“Holes”
Chapters 1-10
Assignment Schedule:
Monday
Read
Chapters 1-3
Tuesday
Wednesday
Read Chapters Read Chapters
4-7,
8-10
Vocabulary
Sentences
Thursday
Study for
Quizzes,
Response
Journal
Friday
Comprehension
and Vocab
Quizzes!
Read Chapters
11-14
Vocabulary Words: perseverance, scarcity, desolate, spigot, forlorn, preposterous, scowled,
predatory, mere, grimaced
Response Journal: In Holes, the characters have very unique characteristics. Choose three
friends or family members and decide what characters they are similar to. Provide the names of
your friends or family and the characteristics they share with the particular character in Holes.
Name: ___________________________________
“Holes” Vocabulary Chapters 1-10
Define each below. On a separate piece of paper, use each word in a quality
sentence.
perseverance: _______________________________________________________
scarcity: ___________________________________________________________
desolate: ___________________________________________________________
spigot: ____________________________________________________________
forlorn: ____________________________________________________________
preposterous: _______________________________________________________
scowled: ___________________________________________________________
predatory: __________________________________________________________
mere: _____________________________________________________________
grimaced: __________________________________________________________
Name: ______________________________________
“Holes” Chapters 1-10 Quiz
Short Answer: Answer each of the questions below. (1 point each, 10 points total)
1. What do all the boys call Mr. Pendanski?
2. What options does the judge give Stanley?
3. Why doesn’t Camp Green Lake have fences or guards?
4. What is unusual about Stanley Yelnats’ name?
5. Why does Elya Yelnats become cursed by Madame Zeroni?
6. How does Stanley almost get in a fight?
7. Who is Caveman?
8. What must the boys at Camp Green Lake do to get time off from digging holes?
9. What does Stanley find when digging his first hole?
10. What did Zero do after he finished digging his hole?
Characters: Write the proper character name for the given description. (1 point each, 4
points total)
_____________ 1. The main authority at Camp Green Lake. He/she “owns the shade.”
_____________ 2. Stanley’s friend at Camp. The best digger at Camp Green Lake.
_____________ 3. A mean counselor at Camp Green Lake. He is always eating sunflower seeds.
_____________ 4. An inventor who is trying to recycle old sneakers.
Summary: Write a summary of Chapters 1-10. (4 points for key details, 2 points for
grammar and spelling, 6 points total)
Vocabulary: Fill-in the blanks with the proper vocabulary word below. (.5 points each, 5
points total)
:
desolate
perseverance
scarcity
forlorn
predatory
scowl
grimaced
preposterous
spigot
mere
1. Mr. Sir said that any attempt to escape would be a ________________ attempt to escape.
2. Yellow-spotted lizards have very ____________________ instincts towards the campers
of Camp Green Lake.
3. “Sweet Feet” ___________________ at Stanley when he found out that he had stolen his
shoes.
4. The desert around Camp Green Lake seemed very _________________ to Stanley as the
bus drove down the road.
5. There was a _________________ of water at Camp Green Lake because it had not rain in
many, many years.
6. To finish his hole on time, Stanley had to learn great ___________________________.
7. The ____________ in the shower would not let out a lot of water for the boys to take a
shower.
8. There was probably a _____________ on Stanley’s face when the bus drove up to Camp
Green Lake.
9. Mr. Pendanski told Stanley that he had to dig a ____________ one hole a day.
10. Camp Green Lake is a _______________________ version of a camp; there isn’t even
swimming or water-skiing.