16. Time Machine -
H.G. Wells 17. When you Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
The Classics
18. A Separate Peace - John Knowles 19. Oliver Twist by Charles
Dickens (Penguin Classics) 20. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
(Wordsworth Classics) 21. Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
Short stories 22. Stories of Anton Chekhov 23. Short stories-Guy
de Maupassant 24. Collection of 22 short stories – Arvind Gupta 25.
Short stories of Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Writers 26. The Shiva Trilogy- Amish Tripathi 27. The
Quest – Christopher Doyle 28. The Druids - Christopher Doyle 29.
The Secret Revealed - Christopher Doyle 30. The Room on the Roof –
Ruskin Bond
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• Suggested movies, you can watch during the summer
holidays.
Movies
1. School of Rock
2. Karate Kid
3. Finding Nemo/ Finding Dory
4. Bend it like Beckham
5. Maze Runner
6. Robinson Crusoe
7. The Hundred Foot journey
8. Journey to the centre of the earth
9. The Winslow Boy
10. A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Speilberg
11. Black stallion
12. Life animated
13. Hoosiers
14. Millions
15. Hairspray
16. Life Animated
17. The Blind Side
The BOSCAR Award Categories:
1. Best hero in a book
2. Best heroine in a book
3. Best Villain in a book
4. The funniest book character
5. The most loved book of Sopaan
6. King reader(student award)
7. Queen reader(student award)
8. Best writer International
9. Best Movie based on a book
10. Best Autobiography
11. Best Indian Writer
Note: The King Reader and Queen Reader Award are awards that the
students need to apply for if they so wish. You need to apply
through an email to your teacher (to be sent before 1 June) along
with a ppt detailing the books you have read in the summer
holidays. The details of the same have been discussed in the
class.
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Annexure 2
• Click the following link to open ASSES Practice paper
https://goo.gl/forms/e12Y0Puncy0dxIZr1
https://goo.gl/forms/e12Y0Puncy0dxIZr1
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Annexure 3
Novel 1984 by George Orwel
• You can either fetch a copy of the the novel 1984 by George
Orwel or download the pdf verson (Click:
https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf )
• First, enjoy the reading of entire novel
• Then re-read the part 1 to complete the following chapter wise
short answer questions.
• You can use upto 10 words to answer each question.
Chapter 1. 1. When does the story begin?
2. What kind of day is it?
3. How have the clocks been changed?
4. Who is the first character introduced?
5. Where does he live?
6. Describe the place (details: smells, conditions)
7. What is the large poster?
8. Why doesn’t Winston (W) take the lift?
9. Why is it difficult for W to climb the stairs?
10. What is the caption beneath the large poster on the
wall?
11. Where does the “fruity” voice come from?
https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf
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12. Can the telescreen be completely shut off?
13.How does the telescreen differ from our television?
14. Describe Winston (Be specific)
15. What is the word on the flapping poster?
16. What police bother W?
17. What city and country does W live in?
18. Can W recall the city of his childhood?
19. What can W see from his window?
20. What are the 3 slogans of the party etched on Miniture?
Chapter 2
1. What does W realize he has done with his diary?
2.Who is at the door?
3. Are the Victory Apartments well built? Explain.
4. How is the Parson’s flat (apartment) different from W’s?
5. Why are the children disappointed?
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6. Who is Parsons? Describe him.
7. How are Parson’s children similar to all kids today?
8. For what are the children of 1984 being trained?
9. Who does W think says, “We shall meet in the place where
there is no darkness?”
10. What is the bad news on the telescreen?
11. What is the only thing people can call their own?
12. Before W leaves for work, what is the essence of what he
writes in his diary?
13.What ordinary thing does he do before he goes back to
work?
14. What does he put on the corner of the cover of his diary
before he leaves?
Chapter 3
1.What does W think happened to his mother and father?
2. Why does W think his mother and father had to die?
3.What change has there been in emotion since W’s mother
died?
4.Of what does W think when in his dream he sees the girl throw
off all her clothes in one graceful motion?
5.Why does W sleep w/o night clothes?
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6. What does W do after his coughing fit?
7.What can W remember of his early life?
8. What does W. remember about the beginning of the war?
9.What country is Oceania at war with at this time?
10. Why is the Past to be wiped away?
11. What is W’s decision about the past?
12. How long has Big Brother (BB) existed in the Party
histories?
14. When does Winston first believe he heard the word
“Ingsoc”?
15. How is W reprimanded?
16. How does the instructor encourage her audience to touch
their toes?
Chapter 4
1. What is W’s job?
2. What happens when all corrections are made in the Times?
3. Is this process of correction used in other media
(Newspapers, mags etc..)?
4. What are some of the jobs of the Ministry of Truth other than
the Records department?
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5. Does W enjoy his work?
6. What happens to people who displease the party?
7. How does W decide to fulfill his assignment in regard to BB’s
speech?
Chapter 5
1. Describe the canteen?
2. Who is Syme?
3.What does he want from W?
4.What does Syme work on?
5, What is his remark about the language?
6. Of what does Syme accuse Winston?
7.What does Syme say the whole purpose of Newspeak is?
