Students who are participating in 45th UPU LETTER WRITING COMPETITION  ORGANISED by Indian Post Office to collect their hall tickets from school on 2-01-2016 between 9:00 am to 11:00am

CBSE is conducting a ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION .
the interested students can submit their essay to sangeetha mam by 11/01/15

8std INTERNAL ASSESSMENT-PPT

Divide the class into groups of 6 (6x8=48) students each.(THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE 6 STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP, and in total there will be 8 GROUPS.)

Each student group will be conducting a research based on the any one of the

following topics:

1. Classroom of the Future

2. Technology v/s Environment

Ask students to research using internet and library for the given topics

Ask students to supplement the information with their own experiences and prepare a

Power Point Presentation (PPT) for the class.

Guidelines

Each student of the group will participate in presenting the PowerPoint.

 The presentation should have a minimum of 6 slides and each member should

present one slide.

The group members may add videos, video coverage of the interview, pictures

and clip arts to make the presentation more engaging (STRICTLY 2 MINS).

The teacher should announce IA – PPT at least two weeks in advance so that

the students can prepare accordingly.

IA_PPT

Points to be kept in mind when developing a project on the topic ‘Classroom of the future’:

1. What does the future of learning hold?

2. What will classrooms of the future be like?

3. What are the new emerging technologies such as cloud

computing augmented reality (AR), Artificial intelligence and 3D

4. Use of Internet, social media network.

5. What these promising technologies and predict how schools will adopt

them in time to come.

Points to be kept in mind when developing the project on ‘Technology V/s Environment’:

1. Humans keep creating objects that are harmful to the environment,

and they call this “technology.” Is it correct?

2. How can a person stay physically fit and healthy when he/she does

nothing himself/herself?

3. People are at great risk to their health with the advancements in

technology

4. Is technology really making life relaxing?

“in SOME MORE IDIOMS

“in the red“ : In debt

“feeling blue” : If you feel blue, you are feeling unwelL

 “ Seeing red”: anticipating trouble, danger

 give me a hand” : Help me in my problem

 “get someone’s ear” : Getting someone’s attention

 “a knee jerk reaction”: an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts

 “under the weather” : Not feeling well

 “raining cats and dogs” : Raining very heavily

 “a cloud with a silver lining”: Hopeful situation

 “horse around” : Play around roughly with someone.

 “fish for compliments” : looking for praise

 “in the doghouse”: In trouble

 “fed up” : unable or unwilling to put up with something

 “chew the fat”: Sit and gossip

 “go nuts”: Go mad

THE LOST WORLD (chapter 9 and 10)

{STUDENTS ARE STRICTLY ASKED TO REFRAME THE ANSWERS and also

REMOVE THE BRACKETS }

1.Why did Professor Challenger get excited?

 ( he got excited when he saw Assai palm trees as it was a landmark for him)

2. For how many days did the team travel in the river?

 ( For three days)

 3.Why did they stop sailing?

 ( Because the river had become shallow)

 4.Describe Fairy Land.

(There was thick vegetation, natural tunnel, through the tunnel of greenery flowed a marvellous river.

Clear as crystal and motionless as a sheet of glass. It is all so beautiful like fairyland)

 5.Who was James Colver?

 (He was a friend of Maple White. Who probably died when he

was on an expedition with him)

 6.Why the road was used by Maple White not an option for Professor Challenger and his

team?

 ( because the point of an open cave from where Maple White had probably

made his ascent , was blocked as the roof of the rock had fallen in

7.Describe the creature whose momentary vision they had.

 ( The creature came like an aeroplane covered them by the canopy of leathery wings,

 it had long snake like neck, fierce greedy eyes, and a great snapping beak)

 8.What turned out to be the saviour for the members of expedition?

(A beech tree that was going to serve as a bridge which will be dropped across the abyss.)

9. What did they take with them for protection?

 ( They took their rifle and shotgun)

 10.Who had destroyed the bridge? Why?

(Gomez had destroyed the bridge as he hated Lord Roxton for killing his brother some five years ago.

 He had thus taken his revenge. Now they all were stranded in a no man’s land)

11.Who was Zambo?

( He was the native with the expedition team, he brought food for the others)

12.Do you know what tick is?

( it an insect that sucks your blood after attaching itself to your skin.)

13.What made them shift their camp?

( ticks made them shift their camp)

14.What name did they give to their camp and their base?

 ( Fort Challenger and The Maple White Land)

15.Describe the first sighting of dinosaurs and dinosaurs.

( Lord Roxton noticed strange large footmarks in the mud. Then in an open glade the team

saw the extra ordinary creatures. Even the babies were as large as elephants. They looked like monstrous

kangaroos twenty feet in length)

16.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

17.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead  and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,giant bird)

18. What inspired Melone ?

( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree order to see what was beyond)

 19.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

 (First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and

 blotched with pimple,the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.

 20.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

(Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the first map of

the Lost World)

21.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

 22.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

 ( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,

giant bird)

 23.What inspired Melone ?

 ( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree in order to see what was beyond)

 24.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

(First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimple,

the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.)

 25.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

(Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the

first map of the Lost World)

26.What is the meaning of the expression, “Make to the woods and keep together”?

 (It means that run to the woods to save yourself and remain together.)

 27.What physical injuries were inflicted that day and who suffered?

 ( Professor Summerlee got a cut on his forehead and Melone received a nasty stab on his neck,

giant bird)

 28.What inspired Melone ?

 ( A giant ginko tree inspired Melone to climb up the tree in order to see what was beyond)

 29.What did Melone see once he went up the tree?

 (First he came face to face with the ape-man. It was a human face. It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimple,

the nose flattened and the lower jaw projecting, with bristles of coarse whiskers

around the chin.)

 30.How did Melone become hero of the expedition?

 (Because he charted the course and saved the team months of blind probing in the forest. He made the first map of

the Lost World)

31.imagine yourself as one of the members of the expedition team and make a diary entry at the end of the

eventful day.

Today it was an eventful day. It seems the real adventure has finally begun in The Lost

World. First the members of the team were attacked by the giant creatures and few of

us were physically harmed. Then I took this brave decision to go up the giant ginkgo. I

came face to face with ape-man. In the end I was successful in elaborating the first

world of The Lost World. So This day can be earmarked in my chronicles of reports. - Melone