This document outlines formative assessment activities for various subjects for students in Class X for the 2016-17 school year. It includes 4 formative assessments (FA 1-4) with 3 activities each for the subjects of English, Mathematics, Social Science, Science, and Biology. The activities involve individual, pair, and group work focusing on different skills like writing, presentations, projects, discussions and more. Scoring rubrics are provided for each activity assessing aspects like content, creativity, participation, and presentation skills.

1. CLASS X
(2016-17)
ENGLISH FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (1, 2, 3, 4)
FA 1- APRIL- MAY
1. GROUP ACTIVITY (LESSON- TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA)
War dislocates families, destroys life and property and makes life miserable
for thousands in one stroke. Make a POWER POINT PRESENTATION on
PEACE the need of the Hour. (10 marks)
2. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (LESSON-Mrs. PACKLETIDE’S TIGER)
Write a POEM 15- 20 lines on the theme SAVE THE TIGER (5marks)
3. CLASS DISCUSSION (LESSON-THE LETTER) (10 marks)
Imagine Ali had access to a mobile phone and so did Miriam, his daughter.
Discuss the following: 1. Would the letter have had the same importance.
Why? 2. Would Ali have suffered the same loneliness and died more
peacefully? 3. In what ways can you, as a student, diminish the misuse of
mobile phones?
FA 2- JULY -AUGUST
1. PAIR ACTIVITY (GRAMMAR –GAP FILLING) (10 marks)
Work with your partner. Take turns to describe the picture provided by the
teacher. The speaker has to intentionally miss out a word in each sentence.
The listener is required to check him/her by saying STOP and supplying the
missing word for e.g. This --- a picture--- mountain range-------
2. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (DIARY ENTRY)
Submission 1st
week of Sept (5 marks)

2. Maintain a personal diary and make an entry every weekend for at least 2
months (July –August) * your new resolutions /decisions
*Your experience with family members * your achievements /
hurdles
*Your academic and non academic goals *your failures / regrets
3. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (GRAMMAR) (10 marks)
Tell the class how you made a craft object. Use Passive Voice. e.g. A
handmade sheet was mounted on a board. -------------------
FA 3- OCTOBER- DECEMBER
1. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (GRAMMAR) (5 marks)
Recall any one interesting argument that you have witnessed recently. Use
Reported Speech to report the conversation. (Oral activity)
2. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (WRITING SKILL) (10 marks)
You witnessed a hockey / football / cricket match between two colleges. Write
a report for a newspaper in about 100 words. Give a headline for the news
item.
3. GROUP ACTIVITY (WRITING SKILL) (10 marks)
Look through old newspaper or magazine to find an interesting picture. Show
it to your group to write a story based on the picture. Please ensure that there
is sufficient substance in the picture to create a story.
FA-4 JANUARY FEBRUARY
1. PAIR ACTIVITY (POEM) (10 marks)
Two students of the class should do a role play based on the poem ‘The Frog
and the Nightingale”
2. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY (E- MAIL) (10 marks)
Your grandmother is hesitant to surf the net. Send her an e- mail telling her
how useful the website on health, cooking, music and even pets can be. Include
some websites she should visit to stimulate her interest in various websites.
3. GROUP ACTVITY (POEM: SNAKE & THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT
MARINER)
Make a POSTER on MAN and ANIMALS –EQUAL PARTNERS OF THE
EARTH (5 marks)

3. Display the poster at various spots in the school campus.
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ACTIVITIES TO BE MARKED
CLASS X
MATHEMATICS
TOPIC FA-1
MARKS
RUBRIC
PROJECT: APPLICATION
OF THE CHOSEN TOPIC IN
REAL LIFE
15 1. CONTENT(05)
2. PRESENTATION(05)
3. VIVA(05)
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK 10 1. ON TIME SUBMISSION(03)
2. ACCURACY(05)
3. NEATNESS(02)
FA-2
ACTIVITY FILE
CONTAINING THREE
ACTIVITIES
15 5 MARKS ON
PRESENTATION FOR EACH
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY TEST 10 1. CONTENT(04)
2. PRESENTATION(04)
3. NEATNESS(02)
SST
ACTIVITIES
2016 - 2017
The Making Of A Global World
Imagine you are an Indian Indentured labour who has to make a very difficult journey, by ship,
to any of the following countries
Fiji, Hawaii, Carribean Islands, Mauritius or Trinidad and Tobago.

