ASN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (SESSION )

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1 ASN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (SESSION ) Classes I & II Our world is an amazing place! We have people from different countries, cultures, traditions and beliefs living together like a big family. To foster life-long friendships and healthy relations with each other in this big family we need to understand and respect not just our culture but culture of others. So kids, this summer our holiday home work provides you an opportunity to hop on a journey to explore and enjoy delicious food cuisines, traditional costumes, festivals and celebrations and also learn about interesting facts about India, France and Japan. Hope you will enjoy this experience through fun filled worksheets and art & craft activities with the guidance and support of your parents. Children of the World We are all born in a different way How We look and what we say From different countries around the world of different genders: boys and girls Of many sizes and colours, too The things we like and the things we do We re sure glad it works this way The world is so colourful every day If everyone were the same, you see you wouldn t be you and I wouldn t be me!

2 HOW TO HAVE A FRUITFUL SUMMER BREAK HEALTH IS WEALTH: Rise early to catch the sunrise daily. Go for morning walk with your family. Drink plenty of fluids like lemonade, buttermilk, milk shakes etc. to keep yourself cool. Play outdoors, get dirty in mud. It s okay to fall down and experience pain once in a while. Avoid being a couch potato! Restrict your television time to 1 hour a day and watch good children s programme, cartoon films, Discovery channel, National geographic channels etc. NATURE CARE: Adopt a plant, water it daily. Nurture and watch it grow. Ask your parents to help you plant trees in your neighbourhood. Feed and give water to stray animals and birds. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: Enhance your Self Help Skills: Learn how to dress up smartly and tie your shoes on your own. Eat all your meals yourself. DEVELOPING SOCIAL SKILLS : Adopt the magic words like Please, Thank you, Sorry etc. in your conversation. Visit your grandparents and make memories with them. Make them feel special. Also ask them about history and culture of INDIA. Help your mother in kitchen and laying down the dining table. Pick your plate after every meal to learn dignity of labour. READING TIME: Read books for half an hour daily. Ask your parents to read a book or stories and folk tales using the suggested links given below. JAPAN dinoling.com (Japanese short stories), FRANCE - oaks.nvg.org ( French fairy tales and legends), INDIA - macomi.com (famous folk tales, Panchtantra ) BEAUTIFY YOUR STROKES: To improve the formation of letters write a page every day in Macmillan Handwriting Book and complete it till page 55. Keep up with your subject concept by regular practice of phonics learnt so far and enrich your vocabulary by learning new words and their meaning. Practice maths concepts every day and enhance your writing skills by object writing/picture comprehension once a week in a rough note book.

3 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOLIDAY HOMEWORK: Holiday homework is divided into 3 parts. 1. Worksheets for the My Country Folder. 2. Activity instruction sheet for Art and Craft Expressions. 3. Class Presentation of Holiday Home work HOW TO GO ABOUT! (Country allotment - INDIA / JAPAN / FRANCE) Read and follow the instructions carefully with each worksheet. Use dark lead pencil or coloured pens to complete the worksheets. Complete the worksheets and paste them on thick A4 size bright coloured pastel sheets and get them spiral bound as a folder (My Country Folder). Decorate the cover page appropriately with pictures or drawings relevant to the art and culture of the country. You can also use the print out of Japan/France/India Culture Map from the internet using the same as the keyword. Label the cover page of the My Country Folder as : EXPLORING JAPAN/ INDIA /FRANCE as per the country given to you. Colour the flag of the country given to you in the correct colours on the Map page of your folder. The worksheet and work given in the homework has to be done in child's own handwriting. The parent can guide and support in searching the required information and facilitating the art and craft work. Paste coloured glossy pictures wherever required. Try to use recycled or waste material for art and craft expression. The submission for the holiday homework will be as per the dates below. 1. My Country Folder on 2 nd July, Art and Craft Expressions on 5th July, Class Presentation of holiday homework (speaking activity in 5 to 10 lines about their folder and Art activity) will be held on 9 th & 10 th July, Bifurcation class wise Class INDIA JAPAN FRANCE I-A Roll No Roll No Roll No I-B Roll No Roll No Roll No I-C Roll No Roll No Roll No I-D Roll No Roll No Roll No I-E Roll No Roll No Roll No

