Holiday Home Work
Class – IX
English
1. Here are some common idioms and expressions. Write their meanings and use them in
sentences of your own.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Achilles’ Heel
Add insult to injury
Pandora’s box
Read between lines
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
2. Read the play, ‘ Macbeth by William Shakespeare then fill each of the categories listed
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Book title :
Author :
Plot:
Setting:
Characters :
Theme :
Writer’s craft (i.e style, language, literary devices)
Literary links (other works like it)
3. Write a short poem expressing what you think we can do to help fulfill dreams of
children / grandparents.
4. Project : As a reporter create your own Newspaper in 2 coloured A4 sheet. Include
Political News, Events, Social issues, International News, Sensex, Sports and Climate.
Or
Visit an old age home and account your observation. Interview a few elderly people. On
the basis of the response collected prepare a report on their daily routine, their dreams
etc. You can also paste their pictures.
Subject – Mathematics
1. Describe the formula for number of diagonals in an n- sided polygon
(Roll no. 1 to 10)
2. Prepare a chart on a great Indian Mathematician ( Roll no. 11 to 20)
3. Prepare charts on (i) just for fun (ii) googol, googolplex ( Roll no. 21 to 30)
4. Select any paragraph containing approximately 200 words from any source.
Read every word and obtain a frequency table and bar graph in excel for
each letter of the alphabet. ( Roll no. 31 to 40)
5. Prepare a dictionary of basis definitions and formulas from your NCERT
textbook. ( compulsory question)
6. (a) Name the teams who played in the IPL
(b) Who are the 10 topmost run scorers of the tournament? Find arithmetic
average of runs scored by them.
(c) Who are the 10 top most bowlers of the tournament? Find arithmetic
average of wickets taken by them. (Compulsory question).
Subject – Science
1. Tie a small piece of stone to a strong thread and rotate it above your
head at a constant speed. Let the thread slip through your hand and
observe the direction of motion of the stone.
2. Reason out why it moves along a circular path.
3. Extend this concept to the motion of satellites around the planets with
special reference to Chandrayaan.
4. Make a model of chandrayaan and discuss its findings. ( Roll No. 1 –
14)
5. Prepare a model of an eco – friendly home which will not require air
conditioners, geysers, pest control and use of less metal in the
construction. In fact this green house should have insulation to the walls,
double glazing, insulated , window frames, CFLs , provision for waste
water recycling and keep Mughal architecture in mind which had high
ceilings and strong walls. ( Roll No. 15 – 28)
1. Make a model showing various organisms belongings to the following
kingdoms -
Monera
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
(Roll No. 29-40)
2. Watch Discovery channel and collect information about genetically
modified organisms.
3. Visit a poultry farm / cattle farm / crop field and collect information on
the practices followed there.
Subject - Social Studies
1. Suggest effective ways to deal with socio – cultural and economic diversities in India.
* Use charts / make model to convey your ideas.
Or
2. Economic development is possible only with the diverse ways of production of goods
and services
*Compare the above with earlier times when we dealt only with Agrarian Economy.
* Use charts/ make models to present the information you gather through various
sources.
Or
3. Collect pictures and newspaper cuttings and prepare a brief report on recent Icelandic
Volcanic eruption which brought the economic world to a halt.