5. Write a story which tells the people the difficulties you faced during the journey. What happened
to you. How did you survive your ordeal in that unknown land.
( Group Activity ) ( 10 marks )
Rubric
Creativity 3
Factually correct 3
Story line 2
Beginning of the story 1
Ending of the story 1
Print, Media and Culture
1. Interpreting a cartoon Individual activity
Cartoons played a relevantly important part in bringing about the French Revolution. So
the children will be given a cartoon and they will interpret its relevance in the current
scenario.
Note:
The above activity will only be to enhance understanding and increase appreciation of
cartoons. It will not be marked.
2. Drawing a cartoon Group activity ( 5 marks )
The children have to choose a relevant social problem and draw a cartoon.
Rubric
Creativity 2
Neatness 1
Appropriate written matter 2
3. Designing a book cover Group activity ( 5 marks )

6. The children will design the book cover for the story they wrote on Indentured labour.
Rubric
Creativity 2
Neatness 2
Title 1
4. Gender discrimination in the field of publishing. Individual activity.
The children have to find out about the women and male chief editors of different
magazines and see how gender discrimination exists.
They can present their findings with the help of a pie chart and / or a bar diagram.
The same method can be approached in finding out about the Noble Prizes won by men
and women and in which categories. The findings can be presented through pie charts
and or bar diagrams.
Note:
The above activity will only be to enhance understanding and increase awareness about
existing gender discrimination. It will not be marked.
SUBJECT-SCIENCE
"PHYSICS ACTIVITIES" - X
SESSION : 2016-17
UNIT-I : ELECTRICITY [FA-I]
1.Electrification of a body
to distinguish between
a) conductors
b) insulators
c)semi conductors
understanding goals-
1. to understand the nature of charges
2. charging methodology
Evaluation rubrics: (10 marks)
a) introduction (1)
b) knowledge (6)
c) presentation (2)
d) conclusion (1)

7. UNIT-II: MAGNETISM [FA-II]
1. Verification of oersted's experiment (05 marks)
2. Classification of magnetic materials as dia, para & ferro magnetic substances
understanding goals-
1.students would be able to distinguish between dia , para & ferromagnetic substances.
2. they would be able to learn the electrical & magnetic behaviour of different substances.
(05 marks)
CHEMISTRY
CLASS-10 (TERM-I)
Activities to be conducted in 2016-17
Chapter-1
(Chemical reactions and equations)
holiday homework (FA-1) (5 marks)
group discussion and presentation (FA-1) (5 marks )
TOPICS
Combustion reaction
Decomposition reaction
Displacement reaction
Double displacement reaction
Corrosion
RUBRICS
Team work
Participation as an individual
Presentation
Questions given
chapter- 2
(Acids, Bases and Salts)
chapter -3
( Metals and Non Metals)
Powerpoint presentation by the students on any one of the topic
(FA-2) (10 marks)

8. BIOLOGY
CLASS – 10 (TERM 1)
Activities to be conducted in 2016-17
Chapter name: Life Processes
ACTIVITY-1 : Group discussions with power point presentations on the following life
processes: (FA-1) (5 MARKS)
a) Digestive system
b) Respiratory system
c) Circulatory system
d) Excretory system
RUBRICS
 Team work
 Contribution of individual student in the group
 Explanation through slides
 Time limit: 15 minutes (10 mins. for explanation + 5 mins. for quiz)
 Quiz conducted by the group for recapitulation
Chapter name: Control and coordination
Revision tests/worksheets on the following topics: (FA-2) (5 MARKS)
a) Human brain (Different parts and their functions)
b) Coordination in plants ( plant hormones and different types of tropic movements)
c) Hormones in animals