Holes Worksheets
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Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response One – Chapters 1–2 This reading response accompanies slides 2–4 of Holes.ppt The cover Try to guess what the book is about just by looking at the front cover. Then complete the sentence below. I think this book is a story about ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The setting Read the first page of the novel and make a list of all the words or phrases which make Camp Green Lake sound hostile. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ How does Sachar create a sense of tension? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 1 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Two – Chapters 1–2 This reading response accompanies slide 5 of Holes.ppt Openings Read Chapters 1 and 2 and then complete the left hand column of this table with any questions you would like to know the answers to. One question has been written for you. As you read the book, fill in the right hand column. Questions Answers What did Stanley do wrong? © Boardworks Ltd 2006 2 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Three – Characters 1 This reading response accompanies slides 6–8 of Holes.ppt Stanley Yelnats As you read Chapter 3, complete this table with as much information as you know about Stanley. You can add more information as you read the book. Name: ______________________________________________ Physical description: ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Family details: _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Home: _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Additional information: ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ What’s in a name? Complete the column on the right with each character’s nickname. Theodore Ricky Stanley Mr. Pedanski José Rex © Boardworks Ltd 2006 3 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Four – The sub-plot This reading response accompanies slide 10 of Holes.ppt Read Chapter 7 and write your own summary of the sub-plot of Holes, using the words in the box. love Madame Zeroni America pig stream The sub-plot of Holes is about __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ You predict! Do you think Stanley could really be affected by his greatgreat-grandfather’s curse? Do you think Stanley will ever be able to lift the curse? How might he try to do this? © Boardworks Ltd 2006 4 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Five – Stanley’s diary 1 This reading response accompanies slide 12 of Holes.ppt After reading Chapters 7–9, write an honest diary entry for Stanley’s first full day at Camp Green Lake. Use some, or all, of the phrases below to help you. I woke up at… It was still dark when I… For breakfast I had… Then we… The shovel was… We had to… It was hard work… After a while,… My hands were… …the first hole is… …when I’d finished, I felt… Day 1 Today was _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 5 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Worksheet Six – Comprehension questions This reading response accompanies slide 13 of Holes.ppt 1. We can tell Stanley is tired because ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Stanley shows the fossil to Mr. Pedanski because ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. We can tell that Mr. Pedanski is not interested in the fossil because ______ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Stanley agrees to give anything he finds in the future to X-Ray because __ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Derrick Dunne was ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Stanley thinks of him because ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ You predict! What do you think this object is? Do you think the Warden will be interested in it? © Boardworks Ltd 2006 6 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Seven– Characters 2 This reading response accompanies slides 16–19 of Holes.ppt Complete the Warden’s identity badge. Name: __________________ Age: ______________ Occupation: _____________________ Duties and responsibilities: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Complete Zero’s character profile. Name: _____Zero_____________________________________ Physical description: ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Family details: _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Home: _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Additional information: ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 7 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response – Kissin’ Kate Barlow comprehension questions This reading response accompanies slide 22 of Holes.ppt Answer these questions after reading Chapter 28 of the novel. 1. The love story between Katherine and Sam is important because ________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sam and Katherine fall in love when ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ They manage to see each other regularly because __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. The people of Green Lake disapprove of their relationship because _______ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. As a consequence of their hate they ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. The main instigator of the trouble is ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Camp Green Lake becomes dry and barren because _____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 8 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Nine– Characters 3 This reading response accompanies slide 25 of Holes.ppt Fill in as much information as you can about Zero, Zigzag and X-Ray. Zero Zigzag X-Ray © Boardworks Ltd 2006 9 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Ten – Conflict comprehension questions This reading response accompanies slide 26 of Holes.ppt Complete these sentences after reading Chapter 30. 1. The argument between Stanley and ZigZag starts because _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Mr. Pendanski encourages Stanley to fight back because _________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. You can tell that Zero and Stanley have developed a bond because ________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. The Warden tries to humiliate Zero by _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. Zero runs away because _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 6. None of the adults try to stop Zero from escaping because ______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 10 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Eleven – Stanley’s diary 2 This reading response accompanies slide 27 of Holes.ppt After reading Chapter 33, imagine you are Stanley and write a diary entry explaining what has happened and why you have decided to run away. Day ___ I couldn’t stop thinking about Zero out there on his own… __________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 11 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Twelve – Sploosh! This reading response accompanies slide 28 of Holes.ppt Design your label for Sploosh in the box below. © Boardworks Ltd 2006 12 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Thirteen – Treasure Map This reading response accompanies slide 30 of Holes.ppt Draw a detailed treasure map of Camp Green Lake and the surrounding area. Then, write down an important thing that happened at each location. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 13 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Fourteen – Test Your Knowledge This reading response accompanies slide 31 of Holes.ppt Complete these sentences as fully as possible, showing your knowledge of the text. The curse on Stanley’s family was ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Stanley Yelnats’ family were cursed because ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The curse was lifted when _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 14 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: The Warden knew there was treasure buried at Camp Green Lake as she ____ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Stanley’s name was written on the buried treasure because _________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 15 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Fifteen – Test Your Understanding This reading response accompanies slide 32 of Holes.ppt Complete these sentences as fully as possible, showing your understanding of the text. 1. You can tell that Stanley and Zero are friends because _____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The Warden and Mr. Sir reveal themselves as villains in Part Two by _______ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. After leaving Camp Green Lake Stanley and Zero ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 16 Holes by Louis Sachar Name: Date: Reading Response Sixteen – Evaluation This reading response accompanies slide 33 of Holes.ppt What qualities make a character a hero or heroine? Highlight the heroic qualities that Stanley possesses. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ © Boardworks Ltd 2006 17
