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Summer Holiday Homework 2018-2019
Class VII
ENGLISH
Many writers have given us the reasons why it is important for us to collect and write down
folktales. Folktales that have been told from generation to generation are like our forests
and rivers: we need to give our attention to them otherwise they will disappear forever.
This summer holiday ask your grandparents or someone from an older generation to tell
you an old story from a particular area of India that has existed for a long, long time. After
hearing it, write it down carefully. We will make a collection of our very own folktales and
if they are good, we can even think of publishing them. But first we need to know all the
ingredients in a folktale.
A folktale is old.
It is from a particular geographical region, so flora and fauna of that region are
portrayed in the story.
Gods, animals, nature, spirits often are characters in the story.
Often a folktale helps us to understand the natural world better.
Read ‘Paul Bunyan and the Whales’ carefully. Answer the following questions in your Log
Book.
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American folktales. His exploits revolve around the
tall tales of his superhuman labours and he is customarily accompanied by Babe, the blue
ox.
Paul Bunyan and the Whales (An American Folktale)
A long time ago whales swam in the Great Lakes, but they don't anymore, and for that you
might want to blame Paul Bunyan. See, Paul and his lumberjacks and his big blue ox,
Babe, were up in Michigan, and they had a lot of logs to move downriver to Lake Erie, but
the rain wouldn't stop. It rained so hard and so long that the whole river was turning to
mud. "There's no way we're going to move any logs down this sea of mud," Paul's
lumberjacks griped.
Paul knew he had to think of something.
Well, he and Babe were out on the banks of Lake Huron nearby when Babe began to play
with the whales. Babe was tossing pine trees, and the whales were jumping up out of the
water and catching those trees on their snouts and tossing them back. "Why those whales
are nothing but deepwater carp," Paul said. "They could be tamed!"
He watched Babe pitch more pine trees across the bay, and he watched those whales spout
and leap and pitch them back.
"Whales are friendly," Paul said. That was a nice thought. And he knew then that those
whales were born to drive logs.
So he began to make preparations. First he tossed a gigantic net across the mouth of the bay. "There's my whale pen," he said, and all the rest of that day, while the rain continued to fall and the mud grew thicker and the clouds rolled across the sky, Paul worked great sheets of leather into bridles and saddles. They were gigantic ones; after all, they were made for gigantic whales. The next day he called to Babe and said, "Bring those whales close to shore." Babe tossed a few pine trees in close, and the whales swam toward shore, and now Paul knew he had to woo them somehow. He would have to lure them with snoose -- the special food he made, all gooey and fishy and the sort of thing whales love. Paul knew he had to use kindness and firmness, and so for kindness he held out handfuls of snoose, coaxing those whales with gentle words, saying, "Come on, boy. Atta boy, come wrap your lips around this snoose here." Slowly, shyly, those whales began to swim toward shore. Now and then they stopped and wriggled their flukes and hoisted their snouts above the water and cocked their heads, but when they sniffed that salty, peppery snoose, their mouths watered, and then, in a burst of hunger, one of those whales snatched at the stuff, and pretty soon the rest of them did, too. And oh, they loved that snoose, so they began to feel some trust. Now, when the whales snatched at the snoose, Paul slipped those bridles over their heads and threw a pine tree between their snapping jaws, and the whales didn't seem to mind. The rain kept falling, and Paul realized he had to hurry up or his boys would never go along with his plan. Well, you know that sometimes when a person's too hasty, he forgets to be wise, and once in a while Paul was harsh with those whales. He lashed a few with the whale whip he made, and when he did, they reared and thrashed. But Paul fed them a little more snoose, and pretty soon every one of those whales was tame. Paul tied them all to ropes. "We're almost ready now," he said to Babe. So he began to tramp along that muddy trail along the river's edge, pulling the ropes that held those whales, leading them upriver toward the logging camp. They swam hard against the current. That water was almost all mud, but a whale is a strong, mighty creature. And so on they swam. By dawn they reached the camp, and Paul called out to his jacks, "Roll out!" Now those men looked pretty sorry, all mud-soaked, and they grumbled as they tumbled out of their beds. Mud was splattering out of the sky by then. "We can't make the drive with all this mud," the jacks growled. But Paul Bunyan never knew the word "can't." He just smiled because he knew how pleased the jacks would be when they saw their new helpers. He just said, "Come on, fellas, follow me." They slouched toward the river. That's when the men heard that big, loud "Moooooooo ..." And then they saw those whales. "One man to a whale, men," Paul said. Well, those men were awestruck at the sight of that herd tethered on the riverbank, each whale under a saddle, staring out from behind those bridle blinders. The men's hearts
thumped with excitement, and they forgot their fears and doubts. Each one mounted a
whale.
