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The Sanskaar Valley School Cambridge Secondary 1

Summer Holiday Work 7 CIE [2017]

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With friends I will play in the Sun and Moon. All play and just a little Work,

We promise We will do A book of reading, A page of writing and a sum of math With no refusal and no fighting.

Subject English Language

Work

Specification :

1. BOSCARS – Reading activity (Refer to Annexure – 1)

2. Create a booklet on the Literary Analysis of the Novel “Hound of Baskervilles”

(Refer to Annexure – 2)

Instructions /

Guidelines :

Q- 1

1. BOSCARS – Refer to Annexure -1 for complete details.

Q- 2

1. The Literary analysis aims to take your understanding and analysis of the novel to

a higher level.

2. There are 5 tasks (A-E). You need to complete all the tasks.

3. The instructions and the word limit for each task are specified in the template.

Read and adhere to them carefully

4. You can submit in either soft or hard (printed/ hand-written) copy.

5. Present your Literary Analysis booklet beautifully with an attractive cover page.

Total marks to be awarded – 20

Date of Submission: 26/6/2017

Cambridge Coordinator Head of SOPAAN

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ANNEXURE - 1

BOSCARS – READING ACTIVITY

Once you are back from the summer vacation you will have to cast your ballot for the BOSCAR Awards which is

to be held on 27 June’17. The categories that will be awarded will be based on your vote so the more you

read, the more you will be able to enjoy the upcoming BOSCARS.

1. Given below is a list of books. Choose any two of them (Ideally, you must choose one from each genre).

Genres Books (choose any two)

Fiction

1. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins

2. Percy Jackson series or Kane Chronicles (The Red Pyramid)- Rick Riordian

3. The Harry Potter series – JK Rowling

4. The Room on the Roof – Ruskin Bond

5. Doctor Thorne-Anthony Trollope

6. Indian Summer- Alex Von

7. Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy

Autobiography 8. The Test of My Life – Yuvraj Singh

9. Open – Andrew Agassi

10. Captain Cool: M S Dhoni

Thrillers

11. Hounds of Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré (Penguin Modern Classics)

13. Billionaire Boy - David Walliams

14. Any one of the short stories by Agatha Christie

Science Fiction 15. I, Robot – Issac Asimov

16. Journey to the centre of the earth- Jules Verne

The Classics

17. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Wordsworth Classics)

18. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics)

19. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Wordsworth Classics)

20. Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

Comedies 21. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Gollancz)

22. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend (Penguin)

23. Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse (Arrow)

Short stories 24. The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Wordsworth Editions)

25. Short stories- Guy de Maupassant

26. Collection of 22 short stories – Arvind Gupta (PDF available on internet)

27. Short stories of Rabindranath Tagore

Indian Writers 28. The Shiva Trilogy- Amish Tripathi

29. Five Point Someone- Chetan Bhagat

30. Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri

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• Suggested movies, you can watch during the summer holidays.

Movies

1. School of Rock

2. The man who knew Infinity

3. Karate Kid

4. Finding Nemo

5. Bend it like Beckham

6. Maze Runner

7. Finding Dory

8. Jungle Book

9. Mary Poppins

10. Troy

11. Robinson Crusoe

12. Beauty and the Beast (Disney)

13. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

14. The hundred Foot journey

15. Julius Caesar/Hail Caesar

16. Journey to the centre of the earth

The BOSCAR Award Categories:

1. Best hero in a book

2. Best heroine in a book

3. Best Villain in a book

4. The funniest book character

5. The most loved book of Sopaan

6. King reader(student award)

7. Queen reader(student award)

8. Best writer International

9. Best movie based on a book

10. Best autobiography

11. Best Indian Writer

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ANNEXURE - 2

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Section A: Setting: In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the

historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main

backdrop and mood for a story.

Choose the best answer.

1. Holmes and Watson first meet Sir Henry

Baskerville at _____.

a. Baskerville Hall

b. Baker Street

c. Waterloo Station

d. Downing Street

2. Dr Mortimer reads out a letter about the evil

Sir Hugo Baskerville who _____.

a. lived in 1240

b. lived in 1440

c. lived in 1640

d. lived in 1840

3. Baskerville Hall is in the county of _____.

a. Devonshire

b. Yorkshire

c. Wiltshire

d. Gloucestershire

4. Baskerville Hall is _____ building.

a. a large, beautiful

b. an ugly, modern

c. a small, pretty

d. a dark, unwelcoming

5. Baskerville Hall is near a _____.

a. dark, lonely forest

b. long, sandy beach

c. wild, dangerous moor

d. deep, wide river

6. Sir Charles died _____ of Baskerville Hall.

a. in the garden

b. on the steps

c. in the library

d. in the kitchen

7. Watson goes to talk to Laura Lyons at _____.

a. Baskerville Hall

b. her house in Newton

c. her father’s house

d. Stapleton’s house

8. Stapleton had a _____ in the north of

England.

a. shop

b. hotel

c. school

d. restaurant

9. Roger Baskerville, who was Stapleton’s father,

ran away to _____.

a. South America

b. South Africa

c. the South of France

d. South China

10. Sir Henry goes to have dinner at _____

and then starts to walk home alone.

a. a restaurant in Newton

b. Laura Lyons’ house

c. Mr Frankland’s house

d. Stapleton’s house

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Section B: Characters: A character is a person depicted in a narrative or drama. Characters may be flat,

minor characters; or round, and major. The main character in a story is generally known as the protagonist;

the character who opposes him or her is the antagonist

Choose the best answer.