8. Describe Parsons (p. 49)
9. What does Parsons want from Winston?
10. What is Parsons’s attitude towards his sweet children, esp.
his daughter?
11. What makes Winston think he has an ancestral memory?
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12.What is the “ideal” type as described by the Party? Remind
you of anything?
13.What are most of the people like (as described by W)?
14. Who is W afraid of and why?
Chapter 6
1. According to the Party, what is the only purpose of
marriage?
2. Why have Katherine and Winston separated?
Chapter 7
1. According to W, where does the only hope lie?
2. How many proles are there?
3. What is the Party’s attitude towards the proles?
4. Is there any attempt to convert the proles to Party
ideology?
5. What does W think are the only characteristics of Party
life?
6.Does the Party admit these equalities?
7. What happened to the leaders of the revolution by 1960?
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8. What is the significance of the picture showing the three men
at the social function in New York?
9. For whom does W think he is writing his diary?
10. What does W decide?
Chapter 8
1. What is a steamer?
2. Who warns W?
3. How does the Party fool the people with the lottery?
4. Why can’t the old man get a pint?
5. Does W get any important information concerning the Past from
the old man?
6.Where does W eventually find himself?
7. Does the proprietor recognize W?
8. What does W find to buy?
9.Why does he buy it?
10. What else does the old man show him?
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11. Is W attracted to the room?
12. What doesn’t the room have?
13. What picture does W recognize?
14.What is the proprietor’s real name?
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The Sanskaar Valley School Cambridge Lower Secondary
Summer Holiday Work 8 CAIE [2018]
HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND
HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND
HOLIDAYS It’s time to smile and play Holidays are on the way
Wow! I am waiting for these lovely days. I will have lot of
fun
With friends I will play in the Sun and Moon. All play and just
a little Work,
We promise We will do A book of reading, A page of writing and a
sum of math With no refusal and no fighting.
Subject Mathematics
Work
Specification:
1. Assignment/Project (Annexure 1) 2. Number Cross Puzzles
(Annexure 2) 3. EDMODO Online quiz (dates will be informed through
WhatsApp groups)
Instructions /
Guidelines:
1. Assignment/Project a. For material, refer to Annexure 1. b.
Use A - 4 sheets and compile it in a file (spiral bound). c. You
can use internet d. Your file needs to have a cover page, your
name, ID, class/section.
2. Number cross puzzles a. For material, refer to Annexure 2 b.
Do not use Calculator c. You can take the printout of puzzles page
and then attach it to the main
file
Parameters for Assessment are: -
a. Preparation/ Selection of a well-defined problem b. Use of
Mathematical concepts c. Accuracy/Computation of data d.
Presentation e. Understanding of the concept
Date of Submission: 26/06/2018
Cambridge Coordinator Head of SOPAAN
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Annexure 1:
Planning an Event
Prepare a proposal for any one of the following events.
Your class is planning to:
• Honour someone special in the community. • Congratulate a
winning team. • Celebrate a religious festival in a
community/colony
1. Instructions : You need to decide on: • when the event will
occur and its location • your budget should not exceed more than
Rs. 10,000/- • the type of decoration • entertainment of your
choice • refreshments of your choice • seating arrangements •
relevant graphics, flyers, programmes that will enhance your
proposal.
2. Activities • Prepare a proposal to show how you can raise
funds for the event. • You may raise (solicit) not more than 20% of
your total funds from donors. • Should you choose to do so, a
sample letter/ email must be included. • Give a detailed
description of your activity by showing:
- source of your income - how you raised the funds - the
methods/activities used to raise funds.
• Show samples of the raffle sheet, bingo card, etc in case some
games are played. (These must be included in your appendix)
3. Research: Prepare a table to show the: - items you need -
unit cost and quantity of each item required - total cost of each
item - source of each item - total estimated cost of the proposed
event.
4. Analysis • Use a suitable statistical graph like a bar graph
to illustrate the estimated cost of the proposed
event - decoration, refreshments, entertainment, etc.
� Explain why your proposal is well planned. For instance,
maximum number of invitees, total budget, expenditure, choice of
food, etc.
5. Conclusion Write a conclusion describing two (2) personal
benefits gained from doing this project based on the
given parameters, Values you acquired, Mathematical skills
acquired, etc.