4 My Little Book About NAME : India is the seventh largest country by area in asia. NEW DELHI

5 WORKSHEET-1 Let s Explore India India is in South Asia and seventh biggest country in the world. Many people live in India and speak Hindi and English. Come let us explore more about India. Support your findings with colour pictures. National language National sport India is a land of languages, religions, dance forms and customs and is a unique example of unity in diversity. Capital of India Currency of India In India, Children s Day is Celebrated on

6 WORKSHEET-2 It s Time to Discover India! Match the words to their correct description. 1.Diwali monument in Agra 2.Lotus character of Jungle Book 3.Ganga festival of lights 4.Mahatma Gandhi famous cartoon character 5.Taj Mahal national flower of India 6.Mowgli pink city 7.Ramayana father of nation 8.Chota Bheem sacred river of India 9.Tricolor epic telling story of lord Rama 10.Jaipur flag of India

7 WORKSHEET-3 This is how I speak in Hindi! Find out and write how I would speak the following in Hindi. Example. Hello! Namaste How are you? Good morning I am fine. Good bye Please Welcome Good night Thankyou

8 SEE WHAT WE WEAR! WORKSHEET-4 Traditional costumes are the dress worn by people on special occasions & celebrations. Colour the traditional dress of this Indian lady. Name the traditional dress of women of India

9 It s time for Monument Watch! WORKSHEET-5 Landmarks are the places or symbols of a country which makes it famous. Let s find out some famous landmarks (famous places or symbols) of India. Paste their colour pictures and name them too. India Gate

10 It s time to Celebrate! WORKSHEET-6 Look out for the famous Indian festivals in the word search given below. Take help from the clue box. A G K G T O T F D I W A L I E G A P O N G A L U T S U R I G I N X M N U N E R A P S O N M O E M E J R A T G N O G I B P N S S A Y U B S A E T H Q P N T H F E S P A U P N N Y J U D F C C N N U C B U X A U A T S E H R P T R H W J K V K B L E L A U W Q A R Y A S R I l B T A T E B U B I H U V A G M F S N U R S K O S O M O T O T H U G R L R A A T S I R R D O O A O T W O N A M R I H I M K L U J H U T A O A R I M O N R I N I I T S E S S G A H K L M T F Diwali (Lord Rama came back to Ayodhya) Pongal (Harvest festival of Tamil Nadu) Holi (Festival of colours) Durga Puja (Greatest festival of the Bengal Community) Navratri (Nine days of continuous fasting) Ganesh Chaturthi (Devotees bring Lord Ganesha home) Bihu (National festival of Assam) Christmas (Birthday of Jesus Christ) Onam (Harvest festival of Kerala)

11 ART & CRAFT EXPRESSIONS INDIA (CLASS 1) Activity 1 - Warli Art Paper Bag Warli art is a style of folk art of Maharashtra, India. Select any easy Warli Art Pattern for kids on internet. Draw that pattern on an A-4 size light coloured pastel sheet. Finalise this pattern with black/red sketch pen ( as sent on snap H.W.) Now paste your pattern on a paper bag. Key Words to refer a site warli art images for kids Activity 2 Taste it on the Mat Cuisine of a country refers to different style of food of a particular region / country. Take a colored A-3 Size sheet. Collect colourful pictures of different cuisines (eg. Starters, main course, desserts etc.) of India using internet, old magazines etx. Make a collage using these pictures on this A3 size sheet. Make a border of this collage and decorate it appropriately. Give a title to this Table Mat- CUISINE OF INDIA. Get this beautiful cuisine mat laminated. Learn few lines (at least 5 ) about the cuisine of this country for speaking activity to be held on 9 th July Activity 3 - ( ROLL NO 1-6)! -

12 Activity 3 - ( ROLL NO 7-12) ) ),

13 My Little Book About NAME : JAPAN is made up of a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean TOKYO

14 WORKSHEET-1 Let s Explore Japan Together! Japan is an Island in East Asia. The land of rising sun is another name of Japan. Come! Let us explore more about Japan and find about the following. National language National sport The Japanese people believe in Shinto and Buddha Capital of Japan Currency of Japan In Japan, Children s Day is Celebrated on

