Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment–and redemption.

Comprehensive independent learning contracts / response activities for Holes by Louis Sachar.

Response activities incorporating

• higher order thinking skills,
• conscious communication and essential skills,
• tools for developing self and co-regulation skills,
• specifically designed to enhance the links between reading and writing and the development of key language skills.

We’ve even done the teaching for you – the children simply follow our QR codes for detailed guides on how to complete the learning activities. You’ll never hear “I don’t know how to do this” again!

 

Multiple class/teacher use – this licence is required for Modern and Flexible Learning environments, Syndicate and School orders.

Individual class/teacher use – this licence is suitable for individual class/teacher use. 

 

Interest age: 9+

Reading age: 9-12

 

Themes explored include: fate and free will, justice and judgement, choices, power, transformation, family