class 8 - Oxford School

OXFORD SCHOOL, MOGA
HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK 2014 - Class: VIII
Instructions for the Holidays Homework :Note:-Holidays homework carries marks in CCE; hence submission of work post vacation is compulsory for all
students.
1. Written Homework of all the subjects:- Hindi, English, EVS & Mathematics is to be done as per the
instructions (in note books/worksheets). Homework to be completed within 12 days. SPEAK & WRITE. WRITE
NEATLY.
2. For reading work, parents have to make the child read in their presence and have to sign at the end of the
chapter.
3. For handwriting, kindly strictly adhere to the pattern followed in school in the various languages.
4. The Holiday work must be done in a very neat and presentable manner.
5. The child will be assessed for the Handwriting, presentation, neatness, completion of all the given
questions.
6. Questions must be done in the given sequence.
7. Use good quality pencil, eraser to maintain the tidiness in the notebooks.
8. For the project / activity, strictly adhere to the instructions given by the teacher to follow. WASTE
MATERIAL SHOULD BE USED FOR MAKING CHARTS, PROJECTS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT.
9. Parents can be the facilitators for the child at home but let the child complete his work in his own
handwriting.
10. Worksheets must be arranged in a file for submission.
11. Maintain a scrapbookand makea noteof the newplacesthat youhavevisited,movies
thatyouhavewatchedand activitiesdoneduring yourholidays.
12.Reviseall the workdonein April & May.
Handwriting: Do 7 pages of English, 5 pages of Hindi & 5 pages of Punjabi writing in
their respective note books . Write very neatly.
DO A LOT OF READING. READ YOUR TEXT BOOKS OF ALL SUBJECTS (NEXT
TERM SYLLABUS) AND SHORT STORIES.
Revise all the work done in April- May of Maths & Science for Maths Aptitude Test &
Scientific Skills after the summer vacation.
Kindly note: that the child has to do only one chart and projects as per the roll no. given. [Compulsory for all]
Chart work:
Sci.:
1. Prepare a chart on Synthetic Fibres. ROLL NO. 1 TO 2
2. Learn N2 cycle and prepare a chart . ROLL NO. 3 TO 4
S.St:
3. Make a poster of ‘Preamble of Indian constitution’ ROLL NO. 5 TO 6
4. Make a chart of ‘Fundamental Rights’. ROLL NO. 7 TO 8
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5. Make a chart on Classification of Resources. ROLL NO. 9 TO 10
6. Make a Chart on different methods of soil conservation. ROLL NO. 11
7. Make a chart of Geothermal Energy. ROLL NO. 12
Maths:
8. Make a chart on Types of Quadrilaterals ROLL NO. 13
9. Make a chart on Rational nos. ROLL NO. 14
10. Make a chart on Probability. ROLL NO. 15
11. Make a chart on Bar graph & Pie- chart. Roll no. 16
12. Make a chart on Area and perimeter of 2 – dimensional figure. ROLL NO. 17
13. Make a chart on Volume and surface are of 3 – din figures. ROLL NO. 18
14. Make a chart on Types of Triangles. ROLL NO. 19
English:
15. Make a file or a chart, describing about the life of Gulliver using pictures (from net). ROLL NO. 20
G.K.
16. Make list of 10 current/important news everyday, during holidays (paste cuttings on scrap book)
ROLL NO. 21
Hindi:
17. BwrqIX ËXo<hwro< kw mhËv pr pkVZ cukvks [ ROLL NO. 22
Punjabi:
18. ivSySx qy aus dIAW iksmW bwry dsdy hoey cwrt bxwE[ ROLL NO. 23
Computer:
19. Make a chart on Toolbox of Adobe Photoshop. ROLL NO. 24
20. Make a chart on Toolbox of Visual Basic. ROLL NO. 25
21. Make a chart on Virus & Antivirus. ROLL NO. 26
22. Make a Collage on Information technology. ROLL NO. 27
THESE PROJECTS ARE COMPULSORY FOR ALL STUDENTS AS PER THE ROLL NOS. ASSIGNED.
1. Collect pictures showing various applications of pressure in daily life. Make a project of these
pictures. Write two sentences for each picture. It may include the following: ROLL NO. 1 TO 3
• The spot where pressure is exerted.
• Any change on the spot where pressure is exerted
• The relationship between the change on the spot and the area of contact.