"Not even mud can stop us from pulling off a log drive!" Paul cried.
And for the first time in history, loggers hauled huge logs through mud, and when they
reached the lake, the men unloaded all those logs, and Paul set the whales free.
It was a great day, except for one thing. The whale herds swam up and away. They jumped
Niagara and swam toward the salt water, and later, when they remembered those bits and
bridles and blinders and the whale whip, they felt bitter. Even the whales who most loved
snoose and the ones who loved playing with Babe thought Paul Bunyan had taken unfair
advantage of their strength and friendly nature. And so those whales never came back to
the Great Lakes.
1. What are the clues you get from the story that tell you that it is an old story?
2. a) From which region is this story?
b) How do you know?
3. What are the animals portrayed in the story? Describe their nature.
4. How does this folktale help us to understand the natural world better?
5. We know that human beings devastate the natural world to feed their greed.
How does this story show this aspect of human nature?
6. ‘A Secret for Two’ shows a special friendship between Joseph and Pierre.
a) How is this folktale similar to the story?
b) How is it different?
Do draw and colour a whale of your choice.
Now I think you are ready to bring your folktale alive in your writing. Do try to
make your writing interesting by including at least one simile, one metaphor and
some new words that you have read in your Literature texts. Your story must be
written in your Log Book and must have a title.
READ AT LEAST ONE BOOK FROM THE READING LIST WHICH IS IN
YOUR ENGLISH SYLLABUS UPLOADED IN THE WEBSITE.
Happy reading, happy listening, happy writing and HAPPY HOLIDAY!
SRI SRI ACADEMY
HOLIDAY HOME WORK
MATHEMATICS
CLASS- VII
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Take a print out of the Mathematics holiday homework.
All the sums to be worked out on A4 size papers and stapled together.
Date of submission within 25.06.2018
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1. In the given figure, OB is perpendicular to OA and ∠BOC = 49°. Find AOD.
2.In the given figure, AB|| CD. Find the reflex ∠ EFG.
3. From the figure given below, examine whether the following pairs of lines are
parallel or not: (i) EF and GH (ii) AB and CD
4. Lipika reads a book for 2 hours everyday. She reads the entire book in 6 days.
How many hours in all were required by her to read the book?
5. Shyam bought 5 kg 300 g apples and 3 kg 250 g mangoes. sarala bought
4 kg 800 g orange and 4 kg 150g bananas. Who bought more fruits?6.Vidya and Pratap went for a picnic. Their mother gave them a water bottle that containe
5 litres of water. Pratap consumed the remaining water.
i) How much water did Vidya drink?
ii) What fraction of the total quantity of water did Pratap drink?
7.Which integer represents this scenario?
(i) Adding 4 stamps to a collection (ii ) Penalty of 3 points (iii) 2-millilitre
increase in volume(iv) 3-kilogram increase in mass
(v) A plant grows 9 centimetres taller(vi) 3metres below the sea
8. At Aryan’s closet there are 745 clothes , 264 of the clothes are
white and another twice of them are black. How many clothes
areneither black or white?
9. In the first half of the quiz completion Jasmit’s team
answered all the 96 questions correctly and scored 288 points.
In the second round they scored 345 points. In the final round
they scored 126points but lost 2 points each for answering
52 questions incorrectly. What was the total score of Jasmit’steam.
