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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

(2013-2014)

CLASS X

English

Read ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank in your holidays. Based on your reading of the novel, design a four

page newsletter. Follow the instructions given below.

Imagine you have witnessed Holocaust, during the Second World War. You have been working as an editor of a newspaper called ‘Die Rheinpfalz’, in Amsterdam since 1935.

You have also seen how Anne Frank’s diary gained eminence after its publication. The present year is 1953 and you have decided to dedicate an edition to the brave girl. Wear your thinking caps, explore your creativity and design a four page newsletter. It is suggested that you have a variety of columns like :

- Holocaust and the Nazi era - How the life of Jews changed after Adolf Hitler came to power. - Anne Frank’s early years on the basis of her diary. This can be titled ‘Growing up’. It

can include details about Anne’s family, Van Daans and Mr. Dussel. - Jewish Experience : - Life in the annexe - Tolerance and acceptance: Anne’s optimism - Anne’s death and the retrieval of her diary through MiepGies, by her father Otto Frank. - The publication of Anne’s diary in 1952 after being rejected by two publishing houses. - Anne Frank’s house opens and is a famous museum now. It is the exact place where

Anne and her family were hiding. - Biography of Anne Frank, with a nice title

General Instructions:

The following work is to be done on a white pastel / cartridge sheet folded in such a way that it has two back to back pages. (a total of four pages.)

Since it is a newsletter, it is supposed to be black and white. However to make it appealing, you can add colorful pictures, illustrations etc.

It should be of the same size as the school newsletter.

You can refer to the following sites for reference. http://www.annefrank.org.au/The-Story-of-Anne-Frank

http://www.hopesite.ca/remember/history/news_archives/1938_toc.html

http://www.hopesite.ca/remember/history/news_archives/1939_toc.html

http://www.english-online.at/history/holocaust/holocaust-mass-murder-of-jews-in-world-war-2.htm

SUGGESTED READING LIST : Read atleast one of the following books during your vacations.

The Old Man and His God : Sudha Murthy

Rebecca: Daphne du Maurier

The Importance Of Being Earnest: Oscar Wilde

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Math

A Activity – MODEL OR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

You have studied the following topics:

1. Different proofs of Pythagoras theorem

2. Surface areas and volumes

3. Clinometers and its uses

4. Probability

Now let your creativity flourish by making a model or a power point presentation on any one of the topics mentioned

above. Support your model with a brief write up on a coloured A4 sheet.

A model may help to explain a system and to study the effects of different components, and to make predictions about

behavior. A mathematical model is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. The

process of developing a mathematical model is termed mathematical modelling.

PowerPoint presentations consist of a number of individual pages or "slides". The "slide" analogy is a reference to

the slide projector. PowerPoint provides numerous features that offers flexibility and the ability to create a professional

presentation. One of the features provides the ability to create a presentation that includes music which plays

throughout the entire presentation or sound effects for particular slides.

Use various real life situations related to above topics to explain them in details.

Always remember “medium is not the message, information is the message”.

B Do the worksheets 1 and 2 on the punched sheets

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SCIENCE Read any one of the following Science Fiction books and answer the questions based on the book you choose to read.

A. 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer OR B. ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ by Philip K. Dick A. 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer

1. List the similarities and differences between humans and souls (aliens) in the following graphic organizer.

Humans Souls

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2. You have heard many theories about aliens. Do you believe that there can be conquest by aliens on Earth? Use the graphic organizer and mention the reasons.

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3. Watch the movie “ET” in which there is an alien character called ET. Using the Graphic Organizer, compare the features of the alien ET with the aliens (souls) of this book.

ET Souls

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B. ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ by Philip K. Dick 1. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” With reference to the novel, compare the after effects of the World War Terminus and its radioactive fallout with that of the recent powerful earthquake that triggered a leak at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear plant. Use the graphic organizer given below.

World War Terminus Japan’s Fukushima Dai-chi nuclear plant

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2. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” -Helen Keller

1. The androids are different from the humans inhabiting the Earth. Using the Graphic Organizer compare and contrast the differences between the androids and humans as depicted in the novel.

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3. The population of the world has already crossed the seven billion mark. Given the limited resources, it wouldn’t be too long before we start looking for other habitable planets for setting up ‘off-world colonies’. Out of all the planets in the solar system, which planet, other than Earth, do you think is most habitable? Give reasons to support your answer in the given graphic organizer.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

“Hope for the best; plan for the worst”

Keeping the above statement in mind, prepare a project on Disaster Management as per the following guidelines:

1. Highlight the following:

a. Definition of ‘Disaster’.

b. What is disaster management?

c. Identify 10 prominent man-made and 10 prominent natural disasters which have occurred in the world

in the past 100 years.