11. Sir Charles Baskerville gave some papers

about the Baskerville family to _____.

a. Sherlock Holmes

b. Barrymore

c. Dr Mortimer

d. Sir Henry Baskerville

12. Sir Charles was _____ man.

a. a handsome and famous

b. an angry and lonely

c. a dangerous and evil

d. a friendly and generous

13. Sir _____ Baskerville is the new head of

the Baskerville family.

a. Hugo

b. William

c. Henry

d. Charles

14. At first, _____ goes to Baskerville Hall on

the train to learn more about the case.

a. Sherlock Holmes

b. Dr Watson

c. Barrymore

d. Stapleton

15. _____ is a dangerous prisoner who

escapes on to the moor.

a. Seldon

b. Mortimer

c. Stapleton

d. Frankland

16. _____ falls in love with Miss Stapleton.

a. Sir Henry Baskerville

b. Dr Watson

c. Sherlock Holmes

d. Barrymore

17. Barrymore is Sir Charles’ butler, he has a

_____.

a. red beard

b. black beard

c. grey moustache

d. brown moustache

18. Stapleton says that Miss Stapleton is his

_____.

a. wife

b. daughter

c. cousin

d. sister

19. Stapleton is helping Laura Lyons with her

_____.

a. house

b. farm

c. divorce

d. wedding

20. _____ likes arguing with people and

studying the stars.

a. Dr Watson

b. Mr Frankland

c. Laura Lyons

d. Miss Stapleton

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Section C: Dialogue: A dialogue is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be

engaged in conversation with each other. In literature, it is a conversational passage or a spoken or written

exchange of conversation in a group or between two persons directed towards a particular subject.

Who said or wrote this?

21. ‘I have come to see you because I need your help. I think something terrible is going to happen in the

next twenty-four hours.’

a. Dr Watson

b. Dr Mortimer

c. Stapleton

d. Barrymore

22. ‘If you think Sir Charles’ death was caused by something supernatural, my detective work can’t help

you.’

a. Dr Watson

b. Dr Mortimer

c. Sherlock Holmes


23. ‘I can understand why my uncle felt that trouble was coming to him here.’

a. Laura Lyons

b. Miss Stapleton

c. Barrymore


24. ‘Go straight back to London immediately. I cannot tell you why, but please do what I ask you, and

never come near the moor again.’

a. Dr Watson

b. Miss Stapleton

c. Stapleton


25. ‘It was the window, sir. I go round at night to see that they are closed, and this one wasn’t shut.’

a. Barrymore

b. Dr Mortimer

c. Mr Frankland


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Section D: Vocabulary

• Write the underlined vocabulary word and the definition with part of speech (noun, adjective, adverb, etc.).

Chapter 1 1. “Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an examination of it [stick]”

2. “I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous.”

Chapter 2 1. …and that no ban is too heavy but that by prayer and repentance it may be removed.

2. …but there was in him a certain wanton and cruel humour…

Chapter 3 1. “…there have been several incidents which are hard to reconcile with the settled order

of Nature. “

2. “And yet it cannot be denied that the prosperity of the whole poor, bleak country-side

depends upon his presence.”

Chapter 4 1. There is much difference to my eyes between the leaded bourgeois type…

2. …whether it is a benevolent or a malevolent agency which is in touch with us…

Chapter 5 1. So furious was he that he was hardly articulate, and when he did speak it was in

Western dialect.

2. One of the most revered names in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer.

Chapter 6 1. I saw the tall, austere figure of Holmes standing motionless.

2. On the summit, hard and clear like an equestrian statue upon its pedestal…

Chapter 7 1. “She was a large, impassive heavy-featured woman…”

2. That in spite of Holmes’s ruse we had no proof that Barrymore had not been in London

all the time.

Chapter 8 1. Some miles across the moor to a place this is so dismal that it might have suggested the

story.

2. He is learned in old manorial and communal rights

Chapter 9 1. “If I was compelled to leave you without much news…I am making up for lost time…”

2. …my conscience reproached me bitterly for having allowed him to go out of my sight.

Chapter 10 1. Rain squalls drifted across their russet face…

2. “I fancy old Franklin allows her a pittance but it cannot be more than…”

Chapter 11 1. “My life had been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I abhor.”

2. “Why should she have been so reticent at the time of the tragedy?”

Chapter 12 1. “You saw me on the night of the convict hunt what I was so imprudent to allow the

moon to rise behind me.”