2. Agricultural Practices. ROLL NO. 4 TO 6
3. Global warning. ROLL NO. 7 TO 9
4. Environmental Pollution. ROLL NO. 10 TO 12
5. Uses of Metals. ROLL NO. 13 TO 15
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6. Uses of Non – Metals. ROLL NO. 16 TO 17
7. Harmful effects of metal particles in the environment. [eg. Mercury, lead, asbestos] (18-19)
8. Project file on various types of Resources. ROLL NO. 20 TO 21
9. Make a project file on land degradation & its conservation. ROLL NO. 22 TO 23
10. Project file on water pollution and its conservation. ROLL NO. 24 TO 25
11. Project file on Natural vegetation and wild life of India. ROLL NO. 26 TO 27
Science
Prepare Power Point Presentation
Project GuidelinesThe project should be for 10 - 15 slides
Slide one- Title of the Project (By using word Art)
Slide two- Index (By using Table)
Slide three- Introduction of your topic (By using different types of font)
Slide four to nine -Content (all pictures should have proper animation
and each slide should have different types of background colour)
Last slide –Acknowledgement (It’s must)
TOPICS1. Different types of Synthetic fibres and its Uses (Roll
no-1-3)
2. Different types of Plastic and their uses (Roll
no.4-6)
3. Deforestation it’s causes , Consequences and conservation of forest(Roll
no.7 -9)
4. Wild life centuries and national parks(Roll no.10 -13)
5. The Natural resources (Inexhaustible and Exhaustible) (Roll no.14-16)
Social Studies (VIII)
Project GuidelinesThe project is to be done as per the roll no.’s
The project should be for 10-15 slides.
Slide -1 - Title of the Project (By using word Art).
Slide 2- Index (By using Table).
Slide 3- Introduction of your topic (By using different types of font).
Slide 4 to 13 should be focused on the Content presentation.
While preparing/elaborating the content on slides 4-to 13 - Each slide must have one
picture on the given topic and a brief explanatory note (of not more than 25 words)
below that.
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Slide -14 ‘Acknowledgement’ slide.
Slide 15 (Last slide) – ‘Bibliography’ (It’s must).
Add hyper linking in slide no-2 or wherever necessary.
.Add animation to each slide.
Roll No. 17-20 Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation on Industries and factors
affecting their location. (refer Geography)
• One slide should have one factor to discuss.
• Discuss the same in not more than 2-3 sentences.(not more than 25words)
• Illustrations should be appropriate to the content.
• Selection of pictures should be appropriate.
• Mention specific examples.
Roll No. 21-24 Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation on the establishment of
British Empire in India (refer History)
• Illustrations should be appropriate to the content.
• Selection of pictures should be appropriate.
Roll No. 25-27 Prepare a Powerpoint presentation on the Constitution of
India and its making. ( refer Civics)
• One slide should have one development to discuss.
• Discuss the same in not more than 2-3 sentences.
• Illustrations should be appropriate to the content.
• Selection of pictures should be appropriate.
ENGLISH: * Read Unit 3 – ‘Nature’s Power unleashed’
Section :- A - The wind in a frolic.
Section:- B - Armero Has Disappeared from the map.
Section- C - My Earthquake Experience in Tokyo.
Pick out at least 15 difficult words from each chapter, mention about their kinds as part of speech and write their
meanings and divide them into syllables in your literature notebook.
*Write small paragraph about the Writers of Section A, B, C of Unit 3.
BBC:
Page No. 5 to 15 (Comprehension Passages), Page No. 107 to 130 (Do part A & B on each page of
tense exercise), Page No. 270 or 271 (Bio-Sketches), 279 to 282 (Informal/Formal letters) and 257 to 259
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(Notices).
Activity:
Read a story book – Write the summary of the story. Write down the character
sketch of your favorite character in the story.
Suggested titles for supplementary reading:
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleburry Finn
ALSO READ GULLIVER’S TRAVEL. Write down the character sketch of your favorite
character and the character you don’t like in the story.
Maths : (Do in Maths Register):1. Write and learn all the definitions of Probability written in note book.
2. The following table shows the saving (per month) of 100 students:Monthly saving (in Rs.)
No. of Students
200
10
300
5
400
25
500
40
1000
20
Prepare a grouped frequency table taking class size as 200- 300 (40000 not included) etc.
3. Following table shows the amount spent by a man on various items from this salary:-
Items
Food
Rent
Edu.
Saving
Miscellaneous
Amount Spent
20%
15%
25%
15%
25%
Represent the above data by a pie – chart.
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4. Find the prob. of getting either two heads or two tails when two coins are tossed together.
5. (i) How many red cards are there? Find the prob. of drawing a red card from the well –
shuffled pack of cards?
(ii) How many hearts are there? Find the prob. of drawing a heart.
(iii) What is the prob. of drawing a queen?
(iv) What is the prob. of drawing a black jack?
