Holiday Home Work ENGLISH (CLASS VII)

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1 Holiday Home Work ENGLISH (CLASS VII) Term 1: Literature: Skill Based Reader 1. The First Flight - April 2. Little Red Riding Hood - Read only 3. Super Charlie - April/May 4. Champion Forever - July 5. The Crocodile and the Monkey - July 6. Opening the Gates - Open Book Test 7. The Road not taken - August Supplementary Reader : Treasure Island 1. The Captain at the Admiral Benbou - April 2. Preparations for a voyage - May 3. I discover a plot - July 4. The first signs of mutiny - August 5. The lovely Ben Gunn - September Fun with Grammar: 1. Chapter April/May 2. Chapter July 3. Chapter August 4. Chapter September SUNSHINE GRAMMER WORKBOOK : Chapter 1-9 (For Practice only)

2 Writing skills: 1. Diary writing/story writing- April 2. Paragraph writing- April 3. Informal Letter - May 4. Article writing- July 5. Description of people, places and events - August 6. Jumbled sentences - September TERM II: LITERATURE : SKILL BASED READER 1. The Story of Macbeth I - October 2. The Story of Macbeth II - November 3. How Much Land Does a Man Need - November 4. The Wondering Man -OBA 5. Happiness - December 6. Around the World in Eighty days - Project Work 7. Not My Fault - January SUPPLEMENTARY READER: TREASURE ISLAND 1. The Doctor tells the story - October 2. Over to Jim Hawkins again - November 3. The story of Israel Hands - December 4. Hunting Treasure with the enemy - January 5. Goodbye to Treasure Island - February FUN WITH GRAMMAR 1. Chapter 16, 17- October 2. Chapter 18, 19 - November

3 3. Chapter 20,21, 22 - December 4. Chapter 23,24 - January 5. Chapter 25,26 - February SUNSHINE GRAMMER WORKBOOK : Chapter (For Practice only) WRITING SKILLS: 1. Formal Letter - October 2. Editing - November 3. Dialogue Writing & Completion -December 4. Message Writing - January 5. Jumbled Sentences & Diary Writing -Continuously

4 PROJECT (HOLIDAY HOMEWORK) Ancient Wisdom: Let us know more about Myths and Legends A myth is an ancient traditional story about Gods, heroes and magic whereas the legend is also a story which may or may not be true. Have you heard of ancient Greek, Roman and Indian Myths & Legends. ln earlier times all the elements of nature were personalized as Gods and Goddesses so that man was able to show respect to nature. Here is a list of some Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses and their Roman counterparts: 1. Zeus -Jupiter 2. Hera -Juno 3. Poseidon -Neptune 4. Hades -Pluto 5. Ares- Mars 6. Hermes - Mercury 7. Apollo - Apollo 8. Artemis - Diana 9. Athena- Minerva 10. Hertia- Verta 11. Demeter- Ceres 12. Aphrodite - Venus 13. Hephaestus - Vulcan 14. Heracles -Hercules 15. Eros - Cupid 16. Orpheus -Orpheus 17. Pandora -Pandora 18. Pegasus -Pegasus 19. Kerbero -Cerbeus

5 Find out what each God represents in their culture. Find Indian Gods and Goddesses who correspond with the same elements. Write down 2 myths related to the elements of fire or air. (Do it in a Project file) Flying through time: A Look at the history of flight OR PROJECT Since times immemorial man has watched birds soaring in the sky and made many failed attempts at flying. The relentless efforts ended in the triumph of human will; man flapped, glided and finally flew AFTER DECADES OF STRUGGLE.Ever since hundreds of inventors have tried to engineer their way into the skies with newer and more sophisticated flying machines. Keeping the broad parameters enumerated as follows prepare a project file: How has flight changed over times: from a hot air balloon to a space shuttle. Write a timeline of aviation history: the important landmarks Were Vimanas and Udan Khatolas, as mentioned in the Vedas real? The Wright Brothers and their contribution to aviation industry. The role of aero planes in the World Wars. The advent of the space ships and travel into outer space - enlist a few firsts in the history of space travel. Record the feats of some famous aviator. Make a paper plane and stick it in. Aviation vocabulary: Ornithopter Dirigible Gondola Fuselage Cockpit Biplane Zeppelin Aileron Hindenburg Monoplane Have you ever taken a journey by plane. Describe your journey. (Do it in a Project file)