2. Select one of the disasters mentioned below as the theme of the project:

a. Tsunami – coastal India

b. Earthquake – in Delhi

c. Urban fire breakout – in Delhi

3. Based on your selection in Para 2, enumerate the following in your project:

a. Place and time of the disaster.

b. Causes.

c. Extent of damage, loss of life.

d. Mitigation measures.

e. Comparative study of India with any other developed country as to how a similar disaster was

managed.

f. Any one story or incident of courage displayed during the disaster. Mention the human values learnt

from the story/incident.

4. Based on your selection of disaster in Para 2 above, make any of the following to promote awareness:

a. Script a Street play to manage that disaster. (two minute script )

b. Make a plan for a Mock drill for evacuation of your school for that disaster.

c. Preparing an awareness slogan.

General Instructions:

1. The project should be hand written.

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

3. Cover page, table of contents, acknowledgements, bibliography, headings and sub – headings are a must.

4. Each section should be done on different colored A4 size sheets.

5. The project should be presented in a file.

6. The project carries 10 marks:

a. Project – 8 marks

b. Viva – 2 marks

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FRENCH

CLASS X C A) Make a word game or a quiz or a cross word puzzle in French from the vocabulary read to enhance your vocabulary

skills.

B) Read any one French story book L’Avare by Molière or le tour du monde en 80 jours by Jules Verne . You can

download the ebookfrom(www.gutenberg.org).Write its summary on A4 size coloured sheet. Write why you like this

book and who is your favourite character and why?

Based on your reading, answer the following questions.

Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours- Jules VERNE

A) Répondre par vraiou faux:

1. Mr. Fogghabite à Dublin.

2. Mr. Foggaimejouer aux cartes.

3. Le mari de Mrs. Aoudaétaitâgé.

4. Pour se render à Allahabad, PhileasFogg utilize des chevaux.

5. Sir. Francis Cromarty aide PhileasFogg à sauver Mrs. Aouda.

6. Mrs. aouda ne parle pas trèsbienl’anglais.

7. En Amérique, le train danslequel voyage Mr. Foggestattaqué par les Indiens.

8. L’inspecteur Fix arête Mr. Fogg à Queenstown.

9. PhileasFoggépouse Mrs. Aouda.

10. Passepartoutest le patron de Mr. Fogg.

B) Mettre les mots dansl’ordre pour trouverquatrenoms de pays.

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C) Choisir la bonne réponse.

1. Passepartoutest:

a. anglais b. allemande c. français

2. Au Reform-Club, PhileasFoggaime:

a. écouter de la musique b. jouer aux dominos c. lire les journaux

3. Fix est:

a. Inspecteur de police b. douanier c. consul

4. Mrs. Aoudadoitmourir:

a. empoisonnée b. brulée c. étranglée

5. Mr. Fogget Mrs. Aoudaveulent se marier:

a. un samedi b. un jeudi c. un lundi

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L’Avare- Molière

A)Cochez la bonne réponse:

1. De quelleannée date l'Avare ?

a. 1666 b.1668 c.1670 Q2. De queldramatuge Molière s'inspire-t-il pour l'écrire ?

a. Plaute b. Aristophane c.Térence Q3. Quesignifie le mot Harpagonétymologiquement ?

a.Avare b. Crochet c.Rhumatisant Q4. Quelssont les enfantsd'Harpagon ?

a. ValèreetMariane b.Angélique et Cléonte c.Elise et Cléante Q5. Comment s'appellel'entremetteusechoisie par Harpagon ?

a. Béline b..Frosine c.MmePernelle Q6. Qui est le cuisinier-cocherd'Harpagon ?

a. Maître Jacques b. Maître Simon c.LaFlèche Q7. Qu'offre le filsd'Harpagon à Mariane au nom de son père ?

a. Une cassette et un collier b. Une collation et un diamante c. Unecalèche et une cassette

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Q8. Qui est en fait Anselmequ'Harpagonveut faire épouser à safille ?

a. L'oncled'Eliseet de Cléante b.Lelégat du Roi c.Lepère de Valère et Mariane

B) Répondez aux questions: 1.Quelest le nom de l'Avare ?

2. Qui sontsesenfants ?

3. Qui est la Flèche ?

4. Qui estamoureuxd'Elise ?

5. Qui sont les enfantsd'Anselme ?

6. Que vole-t-on à Harpagon ?

7. Quelest le défautd'Harpagon ?

8. Qui est Thomas d'Alburcy ?

9. Comment se nommel'entremetteuse ?

10. Qui estl'auteur de cette pièce de théâtre ?

11. Dansquelleville se déroule la scène ?

FIN