How many correct answers they gave in the full competition
and how many incorrect answers did they give?
10.Find the area of a rectangular park which is m long and m broad.
11.A restaurant chef made 1 litres of mushroom soup. Each bowl of soup holds of a
litre. How many bowls of soup will the chef be able to fill?
12.The product of two rational numbers is . If one of the rational number is , find the b
other rational number.
13.From a rope 11 m long, two pieces of lengths m and m are cut off. What is the
length of the remaining rope?
14.A drum full of rice weighs kg. If the empty drum weighs kg, find the weight of
rice in the drum.
15.18.5 m of cloth costs Rs.666. Find the cost of 3.8 m of cloth.GEOGRAPHY
Research and collect information and relevant pictures on any one topic (as per
instructions). The project has to be done on an interleaf shoelace file followed by a
presentation in class.
Only use black/blue gel pen. No other colours should be used for writing.
Write down your name, class, section and roll number on the first page of the
project. The title of the project should be written in BLOCK letters on the second
page.
Draw margins on all four sides and stick pictures only on the white page to the left.
All pictures should have a hand written caption in BLOCK letters. Cut out the
pictures evenly and stick them properly.
Write down the information on the ruled sides with proper headings and sub
headings. Headings and subheadings should be written in BLOCK letters. Leave a
line after each paragraph.
The pictures stuck on the left hand side (white page) should be in sync with the
writing on the right hand page (ruled page).
I. SPAIN:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in Spain. What is Geography called in it?
3. Agriculture in Spain with special reference to any one particular crop.
4. Transport and communication with special reference to Railway.
5. Spanish football team and its position in the world.
II. FRANCE:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in France. What is Geography called it?
3. 5 interesting facts one should know about Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
4. What is so unique about French cuisine? Do you know that France is also
famous for its perfume? Find a little information about the perfume industry.
Find out the stages of its preparation and famous brands that are available.
5. French football team and its position in the world.
III. SCOTLAND:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in Scotland.
3. Climate of Scotland.
4. What do you know about the Scottish Highlands?
5. With special reference to the University of Glasgow tell us why Glasgow is called a
major centre of higher education and academic research?IV. BELGIUM:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. What do you know about the Kermesse festival?
3. Who is the Flanders?
4. Tell us about the significance of the Port of Antwerp.
5. Varieties of Belgian chocolates and facts about them.
V. ENGLAND:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Location and relief feature of the Lake District. Name a famous personality who
lived there.
3. Name a few things that a person would see on the banks of river Thames. Why is
Downing Street famous?
4. What is the present day scenario of London port?
5. English football team and its position in the world.
VI. ITALY:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in Italy. What is Geography called in Italy?
3. Where is the Dolomite Mountain in Italy? What kind of mountain is it? Name the
rocks found in the Dolomite Mountain.
4. What do you know about Italian cuisine?
5. Italian football team and its position in the world.
VII. TURKEY:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in Turkey. What is Geography called in Turkey?
3. Climate of Turkey.
4. Istanbul is primarily known for its Byzantine and Ottoman architecture. Justify your
answer with special reference to the monuments located there.
5. Location of Marmara Sea and its geographical features.
VIII. GERMANY:
1. Location of the country and its capital.
2. Language spoken in Germany. What is Geography called in that language?
3. Can you name a famous German dessert that is also a famous mountain range?
Describe both.
4. Automobile industry in Germany.
5. German football team and its position in the world.IX. HUNGARY 1. Location of the country and its capital. 2. Language spoken in Hungary. What is Geography called in that language? 3. Major rivers in the country and its source. Name a few cities located on their banks. 4. Find a little information on the porcelain industry in the country. 5. A famous spice of the country. Where is it produced? What is it used for? X. FINLAND 1. Location of the country and its capital. 2. Language spoken in Finland and what is Geography called in it? 3. Cliamte and biodiversity in Finland. 4. Finland has the best education system. Why do you think so? Tell me with special reference to inclusive education. 5. What do you know about the nuclear power of Finland?
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