15 WORKSHEET-2 It s Time to Discover Japan! Match the following: 1.Bonsai art of paper folding 2.Fan a fish- symbol of luck 3.Cherry Blossom professional spies 4.Carp Capital city 5.Ninja beckoning cat 6.Origami potted miniature trees 7.Tokyo made of paper on a bamboo frame 8.Maneki-neko wishing doll 9.Samurai highest mountain 10.Daruma sakura 11.Fuji Japanese warriors

16 WORKSHEET-3 This is how I speak in Japanese! Find out and write how I would speak the following in Japanese. Example. Hello! Konnichiwa How are you? Good morning I am fine. Good bye Please Welcome Good night Thankyou

17 WORKSHEET-4 SEE WHAT WE WEAR! Traditional costumes are the dress worn by people on special occasions & celebrations. Enjoy solving the number facts and use the answers to colour the picture according to the given code COLOUR CODES 1. RED 2. YELLOW 3. ORANGE 4. GREEN 5. BLUE 6. SKIN 7. GOLDEN / BROWN What is the name of the traditional dress of Japan?

18 Let s Explore Japan together! WORKSHEET-5 Landmarks are the places or symbols of a country which makes it famous. Let s find out some famous landmarks (famous places or symbols) of Japan. Paste their colour pictures and name them too. Tokyo tower, Japan

19 It s Time To Celebrate! WORKSHEET-6 Look out for the famous Japanese festivals in the word search given below. Take help from the clue box. A N K G T O T F T M S W X F E G L F H I N A M A T S U R I G I O X M N O N E L A P S O N M O T M E J K A T E N O G I B P N B S A Y D B S N E T H Q P N T W F E S M A U E N R Y J U D F S C N N K T B D X P U A T S E O R P T F A W G K A K Z L E L M U W Q X O Y U S A I O B T A N E B U T A I N V M G W F S N C R S K O D O M O N O H I U G F L R A A M S I R O D U T B O A W A O D O R I H V M I D U J B U T A O D R I M O N I H N 1. NEBUTA (Biggest summer festival) 2. GION (Kyoto s biggest annual festival) 3. KODOMO NO HI (Children s Day) 4. HINA MATSURI (also called Doll s day or Girl s day) 5. TANABATA (Star festival) 6. AWA ODORI (Dance festival) 7. YUKI (Sapporo snow festival) 8. SETSUBUN (Bean throwing festival)

20 ART & CRAFT EXPRESSIONS JAPAN (CLASS 1) Activity 1 Japanese Fan (Roll No. ) Take an A-3 size pastel sheet or any printed attractive paper. Fold about 1 cm of it from the top. Flip the sheet and fold 1 cm again. Keep flipping and folding till the end. Open the fan and make crease in the centre. Join the two ends together to make a Japanese Paper Fan. Paste a little strip of paper at the end to make a handle of fan. Decorate the fan with stones/sequence to make it look beautiful. Refer: How to make a paper fan on you tube. Activity 1 Japanese Origami Animal (Roll No. ) Take any coloured florescent sheet of size 16 cm x 16 cm. Select any animal of your choice from origami easy animals on youtube. Follow the instructions and learn to make your chosen animals. Paste googly eyes on the animal you have made. Activity 2 Taste it on the Mat (compulsory) Cuisine of a country refers to different style of food of a particular region / country. Take a coloured A-3 size sheet. Collect colourful pictures of different cuisines (eg. starters, main course, desserts etc.) of France using internet, old magazines etc. Make a collage using these pictures on this A3 size sheet. Make a border of this collage and decorate it appropriately. Give a title to this Table Mat- CUISINE OF FRANCE. Get this beautiful cuisine mat laminated. Learn few lines (at least 5 ) about the cuisine of this country for speaking activity to be held on 9 th July Activity 3 Energy Magnet Draw a circle of radius 8 cm on a thick sheet. Cut and paste this circle on an old card/thick notebook cover/old cardboard. Draw and colour any one energy symbol (solar, hydro or wind energy) on it. Paste a magnet at the back using fevicol or fevibon

