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Upto KGActivity 1: Draw & ColourMake a drawing on any topic of your choice. Give a caption. (Size A4)

Activity 2: Complete the followinglines…. (10-25 words)

I want to be a ………........................................ because ............................................................

... ............................................................... .................................................................................

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My best friend is …….................................... because...............................................................

............................................................... .....................................................................................

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I want ……….............….. my birthday gift be-

cause...............................................................

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Activity 3:

Cut out one headline from any issue of The Global Times. Make one word from each alpha-bet in the headline.

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Class -IPrepare a ‘That’s Me’ Card (A 4 size).Shoot COOL snaps of yourself and paste them on the card. Fill in the followingdetails on the card…My name : ................................................................................. School : .................................................................................Class/Sec : .................................................................................B’day : .................................................................................I like : .................................................................................I hate : .................................................................................My Hobby : .................................................................................My Role Model : .................................................................................My Best Friend : .................................................................................My Fav Book : .................................................................................My Fav Game : .................................................................................My Fav Mall : .................................................................................My Fav Food : .................................................................................My Fav Teacher : .................................................................................My Fav Poem : .................................................................................My Fav Subject : .................................................................................I want to become a : .................................................................................I want to feature in GT because .................................................................................: .................................................................................. ..................................................................................Activity 2:Paste pictures that depict the following emotions/behaviour from The Global Times issue dated April 15-30, 2011 and May 1-15, 2011

Doing/Action words: Friendship, Playing Emotion Words: Happy, Sad, Angry

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Class -IIActivity 1: Read/visit any one children’s magazine/website (Magic Pot, Children’s World, Junior Chanda Mama, Little World, Young Angels, www.theglobaltimes.in, karaditales. com, etc). Write ten lines as to what you liked/disliked in it. (100-150 words)

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Activity 2: Write one poem/story/puzzle/ letter, etc to the magazine/website that you would like to feature in, and send it to us as well. In case you hear from them or they get published, tell us too. ( 100-150 words)

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Class -IIIActivity 1: You wake up one morning and realize that you have been changed into a cartoon you love/hate to watch. What happens when you go to school? Share the day’s experience.(50-200 words)OrActivity 2: Are you planning a trip this vacation? Then pack your copy of The Global Times. Click a snap of yourself reading/displaying the newspaper beside the historical monument/famous spot (eg. Taj Mahal, London Bridge, Mountain Top, etc) and post the snap to us for printing in The GT.

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Class -IVStory Time: Fairy tales and Short stories have caught the fantasy of children for centu-ries and have still not lost their charm. Have you ever thought of authoring a tale yourself? Well…now is your chance to do so. Write a short tale of fantasy and let your creative tem-perament be revealed. Also illustrate your masterpiece with pictures. (200-250 words)

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Twist in the tale: Pick-up your favourite fairy tale/story and rewrite the same in your own words with a twist or a new ending. (200-250 words)

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Photo Manic: Capture the Moments - Happiest moment this summer / any other happy mo-ment that you cherish -Moments that bring tears in your eyes, Mischievous Moments, Sweetest of sweet moments. Give a Caption to the Picture.

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Class -VTravel Desk: Write a short essay on the place you visited during the vacation. Share the new things you saw, what it is famous for, etc. Enclose your best photographs of the trip too. (250-300 words)

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Sports: (a)Test your sports quotient with a sports quiz on any sport. (200-300 words) (b) Share some important interesting discovery/goof-up/controversy/facts in sports (200-300 words)

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Class -VISports Spotted: Identify new sports/games available in the market. Write the game review… cost/rating/ target age group/no. of players/what’s exciting about it, why you would recommend it, etc (300 words)

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Comic Strip: Make an interesting original comic strip using not more than two A-4 size sheets of paper.

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Class -VIIBook Review: Read any Classic novel (eg: Tom Sawyers, David Copperfield,Treasure Islands) of your choice. Write a short review of the novel (250-300 words). Mention why you like the book, what makes the book a ‘classic’, why you would like to recommend it to others etc. Quote few inspiring lines from the book.

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My First Experience: Share your first experience (300-500 words) on anything eg: My First bank Account/My First Party/My First Gameboy/My First Trip/My First Success/My First Defeat/My First Contact with New Sibling / My first Computer etc

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Class -VIIIWebsite Review: Write a short review on any unique website that you visit regularly or stumbled upon. What are the highlights of the website? Give your own rating to the website. Would you like to recommend this to others? Why? (300 - 400 words)

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Give a list of five websites that you consider a ‘must’ for people surfing information on any topic ranging from health, education, environment, news, fashion, music, food, science etc (300 - 400 words)

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Pearls of Wisdom: (a)Write an inspirational/ spiritual quote or a story from our holy scrip-tures. Discuss its relevance in today’s world. (250-300 words)

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Camera Capers: Click photographs on moods, environment, city bloopers etc. Submit them with Captions for the column Camera Capers. Mention the camera model, aperture, shutter speed, exposure, lens, ISO etc.

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Class -IXGood Samaritan: Identify a person/ organization from your surroundings that is doing ex-ceptional work for the welfare of the society. Visit the person/organization and do an inspira-tional story. Enclose photographs of the same. (300 words)

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Mentor-wise: Interview a Celebrity/ Achiever. Enclose photographs of the same. (300 words)

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Class –XUrban Dictionary: Bored of the usual mundane drab words? It’s time to revamp your word dictionary with stylish, trendy, innovative words that have seeped into our urban lingo.Eg: Frenemy : Friend+ enemy. They belong to a special category of friends that you hang around with despite the fact that you dislike them. The source of conflict in this kind of friendship may stem from varied reasons as competition, jealousy, love, greed etc.Prepare a list of five such words with their meaning and make a sentence with each of them. We shall share the best ones in our regular column “Urban Dictionary’.

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Science Facts: Share interesting Science Facts and Discoveries. (300-500 words)

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Class -XIBig Story: Make a group of 5 people and do a research based ‘Big Story’ of 1500 words on any topic of your choice. The story should be accompanied with survey findings, studies and comments of people associated with the story directly/indirectly.EG: I believe in GOD - Do you? /Who decides my career?/ Improving Indo-Pak relations..A possibility?/ Politics – a profession or service?/ Pocket money- get ready to earn it ? Aping the west/Paparazzi Culture/ Weight Mania ETC.For more ideas/query or suggestion contact us at vsharma1@amity.edu or call at 41888381/8380/8581