6. Simplify
(i)
900
+
(ii) (-8) 2
(iii)
0.09
-
+
0.000009
64
56 569
1225
(iv) 10
(v)
(vi)
+
25
+ 108
+
154
+ 225
6432.04
31.36
+
0.3136
7. Find the least no. which is a perfect square and which is also divisible by 16, 18 & 45.
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8. Evaluate :
9. Find:-
3 0.000729
+
3 0.008
3 36 X 43 X 29
86 X 26
10. Construct a 11 gm ABCD so that AB = 4.5 cm, BC = 3.7 cm & height = 2.5 cm
11. Find a Pythagorean triplet in which one no’s (i) 10 (ii) 5
12. By using the identity (a + b) 2 = a2 + 2ab + b2 .
Find the squares of (i) 607
(ii) 309
13. Find the length of the side of a cube whose volume is equal to the volume of a cuboid having
dimensions 50 m, 18 m and 30 m.
14. Prove that (i) cubes of all even national nos. are even.
(ii) Cubes of all odd natural nos. are odd.
(iii) Cubes of all -ve nos. which are -ve.
Science:
Biology: Read Chapter 7 ‘CONSERVATION OF PLANTS & ANIMALS’ – make 20 extra very short
answer questions and write them in your Biology notebook.
CHEMISTRY: * Read Chapter 4 Materials – Metals and Non-Metals and underline the important topics
and definition + make 20 very short answer questions and write them in your Chemistry Note Book.
PHYSICS: *Read Chapter 12 ‘FRICTION’ and make 20 extra questions and write them in your Physics
Note Book.
SOCIAL STUDIES: *Read the followings chapters and make at least 20 extra questions from
each chapter and write them in your respective Note Books.
History:
Lesson - 5 ‘When People Rebel’
Geography: Lesson - 2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wild life Resources
Civics
: Lesson - 4
Understanding Law
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Punjabi pwT- 8 ‘bwbw PrId jI’ Aqy pwT-12 ‘mihMdr isMG rMDwvw’ pVHdy hoey 10 – 10 Coty au`qr vwly pRSn
AwpxI not bu`k iv`c ilKo [
*‘pMj q^qW ‘ bwry jwxkwrI idMdy hoey qy sMbMDq qsvIrW vI icpkwau [
(ijvyN – hirmMdr swihb, ptnw swihb, hzUr swihb, kysgVH swihb Aqy qlvMfI swbo)
* A^bwr dy sMpwdk nUM ie`k p`qr ilK ky Awpxy ielwky iv`c lVkIAW dw skUl KolHx dI mMg nUM
sMbMDq AiDkwrIAW dy iDAwn iv`c ilAwau [
DRAWING: (Use Only 1/4th Part of the Ivory Sheet)
1. Draw 2 sheets of still life in pencil shading or colours, for help see page no :- 15, 16, 25 & 27 ROLL
NO. 1TO 4.
2. Draw 2 landscape with the help of pencil colour, oil pastel colours and water colours for help see
Page no. 37 to 48. ROLL NO. 5 TO 8
3. Draw 2 portrait for help see page no. 65 to 87. ROLL NO. 9 TO 12
4. Draw posters on the following topics:
Save Girl Child & Say No to Drugs
ROLL NO. 13 TO 20.
Save environment & Save Electricity ROLL NO. 21 TO 27.
5. Paint and Decorate One Earthen Pot. (COMPULSORY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS)
HINDI:
Literature: * Read Chapter 5 (icit`TXo< kI AnUTI duinXw) and Chapter 7 #Xw inrwS huAw jwE ) and find out at least 20
difficult words and write them in your literature note book.
Language: Learn Page No.48 (pXw~XvwcI ) Page No. 54 (AnykwQI ), Page No. 74 ( apsg~ ) and Page No. 86 ( pRËXX ).
[Do in your Hindi Literature Note Book]
[Do in your language Note Book].
1. k@w my< ikE gE ABdR ÛXvhwr ky ilE @mwXwcnw krqy huE pRDwnwcwX~ ko pZ ilKy< [
2. Apny imZ ko g÷h – pRvyS ky ilE SuBkwmnw – pZ ilKy< [
3. Bwrq my< bwl ‰imk smáXw pr AnuÇCyd ilKy< [
4. inMniliKq muhwvro< kw AQ~ ilKkr vw#X my< pRXog kry< Aw>Ky< Kulnw, A#l kw duÜmn , hvw sy bwqy< krnw, iKØlI aVwnw, cor kI dwFæI my< iqnkw , pyt bw>D kr
sonw , Kwk my< imlnw, gwj igrnw , Drnw dynw , hvw ho jwnw, mn bYTnw ,siTXw jwnw [
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COMPUTER: [compulsory for all the students]
* Make any PowerPoint presentation on the following topics:a) Operations and functions of Visual – Basic
b) Adobe Photoshop 7.5
c) Trouble shooting.
d) C++ & Java.
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