2. “When I learned that the missing man was devoted to entomology, the identification

was complete.”

Chapter 13 1. He features were still composed, but his eyes shown with amused exultation.

2. Holmes said little more but the picture of the old roisterer seemed to have a fascination

for him…

Chapter 14 1. I tiptoed down the path the stooped behind the low wall which surrounded the stunted

orchard.

2. So as the fog bank flowed onwards we fell back before it…and still it swept slowly and

inexorably on.

Chapter 15 1. …he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood…

2. “With characteristic promptness and audacity he set about this at once.”

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Section E: Book Review:

Imagine you are Dr. Watson. Retell the whole story of “Hound of Baskervilles”. Use your own words as

much as possible. You can use up to 200 words.

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Subject

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I promise I will do A book of reading, A page of writing and a sum of math With no refusal and no fighting.

Subject Mathematics

Work

Specification :

Part A – Preparation and comparison of Budget of three different categories.

Part B – Practice questions to be done in Math home work note book.

Instructions /

Guidelines :

• Your holiday home work has two parts Part A and Part B.

• In all you will be required to work for 16 half hours.

• Part A consists of project and Part B consists of written work that will be

assessed for 20 marks.

• Part A - Complete your work neatly and compile in a simple folder or a file

consisting of A- 4 sheets.

• Your folder needs to have a cover page, introduction, content and conclusion.

• Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary and label the parts neatly and

clearly.

o Presentation 4 Marks

o Introduction and conclusion 4 Marks

o Cover 2 Marks

o Content / Working 10 Marks

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Part A

Category 1 – Monthly income Rs 15000

Category 2 – Monthly income Rs 50,000

Category 3 – Monthly income Rs 1 lakh

The criteria are given below. Calculate the percentage of at least 5 areas for all the

three categories. On the basis of medical and food, prepare two separate graphs and

write your comments for the same.

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Part B -

1. The length, breadth and height of a room are 6m 80 cm, 5m 10 cm and 3 m

40 cm respectively. Find the longest tape which can measure the dimensions

of the room exactly.

2. Find the least length of a rope which can be cut into whole number of pieces

of lengths 45 cm, 75 cm and 81 cm.

3. Mrs. Toomer brought 40 cookies to school. Mrs. Toomer’s class ate ½ of the

cookies and Mrs. Smith’s class ate ¼ of the cookies. How many cookies are

left?

4. Fred is planning to sing and play a key board in the school talent show. Last

week, he practiced for 22/5 hours each day for 5 days. This week he practiced

¾ hours each day for 4 days. How many more hour did Fred practice last

week then this week?

5. An airplane is flying over the pond 1,000 feet in the air. The bottom of the

pond is 50 feet below ground level. What is the difference between the

highest and lowest points of the airplane and the pond?

6. The temperature was -5 degrees Fahrenheit at 7: 00 am. It rose 20 degrees

Fahrenheit by 2:00pm. What was the temperature at 2: 00pm?

7. Nora is running a race that is 26.2 miles. She is running at a speed of 8 miles

per hour. She has completed ¾ of the race. How much longer will it take Nora

to finish the race?

8. Water freezes at 320 F. The melting point of oxygen is -1730F. What is the

difference between these two temperatures?

9. When the birthday cake was about to be served, you were told you could

have 0.6, 60%, 3/5, 6%. Which 3 will give you the same size portion?

10. On your birthday 4/7 of the cake was eaten. The next day your dad ate ½ of

what was left. You get to finish the cake, how much is left for you?

11. The grocery store parking lot that can hold 1000 vehicles, 2/5th of the parking

spaces are for cars. When you went to buy groceries, there were 200 cars and

some trucks in the parking lot. The parking lot was ¾ full. How many trucks

were in the parking?

12. Ben weighs 7.6 kg. His older brother is 3 times as heavy. How much does his

older brother weigh?

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13. Sara bought 12 metres of fabric to make a quilt. If the was on sale for $6.29

per meter, How much did Sarah spend?

14. Vincent has 12 jars of grape jam, 16 jars of strawberry jam and 24 jars of

raspberry jam. He wants to place the jam into the greatest possible number

of boxes so that each box has the same number of jars of each kind of jam.

How many boxes does he need?

15. Two bus services A and B arrive at a station. Service A arrives at the station

every 15 minutes; service B arrives at the station every 20 minutes. The first

bus arrives at the station at 8:00.When will both buses arrive at the station

again?

16. All sweaters are 30% off of the original price. You, being the clever shopper

you are, also have a coupon for 15% off any item, including sale items. How

much does a $75 sweater cost?

17. You landed a fabulous summer job working as a sales assistant at Shmacy's.

You earn a 4% commission on every sale you make, in addition to your wage

of $8.50/hour. After a long seven-hour shift, your sales totaled $1250. What

are your total earnings for that shift?

18. John owes $3, Veronica owes $5 but Alex doesn’t owe anything, in fact he has

$ 3 in his pocket. Place these people on a number line to find who is poorest

and who is richest?



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