Krishna International School, Aligarh Summe r Vacation – 2014-15 Sub-English Class – VI 1- Imagine that you are Mother Earth .You are remembering the days when there were vast stretches of forests , the fresh air and the water was quite pure .You are now hurt at what man has done to you . Write a composition in the first person titled “A Beautiful Past , An Uncertain Future “. 2- Write the answers of questions from running comprehension from question 8 – 20 of chapter 4.(How I Taught My Grandmother To Read) fgUnh izŒ-1 izŒ-2 ik¡p “kCnksa ds pkj&pkj i;kZ;okph “kCn fp= cukdj fyf[k,A Loj rFkk O;atu dk pkVZ cukdj lqUnj jax&;kstuk dhft,A Science Answer the following questions 1. Classifying the following into transparent, translucent and opaque : butter paper, cardboard, air, wall, iron sheet 2. A student lives at a distance of 2280m from his school. Express this distance in km. MCQs 3. Which animal takes the liquid food? a)vulture b) lizard c) butterfly d) squirrel 4 .Which food component is called as body building food? a)carbohydrates b) fats c) vitamins d) proteins 5. The SI unit of length is: a)metre b) centimeter c) kilometer d) decimeter Do these activities : 6. To prepare sprouts of chana (Bengal gram). 7. Collect 5 types of seeds which are taken as food. 8. Measure the length of any person by your hand span. 9. collect some water soluble and water insoluble materials. 10. Make a sheet/paper as a translucent material. (Paste all these in holiday homework copy) Maths 1- Do all examples of chapter 1 & 2 in project file. 2- Make a chart Indian & International place value system . Social Science 1- Make a milky way galaxy . You will need a sheet of black chart paper , a pencil ,glue ,golden glitter and an old newspaper .Take a sheet of black chart paper and draw a rough sketch of Milky Way Galaxy as shown on page 7 of your geography book .The galaxy is Spiral –shaped with five arms and a round centre . Apply glue along the lines of the galaxy . Sprinkle golden glitter on the glue . Then tilt the paper onto some newspaper to shake off the loose glitter. You now have a picture of the milky way galaxy. 2- Family photo albums help us to relive the times we have spent with our family.The albums , therefore ,act as visual sources . Create one such album of your family . On the first page draw a family tree . Therefore paste photographs of your family . Give interesting captions to your photographs.