Summer Vacation Homework (2020-21)

Class: 10 Subject: English

1. Read the following lessons/ poetry from the textbooks and complete all the pending
work covered during lockdown period

FIRST FLIGHT

A Letter to God
Dust of Snow
Fire and Ice
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
A Tiger in a Zoo

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

A Triumph of Surgery
The Thief’s Story
The Midnight Visitor
A Question of Trust
Footprints without Feet

2.. Watch English news daily to equip yourself with the information and
facts to be used as content in the writing skills.

3. Smartphone is one of the most important means of communication today. But

it has also become a nuisance for some. Write an article on the same in around 120
words and sign yourself as Tarun/Taruna, a student of class X. You may take help
from the following inputs:

Important means of communication – connects a person socially- keeps people

Updated - has become a virtual companion- many disadvantages- disrupts peace
of mind- a constant source of disturbance- excessive usage leads to many health
disorders- cause of deadly accidents on road- the biggest distraction for students
should be used wisely- use to be minimized.

5. Write a diary entry for 10 days of lockdown period. Read the newspaper
daily and include worldwide happenings which amuse you, as part of
your diary.