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Holes by Louis Sachar
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Holes by Louis Sachar
Slide 1 - Slide
What are your first impressions of the book?
Slide 2 - Open question
Does the front cover attract you and make you want to read the book or does it put you off? Why?
Slide 3 - Open question
You are entering Camp Green Lake
Slide 4 - Slide
The Setting
Read the first chapter of the novel.
Sachar gives his novel a very
harsh setting.
How has he managed to do that?
Slide 5 - Slide
list all the words or phrases that make Camp Green Lake sound hostile ( the word hostile means unfriendly)
Slide 6 - Mind map
How does Sachar create a sense of tension?
The fact that there is no camp at Camp Green Lake
Slide 7 - Slide
openings
Read chapter 2 thoroughly
BEFORE
answering the questions below.
Why are openings important in stories?
Has Sachar managed to create an engaing opening in Holes?
Now that you know a little more about the setting, can you guess what the main themes of this novel may be?
What questions are raised in these chapters which you are interested in finding the answers to?
Slide 8 - Slide
Find a sentence from chapter 2 which shows we are dealing with an omniscient narrator. Quote the sentence.
Slide 9 - Open question
Who goes to Camp Green Lake?
What do they do there?
Slide 10 - Mind map
Read chapter 3
After you have read the chapter, complete the quiz questions in the following slides.
Slide 11 - Slide
Discuss:
Was Stanley Yelnats made to go to Camp Green Lake?
Why did he choose to go?
Slide 12 - Slide
Stanley Yelnats = a palindrome.
think of your own palindrome.
Slide 13 - Open question
Stanley Yelnats
True or False
Answer the quiz questions
Slide 14 - Slide
What does Stanley look like?
A
skinny
B
overweight
C
well built
D
normal posture
Slide 15 - Quiz
Why did Stanley's great-great-grandfather have a curse on him?
A
He had annoyed an outlaw, Kate Barlow
B
He had been in a stage coach robbery
C
He had made a fortune in the stock markets
D
He stole a pig from a one legged gypsy
Slide 16 - Quiz
Does Stanley believe in curses and bad luck?
A
Yes
B
no
C
Yes and no
Slide 17 - Quiz
Who did Stanley's family for everything that went wrong?
A
The one legged gypsy
B
The great-great-grandfather
C
The pig
D
Kissin' Kate Barlow
Slide 18 - Quiz
What is unusual about Stanley's name?
A
It was actually his mother's surname
B
It was exactly the same as his grandfathers
C
It was the same spelt backwards or forwards
D
It was really Simon but he preferred to be called Stanley
Slide 19 - Quiz
What did Stanley's father do?
A
He was an inventor
B
He was a singer
C
He was a song writer
Slide 20 - Quiz
Even though Stanley's family had bad luck, how did they act?
A
Resigned
B
Bitter
C
Hopeful
D
Envious of others
Slide 21 - Quiz
Stanley's great-great-grandfather was robbed by an outlaw. Who was it?
A
Jessie James
B
Kissin' Kate Barlow
C
The Sundance kid
D
The book doesn't say
Slide 22 - Quiz
Homework
complete the lesson up lesson
Slide 23 - Slide
Genres
some books have more than one genre
Slide 24 - Slide
what genre(s) are used in HOLES?
Slide 25 - Open question
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