SELAQUI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WINTER VACATION ASSIGNMENT-DEC 2016 CLASS-VIII ENGLISH Write a review of the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and predict what might happen next. Also talk about what you liked in it. DO NOT write a summary. Write a detailed letter (using either formal or informal register) telling your teacher about the places you visited, people you met, things you did, the traditions and food of the local people of those places. Make it interesting by using anecdotes and stories. Write a book review of a novel of your choice. HINDI 1. न च द गई तस व र (picture) क आध र पर एक कह न ल ख ए :- 2. लनम नल ख त शब द क व तन श द ध करक ल :- वध,पररक ष,कव,लदव र,प ज य,पल,आध न,नदकर,स र त,स स ररक, नदकर,उज व,लचन ह,सट शन, कलवलर त र,पड़ ई, र ई,लवध र,ब ड, सडक, भ क,गरम,भ स,रम स,हरष, आश व द,लह द स थ न, धदक 3. आपक ज वन स स ब लधत लकस भ वस त क ज वन कह न /आत मकथ ल ख ए
4. लनम नल ख त व क द कद श द ध क लजए : i. म झकद आज लवद य र ज न ह ii. अन कद दग ग ग स न न क ल ए एकलत रत हद गए iii. वह म ग व र म बई ज रह ह iv. म झ एक गरम कप च र दद v. र ह कद म त र क व दद वदट लम vi. श य म क तक ज़र र व पस ट आएग vii. पढ़त रह वह लदनभर viii. सब लभ र स मज़ क बन रह थ ix. बच च छत म लगर पड़ x. कक ष म बच च पढ़ नह रह ह 5. प र मच द क ल कदई एक कह न पढ़ और ल FRENCH Recueillir l'information écrite de trois pays des francophones dans le monde ayant ses photos de monnaie, monument, religion, langue et de la population. Collect the information of any three French speaking countries in the world having its photos of currency, monuments, religion, language and population. (Hand written work in a file) MATHEMATICS 1. A bicycle wheel makes 500 revolutions in moving 1 km. Find the diameter of the wheel. 2. How many cubic metres of earth must be dug to construct a well 7 m deep and of diameter 2.8 m? 3. Expand using identity: a) (3.2x 0.5y) 2 b) (4x + 11y) 2 4. If three angles of a quadrilateral are 95, 100 and 85. Find the fourth angle? 5. If one angle of a parallelogram is 65, find the other three angles. 6. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1:3:4:7.Find all the angles. 7. The angles of a quadrilateral are 3x, x + 35, 3x 20 and 2x 60. Find all the angles. 8. Calculate: a) 10% of 76 b) 12% of 120
9. Find the MP when Discount% = 8% and SP = Rs. 840. 10. Draw the lines on the same graph paper and find their point of intersection: 3x y = 5 2x + y = 10 11. ACTIVITY: The figure shows the dimensions of a wall having a window and a door of a room. Write an algebraic expression for the area of the wall to be painted. 12. In the following figure of a ship. ABDH and CEFG are two parallelograms. Find the value of x: 13. ACTIVITY: A rangoli has been drawn on the floor of a house. ABCD and PQRS both are in the shape of a rhombus. Find the radius of semicircle drawn on each side of rhombus ABCD. 14. Evaluate: a) ( 4x + 3y 5)(3x + 5y) b) (a+b+c)(a+b-c) c) (3x+y)(x-y) + (9x 4y)(9x + 4y) d) 3x(x+4) 7(4x 7) + (x+y)(4x+5y) 15. Evaluate using identity: a) 48 2 b) 181 2 19 2 c) 2.07 x 1.93
16. ACTIVITY: Place RIGHT OR WRONG in the appropriate spaces according to the property of different quadrilaterals. 17. Work out the surface areas of the following shapes (take π=3.14)
18. ACTIVITY: Biology SCIENCE 1. Make a project file on the topic Biodiversity and Conservation of Flora and Fauna found in India. 2. Project should be HANDWRITTEN and made in ruled project papers and bound in a File. 3. Include relevant images and pictures. 4. Project must have a Content table in the beginning giving an outline of the framework of the project, an Acknowledgement thanking and mentioning all those who helped you with the project and a Bibliography mentioning sources of references used for research.
Physics DO ANY ONE ASSIGNMENT Assignment 1: Research Conduct an experiment to calculate the diameter of earth and its circumference and write a detailed report about it. The report should contain an introduction, a background information section, experimental design section, observation and results section. Assignment 2: Construct on or both of the following instruments: (i) (ii) Celestial Telescope A Sundial which can be installed in the school Assignment 3: Write a research paper on the astronomical knowledge of the ancient Greeks and ancient Indians. In this, include your personal observation and show your observation chart. Geography SOCIAL SCIENCE Record the minimum and maximum temperatures of each day starting from 25 th December, 2016 to 25 th January, 2017 in a scrap book. Also write down the time of sunrise, sunset and rainfall. A sample format has been attached. Make your project interesting by pasting relevant pictures.
History Social Political Life Make a scrapbook of editorial articles from an English National Newspaper. Instructions- Read the newspaper at least three times a week. Cut out and paste articles from the editorial page three times a week (minimum). The date and name of newspaper must be mentioned. Thus, there should be at least 12 articles in your scrapbook. You will have to present on any one of the articles in class.