21 My Little Book About NAME: FRANce is the largest country in Western Europe.

22 WORKSHEET-1 Let s Explore France Together! France is the country in Europe and is famous for its culture, monument and structure. Come let us explore more about France. Support your findings with colour pictures. National language National sport Paris is the city of light, love fun and frolic. The French phrase joie de vivre is used to express cheerful enjoyment of life Capital of France Currency of France In France, Children s Day is Celebrated on

23 It s Time to Discover France! WORKSHEET-2 Match the following. 1. Fromage National flower 2. Tour De France Cheese 3. Iris Cycle race 4. Napoleon Seine 5. Football Cartoon character 6. River in Paris first emperor 7. Tintin highest mountain 8. Paris biggest museum 9. The Louvre capital of France 10. Mont Blanc popular sport

24 WORKSHEET-3 This is how I speak in French! Find out and write how I would speak the following in French. Example. Hello! Bonjour How are you? Good morning I am fine. Good bye Please Welcome Good night Thankyou

25 SEE WHAT WE WEAR! WORKSHEET-4 In France, instead of national dress, there are many traditional costumes. Men s costumes are simple, just trousers, shirt is always white (made of silk or cotton depending on the person s status) and the basic colour of the whole costume is a dark colour such as blue, brown or black. COLOUR CODES 1- WHIE, 2 DARK BLUE/BROWN, 3 GREEN, 4 RED, 5 SKIN, 6 -BLACK 7 - BLACK

26 Let s Explore France together! WORKSHEET-5 Landmarks are the places or symbols of a country which makes it famous. Let s find out some famous landmarks (famous places or symbols) of France. Paste their colour pictures and name them too. Eiffel tower, France

27 It s Time to Celebrate! FRANCE FESTIVALS GRID WORKSHEET-6 Look out for the famous French festivals in the word search given below. Take help from the clue box. O N M R E L V Z P F L S P I P C H R I S T M A S E C L R K V S T U L E C L E T N I K M T E M O O I C O V T P O E S E S C H A R X E V L Y O N I O N R A E F C T U D T E L C N P Q E V O F H O P I B I T U S A S I O N L C O V A S T N S G P L K O B A S T I L L E V E O N H L O P V M T N U M F J R O T V A O A U X O J E X E E S L R C A P N E S CHRISTMAS (birthday of Jesus Christ) KITE FESTIVAL (held annually in Berck-sur-Mer) LYON (Festival of lights) NICE CARNIVAL (Major carnival held in February in Nice) BASTILLE (National Day) MENTON LEMON ( The lemon festival) COCOLICO (Children s Day)

28 Matisse Painting WORKSHEET-7 COLOUR CODES 1- WHIE, 2 PINK, 3 ORANGE, 4 GREEN, 5 DARK BLUE, 6 PURPLE, 7 YELLOW, 8-RED, 9-YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUIR

29 ART & CRAFT EXPRESSIONS FRANCE (CLASS 1) Activity 1 Matisse Painting Henri Matisse was a French Artist known for his significant developments in painting and sculpture and his style of art just like a child is characterized by pure colours, simple patterns and forms. Colour the given worksheet no. 7 attached in the Holiday Homework and paste it on an A-3 size coloured pastel sheet. Activity 2 Taste it on the Mat Cuisine of a country refers to different style of food of a particular region / country. Take a coloured A-3 size sheet. Collect colourful pictures of different cuisines (eg. starters, main course, desserts etc.) of France using internet, old magazines etc. Make a collage using these pictures on this A3 size sheet. Make a border of this collage and decorate it appropriately. Give a title to this Table Mat- CUISINE OF FRANCE. Get this beautiful cuisine mat laminated. Learn few lines (at least 5 ) about the cuisine of this country for speaking activity to be held on 9 th July Activity 3 Energy Magnet Draw a circle of radius 8 cm on a thick sheet. Cut and paste this circle on an old card/thick notebook cover/old cardboard. Draw and colour any one energy symbol (solar, hydro or wind energy) on it. Paste a magnet at the back using fevicol or fevibond.