Dear students

Have a fun-filled summer vacation. Please make a serious attempt to

complete the assigned task. It is essential to attempt the task on your

own. Minimum help should be taken from Parents.

Remember, “All you can do is the best you can do, and the best has its

own reward”. Please take care of the following:

• Read newspaper daily.

• Watch informative programmes on Discovery channel, History channel

and National Geographic channel.

• Practise cursive strokes to improve your handwriting.

• Pursue and keep yourself happily engaged in the activity of your choice.

A NOTE FOR PARENTS

Make this summer special!

Have at least two meals together with

your children.

Try to share some stories/experiences

with them and tell them about your

childhood.

As far as possible keep them away from

TV and other electronic gadgets.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS VI

ENGLISH

I

Read the first eight stories from your Supplementary Reader ’15

Short Stories’.

Write the summary of the story you like the best, in about 150- 200

words.

Make a Book Jacket of that story (A 4 size) and put the summary in

it.

II

Choose and cut any 3 pictures from any newspaper / magazine.

Let your imagination and creativity flow. Paste each on a separate A-

4 size coloured sheet.

Write a story related to each picture (120-150 words).

Observe the picture carefully and write what is happening,

description of the characters in the picture, what may have happened

before and what might happen later.

Literature:

III Jack, from poem ‘Problem Solving’, is just like any other child. How

do you identify yourself with Jack? If you were in his place, what

resolution would you make to improve yourself?

IV In what ways does Tenzing Norgay inspire you? Write about all his

qualities that inspire you and mention which of those would you like

to imbibe in yourself and why?

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MATHS

Students are to present the following activities In a SCRAPBOOK.

1. Take any 10 phone numbers and do the following :

a) Arrange them in ascending and in descending order

b) Find factors of last two digits of all 10 phone numbers taken.

c) Take third digit of every phone number and write 5 multiples of

each

2. Take randomly pin codes of 10 different cities and check their

divisibility by 2, 3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11.

3. Find out population of 10 metro cities and write it in Indian and

International system of numeration.

4. Visit nearby stationary shop, make a list of at least 5 items purchased

(name, quantity, price) . Find out the total bill generated. Also find

the amount paid and the remaining balance you will get back.

5. Make a grid of 10*10 units and find out the HCF of following

numbers :

( one eg is : suppose we have to find HCF of 24 ,28 and 36 . Make

three different grids of 10*10 and circle factors all three numbers

separately on three different grids by different colors, and then at the

end find out the HCF from all those common factors)

a) 12,45,75

b) 18,54,81

c) 18,24,34

6. Clocks and Angles

This is about Analog clocks and the angles made by the hands of the

clock. Lets learn about angles and how they're measured.

a) How many of this angle are there in a complete turn?

b) Complete the following table (give the smaller angle in each case):

Time 1:00 2:00 7:00 10:00 11:00 3:00 5:00 8:00

Angle 30°

c) At what times of the day do the hands of a clock lie in a straight line?

SCIENCE

A. Make a power point presentation of 7-8 slide on the topic

‘Forests –nourish clean air’.

It should include forest cover, type of flora and fauna, ecological

balance created by forests.

B. ‘The best way of learning about anything is by doing’.

Keeping that perspective in mind, perform following activities and

note down the observations: (Refer to activities given by CBSE)

1. Nutrients

To find out the nutrients present in different packed food (health

drinks)

Collect 5 packed items that are available in market. Eg. Bournvita

Etc)

Make a list of nutrients found in them.

Find out the amount of each of the nutrients present in them.

Note down your observations.

From your observations, find out which food items are good or not

good for your health?

2. Role of different nutrients

To identify the nutrients, present in different foods and as per the

function they perform.

Write names of nutrients present in 5 different fruits and vegetables

(sources of food).

Paste the pictures of different sources of nutrients.

Categorize different sources into these groups as per the function

they perform

o Body building

o Energy giving

o Protective food

Now plan the diet chart for (i) Growing children, (ii) Old

grandparent.

Also mention the importance of each nutrient.

3. Staying Healthy the Cheaper way

Search internet/any other sources and find out easily available local,

cheaper alternative food items that can be included in diet to make it

whole some and easily affordable.

E.g.: Expensive dry fruits/nuts can be replaced by groundnuts,

chestnut

etc.

Easily available chutney can replace expensive apple

Value based – Inform your helping hands (maid, sweepers etc) about

these food that help to stay healthy.

C. Revise and learn the chapters covered so far for periodic Test.

General Instructions:

1. You must file all the given activities in a single file. You could either get

it spirally bound or tie all sheets with a ribbon. Use punched ruled plain/

colored/ ruled A 4 size sheets.

2. Mention your name, class, and section on first page.

3. The activities should be handwritten. Neat work must be done.

4. It should be well presented, researched and pictorial.

5. Your activity file must have a cover page, table of contents,

acknowledgements, and bibliography.

6. Submit the soft coy of power point presentation online at

gdspsvi@gmail.com or hard copy of only two pages with 4 slide on one

page. Power point presentation should not exceed the limit of maximum 8

slides.

7. Assessment parameters: Originality, Presentation, Application of

knowledge, Work quality, Viva

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Design editorial cartoons or comic strips on an A4 sheet that focus on

social issues like gender equality, freedom of speech, discrimination,

prejudices, stereotypes, our rights and duties etc. Through newspaper

clippings also show how they are still existent today. Paste 10-15 newspaper

clippings and write your views in a paragraph of 80-100 words.

Parameter: Creativity (2), critical thinking (4), research (4)