Delhi Public School, Dwarka Holiday Home Work

Academic Session 2012 - 2013

Class VI English

Name ____________________

Suggested Reading 1) Twenty Tales of Shakespeare Mary and Charles Lamb 2) Swami and Friends R.K. Narayan 3) Matilda Roald Dahl 4) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl 5) Best of O. Henry (Published by Scholastic)

WORKSHEET - 1

Environment Acrostic Poem

An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name as the beginning of a word or line that tells something about that person or topic. Example: An acrostic poem using the word "Sun."

Sometimes when we go to the beach, I will get sun burn.

Usually if I put Sun block on my skin, I will not burn. Noon is when I'm really prone to burning.
Write an Acrostic Poem using the word below.

E N V I R O N M E N T WORKSHEET - 2 Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right. 1. expense 2. refer 3. accumulate 4. hungry 5. realistic 6. profitable 7. acquire 8. confer 9. attention 10. forbidden to deliberate together; hold a conference. bringing profits: the act of maintaining or state of being maintained. a past participle of forbid. to amass; collect: of or based upon what is actual or feasible. to come to possess; obtain. to allude: of two factors, to compensate for or neutralize one another (often fol. by out): concentration of mental powers, esp. on a particular object.

11. forty

the number represented by the Arabic numeral 40 and by the Roman numeral XL.

12. credit

something given or paid out, such as money, effort, or time, esp. in return for something else; cost.

13. cancel 14. occur 15. maintenance

the quality or condition of being trustworthy or believable. to take place; happen. feeling a need or desire for food.

WORKSHEET - 3

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13) iugnotgo __________________________ 14) eegicrent __________________________

15) rwhwiadnt __________________________

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Subject Maths 1. Divide 400 into 4 parts so that the first part multiplied by 4, the second part divided by 4, the third part plus 4, and the fourth part minus 4, all equal the same number. 2. Write the numbers from 1-8 in the Squares, so that the squares with consecutive numbers do not touch (neither edges nor corners).

3. Yesterday it was 5 days to Sunday, Which day is tomorrow? 4. How many squares are there in the figure?

5. Make a handwritten project on any one of the following:

a) Contribution of Indian Mathematicians to mathematics. Project should include : i) ii) iii) iv) Introduction Suggested details Applications of Research Work Bibliography

b) Magic Squares c) Recreational Mathematics.

Subject General Science

Students will do General Science holiday home work according to the following scheme. This is a part of FA2 (a). Roll Nos. 1 23 24 till end. Subject Physics Biology

Subject Physics Study the steps which are taken by the water works department to supply clear water to your home. Collect all the information on this aspect. Find out why we still use water filters in our homes. OR Find out more about the structure and functioning of RO water filters used at home. Conduct survey of the RO water filters available in the market and their prices. Make your recommendation about which one, in your opinion, is the most cost effective. List your findings in the form of a file.

Subject Biology Prepare a collage on flora and fauna of one of the habitat given below:

Aquatic habitat Desert habitat Grassland habitat Specifications: Size A3 sheet Paste pictures and some written material.

Subject Social Studies

Draw a plan of your locality / society and use conventional symbols to support it.

Directions : Project should be prepared on one A3 sheet Use coloured sheet It should be made attractive and creative by using colours Project can be submitted in hand written format.

While preparing project the following parameters should be considered: Heading Index Margins

Subject French

Collage <<Indo-French Cuisine and Monuments >> - A4 size sheet OR A3 size sheet.

Subject German

Interview: Fragt und antwortet zu zweit. [Z.B. Name, Alter, Geschwister, Wohnort, Telefonnummer, Adressee, E-Mail usw] Schreibt die Dialoge in eurem Heft (Deutschheft).

Subject Japanese
1. Make picture flash cards on any one of the following:

a) Days of the week OR b) Greetings OR 2. Make a picture album on Japan : Its Culture, Cuisine, Sports & Animation. (one each) OR 3. Make a Picture Album, according to the Alphabetical order of the letters done so far in Hiragana (Maximum 10 pages) (A O) (Ka Ko) (Sa So) (Ta To) Subject Spanish Collage / Poster Topic : Map on monuments of any Spanish speaking country. For eg: Spain, Mexico, Chile, Bologvia, Venezuela

(i.e. half chart papers) Subject : Computer Science Search for information on any one of the following topics. Make separate documents and take a print out. Maximum 03 pages. Stick this print in your computer notebook. The topics are 1. Different types of Operating Systems and their versions (at least 05). OR 2. Choose any five mobile phones of your choice and find out information about the Operating Systems used in them. OR 3. Search information on different types of search engines and Web Browsers. (Atleast 5).