Poem recitation competition for grade 6 will be held on 2nd December, 2015. Screening will be done on 30th November, 2015. Interested students have to recite anyone poem by Rabindranath  Tagore.

DIWALI HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

HINDI


1-Write any one of the paragraphs (ANUCHED LEKHAN) from worksheet in your Grammar Note Book
2-Write any one letter (अनौपचारिक)  from worksheet in Grammar Note Book.

Diwali Holiday Home work

English:
Workbook Page 1-11 (do with pencil)
S.R - Read chapter6 (Swiss Family Robinson) and write the question answers in the notebook.

Science
Complete the worksheet of ch 1,9,&12. Note: Activity no 2.1, 2.2, and 12.1 from activity plus textbook into activity plus notebook.

History
Worksheet chap1,2 and 3 (cycle Test 3) (to be done with pencil.)

Maths
Complete the portion of cycle test3 done in the class, in the Workbook.
Do Review exercise and formative assessment (in punched papers)from chapters Decimals and Linear Equations.

Swiss Family Robinson chapter-6

The Swiss Family Robinson

Chap6

New Words

∂ livestock: domesticated animals

∂ risk: danger

∂ visible: seen clearly

∂ advent: arrival

∂ accomplish: to achieve

∂ depart: leave to start a journey

∂ fasten: to tie

∂ securely: tightly

∂ assemble: bring together

∂ urgency: something requiring immediate attention

∂ burden: trouble

∂ barrel: wooden boxes

∂ cargo: luggage

∂ brim: to the top

∂ reserved: kept specially for a particular person

∂ execute: put a plan into effect

∂ delight: happiness, joy

Comprehension Questions:

1.      Q1 Why was it necessary to bring the livestock from the ship?

Ans It was necessary to bring the livestock as there was a risk of losing them to the heavy sea.

2.       Q2What did father to keep the family safe while he was away at the ship?

Ans While Fritz was getting the boat ready, father looked about for a pole, and tied a piece of white cloth to the end of it and drove it into the ground, in a place where it would be visible from the ship. They agreed that in the advent of any danger, the wife would take down the pole and fire a gun three times as a signal of distress.

3.      Q3 What did they carry with them? Why?

Ans They took nothing with but the guns, some powder and a shot; because they knew that they would find provisions on board.

4.       Q4What was the first thing they did on reaching the ship?

Ans The first thing Fritz did was to go up onto the main deck and he found all the animals they had left on board assembled. They threw away the spoiled food and refilled their supply of water.

5.       Q5What was the first job that Fritz suggested?

Ans He suggested that they should construct a sail for the boat.

6.      Q6 Why did this suggestion surprise father?

Ans The suggestion surprised him as he knew there were more urgent tasks to be done.

Q7. Why did Fritz suggest putting up a sail?

Ans He explained how the task of rowing was a burden to both. Also there was a strong breeze and while returning the current would be in the opposite direction and wouldn’t be of much help.

Q8. What things did they gather from the ship? 

Ans They gathered nails, pieces of cloth, different kinds of utensils, sacks of maize, of wheat, other grain, and some potatoes, a barrel of sulphur and rope.