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Annexure – 2
1. Number cross puzzle-1
ACROSS DOWN
1. (424 – 120) X 2 = 1. 6 dollars + 3 nickels + 4. 2 dollars + 3
quarters + 1 penny = $ _ . _ _
2 dimes = $ _ . _ _ 2. 6 dollars + 9 quarters = $ _ . _ _
6. 8 yards = inches 3. (6 X 100) X 8 =
7. 645, 655, 665, , 685… 4. 209, 207, 205, 203, …
8. (24 X 8) – 50 = 5. 286 X 2 =
10. 4 dollars + 4 quarters + 9. 4 dollars + 3 nickels = $ _ . _
_ 1 nickel = $ _ . _ _ 10. 5 dollars + 4 dimes +
12. 4210 + (6 X 14) = 8 pennies = $ _ . _ _
14. 1000, 1011, 1022, 1033, 1044, … 11. 500, 507, , 521,
528…
15. 1624 – 740 = 13. 77 X 3 =
17. (6 X 6) X 6 = 16. 2011 X 4 = 19. 1000 – (25 X 7) = 17. 6
yards = inches
21. (62 X 4) X 2 = 18. 2 Down – 4 Down =
22. 6 dollars + 2 dimes + 19. 1550 – 689 =
4 pennies = $ _ . _ _ 20. 5 dollars + 2 quarters +
23. 4 yards + 2 feet = inches 8 pennies = $ _ . _ _
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2. Number cross puzzle-2
ACROSS DOWN
1. 400 + 30 + 2 = 1. (253 – 202) X 9 = 4. (6 X 4) X 8 = 2. 60 X
4 =
6. + 60 + 4 = 464 3. 365 X 3 =
7. 620 + 240 + 130 = 4. 63 + 28 + 18 =
8. 4264 – 3300 = 5. (250 X 2) – 206 =
10. 600 + 50 + 5 = 9. 4,000 + + 20 + 2 = 4,622
12. (400 X 2) X 4 = 10. 597, 600, , 606, 609… 14. + 900 + 90 + 7
= 1,997 11. 103 X 5 =
15. 15 X 25 = 13. 12 X 17 =
17. 24 X 31 = 16. 21 X 23 Across =
19. 6 Across – 4 Across = 17. 700 + 40 + 3 =
21. 5,000 + + 80 + 0 = 5,480 18. 4,000 + + 20 + 0 = 4,420 22.
2,000 + + 60 + 7 = 2,367 19. 29 X 7 = 23. 14 Across – 10 Across =
20. 800 + 60 + 5 =
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3. Number cross puzzle-3
ACROSS DOWN
1. 600 + 80 + 1 = 1. 111 X 6 = 4. (25 X 4) + 125 = 2. (7 X 2) X
10 = 6. (80 + 3) X 5 = 3. 598 X 6 =
7. Round 663 to the nearest 10. 4. (400 –386) X 16 =
8. Round 413 to the nearest 10. 5. 1,000 + + 90 + 8 = 1,598
10. 86 X 8 = 9. (10 X 10) + 15 =
12. 4,000 + 800 + 10 + 6 = 10. (25 X 25) + 42 = 14. 678 X 2 =
11. Round 813 to the nearest 10.
15. Round 779 to the nearest 10. 13. Round 813 to the nearest
100.
17. Round 779 to the nearest 100. 16. 6 X 14 Across =
19. 14 Across – 15 Across = 17. 1590 – 728 =
21. + 20 + 6 = 326 18. (4 X 20) X 0 = 22. Round 278 to the
nearest 10. 19. 500 + 0 + 3 =
23. Round 278 to the nearest 100. 20. Round 621 to the nearest
100.
In case of any doubt or difficulty while doing your project, you
can contact: -
Mr. Atul chamoli (+919977003727)
[email protected]
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The Sanskaar Valley School Cambridge Lower Secondary
Summer Holiday Work 8 CIE [2018]
HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND
HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYSHOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND
HOLIDAYS It’s time to smile and play Holidays are on the way
Wow! I am waiting for these lovely days. I will have lot of
fun
With friends I will play in the Sun and Moon. All play and just
a little Work,
I promise I will do A book of reading, A page of writing and a
sum of math With no refusal and no fighting.
Subject Chemistry and Biology
Work Specification :
1. TASK 1: To collect water samples from various sources. (E.g;
tap water,lake water, underground water, etc….)
2. TASK 2: To test the collected samples for the acidity and
alkalinity of water and to test hardness of water.
3. TASK 3: To find out reasons of eutrophication in water
bodies, its effect on the other living organisms in that water
body.
To know various pathogens in water and the diseases caused by
them.
Instructions / Guidelines :
1. TASK 1: a. Collect the samples of water from atleast three
sources. b. Use glassware to store the samples. c. Take a
photograph of each sample and record your
observations
2. TASK 2: a. Use any homemade indicators such as turmeric, red
cabbage
or Hibiscus for testing the pH of the samples.
b. Use soap solution to find the type of water. c. Amount of
lather produced should be recorded by taking the
photographs.
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3. TASK 3: a. Observe different water bodies and the stage of
eutrophication
in them .
b. Record your observations by clicking pictures. c. Find out
the reasons for Eutrophication in different water
bodies.
d. Study the effects of above on other living organisms (any
two). e. Research on different pathogens present in water and
the
diseases caused by them.
f. You can consult a physician and take a note on the cure of
water born diseases. Record the interview with the doctor and
insert it in your presentation.
Note:
a. The entire project should be presented in a Power point
presentation.
b. The presentation should not exceed 10 slides. c. Slides
should include introduction, research, observations,
inference, pictures, videos and audio recordings.
d. The presentation should be concluded by bibiliography and
References.
e. Record your learning in this interdisciplinery activity.
(Chemistry and Biology).
f. Record all your observations carefully and use them to make
the presentation.
Date of Submission: 25/06/2018
Cambridge Coordinator Head of SOPAAN